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author | Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu> |
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70457 | 1 @c This is part of the Emacs manual. |
2 @c Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. | |
3 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. | |
4 @c | |
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5 @c This file is included either in emacs-xtra.texi (when producing the |
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6 @c printed version) or in the main Emacs manual (for the on-line version). |
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8 @c Moved here from the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, 2005-03-26. |
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9 @node Advanced Calendar/Diary Usage |
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10 @section Customizing the Calendar and Diary |
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12 There are many customizations that you can use to make the calendar and |
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13 diary suit your personal tastes. |
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15 @menu |
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16 * Calendar Customizing:: Defaults you can set. |
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17 * Holiday Customizing:: Defining your own holidays. |
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18 * Date Display Format:: Changing the format. |
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19 * Time Display Format:: Changing the format. |
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20 * Diary Customizing:: Defaults you can set. |
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21 * Hebrew/Islamic Entries:: How to obtain them. |
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22 * Fancy Diary Display:: Enhancing the diary display, sorting entries, |
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23 using included diary files. |
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24 * Sexp Diary Entries:: Fancy things you can do. |
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25 @end menu |
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27 @node Calendar Customizing |
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28 @subsection Customizing the Calendar |
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29 @vindex calendar-holiday-marker |
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30 @vindex diary-entry-marker |
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31 The variable @code{calendar-holiday-marker} specifies how to mark a |
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32 date as being a holiday. Its value may be a single-character string |
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33 to insert next to the date, or a face name to use for displaying the |
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34 date. Likewise, the variable @code{diary-entry-marker} specifies how |
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35 to mark a date that has diary entries. The calendar creates faces |
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36 named @code{holiday-face} and @code{diary-face} for these purposes; |
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37 those symbols are the default values of these variables. |
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38 |
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39 @vindex calendar-load-hook |
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40 The variable @code{calendar-load-hook} is a normal hook run when the |
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41 calendar package is first loaded (before actually starting to display |
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42 the calendar). |
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44 @vindex initial-calendar-window-hook |
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45 Starting the calendar runs the normal hook |
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46 @code{initial-calendar-window-hook}. Recomputation of the calendar |
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47 display does not run this hook. But if you leave the calendar with the |
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48 @kbd{q} command and reenter it, the hook runs again.@refill |
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49 |
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50 @vindex today-visible-calendar-hook |
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51 The variable @code{today-visible-calendar-hook} is a normal hook run |
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52 after the calendar buffer has been prepared with the calendar when the |
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53 current date is visible in the window. One use of this hook is to |
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54 replace today's date with asterisks; to do that, use the hook function |
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55 @code{calendar-star-date}. |
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57 @findex calendar-star-date |
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58 @example |
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59 (add-hook 'today-visible-calendar-hook 'calendar-star-date) |
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60 @end example |
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62 @noindent |
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63 Another standard hook function marks the current date, either by |
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64 changing its face or by adding an asterisk. Here's how to use it: |
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65 |
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66 @findex calendar-mark-today |
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67 @example |
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68 (add-hook 'today-visible-calendar-hook 'calendar-mark-today) |
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69 @end example |
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71 @noindent |
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72 @vindex calendar-today-marker |
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73 The variable @code{calendar-today-marker} specifies how to mark |
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74 today's date. Its value should be a single-character string to insert |
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75 next to the date or a face name to use for displaying the date. A |
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76 face named @code{calendar-today-face} is provided for this purpose; |
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77 that symbol is the default for this variable. |
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79 @vindex today-invisible-calendar-hook |
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80 @noindent |
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81 A similar normal hook, @code{today-invisible-calendar-hook} is run if |
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82 the current date is @emph{not} visible in the window. |
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84 @vindex calendar-move-hook |
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85 Each of the calendar cursor motion commands runs the hook |
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86 @code{calendar-move-hook} after it moves the cursor. |
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88 @node Holiday Customizing |
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89 @subsection Customizing the Holidays |
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91 @vindex calendar-holidays |
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92 @vindex christian-holidays |
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93 @vindex hebrew-holidays |
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94 @vindex islamic-holidays |
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95 Emacs knows about holidays defined by entries on one of several lists. |
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96 You can customize these lists of holidays to your own needs, adding or |
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97 deleting holidays. The lists of holidays that Emacs uses are for |
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98 general holidays (@code{general-holidays}), local holidays |
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99 (@code{local-holidays}), Christian holidays (@code{christian-holidays}), |
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100 Hebrew (Jewish) holidays (@code{hebrew-holidays}), Islamic (Muslim) |
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101 holidays (@code{islamic-holidays}), and other holidays |
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102 (@code{other-holidays}). |
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104 @vindex general-holidays |
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106 United States. To eliminate these holidays, set @code{general-holidays} |
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109 @vindex local-holidays |
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110 There are no default local holidays (but sites may supply some). You |
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112 described below. |
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114 @vindex all-christian-calendar-holidays |
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115 @vindex all-hebrew-calendar-holidays |
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116 @vindex all-islamic-calendar-holidays |
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117 By default, Emacs does not include all the holidays of the religions |
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118 that it knows, only those commonly found in secular calendars. For a |
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119 more extensive collection of religious holidays, you can set any (or |
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120 all) of the variables @code{all-christian-calendar-holidays}, |
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121 @code{all-hebrew-calendar-holidays}, or |
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122 @code{all-islamic-calendar-holidays} to @code{t}. If you want to |
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124 variables @code{christian-holidays}, @code{hebrew-holidays}, and |
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125 @code{islamic-holidays} to @code{nil}.@refill |
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127 @vindex other-holidays |
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128 You can set the variable @code{other-holidays} to any list of |
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129 holidays. This list, normally empty, is intended for individual use. |
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131 @cindex holiday forms |
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132 Each of the lists (@code{general-holidays}, @code{local-holidays}, |
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133 @code{christian-holidays}, @code{hebrew-holidays}, |
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134 @code{islamic-holidays}, and @code{other-holidays}) is a list of |
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135 @dfn{holiday forms}, each holiday form describing a holiday (or |
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136 sometimes a list of holidays). |
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138 Here is a table of the possible kinds of holiday form. Day numbers |
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139 and month numbers count starting from 1, but ``dayname'' numbers |
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140 count Sunday as 0. The element @var{string} is always the |
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141 name of the holiday, as a string. |
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143 @table @code |
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144 @item (holiday-fixed @var{month} @var{day} @var{string}) |
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145 A fixed date on the Gregorian calendar. |
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147 @item (holiday-float @var{month} @var{dayname} @var{k} @var{string}) |
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148 The @var{k}th @var{dayname} in @var{month} on the Gregorian calendar |
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149 (@var{dayname}=0 for Sunday, and so on); negative @var{k} means count back |
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150 from the end of the month. |
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152 @item (holiday-hebrew @var{month} @var{day} @var{string}) |
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153 A fixed date on the Hebrew calendar. |
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155 @item (holiday-islamic @var{month} @var{day} @var{string}) |
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158 @item (holiday-julian @var{month} @var{day} @var{string}) |
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159 A fixed date on the Julian calendar. |
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161 @item (holiday-sexp @var{sexp} @var{string}) |
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162 A date calculated by the Lisp expression @var{sexp}. The expression |
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163 should use the variable @code{year} to compute and return the date of a |
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164 holiday, or @code{nil} if the holiday doesn't happen this year. The |
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165 value of @var{sexp} must represent the date as a list of the form |
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166 @code{(@var{month} @var{day} @var{year})}. |
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168 @item (if @var{condition} @var{holiday-form}) |
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169 A holiday that happens only if @var{condition} is true. |
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171 @item (@var{function} @r{[}@var{args}@r{]}) |
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172 A list of dates calculated by the function @var{function}, called with |
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173 arguments @var{args}. |
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174 @end table |
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176 For example, suppose you want to add Bastille Day, celebrated in |
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177 France on July 14. You can do this as follows: |
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179 @smallexample |
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180 (setq other-holidays '((holiday-fixed 7 14 "Bastille Day"))) |
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183 @noindent |
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184 The holiday form @code{(holiday-fixed 7 14 "Bastille Day")} specifies the |
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185 fourteenth day of the seventh month (July). |
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187 Many holidays occur on a specific day of the week, at a specific time |
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188 of month. Here is a holiday form describing Hurricane Supplication Day, |
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189 celebrated in the Virgin Islands on the fourth Monday in August: |
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191 @smallexample |
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192 (holiday-float 8 1 4 "Hurricane Supplication Day") |
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193 @end smallexample |
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195 @noindent |
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196 Here the 8 specifies August, the 1 specifies Monday (Sunday is 0, |
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197 Tuesday is 2, and so on), and the 4 specifies the fourth occurrence in |
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198 the month (1 specifies the first occurrence, 2 the second occurrence, |
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199 @minus{}1 the last occurrence, @minus{}2 the second-to-last occurrence, and |
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200 so on). |
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202 You can specify holidays that occur on fixed days of the Hebrew, |
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203 Islamic, and Julian calendars too. For example, |
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206 (setq other-holidays |
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207 '((holiday-hebrew 10 2 "Last day of Hanukkah") |
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208 (holiday-islamic 3 12 "Mohammed's Birthday") |
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209 (holiday-julian 4 2 "Jefferson's Birthday"))) |
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210 @end smallexample |
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212 @noindent |
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214 1 starting from Nisan), the Islamic feast celebrating Mohammed's |
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216 Muharram), and Thomas Jefferson's birthday, which is 2 April 1743 on the |
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217 Julian calendar. |
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219 To include a holiday conditionally, use either Emacs Lisp's @code{if} or the |
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220 @code{holiday-sexp} form. For example, American presidential elections |
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221 occur on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of years |
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222 divisible by 4: |
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225 (holiday-sexp '(if (= 0 (% year 4)) |
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227 (1+ (calendar-dayname-on-or-before |
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229 (list 11 1 year))))))) |
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230 "US Presidential Election") |
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233 @noindent |
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234 or |
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237 (if (= 0 (% displayed-year 4)) |
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241 (1+ (calendar-dayname-on-or-before |
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243 (list 11 1 displayed-year))))))) |
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244 "US Presidential Election")) |
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245 @end smallexample |
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247 Some holidays just don't fit into any of these forms because special |
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248 calculations are involved in their determination. In such cases you |
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249 must write a Lisp function to do the calculation. To include eclipses, |
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250 for example, add @code{(eclipses)} to @code{other-holidays} |
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251 and write an Emacs Lisp function @code{eclipses} that returns a |
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252 (possibly empty) list of the relevant Gregorian dates among the range |
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253 visible in the calendar window, with descriptive strings, like this: |
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255 @smallexample |
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256 (((6 27 1991) "Lunar Eclipse") ((7 11 1991) "Solar Eclipse") ... ) |
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259 @node Date Display Format |
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260 @subsection Date Display Format |
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261 @vindex calendar-date-display-form |
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263 You can customize the manner of displaying dates in the diary, in mode |
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264 lines, and in messages by setting @code{calendar-date-display-form}. |
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265 This variable holds a list of expressions that can involve the variables |
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266 @code{month}, @code{day}, and @code{year}, which are all numbers in |
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267 string form, and @code{monthname} and @code{dayname}, which are both |
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268 alphabetic strings. In the American style, the default value of this |
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269 list is as follows: |
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271 @smallexample |
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272 ((if dayname (concat dayname ", ")) monthname " " day ", " year) |
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273 @end smallexample |
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275 @noindent |
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276 while in the European style this value is the default: |
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278 @smallexample |
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279 ((if dayname (concat dayname ", ")) day " " monthname " " year) |
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280 @end smallexample |
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282 @noindent |
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283 The ISO standard date representation is this: |
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285 @smallexample |
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286 (year "-" month "-" day) |
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287 @end smallexample |
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289 @noindent |
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290 This specifies a typical American format: |
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292 @smallexample |
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293 (month "/" day "/" (substring year -2)) |
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294 @end smallexample |
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296 @node Time Display Format |
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297 @subsection Time Display Format |
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298 @vindex calendar-time-display-form |
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300 The calendar and diary by default display times of day in the |
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301 conventional American style with the hours from 1 through 12, minutes, |
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302 and either @samp{am} or @samp{pm}. If you prefer the European style, |
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303 also known in the US as military, in which the hours go from 00 to 23, |
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304 you can alter the variable @code{calendar-time-display-form}. This |
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305 variable is a list of expressions that can involve the variables |
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306 @code{12-hours}, @code{24-hours}, and @code{minutes}, which are all |
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307 numbers in string form, and @code{am-pm} and @code{time-zone}, which are |
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308 both alphabetic strings. The default value of |
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309 @code{calendar-time-display-form} is as follows: |
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311 @smallexample |
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312 (12-hours ":" minutes am-pm |
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313 (if time-zone " (") time-zone (if time-zone ")")) |
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316 @noindent |
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317 Here is a value that provides European style times: |
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319 @smallexample |
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320 (24-hours ":" minutes |
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321 (if time-zone " (") time-zone (if time-zone ")")) |
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324 @node Diary Customizing |
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325 @subsection Customizing the Diary |
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327 @vindex holidays-in-diary-buffer |
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328 Ordinarily, the mode line of the diary buffer window indicates any |
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329 holidays that fall on the date of the diary entries. The process of |
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330 checking for holidays can take several seconds, so including holiday |
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331 information delays the display of the diary buffer noticeably. If you'd |
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332 prefer to have a faster display of the diary buffer but without the |
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333 holiday information, set the variable @code{holidays-in-diary-buffer} to |
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334 @code{nil}.@refill |
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336 @vindex number-of-diary-entries |
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337 The variable @code{number-of-diary-entries} controls the number of |
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338 days of diary entries to be displayed at one time. It affects the |
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339 initial display when @code{view-diary-entries-initially} is @code{t}, as |
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340 well as the command @kbd{M-x diary}. For example, the default value is |
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341 1, which says to display only the current day's diary entries. If the |
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342 value is 2, both the current day's and the next day's entries are |
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343 displayed. The value can also be a vector of seven elements: for |
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344 example, if the value is @code{[0 2 2 2 2 4 1]} then no diary entries |
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345 appear on Sunday, the current date's and the next day's diary entries |
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346 appear Monday through Thursday, Friday through Monday's entries appear |
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347 on Friday, while on Saturday only that day's entries appear. |
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349 @vindex print-diary-entries-hook |
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350 @findex print-diary-entries |
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351 The variable @code{print-diary-entries-hook} is a normal hook run |
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352 after preparation of a temporary buffer containing just the diary |
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353 entries currently visible in the diary buffer. (The other, irrelevant |
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354 diary entries are really absent from the temporary buffer; in the diary |
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355 buffer, they are merely hidden.) The default value of this hook does |
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356 the printing with the command @code{lpr-buffer}. If you want to use a |
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357 different command to do the printing, just change the value of this |
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358 hook. Other uses might include, for example, rearranging the lines into |
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359 order by day and time. |
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361 @vindex diary-date-forms |
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362 You can customize the form of dates in your diary file, if neither the |
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363 standard American nor European styles suits your needs, by setting the |
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364 variable @code{diary-date-forms}. This variable is a list of patterns |
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365 for recognizing a date. Each date pattern is a list whose elements may |
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366 be regular expressions (@pxref{Regular Expressions,,, elisp, the Emacs |
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367 Lisp Reference Manual}) or the symbols @code{month}, @code{day}, |
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368 @code{year}, @code{monthname}, and @code{dayname}. All these elements |
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369 serve as patterns that match certain kinds of text in the diary file. |
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370 In order for the date pattern, as a whole, to match, all of its elements |
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371 must match consecutively. |
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373 A regular expression in a date pattern matches in its usual fashion, |
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374 using the standard syntax table altered so that @samp{*} is a word |
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375 constituent. |
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377 The symbols @code{month}, @code{day}, @code{year}, @code{monthname}, |
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378 and @code{dayname} match the month number, day number, year number, |
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379 month name, and day name of the date being considered. The symbols that |
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380 match numbers allow leading zeros; those that match names allow |
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381 three-letter abbreviations and capitalization. All the symbols can |
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382 match @samp{*}; since @samp{*} in a diary entry means ``any day'', ``any |
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383 month'', and so on, it should match regardless of the date being |
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384 considered. |
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386 The default value of @code{diary-date-forms} in the American style is |
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387 this: |
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389 @example |
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390 ((month "/" day "[^/0-9]") |
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391 (month "/" day "/" year "[^0-9]") |
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392 (monthname " *" day "[^,0-9]") |
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393 (monthname " *" day ", *" year "[^0-9]") |
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394 (dayname "\\W")) |
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395 @end example |
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397 The date patterns in the list must be @emph{mutually exclusive} and |
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398 must not match any portion of the diary entry itself, just the date and |
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399 one character of whitespace. If, to be mutually exclusive, the pattern |
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400 must match a portion of the diary entry text---beyond the whitespace |
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401 that ends the date---then the first element of the date pattern |
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402 @emph{must} be @code{backup}. This causes the date recognizer to back |
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403 up to the beginning of the current word of the diary entry, after |
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404 finishing the match. Even if you use @code{backup}, the date pattern |
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405 must absolutely not match more than a portion of the first word of the |
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406 diary entry. The default value of @code{diary-date-forms} in the |
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407 European style is this list: |
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409 @example |
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410 ((day "/" month "[^/0-9]") |
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411 (day "/" month "/" year "[^0-9]") |
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412 (backup day " *" monthname "\\W+\\<[^*0-9]") |
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413 (day " *" monthname " *" year "[^0-9]") |
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414 (dayname "\\W")) |
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415 @end example |
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417 @noindent |
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418 Notice the use of @code{backup} in the third pattern, because it needs |
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419 to match part of a word beyond the date itself to distinguish it from |
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420 the fourth pattern. |
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422 @node Hebrew/Islamic Entries |
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423 @subsection Hebrew- and Islamic-Date Diary Entries |
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425 Your diary file can have entries based on Hebrew or Islamic dates, as |
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426 well as entries based on the world-standard Gregorian calendar. |
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427 However, because recognition of such entries is time-consuming and most |
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428 people don't use them, you must explicitly enable their use. If you |
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429 want the diary to recognize Hebrew-date diary entries, for example, |
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430 you must do this: |
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432 @vindex nongregorian-diary-listing-hook |
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433 @vindex nongregorian-diary-marking-hook |
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434 @findex list-hebrew-diary-entries |
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435 @findex mark-hebrew-diary-entries |
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436 @smallexample |
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437 (add-hook 'nongregorian-diary-listing-hook 'list-hebrew-diary-entries) |
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438 (add-hook 'nongregorian-diary-marking-hook 'mark-hebrew-diary-entries) |
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439 @end smallexample |
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441 @noindent |
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442 If you want Islamic-date entries, do this: |
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444 @findex list-islamic-diary-entries |
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445 @findex mark-islamic-diary-entries |
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446 @smallexample |
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447 (add-hook 'nongregorian-diary-listing-hook 'list-islamic-diary-entries) |
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448 (add-hook 'nongregorian-diary-marking-hook 'mark-islamic-diary-entries) |
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449 @end smallexample |
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451 Hebrew- and Islamic-date diary entries have the same formats as |
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452 Gregorian-date diary entries, except that @samp{H} precedes a Hebrew |
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453 date and @samp{I} precedes an Islamic date. Moreover, because the |
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454 Hebrew and Islamic month names are not uniquely specified by the first |
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455 three letters, you may not abbreviate them. For example, a diary entry |
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456 for the Hebrew date Heshvan 25 could look like this: |
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457 |
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458 @smallexample |
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459 HHeshvan 25 Happy Hebrew birthday! |
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460 @end smallexample |
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462 @noindent |
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463 and would appear in the diary for any date that corresponds to Heshvan 25 |
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464 on the Hebrew calendar. And here is an Islamic-date diary entry that matches |
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465 Dhu al-Qada 25: |
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466 |
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467 @smallexample |
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468 IDhu al-Qada 25 Happy Islamic birthday! |
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469 @end smallexample |
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470 |
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471 As with Gregorian-date diary entries, Hebrew- and Islamic-date entries |
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472 are nonmarking if they are preceded with an ampersand (@samp{&}). |
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473 |
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474 Here is a table of commands used in the calendar to create diary entries |
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475 that match the selected date and other dates that are similar in the Hebrew |
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476 or Islamic calendar: |
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477 |
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478 @table @kbd |
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479 @item i h d |
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480 Add a diary entry for the Hebrew date corresponding to the selected date |
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481 (@code{insert-hebrew-diary-entry}). |
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482 @item i h m |
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483 Add a diary entry for the day of the Hebrew month corresponding to the |
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484 selected date (@code{insert-monthly-hebrew-diary-entry}). This diary |
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485 entry matches any date that has the same Hebrew day-within-month as the |
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486 selected date. |
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487 @item i h y |
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488 Add a diary entry for the day of the Hebrew year corresponding to the |
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489 selected date (@code{insert-yearly-hebrew-diary-entry}). This diary |
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490 entry matches any date which has the same Hebrew month and day-within-month |
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491 as the selected date. |
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492 @item i i d |
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493 Add a diary entry for the Islamic date corresponding to the selected date |
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494 (@code{insert-islamic-diary-entry}). |
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495 @item i i m |
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496 Add a diary entry for the day of the Islamic month corresponding to the |
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497 selected date (@code{insert-monthly-islamic-diary-entry}). |
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498 @item i i y |
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499 Add a diary entry for the day of the Islamic year corresponding to the |
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500 selected date (@code{insert-yearly-islamic-diary-entry}). |
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501 @end table |
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503 @findex insert-hebrew-diary-entry |
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504 @findex insert-monthly-hebrew-diary-entry |
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505 @findex insert-yearly-hebrew-diary-entry |
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506 @findex insert-islamic-diary-entry |
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507 @findex insert-monthly-islamic-diary-entry |
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508 @findex insert-yearly-islamic-diary-entry |
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509 These commands work much like the corresponding commands for ordinary |
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510 diary entries: they apply to the date that point is on in the calendar |
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511 window, and what they do is insert just the date portion of a diary entry |
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512 at the end of your diary file. You must then insert the rest of the |
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513 diary entry. |
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515 @node Fancy Diary Display |
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516 @subsection Fancy Diary Display |
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517 @vindex diary-display-hook |
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518 @findex simple-diary-display |
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520 Diary display works by preparing the diary buffer and then running the |
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521 hook @code{diary-display-hook}. The default value of this hook |
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522 (@code{simple-diary-display}) hides the irrelevant diary entries and |
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523 then displays the buffer. However, if you specify the hook as follows, |
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525 @cindex diary buffer |
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526 @findex fancy-diary-display |
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527 @example |
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528 (add-hook 'diary-display-hook 'fancy-diary-display) |
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529 @end example |
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531 @noindent |
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532 this enables fancy diary display. It displays diary entries and |
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533 holidays by copying them into a special buffer that exists only for the |
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534 sake of display. Copying to a separate buffer provides an opportunity |
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535 to change the displayed text to make it prettier---for example, to sort |
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536 the entries by the dates they apply to. |
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538 As with simple diary display, you can print a hard copy of the buffer |
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539 with @code{print-diary-entries}. To print a hard copy of a day-by-day |
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540 diary for a week, position point on Sunday of that week, type |
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541 @kbd{7 d}, and then do @kbd{M-x print-diary-entries}. As usual, the |
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542 inclusion of the holidays slows down the display slightly; you can speed |
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543 things up by setting the variable @code{holidays-in-diary-buffer} to |
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544 @code{nil}. |
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546 @vindex diary-list-include-blanks |
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547 Ordinarily, the fancy diary buffer does not show days for which there are |
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548 no diary entries, even if that day is a holiday. If you want such days to be |
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549 shown in the fancy diary buffer, set the variable |
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550 @code{diary-list-include-blanks} to @code{t}.@refill |
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552 @cindex sorting diary entries |
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553 If you use the fancy diary display, you can use the normal hook |
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554 @code{list-diary-entries-hook} to sort each day's diary entries by their |
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555 time of day. Here's how: |
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557 @findex sort-diary-entries |
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558 @example |
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559 (add-hook 'list-diary-entries-hook 'sort-diary-entries t) |
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560 @end example |
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562 @noindent |
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563 For each day, this sorts diary entries that begin with a recognizable |
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564 time of day according to their times. Diary entries without times come |
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565 first within each day. |
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566 |
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567 Fancy diary display also has the ability to process included diary |
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568 files. This permits a group of people to share a diary file for events |
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569 that apply to all of them. Lines in the diary file of this form: |
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570 |
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571 @smallexample |
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572 #include "@var{filename}" |
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573 @end smallexample |
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574 |
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575 @noindent |
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576 includes the diary entries from the file @var{filename} in the fancy |
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577 diary buffer. The include mechanism is recursive, so that included files |
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578 can include other files, and so on; you must be careful not to have a |
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579 cycle of inclusions, of course. Here is how to enable the include |
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580 facility: |
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581 |
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582 @vindex list-diary-entries-hook |
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583 @vindex mark-diary-entries-hook |
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584 @findex include-other-diary-files |
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585 @findex mark-included-diary-files |
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586 @smallexample |
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587 (add-hook 'list-diary-entries-hook 'include-other-diary-files) |
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588 (add-hook 'mark-diary-entries-hook 'mark-included-diary-files) |
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589 @end smallexample |
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590 |
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591 The include mechanism works only with the fancy diary display, because |
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592 ordinary diary display shows the entries directly from your diary file. |
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593 |
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594 @node Sexp Diary Entries |
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595 @subsection Sexp Entries and the Fancy Diary Display |
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596 @cindex sexp diary entries |
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597 |
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598 Sexp diary entries allow you to do more than just have complicated |
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599 conditions under which a diary entry applies. If you use the fancy |
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600 diary display, sexp entries can generate the text of the entry depending |
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601 on the date itself. For example, an anniversary diary entry can insert |
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602 the number of years since the anniversary date into the text of the |
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603 diary entry. Thus the @samp{%d} in this dairy entry: |
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604 |
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605 @findex diary-anniversary |
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606 @smallexample |
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607 %%(diary-anniversary 10 31 1948) Arthur's birthday (%d years old) |
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608 @end smallexample |
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609 |
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610 @noindent |
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611 gets replaced by the age, so on October 31, 1990 the entry appears in |
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612 the fancy diary buffer like this: |
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613 |
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614 @smallexample |
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615 Arthur's birthday (42 years old) |
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616 @end smallexample |
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617 |
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618 @noindent |
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619 If the diary file instead contains this entry: |
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620 |
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621 @smallexample |
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622 %%(diary-anniversary 10 31 1948) Arthur's %d%s birthday |
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623 @end smallexample |
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624 |
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625 @noindent |
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626 the entry in the fancy diary buffer for October 31, 1990 appears like this: |
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627 |
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628 @smallexample |
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629 Arthur's 42nd birthday |
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630 @end smallexample |
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631 |
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632 Similarly, cyclic diary entries can interpolate the number of repetitions |
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633 that have occurred: |
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634 |
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635 @findex diary-cyclic |
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636 @smallexample |
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637 %%(diary-cyclic 50 1 1 1990) Renew medication (%d%s time) |
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638 @end smallexample |
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639 |
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640 @noindent |
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641 looks like this: |
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642 |
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643 @smallexample |
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644 Renew medication (5th time) |
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645 @end smallexample |
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646 |
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647 @noindent |
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648 in the fancy diary display on September 8, 1990. |
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649 |
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650 There is an early reminder diary sexp that includes its entry in the |
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651 diary not only on the date of occurrence, but also on earlier dates. |
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652 For example, if you want a reminder a week before your anniversary, you |
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653 can use |
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654 |
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655 @findex diary-remind |
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656 @smallexample |
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657 %%(diary-remind '(diary-anniversary 12 22 1968) 7) Ed's anniversary |
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658 @end smallexample |
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659 |
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660 @noindent |
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661 and the fancy diary will show |
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662 @smallexample |
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663 Ed's anniversary |
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664 @end smallexample |
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665 @noindent |
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666 both on December 15 and on December 22. |
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667 |
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668 @findex diary-date |
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669 The function @code{diary-date} applies to dates described by a month, |
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670 day, year combination, each of which can be an integer, a list of |
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671 integers, or @code{t}. The value @code{t} means all values. For |
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672 example, |
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673 |
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674 @smallexample |
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675 %%(diary-date '(10 11 12) 22 t) Rake leaves |
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676 @end smallexample |
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677 |
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678 @noindent |
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679 causes the fancy diary to show |
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680 |
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681 @smallexample |
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682 Rake leaves |
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683 @end smallexample |
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684 |
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685 @noindent |
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686 on October 22, November 22, and December 22 of every year. |
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687 |
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688 @findex diary-float |
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689 The function @code{diary-float} allows you to describe diary entries |
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690 that apply to dates like the third Friday of November, or the last |
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691 Tuesday in April. The parameters are the @var{month}, @var{dayname}, |
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692 and an index @var{n}. The entry appears on the @var{n}th @var{dayname} |
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693 of @var{month}, where @var{dayname}=0 means Sunday, 1 means Monday, and |
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694 so on. If @var{n} is negative it counts backward from the end of |
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695 @var{month}. The value of @var{month} can be a list of months, a single |
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696 month, or @code{t} to specify all months. You can also use an optional |
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697 parameter @var{day} to specify the @var{n}th @var{dayname} of |
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698 @var{month} on or after/before @var{day}; the value of @var{day} defaults |
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699 to 1 if @var{n} is positive and to the last day of @var{month} if |
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700 @var{n} is negative. For example, |
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701 |
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702 @smallexample |
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703 %%(diary-float t 1 -1) Pay rent |
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704 @end smallexample |
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705 |
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706 @noindent |
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707 causes the fancy diary to show |
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708 |
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709 @smallexample |
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710 Pay rent |
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711 @end smallexample |
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712 |
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713 @noindent |
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714 on the last Monday of every month. |
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715 |
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716 The generality of sexp diary entries lets you specify any diary |
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717 entry that you can describe algorithmically. A sexp diary entry |
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718 contains an expression that computes whether the entry applies to any |
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719 given date. If its value is non-@code{nil}, the entry applies to that |
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720 date; otherwise, it does not. The expression can use the variable |
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721 @code{date} to find the date being considered; its value is a list |
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722 (@var{month} @var{day} @var{year}) that refers to the Gregorian |
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723 calendar. |
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724 |
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725 The sexp diary entry applies to a date when the expression's value |
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726 is non-@code{nil}, but some values have more specific meanings. If |
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727 the value is a string, that string is a description of the event which |
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728 occurs on that date. The value can also have the form |
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729 @code{(@var{mark} . @var{string})}; then @var{mark} specifies how to |
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730 mark the date in the calendar, and @var{string} is the description of |
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731 the event. If @var{mark} is a single-character string, that character |
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732 appears next to the date in the calendar. If @var{mark} is a face |
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733 name, the date is displayed in that face. If @var{mark} is |
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734 @code{nil}, that specifies no particular highlighting for the date. |
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735 |
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736 Suppose you get paid on the 21st of the month if it is a weekday, and |
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737 on the Friday before if the 21st is on a weekend. Here is how to write |
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738 a sexp diary entry that matches those dates: |
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739 |
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740 @smallexample |
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741 &%%(let ((dayname (calendar-day-of-week date)) |
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742 (day (car (cdr date)))) |
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743 (or (and (= day 21) (memq dayname '(1 2 3 4 5))) |
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744 (and (memq day '(19 20)) (= dayname 5))) |
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745 ) Pay check deposited |
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746 @end smallexample |
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747 |
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748 The following sexp diary entries take advantage of the ability (in the fancy |
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749 diary display) to concoct diary entries whose text varies based on the date: |
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750 |
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751 @findex diary-sunrise-sunset |
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752 @findex diary-phases-of-moon |
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753 @findex diary-day-of-year |
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754 @findex diary-iso-date |
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755 @findex diary-julian-date |
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756 @findex diary-astro-day-number |
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757 @findex diary-hebrew-date |
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758 @findex diary-islamic-date |
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759 @findex diary-french-date |
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760 @findex diary-mayan-date |
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761 @table @code |
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762 @item %%(diary-sunrise-sunset) |
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763 Make a diary entry for the local times of today's sunrise and sunset. |
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764 @item %%(diary-phases-of-moon) |
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765 Make a diary entry for the phases (quarters) of the moon. |
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766 @item %%(diary-day-of-year) |
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767 Make a diary entry with today's day number in the current year and the number |
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768 of days remaining in the current year. |
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769 @item %%(diary-iso-date) |
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770 Make a diary entry with today's equivalent ISO commercial date. |
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771 @item %%(diary-julian-date) |
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772 Make a diary entry with today's equivalent date on the Julian calendar. |
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773 @item %%(diary-astro-day-number) |
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774 Make a diary entry with today's equivalent astronomical (Julian) day number. |
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775 @item %%(diary-hebrew-date) |
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776 Make a diary entry with today's equivalent date on the Hebrew calendar. |
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777 @item %%(diary-islamic-date) |
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778 Make a diary entry with today's equivalent date on the Islamic calendar. |
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779 @item %%(diary-french-date) |
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780 Make a diary entry with today's equivalent date on the French Revolutionary |
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781 calendar. |
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782 @item %%(diary-mayan-date) |
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783 Make a diary entry with today's equivalent date on the Mayan calendar. |
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784 @end table |
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785 |
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786 @noindent |
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787 Thus including the diary entry |
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788 |
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789 @example |
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790 &%%(diary-hebrew-date) |
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791 @end example |
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792 |
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793 @noindent |
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794 causes every day's diary display to contain the equivalent date on the |
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795 Hebrew calendar, if you are using the fancy diary display. (With simple |
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796 diary display, the line @samp{&%%(diary-hebrew-date)} appears in the |
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797 diary for any date, but does nothing particularly useful.) |
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799 These functions can be used to construct sexp diary entries based on |
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800 the Hebrew calendar in certain standard ways: |
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802 @cindex rosh hodesh |
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803 @findex diary-rosh-hodesh |
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804 @cindex parasha, weekly |
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805 @findex diary-parasha |
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806 @cindex candle lighting times |
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807 @findex diary-sabbath-candles |
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808 @cindex omer count |
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809 @findex diary-omer |
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810 @cindex yahrzeits |
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811 @findex diary-yahrzeit |
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812 @table @code |
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813 @item %%(diary-rosh-hodesh) |
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814 Make a diary entry that tells the occurrence and ritual announcement of each |
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815 new Hebrew month. |
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816 @item %%(diary-parasha) |
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817 Make a Saturday diary entry that tells the weekly synagogue scripture reading. |
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818 @item %%(diary-sabbath-candles) |
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819 Make a Friday diary entry that tells the @emph{local time} of Sabbath |
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820 candle lighting. |
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821 @item %%(diary-omer) |
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822 Make a diary entry that gives the omer count, when appropriate. |
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823 @item %%(diary-yahrzeit @var{month} @var{day} @var{year}) @var{name} |
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824 Make a diary entry marking the anniversary of a date of death. The date |
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825 is the @emph{Gregorian} (civil) date of death. The diary entry appears |
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826 on the proper Hebrew calendar anniversary and on the day before. (In |
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827 the European style, the order of the parameters is changed to @var{day}, |
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828 @var{month}, @var{year}.) |
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829 @end table |
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831 All the functions documented above take an optional argument |
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832 @var{mark} which specifies how to mark the date in the calendar display. |
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833 If one of these functions decides that it applies to a certain date, |
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834 it returns a value that contains @var{mark}. |
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836 @ignore | |
837 arch-tag: 52cb299f-fd1f-4616-bfe6-91b988669431 | |
838 @end ignore |