(Specified Dates): Fix names of iso functions.

(General Calendar): There may not be another window.
(Writing Calendar Files, Holidays): Tweak intro.
(Holidays): Mention Baha'i and Chinese holidays.
(Sunrise/Sunset): Add M-x calendar-sunrise-sunset-month.
(Lunar Phases): Remove incorrect reference to calendar-time-zone.
(To Other Calendar): Add calendar-print-other-dates.
Refer to "graphic display" rather than "X.
(From Other Calendar): Add calendar-bahai-goto-date.  Fix reference.
(Displaying the Diary): Fix whitespace after reference.
Fix `diary-number-of-entries' reference.
(Date Formats): Explicitly mention that day names can be abbreviated.
(Adding to Diary): Add some references to other sections.
(Special Diary Entries): Fix reference.
(Appointments): Simplify appt-message-warning-time entry.
Clarify where times must be.
(Importing Diary): Comment out icalendar paragraph that does not apply.
(Time Intervals): Simplify entry for timeclock-ask-before-exiting.
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@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ Move point to specified date (@code{calendar-goto-date}).
@item g D
Move point to specified day of year (@code{calendar-goto-day-of-year}).
@item g w
Move point to specified week of year (@code{calendar-goto-iso-week}).
Move point to specified week of year (@code{calendar-iso-goto-week}).
@item o
Center calendar around specified month (@code{calendar-other-month}).
@item .
@ -212,11 +212,11 @@ entirety; that is, type @samp{1990}, not @samp{90}.
@kindex g D @r{(Calendar mode)}
@findex calendar-goto-day-of-year
@kindex g w @r{(Calendar mode)}
@findex calendar-goto-iso-week
@findex calendar-iso-goto-week
@kbd{g D} (@code{calendar-goto-day-of-year}) prompts for a year and
day number, and moves to that date. Negative day numbers count
backward from the end of the year. @kbd{g w}
(@code{calendar-goto-iso-week}) prompts for a year and week number,
(@code{calendar-iso-goto-week}) prompts for a year and week number,
and moves to that week.
@kindex o @r{(Calendar mode)}
@ -330,8 +330,8 @@ non-Calendar-mode editing commands.)
@kindex SPC @r{(Calendar mode)}
In Calendar mode, you can use @kbd{SPC} (@code{scroll-other-window})
and @kbd{DEL} (@code{scroll-other-window-down}) to scroll the other
window up or down, respectively. This is handy when you display a list
of holidays or diary entries in another window.
window (if there is one) up or down, respectively. This is handy when
you display a list of holidays or diary entries in another window.
@kindex q @r{(Calendar mode)}
@findex exit-calendar
@ -345,8 +345,7 @@ calendar deletes or iconifies that frame depending on the value of
@node Writing Calendar Files
@section Writing Calendar Files
These packages produce files of various formats containing calendar
and diary entries, for display purposes.
You can write calendars and diary entries to HTML and La@TeX{} files.
@cindex calendar and HTML
The Calendar HTML commands produce files of HTML code that contain
@ -449,8 +448,8 @@ to.
@section Holidays
@cindex holidays
The Emacs calendar knows about all major and many minor holidays,
and can display them.
The Emacs calendar knows about many major and minor holidays,
and can display them. You can add your own holidays to the default list.
@table @kbd
@item h
@ -521,8 +520,8 @@ holidays centered around a different month, use @kbd{C-u M-x
holidays}, which prompts for the month and year.
The holidays known to Emacs include United States holidays and the
major Christian, Jewish, and Islamic holidays; also the solstices and
equinoxes.
major Baha'i, Chinese, Christian, Islamic, and Jewish holidays; also the
solstices and equinoxes.
@findex list-holidays
The command @kbd{M-x holiday-list} displays the list of holidays for
@ -552,6 +551,8 @@ Display times of sunrise and sunset for the date you click on.
Display times of sunrise and sunset for today's date.
@item C-u M-x sunrise-sunset
Display times of sunrise and sunset for a specified date.
@item M-x calendar-sunrise-sunset-month
Display times of sunrise and sunset for the selected month.
@end table
@kindex S @r{(Calendar mode)}
@ -652,9 +653,8 @@ month, use @kbd{C-u M-x lunar-phases}, which prompts for the month and
year.
The dates and times given for the phases of the moon are given in
local time (corrected for daylight saving, when appropriate); but if
the variable @code{calendar-time-zone} is void, Coordinated Universal
Time (the Greenwich time zone) is used. @xref{Daylight Saving}.
local time (corrected for daylight saving, when appropriate).
See the discussion in the previous section. @xref{Sunrise/Sunset}.
@node Other Calendars
@section Conversion To and From Other Calendars
@ -772,6 +772,10 @@ in various other calendar systems:
@item Mouse-3 Other calendars
Display the date that you click on, expressed in various other calendars.
@kindex p @r{(Calendar mode)}
@findex calendar-print-other-dates
@item p o
Display the selected date in various other calendars.
(@code{calendar-print-other-dates}).
@findex calendar-iso-print-date
@item p c
Display ISO commercial calendar equivalent for selected day
@ -818,17 +822,18 @@ Display Persian date for selected day
Display Mayan date for selected day (@code{calendar-mayan-print-date}).
@end table
If you are using X, the easiest way to translate a date into other
calendars is to click on it with @kbd{Mouse-3}, then choose @kbd{Other
calendars} from the menu that appears. This displays the equivalent
forms of the date in all the calendars Emacs understands, in the form of
a menu. (Choosing an alternative from this menu doesn't actually do
anything---the menu is used only for display.)
If you are using a graphic display, the easiest way to translate a
date into other calendars is to click on it with @kbd{Mouse-3}, then
choose @kbd{Other calendars} from the menu that appears. This displays
the equivalent forms of the date in all the calendars Emacs understands,
in the form of a menu. (Choosing an alternative from this menu doesn't
actually do anything---the menu is used only for display.)
Otherwise, move point to the date you want to convert, then type the
appropriate command starting with @kbd{p} from the table above. The
prefix @kbd{p} is a mnemonic for ``print,'' since Emacs ``prints'' the
equivalent date in the echo area.
equivalent date in the echo area. @kbd{p o} displays the
date in all forms known to Emacs.
@node From Other Calendar
@subsection Converting From Other Calendars
@ -842,6 +847,7 @@ other than Mayan; for the Mayan calendar, see the following section.
@findex calendar-iso-goto-week
@findex calendar-julian-goto-date
@findex calendar-astro-goto-day-number
@findex calendar-bahai-goto-date
@findex calendar-hebrew-goto-date
@findex calendar-islamic-goto-date
@findex calendar-french-goto-date
@ -862,6 +868,9 @@ Move to a date specified in the Julian calendar
@item g a
Move to a date specified with an astronomical (Julian) day number
(@code{calendar-astro-goto-day-number}).
@item g b
Move to a date specified in the Baha'i calendar
(@code{calendar-bahai-goto-date}).
@item g h
Move to a date specified in the Hebrew calendar
(@code{calendar-hebrew-goto-date}).
@ -888,9 +897,10 @@ Move to a date specified in the Ethiopic calendar
These commands ask you for a date on the other calendar, move point to
the Gregorian calendar date equivalent to that date, and display the
other calendar's date in the echo area. Emacs uses strict completion
(@pxref{Completion}) whenever it asks you to type a month name, so you
(@pxref{Strict Completion}) whenever it asks you to type a month name, so you
don't have to worry about the spelling of Hebrew, Islamic, or French names.
@c FIXME move?
@findex calendar-hebrew-list-yahrzeits
@cindex yahrzeits
One common question concerning the Hebrew calendar is the computation
@ -1093,6 +1103,7 @@ with multiple faces is not available).
@ifnottex
@xref{Calendar Customizing, diary-entry-marker}.
@end ifnottex
The command applies both to the currently visible months and to
other months that subsequently become visible by scrolling. To turn
marking off and erase the current marks, type @kbd{u}, which also
@ -1122,7 +1133,7 @@ how many days to include.
@inforef{Diary Customizing,, emacs-xtra}.
@end iftex
@ifnottex
@xref{Diary Customizing, number-of-diary-entries}.
@xref{Diary Customizing, diary-number-of-entries}.
@end ifnottex
If you put @code{(diary)} in your @file{.emacs} file, this
@ -1232,8 +1243,9 @@ is, you can use @samp{11/12/1989} or @samp{11/12/89}.
Dates can also have the form @samp{@var{monthname} @var{day}} or
@samp{@var{monthname} @var{day}, @var{year}}, where the month's name can
be spelled in full or abbreviated (with or without a period). The
preferred abbreviations can be controlled using the variables
@code{calendar-abbrev-length}, @code{calendar-month-abbrev-array}, and
preferred abbreviations for month and day names can be set using
the variables @code{calendar-abbrev-length},
@code{calendar-month-abbrev-array}, and
@code{calendar-day-abbrev-array}. The default is to use the first three
letters of a name as its abbreviation. Case is not significant.
@ -1256,14 +1268,22 @@ which some commands expect their arguments to be given.
You can use the name of a day of the week as a generic date which
applies to any date falling on that day of the week. You can abbreviate
the day of the week to three letters (with or without a period) or spell
it in full; case is not significant.
the day of the week as described above, or spell it in full; case is not
significant.
@node Adding to Diary
@subsection Commands to Add to the Diary
While in the calendar, there are several commands to create diary
entries:
entries. The basic commands are listed here; more sophisticated
commands are in the next section (@pxref{Special Diary Entries}).
Entries can also be based on non-Gregorian calendars.
@iftex
@inforef{Non-Gregorian Diary Entries,, emacs-xtra}.
@end iftex
@ifnottex
@xref{Non-Gregorian Diary Entries}.
@end ifnottex
@table @kbd
@item i d
@ -1430,7 +1450,7 @@ can perform arbitrary computations to determine when they apply.
@inforef{Sexp Diary Entries,, emacs-xtra}.
@end iftex
@ifnottex
@inforef{Sexp Diary Entries}.
@xref{Sexp Diary Entries}.
@end ifnottex
@node Appointments
@ -1480,14 +1500,14 @@ Monday
@noindent
Then on Mondays, you will be reminded at around 9:20am about your
coffee break and at around 11:50am about lunch. The variable
@code{appt-message-warning-time} specifies how many minutes in advance
to warn you; its default value is 12 (12 minutes).
@code{appt-message-warning-time} specifies how many minutes (default 12)
in advance to warn you.
You can write times in am/pm style (with @samp{12:00am} standing
for midnight and @samp{12:00pm} standing for noon), or 24-hour
European/military style. You need not be consistent; your diary file
can have a mixture of the two styles. Times must be at the beginning
of lines if they are to be recognized.
can have a mixture of the two styles. Times must be at the beginning of
diary entries if they are to be recognized.
@vindex appt-display-diary
Emacs updates the appointments list from the diary file
@ -1524,11 +1544,11 @@ diary file and iCalendar files, which are defined in ``RFC
2445---Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification
(iCalendar)'' (as well as the earlier vCalendar format).
Importing works for ``ordinary'' (i.e. non-recurring) events, but
(at present) may not work correctly (if at all) for recurring events.
Exporting of diary files into iCalendar files should work correctly
for most diary entries. This feature is a work in progress, so the
commands may evolve in future.
@c Importing works for ``ordinary'' (i.e. non-recurring) events, but
@c (at present) may not work correctly (if at all) for recurring events.
@c Exporting of diary files into iCalendar files should work correctly
@c for most diary entries. This feature is a work in progress, so the
@c commands may evolve in future.
@findex icalendar-import-buffer
The command @code{icalendar-import-buffer} extracts
@ -1640,7 +1660,7 @@ variables' values are 120.
@cindex summing time intervals
@cindex timeclock
The timeclock feature adds up time intervals, so you can (for
The timeclock package adds up time intervals, so you can (for
instance) keep track of how much time you spend working on particular
projects.
@ -1670,11 +1690,10 @@ workday in the mode line, either customize the
@vindex timeclock-ask-before-exiting
Terminating the current Emacs session might or might not mean that
you have stopped working on the project and, by default, Emacs asks
you. You can, however, set the value of the variable
@code{timeclock-ask-before-exiting} to @code{nil} (via @kbd{M-x
customize}) to avoid the question; then, only an explicit @kbd{M-x
timeclock-out} or @kbd{M-x timeclock-change} will tell Emacs that the
current interval is over.
you. You can, however, set customize the value of the variable
@code{timeclock-ask-before-exiting} to @code{nil} to avoid the question;
then, only an explicit @kbd{M-x timeclock-out} or @kbd{M-x
timeclock-change} will tell Emacs that the current interval is over.
@cindex @file{.timelog} file
@vindex timeclock-file