From: Philip Hudson <phil.hudson@iname.com>
To: Jay Iyer <jayiyer09@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs orgmode-mailinglist <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Computing dates in properties?
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2016 09:37:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJ1MqVFwjqL0nGCYjsnXScD6Xy8+EEgZ=N9qnqYc2XAW9aLMsA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGGEobUTuKv=dxCRPG0Ae4bADkjGRj1s+EhbFJGWChmK3pUqJA@mail.gmail.com>
On 8 July 2016 at 05:01, Jay Iyer <jayiyer09@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it possible to perform simple calculations in properties like in the
> example below? If so, please provide pointers.
> Thanks,
> -jay
>
> ** Headline 1
> :PROPERTIES:
> :CUSTOM_ID: headline_1
> :DATE: [2016-07-07 Thu]
> :END:
>
> ** Headline 2
> :PROPERTIES:
> :CUSTOM_ID: headline_2
> :DATE: [date from headline 1 + 3 days]
> :END:
One way would be to use org-capture's %^ and %(lisp-function-call) syntax.
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Phil Hudson http://hudson-it.ddns.net
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