changeset 93278:58366e03a762

(diary-file): Doc fix.
author Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
date Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:27:48 +0000
parents 50111e15bae9
children 7e80f83265e8
files lisp/calendar/calendar.el
diffstat 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lisp/calendar/calendar.el	Thu Mar 27 06:19:47 2008 +0000
+++ b/lisp/calendar/calendar.el	Thu Mar 27 07:27:48 2008 +0000
@@ -330,7 +330,8 @@
   "Name of the file in which one's personal diary of dates is kept.
 
 The file's entries are lines beginning with any of the forms
-specified by the variable `american-date-diary-pattern', by default:
+specified by the variable `diary-date-forms', which by default
+uses the forms of `american-date-diary-pattern':
 
             MONTH/DAY
             MONTH/DAY/YEAR
@@ -343,14 +344,13 @@
 number and may be written in full or abbreviated to the final two
 digits (if `abbreviated-calendar-year' is non-nil).  MONTHNAME
 and DAYNAME can be spelled in full (as specified by the variables
-`calendar-month-name-array' and `calendar-day-name-array'),
+`calendar-month-name-array' and `calendar-day-name-array'), or
 abbreviated (as specified by `calendar-month-abbrev-array' and
-`calendar-day-abbrev-array') with or without a period,
-capitalized or not.  Any of DAY, MONTH, or MONTHNAME, YEAR can be
-`*' which matches any day, month, or year, respectively.  If the
-date does not contain a year, it is generic and applies to any
-year.  A DAYNAME entry applies to the appropriate day of the week
-in every week.
+`calendar-day-abbrev-array') with or without a period.  Case is
+ignored.  Any of DAY, MONTH, or MONTHNAME, YEAR can be `*' which
+matches any day, month, or year, respectively.  If the date does
+not contain a year, it is generic and applies to any year.  A
+DAYNAME entry applies to the appropriate day of the week in every week.
 
 The European style (in which the day precedes the month) can be
 used instead, if you execute `european-calendar' when in the
@@ -366,10 +366,9 @@
 To revert to the default American style from the European style, execute
 `american-calendar' in the calendar.
 
-A diary entry can be preceded by the character
-`diary-nonmarking-symbol' (ordinarily `&') to make that entry
-nonmarking--that is, it will not be marked on dates in the calendar
-window but will appear in a diary window.
+A diary entry can be preceded by the character `diary-nonmarking-symbol'
+\(ordinarily `&') to make that entry nonmarking--that is, it will not be
+marked on dates in the calendar window but will appear in a diary window.
 
 Multiline diary entries are made by indenting lines after the first with
 either a TAB or one or more spaces.
@@ -411,16 +410,8 @@
       %%(diary-block 11 1 1990 11 10 1990) Vacation
 
 causes the diary entry \"Vacation\" to appear from November 1 through
-November 10, 1990.  Other functions available are `diary-float',
-`diary-anniversary', `diary-cyclic', `diary-day-of-year',
-`diary-iso-date', `diary-french-date', `diary-hebrew-date',
-`diary-islamic-date', `diary-bahai-date', `diary-mayan-date',
-`diary-chinese-date', `diary-coptic-date', `diary-ethiopic-date',
-`diary-persian-date', `diary-yahrzeit', `diary-sunrise-sunset',
-`diary-phases-of-moon', `diary-parasha', `diary-omer',
-`diary-rosh-hodesh', and `diary-sabbath-candles'.  See the
-documentation for the function `list-sexp-diary-entries' for more
-details.
+November 10, 1990.  See the documentation for the function
+`list-sexp-diary-entries' for more details.
 
 Diary entries based on the Hebrew, the Islamic and/or the Baha'i
 calendar are also possible, but because these are somewhat slow, they