From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Re: How to add entries to an org file, not diary Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:02:12 +0100 Message-ID: References: <31568.1257520584@maps> <87k4y3muwj.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N6fJX-0005JM-De for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:02:23 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N6fJR-0005HA-Et for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:02:21 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35775 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N6fJR-0005Gk-6U for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:02:17 -0500 Received: from mail-ew0-f228.google.com ([209.85.219.228]:52383) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N6fJQ-0000k5-Ie for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:02:16 -0500 Received: by ewy28 with SMTP id 28so1894631ewy.42 for ; Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:02:15 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87k4y3muwj.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Bernt Hansen Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Stephen Eglen On Nov 6, 2009, at 6:21 PM, Bernt Hansen wrote: > Stephen Eglen writes: > >> Dear all, >> If I'm visting an agenda (C-c a a) buffer, and want to add a diary >> entry >> for a particular day, I can use org-agenda-diary-entry, bound to 'i'. >> This inserts an entry in my diary file. >> >> What I'd like to do is add the entry instead to an org file, >> e.g. 'agenda.org' where I currently store all diary-like entries. Is >> that functionality available? (Am trying to wean myself off diary >> files, after many years of using it...) >> >> Thanks, Stephen > > Hi Stephen, > > I agree that would be a nice feature. I stopped using the diary a few > years ago and have totally avoided the 'i' functions in the agenda > since > it creates diary entries that just get lost for me. Instead I've > trained by fingers to make remember tasks instead but I have to create > the dates manually in the remember task. > > It would be a lot nicer if this could create a task with a diary sexp > type entry for the details. Why diary sexp entries and not direct Org time stamp entries? Is there a consensus that diary sexps should be use for this application? - Carsten