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(Diary): Clarify text about diary file example.

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their dates.  Then Emacs can automatically pick out and display the
events for today, for the immediate future, or for any specified
date.

  The name of the diary file is specified by the variable
@code{diary-file}; @file{~/diary} is the default.  A sample diary file
is (note that the file format is essentially the same as that used by
the external shell utility @samp{calendar}):

@example
12/22/1988  Twentieth wedding anniversary!!
&1/1.       Happy New Year!
10/22       Ruth's birthday.

April 15, 1989 Income tax due.
&* 15       time cards due.
@end example

@noindent
This example uses extra spaces to align the event descriptions of most
of the entries.  Such formatting is purely a matter of taste.

  Although you probably will start by creating a diary manually, Emacs
provides a number of commands to let you view, add, and change diary
entries.

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their dates.  Then Emacs can automatically pick out and display the
events for today, for the immediate future, or for any specified
date.

  The name of the diary file is specified by the variable
@code{diary-file}; @file{~/diary} is the default.  Here's an example
showing what that file looks like:

@example
12/22/1988  Twentieth wedding anniversary!!
&1/1.       Happy New Year!
10/22       Ruth's birthday.

April 15, 1989 Income tax due.
&* 15       time cards due.
@end example

@noindent
This format is essentially the same as the one used by the system's
@program{calendar} utility.  This example uses extra spaces to align
the event descriptions of most of the entries.  Such formatting is
purely a matter of taste.

  Although you probably will start by creating a diary manually, Emacs
provides a number of commands to let you view, add, and change diary
entries.