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(Special Diary Entries): Fix Thanksgiving example.
author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> |
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date | Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:17:40 +0000 |
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1395 | 1395 |
1396 Another sophisticated kind of sexp entry, a @dfn{floating} diary entry, | 1396 Another sophisticated kind of sexp entry, a @dfn{floating} diary entry, |
1397 specifies a regularly occurring event by offsets specified in days, | 1397 specifies a regularly occurring event by offsets specified in days, |
1398 weeks, and months. It is comparable to a crontab entry interpreted by | 1398 weeks, and months. It is comparable to a crontab entry interpreted by |
1399 the @code{cron} utility. Here is a nonmarking, floating diary entry | 1399 the @code{cron} utility. Here is a nonmarking, floating diary entry |
1400 that applies to the last Thursday in November: | 1400 that applies to the fourth Thursday in November: |
1401 | 1401 |
1402 @findex diary-float | 1402 @findex diary-float |
1403 @example | 1403 @example |
1404 &%%(diary-float 11 4 -1) American Thanksgiving | 1404 &%%(diary-float 11 4 4) American Thanksgiving |
1405 @end example | 1405 @end example |
1406 | 1406 |
1407 @noindent | 1407 @noindent |
1408 The 11 specifies November (the eleventh month), the 4 specifies Thursday | 1408 The 11 specifies November (the eleventh month), the 4 specifies Thursday |
1409 (the fourth day of the week, where Sunday is numbered zero), and the | 1409 (the fourth day of the week, where Sunday is numbered zero), and the |
1410 @minus{}1 specifies ``last'' (1 would mean ``first,'' 2 would mean | 1410 second 4 specifies the fourth Thursday (1 would mean ``first,'' 2 would |
1411 ``second,'' @minus{}2 would mean ``second-to-last,'' and so on). The | 1411 mean ``second,'' @minus{}2 would mean ``second-to-last,'' and so on). |
1412 month can be a single month or a list of months. Thus you could change | 1412 The month can be a single month or a list of months. Thus you could change |
1413 the 11 above to @samp{'(1 2 3)} and have the entry apply to the last | 1413 the 11 above to @samp{'(1 2 3)} and have the entry apply to the last |
1414 Thursday of January, February, and March. If the month is @code{t}, the | 1414 Thursday of January, February, and March. If the month is @code{t}, the |
1415 entry applies to all months of the year.@refill | 1415 entry applies to all months of the year.@refill |
1416 | 1416 |
1417 Each of the standard sexp diary entries takes an optional parameter | 1417 Each of the standard sexp diary entries takes an optional parameter |