@c This is part of the Emacs manual.@c Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.@c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.@c@c This file is included either in emacs-xtra.texi (when producing the@c printed version) or in the main Emacs manual (for the on-line version).@c Moved here from the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, 2005-03-26.@node Advanced Calendar/Diary Usage@section Customizing the Calendar and Diary There are many customizations that you can use to make the calendar anddiary suit your personal tastes.@menu* Calendar Customizing:: Defaults you can set.* Holiday Customizing:: Defining your own holidays.* Date Display Format:: Changing the format.* Time Display Format:: Changing the format.* Diary Customizing:: Defaults you can set.* Hebrew/Islamic Entries:: How to obtain them.* Fancy Diary Display:: Enhancing the diary display, sorting entries, using included diary files.* Sexp Diary Entries:: Fancy things you can do.@end menu@node Calendar Customizing@subsection Customizing the Calendar@vindex calendar-holiday-marker@vindex diary-entry-marker The variable @code{calendar-holiday-marker} specifies how to mark adate as being a holiday. Its value may be a single-character stringto insert next to the date, or a face name to use for displaying thedate. Likewise, the variable @code{diary-entry-marker} specifies howto mark a date that has diary entries. The calendar creates facesnamed @code{holiday-face} and @code{diary-face} for these purposes;those symbols are the default values of these variables.@vindex calendar-load-hook The variable @code{calendar-load-hook} is a normal hook run when thecalendar package is first loaded (before actually starting to displaythe calendar).@vindex initial-calendar-window-hook Starting the calendar runs the normal hook@code{initial-calendar-window-hook}. Recomputation of the calendardisplay does not run this hook. But if you leave the calendar with the@kbd{q} command and reenter it, the hook runs again.@refill@vindex today-visible-calendar-hook The variable @code{today-visible-calendar-hook} is a normal hook runafter the calendar buffer has been prepared with the calendar when thecurrent date is visible in the window. One use of this hook is toreplace today's date with asterisks; to do that, use the hook function@code{calendar-star-date}.@findex calendar-star-date@example(add-hook 'today-visible-calendar-hook 'calendar-star-date)@end example@noindentAnother standard hook function marks the current date, either bychanging its face or by adding an asterisk. Here's how to use it:@findex calendar-mark-today@example(add-hook 'today-visible-calendar-hook 'calendar-mark-today)@end example@noindent@vindex calendar-today-markerThe variable @code{calendar-today-marker} specifies how to marktoday's date. Its value should be a single-character string to insertnext to the date or a face name to use for displaying the date. Aface named @code{calendar-today-face} is provided for this purpose;that symbol is the default for this variable.@vindex today-invisible-calendar-hook@noindent A similar normal hook, @code{today-invisible-calendar-hook} is run ifthe current date is @emph{not} visible in the window.@vindex calendar-move-hook Each of the calendar cursor motion commands runs the hook@code{calendar-move-hook} after it moves the cursor.@node Holiday Customizing@subsection Customizing the Holidays@vindex calendar-holidays@vindex christian-holidays@vindex hebrew-holidays@vindex islamic-holidays Emacs knows about holidays defined by entries on one of several lists.You can customize these lists of holidays to your own needs, adding ordeleting holidays. The lists of holidays that Emacs uses are forgeneral holidays (@code{general-holidays}), local holidays(@code{local-holidays}), Christian holidays (@code{christian-holidays}),Hebrew (Jewish) holidays (@code{hebrew-holidays}), Islamic (Muslim)holidays (@code{islamic-holidays}), and other holidays(@code{other-holidays}).@vindex general-holidays The general holidays are, by default, holidays common throughout theUnited States. To eliminate these holidays, set @code{general-holidays}to @code{nil}.@vindex local-holidays There are no default local holidays (but sites may supply some). Youcan set the variable @code{local-holidays} to any list of holidays, asdescribed below.@vindex all-christian-calendar-holidays@vindex all-hebrew-calendar-holidays@vindex all-islamic-calendar-holidays By default, Emacs does not include all the holidays of the religionsthat it knows, only those commonly found in secular calendars. For amore extensive collection of religious holidays, you can set any (orall) of the variables @code{all-christian-calendar-holidays},@code{all-hebrew-calendar-holidays}, or@code{all-islamic-calendar-holidays} to @code{t}. If you want toeliminate the religious holidays, set any or all of the correspondingvariables @code{christian-holidays}, @code{hebrew-holidays}, and@code{islamic-holidays} to @code{nil}.@refill@vindex other-holidays You can set the variable @code{other-holidays} to any list ofholidays. This list, normally empty, is intended for individual use.@cindex holiday forms Each of the lists (@code{general-holidays}, @code{local-holidays},@code{christian-holidays}, @code{hebrew-holidays},@code{islamic-holidays}, and @code{other-holidays}) is a list of@dfn{holiday forms}, each holiday form describing a holiday (orsometimes a list of holidays). Here is a table of the possible kinds of holiday form. Day numbersand month numbers count starting from 1, but ``dayname'' numberscount Sunday as 0. The element @var{string} is always thename of the holiday, as a string.@table @code@item (holiday-fixed @var{month} @var{day} @var{string})A fixed date on the Gregorian calendar.@item (holiday-float @var{month} @var{dayname} @var{k} @var{string})The @var{k}th @var{dayname} in @var{month} on the Gregorian calendar(@var{dayname}=0 for Sunday, and so on); negative @var{k} means count backfrom the end of the month.@item (holiday-hebrew @var{month} @var{day} @var{string})A fixed date on the Hebrew calendar.@item (holiday-islamic @var{month} @var{day} @var{string})A fixed date on the Islamic calendar.@item (holiday-julian @var{month} @var{day} @var{string})A fixed date on the Julian calendar.@item (holiday-sexp @var{sexp} @var{string})A date calculated by the Lisp expression @var{sexp}. The expressionshould use the variable @code{year} to compute and return the date of aholiday, or @code{nil} if the holiday doesn't happen this year. Thevalue of @var{sexp} must represent the date as a list of the form@code{(@var{month} @var{day} @var{year})}.@item (if @var{condition} @var{holiday-form})A holiday that happens only if @var{condition} is true.@item (@var{function} @r{[}@var{args}@r{]})A list of dates calculated by the function @var{function}, called witharguments @var{args}.@end table For example, suppose you want to add Bastille Day, celebrated inFrance on July 14. You can do this as follows:@smallexample(setq other-holidays '((holiday-fixed 7 14 "Bastille Day")))@end smallexample@noindentThe holiday form @code{(holiday-fixed 7 14 "Bastille Day")} specifies thefourteenth day of the seventh month (July). Many holidays occur on a specific day of the week, at a specific timeof month. Here is a holiday form describing Hurricane Supplication Day,celebrated in the Virgin Islands on the fourth Monday in August:@smallexample(holiday-float 8 1 4 "Hurricane Supplication Day")@end smallexample@noindentHere the 8 specifies August, the 1 specifies Monday (Sunday is 0,Tuesday is 2, and so on), and the 4 specifies the fourth occurrence inthe month (1 specifies the first occurrence, 2 the second occurrence,@minus{}1 the last occurrence, @minus{}2 the second-to-last occurrence, andso on). You can specify holidays that occur on fixed days of the Hebrew,Islamic, and Julian calendars too. For example,@smallexample(setq other-holidays '((holiday-hebrew 10 2 "Last day of Hanukkah") (holiday-islamic 3 12 "Mohammed's Birthday") (holiday-julian 4 2 "Jefferson's Birthday")))@end smallexample@noindentadds the last day of Hanukkah (since the Hebrew months are numbered with1 starting from Nisan), the Islamic feast celebrating Mohammed'sbirthday (since the Islamic months are numbered from 1 starting withMuharram), and Thomas Jefferson's birthday, which is 2 April 1743 on theJulian calendar. To include a holiday conditionally, use either Emacs Lisp's @code{if} or the@code{holiday-sexp} form. For example, American presidential electionsoccur on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of yearsdivisible by 4:@smallexample(holiday-sexp '(if (= 0 (% year 4)) (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (1+ (calendar-dayname-on-or-before 1 (+ 6 (calendar-absolute-from-gregorian (list 11 1 year))))))) "US Presidential Election")@end smallexample@noindentor@smallexample(if (= 0 (% displayed-year 4)) (fixed 11 (extract-calendar-day (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (1+ (calendar-dayname-on-or-before 1 (+ 6 (calendar-absolute-from-gregorian (list 11 1 displayed-year))))))) "US Presidential Election"))@end smallexample Some holidays just don't fit into any of these forms because specialcalculations are involved in their determination. In such cases youmust write a Lisp function to do the calculation. To include eclipses,for example, add @code{(eclipses)} to @code{other-holidays}and write an Emacs Lisp function @code{eclipses} that returns a(possibly empty) list of the relevant Gregorian dates among the rangevisible in the calendar window, with descriptive strings, like this:@smallexample(((6 27 1991) "Lunar Eclipse") ((7 11 1991) "Solar Eclipse") ... )@end smallexample@node Date Display Format@subsection Date Display Format@vindex calendar-date-display-form You can customize the manner of displaying dates in the diary, in modelines, and in messages by setting @code{calendar-date-display-form}.This variable holds a list of expressions that can involve the variables@code{month}, @code{day}, and @code{year}, which are all numbers instring form, and @code{monthname} and @code{dayname}, which are bothalphabetic strings. In the American style, the default value of thislist is as follows:@smallexample((if dayname (concat dayname ", ")) monthname " " day ", " year)@end smallexample@noindentwhile in the European style this value is the default:@smallexample((if dayname (concat dayname ", ")) day " " monthname " " year)@end smallexample@noindentThe ISO standard date representation is this:@smallexample(year "-" month "-" day)@end smallexample@noindentThis specifies a typical American format:@smallexample(month "/" day "/" (substring year -2))@end smallexample@node Time Display Format@subsection Time Display Format@vindex calendar-time-display-form The calendar and diary by default display times of day in theconventional American style with the hours from 1 through 12, minutes,and either @samp{am} or @samp{pm}. If you prefer the European style,also known in the US as military, in which the hours go from 00 to 23,you can alter the variable @code{calendar-time-display-form}. Thisvariable is a list of expressions that can involve the variables@code{12-hours}, @code{24-hours}, and @code{minutes}, which are allnumbers in string form, and @code{am-pm} and @code{time-zone}, which areboth alphabetic strings. The default value of@code{calendar-time-display-form} is as follows:@smallexample(12-hours ":" minutes am-pm (if time-zone " (") time-zone (if time-zone ")"))@end smallexample@noindentHere is a value that provides European style times:@smallexample(24-hours ":" minutes (if time-zone " (") time-zone (if time-zone ")"))@end smallexample@node Diary Customizing@subsection Customizing the Diary@vindex holidays-in-diary-buffer Ordinarily, the mode line of the diary buffer window indicates anyholidays that fall on the date of the diary entries. The process ofchecking for holidays can take several seconds, so including holidayinformation delays the display of the diary buffer noticeably. If you'dprefer to have a faster display of the diary buffer but without theholiday information, set the variable @code{holidays-in-diary-buffer} to@code{nil}.@refill@vindex number-of-diary-entries The variable @code{number-of-diary-entries} controls the number ofdays of diary entries to be displayed at one time. It affects theinitial display when @code{view-diary-entries-initially} is @code{t}, aswell as the command @kbd{M-x diary}. For example, the default value is1, which says to display only the current day's diary entries. If thevalue is 2, both the current day's and the next day's entries aredisplayed. The value can also be a vector of seven elements: forexample, if the value is @code{[0 2 2 2 2 4 1]} then no diary entriesappear on Sunday, the current date's and the next day's diary entriesappear Monday through Thursday, Friday through Monday's entries appearon Friday, while on Saturday only that day's entries appear.@vindex print-diary-entries-hook@findex print-diary-entries The variable @code{print-diary-entries-hook} is a normal hook runafter preparation of a temporary buffer containing just the diaryentries currently visible in the diary buffer. (The other, irrelevantdiary entries are really absent from the temporary buffer; in the diarybuffer, they are merely hidden.) The default value of this hook doesthe printing with the command @code{lpr-buffer}. If you want to use adifferent command to do the printing, just change the value of thishook. Other uses might include, for example, rearranging the lines intoorder by day and time.@vindex diary-date-forms You can customize the form of dates in your diary file, if neither thestandard American nor European styles suits your needs, by setting thevariable @code{diary-date-forms}. This variable is a list of patternsfor recognizing a date. Each date pattern is a list whose elements maybe regular expressions (@pxref{Regular Expressions,,, elisp, the EmacsLisp Reference Manual}) or the symbols @code{month}, @code{day},@code{year}, @code{monthname}, and @code{dayname}. All these elementsserve as patterns that match certain kinds of text in the diary file.In order for the date pattern, as a whole, to match, all of its elementsmust match consecutively. A regular expression in a date pattern matches in its usual fashion,using the standard syntax table altered so that @samp{*} is a wordconstituent. The symbols @code{month}, @code{day}, @code{year}, @code{monthname},and @code{dayname} match the month number, day number, year number,month name, and day name of the date being considered. The symbols thatmatch numbers allow leading zeros; those that match names allowthree-letter abbreviations and capitalization. All the symbols canmatch @samp{*}; since @samp{*} in a diary entry means ``any day'', ``anymonth'', and so on, it should match regardless of the date beingconsidered. The default value of @code{diary-date-forms} in the American style isthis:@example((month "/" day "[^/0-9]") (month "/" day "/" year "[^0-9]") (monthname " *" day "[^,0-9]") (monthname " *" day ", *" year "[^0-9]") (dayname "\\W"))@end example The date patterns in the list must be @emph{mutually exclusive} andmust not match any portion of the diary entry itself, just the date andone character of whitespace. If, to be mutually exclusive, the patternmust match a portion of the diary entry text---beyond the whitespacethat ends the date---then the first element of the date pattern@emph{must} be @code{backup}. This causes the date recognizer to backup to the beginning of the current word of the diary entry, afterfinishing the match. Even if you use @code{backup}, the date patternmust absolutely not match more than a portion of the first word of thediary entry. The default value of @code{diary-date-forms} in theEuropean style is this list:@example((day "/" month "[^/0-9]") (day "/" month "/" year "[^0-9]") (backup day " *" monthname "\\W+\\<[^*0-9]") (day " *" monthname " *" year "[^0-9]") (dayname "\\W"))@end example@noindentNotice the use of @code{backup} in the third pattern, because it needsto match part of a word beyond the date itself to distinguish it fromthe fourth pattern.@node Hebrew/Islamic Entries@subsection Hebrew- and Islamic-Date Diary Entries Your diary file can have entries based on Hebrew or Islamic dates, aswell as entries based on the world-standard Gregorian calendar.However, because recognition of such entries is time-consuming and mostpeople don't use them, you must explicitly enable their use. If youwant the diary to recognize Hebrew-date diary entries, for example,you must do this:@vindex nongregorian-diary-listing-hook@vindex nongregorian-diary-marking-hook@findex list-hebrew-diary-entries@findex mark-hebrew-diary-entries@smallexample(add-hook 'nongregorian-diary-listing-hook 'list-hebrew-diary-entries)(add-hook 'nongregorian-diary-marking-hook 'mark-hebrew-diary-entries)@end smallexample@noindentIf you want Islamic-date entries, do this:@findex list-islamic-diary-entries@findex mark-islamic-diary-entries@smallexample(add-hook 'nongregorian-diary-listing-hook 'list-islamic-diary-entries)(add-hook 'nongregorian-diary-marking-hook 'mark-islamic-diary-entries)@end smallexample Hebrew- and Islamic-date diary entries have the same formats asGregorian-date diary entries, except that @samp{H} precedes a Hebrewdate and @samp{I} precedes an Islamic date. Moreover, because theHebrew and Islamic month names are not uniquely specified by the firstthree letters, you may not abbreviate them. For example, a diary entryfor the Hebrew date Heshvan 25 could look like this:@smallexampleHHeshvan 25 Happy Hebrew birthday!@end smallexample@noindentand would appear in the diary for any date that corresponds to Heshvan 25on the Hebrew calendar. And here is an Islamic-date diary entry that matchesDhu al-Qada 25:@smallexampleIDhu al-Qada 25 Happy Islamic birthday!@end smallexample As with Gregorian-date diary entries, Hebrew- and Islamic-date entriesare nonmarking if they are preceded with an ampersand (@samp{&}). Here is a table of commands used in the calendar to create diary entriesthat match the selected date and other dates that are similar in the Hebrewor Islamic calendar:@table @kbd@item i h dAdd a diary entry for the Hebrew date corresponding to the selected date(@code{insert-hebrew-diary-entry}).@item i h mAdd a diary entry for the day of the Hebrew month corresponding to theselected date (@code{insert-monthly-hebrew-diary-entry}). This diaryentry matches any date that has the same Hebrew day-within-month as theselected date.@item i h yAdd a diary entry for the day of the Hebrew year corresponding to theselected date (@code{insert-yearly-hebrew-diary-entry}). This diaryentry matches any date which has the same Hebrew month and day-within-monthas the selected date.@item i i dAdd a diary entry for the Islamic date corresponding to the selected date(@code{insert-islamic-diary-entry}).@item i i mAdd a diary entry for the day of the Islamic month corresponding to theselected date (@code{insert-monthly-islamic-diary-entry}).@item i i yAdd a diary entry for the day of the Islamic year corresponding to theselected date (@code{insert-yearly-islamic-diary-entry}).@end table@findex insert-hebrew-diary-entry@findex insert-monthly-hebrew-diary-entry@findex insert-yearly-hebrew-diary-entry@findex insert-islamic-diary-entry@findex insert-monthly-islamic-diary-entry@findex insert-yearly-islamic-diary-entry These commands work much like the corresponding commands for ordinarydiary entries: they apply to the date that point is on in the calendarwindow, and what they do is insert just the date portion of a diary entryat the end of your diary file. You must then insert the rest of thediary entry.@node Fancy Diary Display@subsection Fancy Diary Display@vindex diary-display-hook@findex simple-diary-display Diary display works by preparing the diary buffer and then running thehook @code{diary-display-hook}. The default value of this hook(@code{simple-diary-display}) hides the irrelevant diary entries andthen displays the buffer. However, if you specify the hook as follows,@cindex diary buffer@findex fancy-diary-display@example(add-hook 'diary-display-hook 'fancy-diary-display)@end example@noindentthis enables fancy diary display. It displays diary entries andholidays by copying them into a special buffer that exists only for thesake of display. Copying to a separate buffer provides an opportunityto change the displayed text to make it prettier---for example, to sortthe entries by the dates they apply to. As with simple diary display, you can print a hard copy of the bufferwith @code{print-diary-entries}. To print a hard copy of a day-by-daydiary for a week, position point on Sunday of that week, type@kbd{7 d}, and then do @kbd{M-x print-diary-entries}. As usual, theinclusion of the holidays slows down the display slightly; you can speedthings up by setting the variable @code{holidays-in-diary-buffer} to@code{nil}.@vindex diary-list-include-blanks Ordinarily, the fancy diary buffer does not show days for which there areno diary entries, even if that day is a holiday. If you want such days to beshown in the fancy diary buffer, set the variable@code{diary-list-include-blanks} to @code{t}.@refill@cindex sorting diary entries If you use the fancy diary display, you can use the normal hook@code{list-diary-entries-hook} to sort each day's diary entries by theirtime of day. Here's how:@findex sort-diary-entries@example(add-hook 'list-diary-entries-hook 'sort-diary-entries t)@end example@noindentFor each day, this sorts diary entries that begin with a recognizabletime of day according to their times. Diary entries without times comefirst within each day. Fancy diary display also has the ability to process included diaryfiles. This permits a group of people to share a diary file for eventsthat apply to all of them. Lines in the diary file of this form:@smallexample#include "@var{filename}"@end smallexample@noindentincludes the diary entries from the file @var{filename} in the fancydiary buffer. The include mechanism is recursive, so that included filescan include other files, and so on; you must be careful not to have acycle of inclusions, of course. Here is how to enable the includefacility:@vindex list-diary-entries-hook@vindex mark-diary-entries-hook@findex include-other-diary-files@findex mark-included-diary-files@smallexample(add-hook 'list-diary-entries-hook 'include-other-diary-files)(add-hook 'mark-diary-entries-hook 'mark-included-diary-files)@end smallexampleThe include mechanism works only with the fancy diary display, becauseordinary diary display shows the entries directly from your diary file.@node Sexp Diary Entries@subsection Sexp Entries and the Fancy Diary Display@cindex sexp diary entries Sexp diary entries allow you to do more than just have complicatedconditions under which a diary entry applies. If you use the fancydiary display, sexp entries can generate the text of the entry dependingon the date itself. For example, an anniversary diary entry can insertthe number of years since the anniversary date into the text of thediary entry. Thus the @samp{%d} in this diary entry:@findex diary-anniversary@smallexample%%(diary-anniversary 10 31 1948) Arthur's birthday (%d years old)@end smallexample@noindentgets replaced by the age, so on October 31, 1990 the entry appears inthe fancy diary buffer like this:@smallexampleArthur's birthday (42 years old)@end smallexample@noindentIf the diary file instead contains this entry:@smallexample%%(diary-anniversary 10 31 1948) Arthur's %d%s birthday@end smallexample@noindentthe entry in the fancy diary buffer for October 31, 1990 appears like this:@smallexampleArthur's 42nd birthday@end smallexample Similarly, cyclic diary entries can interpolate the number of repetitionsthat have occurred:@findex diary-cyclic@smallexample%%(diary-cyclic 50 1 1 1990) Renew medication (%d%s time)@end smallexample@noindentlooks like this:@smallexampleRenew medication (5th time)@end smallexample@noindentin the fancy diary display on September 8, 1990. There is an early reminder diary sexp that includes its entry in thediary not only on the date of occurrence, but also on earlier dates.For example, if you want a reminder a week before your anniversary, youcan use@findex diary-remind@smallexample%%(diary-remind '(diary-anniversary 12 22 1968) 7) Ed's anniversary@end smallexample@noindentand the fancy diary will show@smallexampleEd's anniversary@end smallexample@noindentboth on December 15 and on December 22.@findex diary-date The function @code{diary-date} applies to dates described by a month,day, year combination, each of which can be an integer, a list ofintegers, or @code{t}. The value @code{t} means all values. Forexample,@smallexample%%(diary-date '(10 11 12) 22 t) Rake leaves@end smallexample@noindentcauses the fancy diary to show@smallexampleRake leaves@end smallexample@noindenton October 22, November 22, and December 22 of every year.@findex diary-float The function @code{diary-float} allows you to describe diary entriesthat apply to dates like the third Friday of November, or the lastTuesday in April. The parameters are the @var{month}, @var{dayname},and an index @var{n}. The entry appears on the @var{n}th @var{dayname}of @var{month}, where @var{dayname}=0 means Sunday, 1 means Monday, andso on. If @var{n} is negative it counts backward from the end of@var{month}. The value of @var{month} can be a list of months, a singlemonth, or @code{t} to specify all months. You can also use an optionalparameter @var{day} to specify the @var{n}th @var{dayname} of@var{month} on or after/before @var{day}; the value of @var{day} defaultsto 1 if @var{n} is positive and to the last day of @var{month} if@var{n} is negative. For example,@smallexample%%(diary-float t 1 -1) Pay rent@end smallexample@noindentcauses the fancy diary to show@smallexamplePay rent@end smallexample@noindenton the last Monday of every month. The generality of sexp diary entries lets you specify any diaryentry that you can describe algorithmically. A sexp diary entrycontains an expression that computes whether the entry applies to anygiven date. If its value is non-@code{nil}, the entry applies to thatdate; otherwise, it does not. The expression can use the variable@code{date} to find the date being considered; its value is a list(@var{month} @var{day} @var{year}) that refers to the Gregoriancalendar. The sexp diary entry applies to a date when the expression's valueis non-@code{nil}, but some values have more specific meanings. Ifthe value is a string, that string is a description of the event whichoccurs on that date. The value can also have the form@code{(@var{mark} . @var{string})}; then @var{mark} specifies how tomark the date in the calendar, and @var{string} is the description ofthe event. If @var{mark} is a single-character string, that characterappears next to the date in the calendar. If @var{mark} is a facename, the date is displayed in that face. If @var{mark} is@code{nil}, that specifies no particular highlighting for the date. Suppose you get paid on the 21st of the month if it is a weekday, andon the Friday before if the 21st is on a weekend. Here is how to writea sexp diary entry that matches those dates:@smallexample&%%(let ((dayname (calendar-day-of-week date)) (day (car (cdr date)))) (or (and (= day 21) (memq dayname '(1 2 3 4 5))) (and (memq day '(19 20)) (= dayname 5))) ) Pay check deposited@end smallexample The following sexp diary entries take advantage of the ability (in the fancydiary display) to concoct diary entries whose text varies based on the date:@findex diary-sunrise-sunset@findex diary-phases-of-moon@findex diary-day-of-year@findex diary-iso-date@findex diary-julian-date@findex diary-astro-day-number@findex diary-hebrew-date@findex diary-islamic-date@findex diary-french-date@findex diary-mayan-date@table @code@item %%(diary-sunrise-sunset)Make a diary entry for the local times of today's sunrise and sunset.@item %%(diary-phases-of-moon)Make a diary entry for the phases (quarters) of the moon.@item %%(diary-day-of-year)Make a diary entry with today's day number in the current year and the numberof days remaining in the current year.@item %%(diary-iso-date)Make a diary entry with today's equivalent ISO commercial date.@item %%(diary-julian-date)Make a diary entry with today's equivalent date on the Julian calendar.@item %%(diary-astro-day-number)Make a diary entry with today's equivalent astronomical (Julian) day number.@item %%(diary-hebrew-date)Make a diary entry with today's equivalent date on the Hebrew calendar.@item %%(diary-islamic-date)Make a diary entry with today's equivalent date on the Islamic calendar.@item %%(diary-french-date)Make a diary entry with today's equivalent date on the French Revolutionarycalendar.@item %%(diary-mayan-date)Make a diary entry with today's equivalent date on the Mayan calendar.@end table@noindentThus including the diary entry@example&%%(diary-hebrew-date)@end example@noindentcauses every day's diary display to contain the equivalent date on theHebrew calendar, if you are using the fancy diary display. (With simplediary display, the line @samp{&%%(diary-hebrew-date)} appears in thediary for any date, but does nothing particularly useful.) These functions can be used to construct sexp diary entries based onthe Hebrew calendar in certain standard ways:@cindex rosh hodesh@findex diary-rosh-hodesh@cindex parasha, weekly@findex diary-parasha@cindex candle lighting times@findex diary-sabbath-candles@cindex omer count@findex diary-omer@cindex yahrzeits@findex diary-yahrzeit@table @code@item %%(diary-rosh-hodesh)Make a diary entry that tells the occurrence and ritual announcement of eachnew Hebrew month.@item %%(diary-parasha)Make a Saturday diary entry that tells the weekly synagogue scripture reading.@item %%(diary-sabbath-candles)Make a Friday diary entry that tells the @emph{local time} of Sabbathcandle lighting.@item %%(diary-omer)Make a diary entry that gives the omer count, when appropriate.@item %%(diary-yahrzeit @var{month} @var{day} @var{year}) @var{name}Make a diary entry marking the anniversary of a date of death. The dateis the @emph{Gregorian} (civil) date of death. The diary entry appearson the proper Hebrew calendar anniversary and on the day before. (Inthe European style, the order of the parameters is changed to @var{day},@var{month}, @var{year}.)@end table All the functions documented above take an optional argument@var{mark} which specifies how to mark the date in the calendar display.If one of these functions decides that it applies to a certain date,it returns a value that contains @var{mark}.@ignore arch-tag: 52cb299f-fd1f-4616-bfe6-91b988669431@end ignore