org-date-toggle-inactive

[Johan Sandblom <js@ndblom.se>]

I wrote the following which allows me ctrl-c-ctrl-c on a date in an org 
file and thereby toggle the inactive state of the date. I find it useful 
when applying to courses that I am later [not] admitted to. Perhaps it 
is useful to someone else. Perhaps also there are obvious improvements 
to the code. Lastly, perhaps there is a better place to submit such 
snippets. I appreciate feedback.

Regards, Johan

(setq org-date-regexp
       "[\\[<][0-9]\\{4\\}-[0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9] [[:alpha:]]\\{2,3\\} 
?.*?[]>]")

(defun org-at-date-p ()
   "Am I inside an org date?"
   (interactive)
   (save-excursion
     (if (looking-at org-date-regexp)
	t
       (if (> (skip-chars-backward "-[:alnum:]: ") -40)
	  (let ((left (- (point) 1)))
	    (progn
	      (search-backward-regexp "[\\[<]" left t)
	    (if (looking-at org-date-regexp)
		t)))))))

(defun org-date-toggle-inactive ()
   (interactive)
   (if (org-at-date-p)
       (save-excursion
	(progn
	  (search-backward-regexp "[\\[<]")
	  (if (string-equal "<" (match-string 0))
	      (replace-match "[")
	    (replace-match "<"))
	  (search-forward-regexp "[]>]")
	  (if (string-equal ">" (match-string 0))
	      (replace-match "]")
	    (replace-match ">"))
	  t))
     nil))

(add-hook 'org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-hook
	  'org-date-toggle-inactive)


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Johan Sandblom, MD PhD
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