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changeset 79097:ea54580c374d
(Diary): Clarify text about diary file example.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:24:45 +0000 |
| parents | 0508bef99119 |
| children | 29179c78331d |
| files | man/calendar.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/calendar.texi Tue Oct 16 02:17:51 2007 +0000 +++ b/man/calendar.texi Tue Oct 16 02:24:45 2007 +0000 @@ -989,9 +989,8 @@ 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}): +@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!! @@ -1008,8 +1007,10 @@ @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. +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