Re: exporting ics files with broken link

2019-11-03 Thread Thomas Plass
Hello, Prof. Dr. Johanna May wrote at 23:46 on November 1, 2019: : Any hints on how to repair that? Any hints in which file : that strange link may sit? And: how can I make sure my files stay : exportable? I guess an answer to the last question would be to set the variable `org-export-with-broke

Re: [O] parsing time strings from properties

2019-09-22 Thread Thomas Plass
Hi, Matt Price wrote at 16:27 on September 21, 2019: : : :DUE_AT: 2019-09-26 : : ... : : I'm wondering though how hard : it would be to get the current time zone -- or the time zone that the course is taught in -- from : emacs, and construct the string from that value.  This'll return the offs

Re: [O] [week?] (was: insert date-stamp for one month)

2019-08-19 Thread Thomas Plass
Hello, Uwe Brauer wrote at 16:33 on August 18, 2019: : The problem seems to be that there is no function : calendar-last-day-of-week. Well, there is, it's called `calendar-week-end-day'. This returns the index into 'calendar-day-name-array. Note that the variable 'calendar-week-start-day shoul

Re: [O] insert date-stamp for one month

2019-08-18 Thread Thomas Plass
Hello, Uwe Brauer wrote at 09:58 on August 18, 2019: : I sometimes need to insert a date-stamp which corresponds to one month : in a year, say march 2019. I usually insert : <2019-03-01 Fri>--<2019-03-31 Sun>, but this is cumbersome to do : manually. This'll put the computed result on the kill r

Re: [O] org-agenda list on other language than english

2019-08-11 Thread Thomas Plass
Hello, Andrés Ramírez wrote at 14:30 on August 10, 2019: : : Would it be possibe to render agenda in other language than English. Mostly. Localised day and month names are taken from your (apparently missing) calendar setup. Make sure that your startup file setq's at least these two variables:

Re: [O] converting many ics files to a single org file

2019-06-10 Thread Thomas Plass
Hello, Alan Schmitt wrote at 16:32 on June 10, 2019: : I've found this tool : https://github.com/asoroa/ical2org.py but it's not clear if it can : handle many files. As per its docstring it's one file per invocation. But the docstring also lists: $ cat in.ical | ical2orgpy - - > out.org I have

Re: [O] Vertical bars in org file break export to ics

2019-05-30 Thread Thomas Plass
Hello michael, michael wrote at 08:57 on May 30, 2019: : for the following *.org file running org-icalendar-export-to-ics will fail : with "Args out of range: [nil nil], 2". : : * This is a test : <2020-01-01 Mi> : : | | | : | | | | | Org recognizes the last two lines as a genuine Org table (

Re: [O] Temporarily setting agenda files list, cleaning up

2019-05-27 Thread Thomas Plass
Christoph Groth wrote at 14:04 on May 27, 2019: : Instead, I imagine a custom Emacs command to launch an agenda with : org-agenda-files that is temporarily set to a list of files that depends : on the current context. For starters, this list could contain all the : org files under the current d

Re: [O] Incorrect clock duration calculation

2019-05-07 Thread Thomas Plass
Note that the day starts at 00:00 and ends at 24:00. So: Martin Schroeder wrote at 11:07 on May 7, 2019: : For example, this should produce 2:00 duration: : CLOCK: [2019-04-19 Fri 22:00]--[2019-04-19 Fri 00:00] => -22:00 It will if you change [2019-04-19 Fri 00:00] to [2019-04-19 Fri 24:00]. :

Re: [O] How remove time from date-time stamp

2019-04-08 Thread Thomas Plass
Detlef, Detlef Steuer wrote at 14:36 on April 8, 2019: : When in agenda view I can use C-k to kill an entry : or S-right to promote to next day etc. : : What I need really often in my workflow is the : promotion to another day, but without the time part of the time stamp This type of remote edit

Re: [O] property matching in org-agenda-custom-commands

2019-04-06 Thread Thomas Plass
Matt, Matt Price wrote at 21:26 on April 5, 2019: : Is it possible to specify "current buffer only" in the definition of a shortcut, but still : produce an agenda, rather than a sparse tree? Agenda matching will always use 'org-agend-files, sparse tree matching doesn't. So, you'd need to force

Re: [O] property matching in org-agenda-custom-commands

2019-04-05 Thread Thomas Plass
Matt, Matt Price wrote at 13:31 on April 5, 2019: : : ("F" "Failing Students in Current Buffer Only" tags-tree "+GRADE=\"0\"") : : However, this seems to choke, and the agenda is not generated. Works as advertised (docstring'ed?), I think. The 'tags-tree creates a sparse tree, not an agenda.

[O] [ANN] org-conflict add-on: timing conflicts detector and resolver for Org agenda

2019-04-04 Thread Thomas Plass
With this post, I'd like to submit org-conflict, a new Org add-on, to the community for enjoyment, scrutiny and feedback. Org-conflict aims to help Org agenda users prevent creating scheduling conflicts. If you use the agenda for calendar purposes, you might benefit from validating timestamps bef

Re: [O] Bug: Entries with diary-sexps in "scheduled" not exported properly to calendar file (.ics file)

2019-03-26 Thread Thomas Plass
Wanrong Lin wrote at 15:20 on March 26, 2019: : : As a work around, do you know if there is a way : to generate a series of dates / org entries from a diary-sexps? Thanks. Evaluating those sexp is done in diary-lib. But it's no use simply supplying arguments to functions there as they require

Re: [O] Bug: Entries with diary-sexps in "scheduled" not exported properly to calendar file (.ics file)

2019-03-26 Thread Thomas Plass
Hi, Wanrong Lin wrote at 10:23 on March 26, 2019: : : * TODO Do this on the second Monday every month :   SCHEDULED: <%%(diary-float t 1 2) 19:00-20:30> : : M-x org-icalendar-export-to-ics Org agenda has its own processing of sexps, so its views are correct. The exporter, however, uses icalenda

Re: [O] [PATCH] make 'org-at-date-range-p work like org-at-timestamp-p

2019-03-19 Thread Thomas Plass
mps. Which causes breakage. Please take a look at the patch. It could be that 'org-check-*-date functions might also be affected by the same problem, I haven't tested. Regards Thomas >From dda6f686e40663b1da3151686145cd125d1f88d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Plass Date:

Re: [O] [PATCH] make 'org-at-date-range-p work like org-at-timestamp-p

2019-03-19 Thread Thomas Plass
mps. Which causes breakage. Please take a look at the patch. It could be that 'org-check-*-date functions might also be affected by the same problem, I haven't tested. Regards Thomas >From dda6f686e40663b1da3151686145cd125d1f88d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Plass Date:

Re: [O] bug? 'org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-final-hook not run

2019-03-17 Thread Thomas Plass
Marco, thanks for clearing this up. Marco Wahl wrote at 20:42 on March 17, 2019: : : Possibly it's a good idea to realize the implementation of your idea : independent of C-c C-c. And postpone the binding with C-c C-c. I've developed something that initially started off as a predicate to be ca

[O] bug? 'org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-final-hook not run

2019-03-17 Thread Thomas Plass
This is a question for Org API users regarding 'org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-final-hook and how it is to be understood. As per the docstring This can be used to add additional functionality to the C-c C-c key which executes context-dependent commands. This hook is run after any other test, ... sh

[O] [PATCH] make 'org-at-date-range-p work like org-at-timestamp-p

2019-03-15 Thread Thomas Plass
Mo 12:00>--<2019-12-31 Di 09:00> ^ (org-at-timestamp-p)=> t ^ (org-at-date-range-p) => t ^ (org-at-date-range-p) => nil Is the attached patch OK? Regards, Thomas >From 11424a8a8f975148a6914ba32

[O] Timestamps: overnight repeater possible?

2019-03-14 Thread Thomas Plass
Hi subscribers, can multiday timestamp ranges be made repeatable? Case in point: I'd like to create the timestamp(s) for an "after-hour" time span ranging from 18:00 in the evening til the following morning 10:00, repeated every day. I tried these: * Overnighter (listed for 2000-01-03 and -04 o