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2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. | |
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3 @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
6387 | 4 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions. |
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5 @node Calendar, System Interface, Display, Top |
6387 | 6 @chapter Customizing the Calendar and Diary |
7 | |
8 There are many customizations that you can use to make the calendar and | |
9 diary suit your personal tastes. | |
10 | |
11 @menu | |
12 * Calendar Customizing:: Defaults you can set. | |
13 * Holiday Customizing:: Defining your own holidays. | |
14 * Date Display Format:: Changing the format. | |
15 * Time Display Format:: Changing the format. | |
16 * Daylight Savings:: Changing the default. | |
17 * Diary Customizing:: Defaults you can set. | |
18 * Hebrew/Islamic Entries:: How to obtain them. | |
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19 * Fancy Diary Display:: Enhancing the diary display, sorting entries, |
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20 using included diary files. |
6387 | 21 * Sexp Diary Entries:: Fancy things you can do. |
22 * Appt Customizing:: Customizing appointment reminders. | |
23 @end menu | |
24 | |
25 @node Calendar Customizing | |
26 @section Customizing the Calendar | |
27 @vindex view-diary-entries-initially | |
28 | |
29 If you set the variable @code{view-diary-entries-initially} to | |
30 @code{t}, calling up the calendar automatically displays the diary | |
31 entries for the current date as well. The diary dates appear only if | |
32 the current date is visible. If you add both of the following lines to | |
25875 | 33 your init file:@refill |
6387 | 34 |
35 @example | |
36 (setq view-diary-entries-initially t) | |
37 (calendar) | |
38 @end example | |
39 | |
40 @noindent | |
7688 | 41 this displays both the calendar and diary windows whenever you start Emacs. |
6387 | 42 |
43 @vindex view-calendar-holidays-initially | |
44 Similarly, if you set the variable | |
45 @code{view-calendar-holidays-initially} to @code{t}, entering the | |
7688 | 46 calendar automatically displays a list of holidays for the current |
47 three-month period. The holiday list appears in a separate | |
48 window. | |
6387 | 49 |
50 @vindex mark-diary-entries-in-calendar | |
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51 You can set the variable @code{mark-diary-entries-in-calendar} to |
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52 @code{t} in order to mark any dates with diary entries. This takes |
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53 effect whenever the calendar window contents are recomputed. There are |
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54 two ways of marking these dates: by changing the face (@pxref{Faces}), |
26324 | 55 or by placing a plus sign (@samp{+}) beside the date. |
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57 @vindex mark-holidays-in-calendar | |
58 Similarly, setting the variable @code{mark-holidays-in-calendar} to | |
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59 @code{t} marks holiday dates, either with a change of face or with an |
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60 asterisk (@samp{*}). |
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62 @vindex calendar-holiday-marker |
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63 @vindex diary-entry-marker |
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64 The variable @code{calendar-holiday-marker} specifies how to mark a |
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65 date as being a holiday. Its value may be a character to insert next to |
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66 the date, or a face name to use for displaying the date. Likewise, the |
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67 variable @code{diary-entry-marker} specifies how to mark a date that has |
12067 | 68 diary entries. The calendar creates faces named @code{holiday-face} and |
69 @code{diary-face} for these purposes; those symbols are the default | |
26324 | 70 values of these variables. |
6387 | 71 |
72 @vindex calendar-load-hook | |
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73 The variable @code{calendar-load-hook} is a normal hook run when the |
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74 calendar package is first loaded (before actually starting to display |
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75 the calendar). |
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77 @vindex initial-calendar-window-hook | |
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78 Starting the calendar runs the normal hook |
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79 @code{initial-calendar-window-hook}. Recomputation of the calendar |
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80 display does not run this hook. But if you leave the calendar with the |
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81 @kbd{q} command and reenter it, the hook runs again.@refill |
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83 @vindex today-visible-calendar-hook | |
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84 The variable @code{today-visible-calendar-hook} is a normal hook run |
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85 after the calendar buffer has been prepared with the calendar when the |
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86 current date is visible in the window. One use of this hook is to |
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87 replace today's date with asterisks; to do that, use the hook function |
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88 @code{calendar-star-date}. |
6387 | 89 |
90 @findex calendar-star-date | |
91 @example | |
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92 (add-hook 'today-visible-calendar-hook 'calendar-star-date) |
6387 | 93 @end example |
94 | |
95 @noindent | |
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96 Another standard hook function marks the current date, either by |
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97 changing its face or by adding an asterisk. Here's how to use it: |
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99 @findex calendar-mark-today | |
100 @example | |
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101 (add-hook 'today-visible-calendar-hook 'calendar-mark-today) |
6387 | 102 @end example |
103 | |
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105 @vindex calendar-today-marker |
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106 The variable @code{calendar-today-marker} specifies how to mark today's |
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107 date. Its value should be a character to insert next to the date or a |
12067 | 108 face name to use for displaying the date. A face named |
109 @code{calendar-today-face} is provided for this purpose; that symbol is | |
26324 | 110 the default for this variable. |
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6387 | 112 @vindex today-invisible-calendar-hook |
113 @noindent | |
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114 A similar normal hook, @code{today-invisible-calendar-hook} is run if |
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115 the current date is @emph{not} visible in the window. |
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117 @vindex calendar-move-hook |
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118 Starting in Emacs 21, each of the calendar cursor motion commands |
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6387 | 121 @node Holiday Customizing |
122 @section Customizing the Holidays | |
123 | |
124 @vindex calendar-holidays | |
125 @vindex christian-holidays | |
126 @vindex hebrew-holidays | |
127 @vindex islamic-holidays | |
128 Emacs knows about holidays defined by entries on one of several lists. | |
7688 | 129 You can customize these lists of holidays to your own needs, adding or |
130 deleting holidays. The lists of holidays that Emacs uses are for | |
131 general holidays (@code{general-holidays}), local holidays | |
132 (@code{local-holidays}), Christian holidays (@code{christian-holidays}), | |
133 Hebrew (Jewish) holidays (@code{hebrew-holidays}), Islamic (Moslem) | |
134 holidays (@code{islamic-holidays}), and other holidays | |
135 (@code{other-holidays}). | |
6387 | 136 |
137 @vindex general-holidays | |
138 The general holidays are, by default, holidays common throughout the | |
139 United States. To eliminate these holidays, set @code{general-holidays} | |
140 to @code{nil}. | |
141 | |
142 @vindex local-holidays | |
143 There are no default local holidays (but sites may supply some). You | |
144 can set the variable @code{local-holidays} to any list of holidays, as | |
145 described below. | |
146 | |
147 @vindex all-christian-calendar-holidays | |
148 @vindex all-hebrew-calendar-holidays | |
149 @vindex all-islamic-calendar-holidays | |
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150 By default, Emacs does not include all the holidays of the religions |
7688 | 151 that it knows, only those commonly found in secular calendars. For a |
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152 more extensive collection of religious holidays, you can set any (or |
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153 all) of the variables @code{all-christian-calendar-holidays}, |
6387 | 154 @code{all-hebrew-calendar-holidays}, or |
155 @code{all-islamic-calendar-holidays} to @code{t}. If you want to | |
156 eliminate the religious holidays, set any or all of the corresponding | |
157 variables @code{christian-holidays}, @code{hebrew-holidays}, and | |
158 @code{islamic-holidays} to @code{nil}.@refill | |
159 | |
160 @vindex other-holidays | |
161 You can set the variable @code{other-holidays} to any list of | |
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162 holidays. This list, normally empty, is intended for individual use. |
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164 @cindex holiday forms | |
165 Each of the lists (@code{general-holidays}, @code{local-holidays}, | |
166 @code{christian-holidays}, @code{hebrew-holidays}, | |
167 @code{islamic-holidays}, and @code{other-holidays}) is a list of | |
168 @dfn{holiday forms}, each holiday form describing a holiday (or | |
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169 sometimes a list of holidays). |
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171 Here is a table of the possible kinds of holiday form. Day numbers |
7688 | 172 and month numbers count starting from 1, but ``dayname'' numbers |
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173 count Sunday as 0. The element @var{string} is always the |
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174 name of the holiday, as a string. |
6387 | 175 |
176 @table @code | |
177 @item (holiday-fixed @var{month} @var{day} @var{string}) | |
7688 | 178 A fixed date on the Gregorian calendar. |
6387 | 179 |
180 @item (holiday-float @var{month} @var{dayname} @var{k} @var{string}) | |
181 The @var{k}th @var{dayname} in @var{month} on the Gregorian calendar | |
182 (@var{dayname}=0 for Sunday, and so on); negative @var{k} means count back | |
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183 from the end of the month. |
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185 @item (holiday-hebrew @var{month} @var{day} @var{string}) | |
7688 | 186 A fixed date on the Hebrew calendar. |
6387 | 187 |
188 @item (holiday-islamic @var{month} @var{day} @var{string}) | |
7688 | 189 A fixed date on the Islamic calendar. |
6387 | 190 |
191 @item (holiday-julian @var{month} @var{day} @var{string}) | |
7688 | 192 A fixed date on the Julian calendar. |
6387 | 193 |
194 @item (holiday-sexp @var{sexp} @var{string}) | |
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195 A date calculated by the Lisp expression @var{sexp}. The expression |
7688 | 196 should use the variable @code{year} to compute and return the date of a |
197 holiday, or @code{nil} if the holiday doesn't happen this year. The | |
198 value of @var{sexp} must represent the date as a list of the form | |
199 @code{(@var{month} @var{day} @var{year})}. | |
200 | |
201 @item (if @var{condition} @var{holiday-form}) | |
202 A holiday that happens only if @var{condition} is true. | |
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204 @item (@var{function} @r{[}@var{args}@r{]}) |
7688 | 205 A list of dates calculated by the function @var{function}, called with |
206 arguments @var{args}. | |
6387 | 207 @end table |
208 | |
209 For example, suppose you want to add Bastille Day, celebrated in | |
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210 France on July 14. You can do this as follows: |
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212 @smallexample | |
213 (setq other-holidays '((holiday-fixed 7 14 "Bastille Day"))) | |
214 @end smallexample | |
215 | |
216 @noindent | |
217 The holiday form @code{(holiday-fixed 7 14 "Bastille Day")} specifies the | |
218 fourteenth day of the seventh month (July). | |
219 | |
220 Many holidays occur on a specific day of the week, at a specific time | |
221 of month. Here is a holiday form describing Hurricane Supplication Day, | |
222 celebrated in the Virgin Islands on the fourth Monday in August: | |
223 | |
224 @smallexample | |
225 (holiday-float 8 1 4 "Hurricane Supplication Day") | |
226 @end smallexample | |
227 | |
228 @noindent | |
229 Here the 8 specifies August, the 1 specifies Monday (Sunday is 0, | |
230 Tuesday is 2, and so on), and the 4 specifies the fourth occurrence in | |
231 the month (1 specifies the first occurrence, 2 the second occurrence, | |
232 @minus{}1 the last occurrence, @minus{}2 the second-to-last occurrence, and | |
233 so on). | |
234 | |
235 You can specify holidays that occur on fixed days of the Hebrew, | |
236 Islamic, and Julian calendars too. For example, | |
237 | |
238 @smallexample | |
239 (setq other-holidays | |
240 '((holiday-hebrew 10 2 "Last day of Hanukkah") | |
241 (holiday-islamic 3 12 "Mohammed's Birthday") | |
242 (holiday-julian 4 2 "Jefferson's Birthday"))) | |
243 @end smallexample | |
244 | |
245 @noindent | |
246 adds the last day of Hanukkah (since the Hebrew months are numbered with | |
247 1 starting from Nisan), the Islamic feast celebrating Mohammed's | |
248 birthday (since the Islamic months are numbered from 1 starting with | |
249 Muharram), and Thomas Jefferson's birthday, which is 2 April 1743 on the | |
250 Julian calendar. | |
251 | |
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252 To include a holiday conditionally, use either Emacs Lisp's @code{if} or the |
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253 @code{holiday-sexp} form. For example, American presidential elections |
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254 occur on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of years |
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257 @smallexample | |
258 (holiday-sexp (if (= 0 (% year 4)) | |
259 (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute | |
7688 | 260 (1+ (calendar-dayname-on-or-before |
261 1 (+ 6 (calendar-absolute-from-gregorian | |
262 (list 11 1 year)))))) | |
6387 | 263 "US Presidential Election")) |
264 @end smallexample | |
265 | |
266 @noindent | |
267 or | |
268 | |
269 @smallexample | |
270 (if (= 0 (% displayed-year 4)) | |
271 (fixed 11 | |
272 (extract-calendar-day | |
273 (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute | |
274 (1+ (calendar-dayname-on-or-before | |
275 1 (+ 6 (calendar-absolute-from-gregorian | |
276 (list 11 1 displayed-year))))))) | |
277 "US Presidential Election")) | |
278 @end smallexample | |
279 | |
280 Some holidays just don't fit into any of these forms because special | |
281 calculations are involved in their determination. In such cases you | |
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282 must write a Lisp function to do the calculation. To include eclipses, |
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283 for example, add @code{(eclipses)} to @code{other-holidays} |
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285 (possibly empty) list of the relevant Gregorian dates among the range |
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286 visible in the calendar window, with descriptive strings, like this: |
6387 | 287 |
288 @smallexample | |
289 (((6 27 1991) "Lunar Eclipse") ((7 11 1991) "Solar Eclipse") ... ) | |
290 @end smallexample | |
291 | |
292 @node Date Display Format | |
293 @section Date Display Format | |
294 @vindex calendar-date-display-form | |
295 | |
7688 | 296 You can customize the manner of displaying dates in the diary, in mode |
297 lines, and in messages by setting @code{calendar-date-display-form}. | |
298 This variable holds a list of expressions that can involve the variables | |
299 @code{month}, @code{day}, and @code{year}, which are all numbers in | |
300 string form, and @code{monthname} and @code{dayname}, which are both | |
301 alphabetic strings. In the American style, the default value of this | |
302 list is as follows: | |
6387 | 303 |
304 @smallexample | |
305 ((if dayname (concat dayname ", ")) monthname " " day ", " year) | |
306 @end smallexample | |
307 | |
308 @noindent | |
309 while in the European style this value is the default: | |
310 | |
311 @smallexample | |
312 ((if dayname (concat dayname ", ")) day " " monthname " " year) | |
313 @end smallexample | |
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6387 | 316 The ISO standard date representation is this: |
317 | |
318 @smallexample | |
319 (year "-" month "-" day) | |
320 @end smallexample | |
321 | |
322 @noindent | |
323 This specifies a typical American format: | |
324 | |
325 @smallexample | |
326 (month "/" day "/" (substring year -2)) | |
327 @end smallexample | |
328 | |
329 @node Time Display Format | |
330 @section Time Display Format | |
331 @vindex calendar-time-display-form | |
332 | |
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7688 | 339 @code{12-hours}, @code{24-hours}, and @code{minutes}, which are all |
340 numbers in string form, and @code{am-pm} and @code{time-zone}, which are | |
341 both alphabetic strings. The default value of | |
342 @code{calendar-time-display-form} is as follows: | |
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344 @smallexample | |
345 (12-hours ":" minutes am-pm | |
346 (if time-zone " (") time-zone (if time-zone ")")) | |
347 @end smallexample | |
348 | |
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352 @smallexample | |
353 (24-hours ":" minutes | |
354 (if time-zone " (") time-zone (if time-zone ")")) | |
355 @end smallexample | |
356 | |
357 @node Daylight Savings | |
358 @section Daylight Savings Time | |
359 @cindex daylight savings time | |
360 | |
361 Emacs understands the difference between standard time and daylight | |
362 savings time---the times given for sunrise, sunset, solstices, | |
363 equinoxes, and the phases of the moon take that into account. The rules | |
364 for daylight savings time vary from place to place and have also varied | |
365 historically from year to year. To do the job properly, Emacs needs to | |
366 know which rules to use. | |
367 | |
368 Some operating systems keep track of the rules that apply to the place | |
369 where you are; on these systems, Emacs gets the information it needs | |
370 from the system automatically. If some or all of this information is | |
371 missing, Emacs fills in the gaps with the rules currently used in | |
7688 | 372 Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is the center of GNU's world. |
373 | |
6387 | 374 |
375 @vindex calendar-daylight-savings-starts | |
376 @vindex calendar-daylight-savings-ends | |
7688 | 377 If the default choice of rules is not appropriate for your location, |
378 you can tell Emacs the rules to use by setting the variables | |
379 @code{calendar-daylight-savings-starts} and | |
380 @code{calendar-daylight-savings-ends}. Their values should be Lisp | |
6387 | 381 expressions that refer to the variable @code{year}, and evaluate to the |
382 Gregorian date on which daylight savings time starts or (respectively) | |
383 ends, in the form of a list @code{(@var{month} @var{day} @var{year})}. | |
384 The values should be @code{nil} if your area does not use daylight | |
385 savings time. | |
386 | |
7688 | 387 Emacs uses these expressions to determine the start and end dates of |
388 daylight savings time as holidays and for correcting times of day in the | |
389 solar and lunar calculations. | |
6387 | 390 |
391 The values for Cambridge, Massachusetts are as follows: | |
392 | |
393 @example | |
394 @group | |
395 (calendar-nth-named-day 1 0 4 year) | |
396 (calendar-nth-named-day -1 0 10 year) | |
397 @end group | |
398 @end example | |
399 | |
400 @noindent | |
401 i.e., the first 0th day (Sunday) of the fourth month (April) in | |
402 the year specified by @code{year}, and the last Sunday of the tenth month | |
403 (October) of that year. If daylight savings time were | |
404 changed to start on October 1, you would set | |
405 @code{calendar-daylight-savings-starts} to this: | |
406 | |
407 @example | |
408 (list 10 1 year) | |
409 @end example | |
410 | |
411 For a more complex example, suppose daylight savings time begins on | |
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413 @code{calendar-daylight-savings-starts} to this value: |
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415 @example | |
416 (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute | |
417 (calendar-absolute-from-hebrew | |
418 (list 1 1 (+ year 3760)))) | |
419 @end example | |
420 | |
421 @noindent | |
422 because Nisan is the first month in the Hebrew calendar and the Hebrew | |
423 year differs from the Gregorian year by 3760 at Nisan. | |
424 | |
425 If there is no daylight savings time at your location, or if you want | |
426 all times in standard time, set @code{calendar-daylight-savings-starts} | |
427 and @code{calendar-daylight-savings-ends} to @code{nil}. | |
428 | |
429 @vindex calendar-daylight-time-offset | |
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434 @vindex calendar-daylight-savings-starts-time | |
435 @vindex calendar-daylight-savings-ends-time | |
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439 daylight savings time should occur. For Cambridge, both variables' |
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440 values are 120. |
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442 @node Diary Customizing | |
443 @section Customizing the Diary | |
444 | |
445 @vindex holidays-in-diary-buffer | |
446 Ordinarily, the mode line of the diary buffer window indicates any | |
447 holidays that fall on the date of the diary entries. The process of | |
448 checking for holidays can take several seconds, so including holiday | |
449 information delays the display of the diary buffer noticeably. If you'd | |
450 prefer to have a faster display of the diary buffer but without the | |
451 holiday information, set the variable @code{holidays-in-diary-buffer} to | |
452 @code{nil}.@refill | |
453 | |
454 @vindex number-of-diary-entries | |
455 The variable @code{number-of-diary-entries} controls the number of | |
456 days of diary entries to be displayed at one time. It affects the | |
457 initial display when @code{view-diary-entries-initially} is @code{t}, as | |
458 well as the command @kbd{M-x diary}. For example, the default value is | |
459 1, which says to display only the current day's diary entries. If the | |
460 value is 2, both the current day's and the next day's entries are | |
7688 | 461 displayed. The value can also be a vector of seven elements: for |
462 example, if the value is @code{[0 2 2 2 2 4 1]} then no diary entries | |
463 appear on Sunday, the current date's and the next day's diary entries | |
464 appear Monday through Thursday, Friday through Monday's entries appear | |
465 on Friday, while on Saturday only that day's entries appear. | |
6387 | 466 |
467 @vindex print-diary-entries-hook | |
468 @findex print-diary-entries | |
469 The variable @code{print-diary-entries-hook} is a normal hook run | |
470 after preparation of a temporary buffer containing just the diary | |
471 entries currently visible in the diary buffer. (The other, irrelevant | |
472 diary entries are really absent from the temporary buffer; in the diary | |
473 buffer, they are merely hidden.) The default value of this hook does | |
474 the printing with the command @code{lpr-buffer}. If you want to use a | |
475 different command to do the printing, just change the value of this | |
476 hook. Other uses might include, for example, rearranging the lines into | |
477 order by day and time. | |
478 | |
479 @vindex diary-date-forms | |
480 You can customize the form of dates in your diary file, if neither the | |
481 standard American nor European styles suits your needs, by setting the | |
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484 be regular expressions (@pxref{Regular Expressions}) or the symbols |
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487 kinds of text in the diary file. In order for the date pattern, as a |
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491 using the standard syntax table altered so that @samp{*} is a word |
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496 month name, and day name of the date being considered. The symbols that |
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506 @example | |
507 ((month "/" day "[^/0-9]") | |
508 (month "/" day "/" year "[^0-9]") | |
509 (monthname " *" day "[^,0-9]") | |
510 (monthname " *" day ", *" year "[^0-9]") | |
511 (dayname "\\W")) | |
512 @end example | |
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523 diary entry. The default value of @code{diary-date-forms} in the |
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525 | |
526 @example | |
527 ((day "/" month "[^/0-9]") | |
528 (day "/" month "/" year "[^0-9]") | |
529 (backup day " *" monthname "\\W+\\<[^*0-9]") | |
530 (day " *" monthname " *" year "[^0-9]") | |
531 (dayname "\\W")) | |
532 @end example | |
533 | |
534 @noindent | |
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539 @node Hebrew/Islamic Entries | |
540 @section Hebrew- and Islamic-Date Diary Entries | |
541 | |
542 Your diary file can have entries based on Hebrew or Islamic dates, as | |
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549 @vindex nongregorian-diary-listing-hook | |
550 @vindex nongregorian-diary-marking-hook | |
551 @findex list-hebrew-diary-entries | |
552 @findex mark-hebrew-diary-entries | |
553 @smallexample | |
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557 | |
558 @noindent | |
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561 @findex list-islamic-diary-entries | |
562 @findex mark-islamic-diary-entries | |
563 @smallexample | |
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575 @smallexample | |
576 HHeshvan 25 Happy Hebrew birthday! | |
577 @end smallexample | |
578 | |
579 @noindent | |
580 and would appear in the diary for any date that corresponds to Heshvan 25 | |
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585 IDhu al-Qada 25 Happy Islamic birthday! | |
586 @end smallexample | |
587 | |
588 As with Gregorian-date diary entries, Hebrew- and Islamic-date entries | |
589 are nonmarking if they are preceded with an ampersand (@samp{&}). | |
590 | |
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595 @table @kbd | |
596 @item i h d | |
597 Add a diary entry for the Hebrew date corresponding to the selected date | |
598 (@code{insert-hebrew-diary-entry}). | |
599 @item i h m | |
600 Add a diary entry for the day of the Hebrew month corresponding to the | |
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6387 | 609 @item i i d |
610 Add a diary entry for the Islamic date corresponding to the selected date | |
611 (@code{insert-islamic-diary-entry}). | |
612 @item i i m | |
613 Add a diary entry for the day of the Islamic month corresponding to the | |
614 selected date (@code{insert-monthly-islamic-diary-entry}). | |
615 @item i i y | |
616 Add a diary entry for the day of the Islamic year corresponding to the | |
617 selected date (@code{insert-yearly-islamic-diary-entry}). | |
618 @end table | |
619 | |
620 @findex insert-hebrew-diary-entry | |
621 @findex insert-monthly-hebrew-diary-entry | |
622 @findex insert-yearly-hebrew-diary-entry | |
623 @findex insert-islamic-diary-entry | |
624 @findex insert-monthly-islamic-diary-entry | |
625 @findex insert-yearly-islamic-diary-entry | |
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628 window, and what they do is insert just the date portion of a diary entry |
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632 @node Fancy Diary Display | |
633 @section Fancy Diary Display | |
634 @vindex diary-display-hook | |
635 @findex simple-diary-display | |
636 | |
637 Diary display works by preparing the diary buffer and then running the | |
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638 hook @code{diary-display-hook}. The default value of this hook |
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639 (@code{simple-diary-display}) hides the irrelevant diary entries and |
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640 then displays the buffer. However, if you specify the hook as follows, |
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642 @cindex diary buffer | |
643 @findex fancy-diary-display | |
644 @example | |
645 (add-hook 'diary-display-hook 'fancy-diary-display) | |
646 @end example | |
647 | |
648 @noindent | |
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649 this enables fancy diary display. It displays diary entries and |
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650 holidays by copying them into a special buffer that exists only for the |
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651 sake of display. Copying to a separate buffer provides an opportunity |
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652 to change the displayed text to make it prettier---for example, to sort |
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653 the entries by the dates they apply to. |
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655 As with simple diary display, you can print a hard copy of the buffer | |
656 with @code{print-diary-entries}. To print a hard copy of a day-by-day | |
24862 | 657 diary for a week, position point on Sunday of that week, type |
658 @kbd{7 d}, and then do @kbd{M-x print-diary-entries}. As usual, the | |
6387 | 659 inclusion of the holidays slows down the display slightly; you can speed |
660 things up by setting the variable @code{holidays-in-diary-buffer} to | |
661 @code{nil}. | |
662 | |
663 @vindex diary-list-include-blanks | |
664 Ordinarily, the fancy diary buffer does not show days for which there are | |
665 no diary entries, even if that day is a holiday. If you want such days to be | |
666 shown in the fancy diary buffer, set the variable | |
667 @code{diary-list-include-blanks} to @code{t}.@refill | |
668 | |
669 @cindex sorting diary entries | |
670 If you use the fancy diary display, you can use the normal hook | |
671 @code{list-diary-entries-hook} to sort each day's diary entries by their | |
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674 @findex sort-diary-entries | |
675 @example | |
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676 (add-hook 'list-diary-entries-hook 'sort-diary-entries t) |
6387 | 677 @end example |
678 | |
679 @noindent | |
680 For each day, this sorts diary entries that begin with a recognizable | |
681 time of day according to their times. Diary entries without times come | |
682 first within each day. | |
683 | |
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684 Fancy diary display also has the ability to process included diary |
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685 files. This permits a group of people to share a diary file for events |
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686 that apply to all of them. Lines in the diary file of this form: |
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688 @smallexample | |
689 #include "@var{filename}" | |
690 @end smallexample | |
691 | |
692 @noindent | |
693 includes the diary entries from the file @var{filename} in the fancy | |
7688 | 694 diary buffer. The include mechanism is recursive, so that included files |
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696 cycle of inclusions, of course. Here is how to enable the include |
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697 facility: |
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699 @vindex list-diary-entries-hook | |
700 @vindex mark-diary-entries-hook | |
701 @findex include-other-diary-files | |
702 @findex mark-included-diary-files | |
703 @smallexample | |
704 (add-hook 'list-diary-entries-hook 'include-other-diary-files) | |
705 (add-hook 'mark-diary-entries-hook 'mark-included-diary-files) | |
706 @end smallexample | |
707 | |
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708 The include mechanism works only with the fancy diary display, because |
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709 ordinary diary display shows the entries directly from your diary file. |
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6387 | 711 @node Sexp Diary Entries |
712 @section Sexp Entries and the Fancy Diary Display | |
713 @cindex sexp diary entries | |
714 | |
715 Sexp diary entries allow you to do more than just have complicated | |
716 conditions under which a diary entry applies. If you use the fancy | |
717 diary display, sexp entries can generate the text of the entry depending | |
718 on the date itself. For example, an anniversary diary entry can insert | |
719 the number of years since the anniversary date into the text of the | |
720 diary entry. Thus the @samp{%d} in this dairy entry: | |
721 | |
722 @findex diary-anniversary | |
723 @smallexample | |
724 %%(diary-anniversary 10 31 1948) Arthur's birthday (%d years old) | |
725 @end smallexample | |
726 | |
727 @noindent | |
728 gets replaced by the age, so on October 31, 1990 the entry appears in | |
729 the fancy diary buffer like this: | |
730 | |
731 @smallexample | |
732 Arthur's birthday (42 years old) | |
733 @end smallexample | |
734 | |
735 @noindent | |
736 If the diary file instead contains this entry: | |
737 | |
738 @smallexample | |
739 %%(diary-anniversary 10 31 1948) Arthur's %d%s birthday | |
740 @end smallexample | |
741 | |
742 @noindent | |
743 the entry in the fancy diary buffer for October 31, 1990 appears like this: | |
744 | |
745 @smallexample | |
746 Arthur's 42nd birthday | |
747 @end smallexample | |
748 | |
749 Similarly, cyclic diary entries can interpolate the number of repetitions | |
750 that have occurred: | |
751 | |
752 @findex diary-cyclic | |
753 @smallexample | |
754 %%(diary-cyclic 50 1 1 1990) Renew medication (%d%s time) | |
755 @end smallexample | |
756 | |
757 @noindent | |
758 looks like this: | |
759 | |
760 @smallexample | |
761 Renew medication (5th time) | |
762 @end smallexample | |
763 | |
764 @noindent | |
765 in the fancy diary display on September 8, 1990. | |
766 | |
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768 diary not only on the date of occurrence, but also on earlier dates. |
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769 For example, if you want a reminder a week before your anniversary, you |
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778 and the fancy diary will show |
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783 both on December 15 and on December 22. |
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785 @findex diary-date |
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786 The function @code{diary-date} applies to dates described by a month, |
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787 day, year combination, each of which can be an integer, a list of |
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789 example, |
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792 %%(diary-date '(10 11 12) 22 t) Rake leaves |
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799 Rake leaves |
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806 The function @code{diary-float} allows you to describe diary entries |
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807 that apply to dates like the third Friday of November, or the last |
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820 %%(diary-float t 1 -1) Pay rent |
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827 Pay rent |
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833 The generality of sexp diary entries lets you specify any diary |
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834 entry that you can describe algorithmically. A sexp diary entry |
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836 given date. If its value is non-@code{nil}, the entry applies to that |
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837 date; otherwise, it does not. The expression can use the variable |
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838 @code{date} to find the date being considered; its value is a list |
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839 (@var{month} @var{day} @var{year}) that refers to the Gregorian |
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840 calendar. |
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842 The sexp diary entry applies to a date when the expression's value |
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843 is non-@code{nil}, but some values have more specific meanings. If |
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844 the value is a string, that string is a description of the event which |
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845 occurs on that date. The value can also have the form |
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846 @code{(@var{mark} . @var{string})}; then @var{mark} specifies how to |
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847 mark the date in the calendar, and @var{string} is the description of |
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848 the event. If @var{mark} is a single-character string, that character |
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849 appears next to the date in the calendar. If @var{mark} is a face |
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850 name, the date is displayed in that face. If @var{mark} is |
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851 @code{nil}, that specifies no particular highlighting for the date. |
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853 Suppose you get paid on the 21st of the month if it is a weekday, and |
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855 a sexp diary entry that matches those dates: |
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857 @smallexample | |
858 &%%(let ((dayname (calendar-day-of-week date)) | |
859 (day (car (cdr date)))) | |
860 (or (and (= day 21) (memq dayname '(1 2 3 4 5))) | |
861 (and (memq day '(19 20)) (= dayname 5))) | |
862 ) Pay check deposited | |
863 @end smallexample | |
864 | |
865 The following sexp diary entries take advantage of the ability (in the fancy | |
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868 @findex diary-sunrise-sunset | |
869 @findex diary-phases-of-moon | |
870 @findex diary-day-of-year | |
871 @findex diary-iso-date | |
872 @findex diary-julian-date | |
873 @findex diary-astro-day-number | |
874 @findex diary-hebrew-date | |
875 @findex diary-islamic-date | |
876 @findex diary-french-date | |
877 @findex diary-mayan-date | |
878 @table @code | |
879 @item %%(diary-sunrise-sunset) | |
880 Make a diary entry for the local times of today's sunrise and sunset. | |
881 @item %%(diary-phases-of-moon) | |
882 Make a diary entry for the phases (quarters) of the moon. | |
883 @item %%(diary-day-of-year) | |
884 Make a diary entry with today's day number in the current year and the number | |
885 of days remaining in the current year. | |
886 @item %%(diary-iso-date) | |
887 Make a diary entry with today's equivalent ISO commercial date. | |
888 @item %%(diary-julian-date) | |
889 Make a diary entry with today's equivalent date on the Julian calendar. | |
890 @item %%(diary-astro-day-number) | |
891 Make a diary entry with today's equivalent astronomical (Julian) day number. | |
892 @item %%(diary-hebrew-date) | |
893 Make a diary entry with today's equivalent date on the Hebrew calendar. | |
894 @item %%(diary-islamic-date) | |
895 Make a diary entry with today's equivalent date on the Islamic calendar. | |
896 @item %%(diary-french-date) | |
897 Make a diary entry with today's equivalent date on the French Revolutionary | |
898 calendar. | |
899 @item %%(diary-mayan-date) | |
900 Make a diary entry with today's equivalent date on the Mayan calendar. | |
901 @end table | |
902 | |
903 @noindent | |
904 Thus including the diary entry | |
905 | |
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910 @noindent | |
911 causes every day's diary display to contain the equivalent date on the | |
912 Hebrew calendar, if you are using the fancy diary display. (With simple | |
913 diary display, the line @samp{&%%(diary-hebrew-date)} appears in the | |
914 diary for any date, but does nothing particularly useful.) | |
915 | |
7688 | 916 These functions can be used to construct sexp diary entries based on |
917 the Hebrew calendar in certain standard ways: | |
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919 @cindex rosh hodesh | |
920 @findex diary-rosh-hodesh | |
921 @cindex parasha, weekly | |
922 @findex diary-parasha | |
923 @cindex candle lighting times | |
924 @findex diary-sabbath-candles | |
925 @cindex omer count | |
926 @findex diary-omer | |
927 @cindex yahrzeits | |
928 @findex diary-yahrzeit | |
929 @table @code | |
930 @item %%(diary-rosh-hodesh) | |
931 Make a diary entry that tells the occurrence and ritual announcement of each | |
932 new Hebrew month. | |
933 @item %%(diary-parasha) | |
934 Make a Saturday diary entry that tells the weekly synagogue scripture reading. | |
935 @item %%(diary-sabbath-candles) | |
936 Make a Friday diary entry that tells the @emph{local time} of Sabbath | |
937 candle lighting. | |
938 @item %%(diary-omer) | |
939 Make a diary entry that gives the omer count, when appropriate. | |
940 @item %%(diary-yahrzeit @var{month} @var{day} @var{year}) @var{name} | |
941 Make a diary entry marking the anniversary of a date of death. The date | |
942 is the @emph{Gregorian} (civil) date of death. The diary entry appears | |
943 on the proper Hebrew calendar anniversary and on the day before. (In | |
944 the European style, the order of the parameters is changed to @var{day}, | |
945 @var{month}, @var{year}.) | |
946 @end table | |
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951 it returns a value that contains @var{mark}. |
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954 @section Customizing Appointment Reminders | |
955 | |
7688 | 956 You can specify exactly how Emacs reminds you of an appointment, and |
957 how far in advance it begins doing so, by setting these variables: | |
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959 @vindex appt-message-warning-time | |
960 @vindex appt-audible | |
961 @vindex appt-visible | |
962 @vindex appt-display-mode-line | |
963 @vindex appt-msg-window | |
964 @vindex appt-display-duration | |
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968 @item appt-message-warning-time | |
969 The time in minutes before an appointment that the reminder begins. The | |
970 default is 10 minutes. | |
971 @item appt-audible | |
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992 @end table |