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2012-02-18 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
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2012-02-17 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>

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@node Advanced Calendar/Diary Usage
@section Customizing the Calendar and Diary
There are many customizations that you can use to make the calendar and
diary suit your personal tastes.
There are many ways in which you can customize the calendar and
diary to suit your personal tastes.
@menu
* Calendar Customizing:: Calendar layout and hooks.
@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ customize the variables @code{calendar-intermonth-header} and
@vindex diary-entry-marker
@vindex calendar-today-marker
The variable @code{calendar-holiday-marker} specifies how to mark a
date as being a holiday. Its value may be a single-character string to
date that is a holiday. Its value may be a single-character string to
insert next to the date, or a face name to use for displaying the date.
Likewise, the variable @code{diary-entry-marker} specifies how to mark a
date that has diary entries, and @code{calendar-today-marker} is used by
the function @code{calendar-mark-today} to mark today's date. By
default, the calendar uses faces named @code{holiday}, @code{diary}, and
date that has diary entries. The function @code{calendar-mark-today}
uses @code{calendar-today-marker} to mark today's date. By default,
the calendar uses faces named @code{holiday}, @code{diary}, and
@code{calendar-today} for these purposes.
@vindex calendar-load-hook
@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ display does not run this hook. But if you leave the calendar with the
@vindex calendar-today-visible-hook
@findex calendar-star-date
The variable @code{calendar-today-visible-hook} is a normal hook run
after the calendar buffer has been prepared with the calendar when the
after the calendar buffer has been prepared with the calendar, when the
current date is visible in the window. One use of this hook is to
mark today's date; to do that use either of the functions
@code{calendar-mark-today} or @code{calendar-star-date}:
@ -90,28 +90,27 @@ the current date is @emph{not} visible in the window.
@vindex calendar-holidays
@vindex holiday-oriental-holidays
@vindex holiday-solar-holidays
Emacs knows about holidays defined by entries on one of several lists.
The lists of holidays that Emacs uses are for
general holidays (@code{holiday-general-holidays}),
local holidays (@code{holiday-local-holidays}),
sun- and moon-related holidays (@code{holiday-solar-holidays}),
Bahá'í holidays (@code{holiday-bahai-holidays}),
Christian holidays (@code{holiday-christian-holidays}),
Hebrew (Jewish) holidays (@code{holiday-hebrew-holidays}),
Islamic (Muslim) holidays (@code{holiday-islamic-holidays}),
Oriental holidays (@code{holiday-oriental-holidays}),
and other holidays (@code{holiday-other-holidays}).
There are several variables listing the default holidays that Emacs
knows about. These are: @code{holiday-general-holidays},
@code{holiday-local-holidays}, @code{holiday-solar-holidays},
@code{holiday-bahai-holidays}, @code{holiday-christian-holidays},
@code{holiday-hebrew-holidays}, @code{holiday-islamic-holidays},
@code{holiday-oriental-holidays}, and @code{holiday-other-holidays}.
The names should be self-explanatory; e.g.@: @code{holiday-solar-holidays}
lists sun- and moon-related holidays.
You can customize these lists of holidays to your own needs, deleting or
adding holidays as described below. Set any of them to @code{nil} to
eliminate the associated holidays.
not show the associated holidays.
@vindex holiday-general-holidays
The general holidays are, by default, holidays common throughout the
United States.
@vindex holiday-local-holidays
There are no default local holidays, but your site may supply some.
@vindex holiday-other-holidays
The general holidays are, by default, holidays common throughout the
United States. In contrast, @code{holiday-local-holidays} and
@code{holiday-other-holidays} are both empty by default. These are
intended for system-wide settings and your individual use,
respectively.
@vindex holiday-bahai-holidays
@vindex holiday-christian-holidays
@ -129,18 +128,13 @@ all) of the variables @code{calendar-bahai-all-holidays-flag},
@code{calendar-hebrew-all-holidays-flag}, or
@code{calendar-islamic-all-holidays-flag} to @code{t}.
@vindex holiday-other-holidays
You can set the variable @code{holiday-other-holidays} to any list of
holidays. This list, normally empty, is intended for individual use.
@cindex holiday forms
Each of the holiday variables is a list of @dfn{holiday forms}, each
form describing a holiday (or sometimes a list of holidays).
Here is a table of the possible kinds of holiday form. Day numbers
and month numbers count starting from 1, but ``dayname'' numbers
count Sunday as 0. The element @var{string} is always the
description of the holiday, as a string.
form describing a holiday (or sometimes a list of holidays). Here is
a table of the possible kinds of holiday form. Day numbers and month
numbers count starting from 1, but ``dayname'' numbers count Sunday as
0. The argument @var{string} is always the description of the
holiday, as a string.
@table @code
@item (holiday-fixed @var{month} @var{day} @var{string})
@ -256,15 +250,15 @@ and write an Emacs Lisp function @code{eclipses} that returns a
visible in the calendar window, with descriptive strings, like this:
@smallexample
(((6 27 1991) "Lunar Eclipse") ((7 11 1991) "Solar Eclipse") ... )
(((6 4 2012) "Lunar Eclipse") ((11 13 2012) "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 mode
lines, and in messages by setting @code{calendar-date-display-form}.
You can customize the way dates are displayed in the diary, mode
lines, and 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 in
string form, and @code{monthname} and @code{dayname}, which are both
@ -291,7 +285,7 @@ The default ISO date representation is:
@end smallexample
@noindent
This specifies a typical American format:
Another typical American format is:
@smallexample
(month "/" day "/" (substring year -2))
@ -358,7 +352,7 @@ be regular expressions (@pxref{Regular Expressions,,, elisp, the Emacs
Lisp Reference Manual}) or the symbols @code{month}, @code{day},
@code{year}, @code{monthname}, and @code{dayname}. All these elements
serve 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 elements
In order for the date pattern as a whole to match, all of its elements
must match consecutively.
A regular expression in a date pattern matches in its usual fashion,
@ -387,8 +381,8 @@ provided by @code{diary-american-date-forms}:
@end example
@noindent
Other default styles are provided by @code{diary-european-date-forms}
and @code{diary-iso-date-forms}.
The variables @code{diary-european-date-forms} and
@code{diary-iso-date-forms} provide other default styles.
The date patterns in the list must be @emph{mutually exclusive} and
must not match any portion of the diary entry itself, just the date and
@ -627,7 +621,7 @@ of the diary entries, or add items.
variables @code{diary-comment-start} and @code{diary-comment-end} to
strings that delimit comments. The fancy display does not print
comments. You might want to put meta-data for the use of other packages
(e.g. the appointment package,
(e.g.@: the appointment package,
@iftex
@pxref{Appointments,,,emacs, the Emacs Manual})
@end iftex
@ -711,7 +705,7 @@ that have occurred:
@findex diary-cyclic
@smallexample
%%(diary-cyclic 50 1 1 1990) Renew medication (%d%s time)
%%(diary-cyclic 50 1 1 2012) Renew medication (%d%s time)
@end smallexample
@noindent
@ -722,9 +716,9 @@ Renew medication (5th time)
@end smallexample
@noindent
in the fancy diary display on September 8, 1990.
in the fancy diary display on September 7, 2012.
There is an early reminder diary sexp that includes its entry in the
There is an ``early reminder'' diary sexp that includes its entry in the
diary not only on the date of occurrence, but also on earlier dates.
For example, if you want a reminder a week before your anniversary, you
can use