Re: [O] property values and timestamps

2011-10-21 Thread Bastien
Hi Skip, Skip Collins writes: >> Still a proof-of-concept, but better than the first attempt - set >> recursive minibuffers locally and use the standard keybinding: > > That was easy. I'm looking forward to this making its way into the > main repository. Where else would a recursive minibuffer m

Re: [O] property values and timestamps

2011-10-21 Thread Bastien
Hi Skip and Nick, Nick Dokos writes: > Still a proof-of-concept, but better than the first attempt - set > recursive minibuffers locally and use the standard keybinding: > > (defun org-completing-read (&rest args) > "Completing-read with SPACE being a normal character." > (let ((minibuffer-l

Re: [O] property values and timestamps

2011-10-14 Thread Skip Collins
> Still a proof-of-concept, but better than the first attempt - set > recursive minibuffers locally and use the standard keybinding: That was easy. I'm looking forward to this making its way into the main repository. Where else would a recursive minibuffer make sense? How about putting links into

Re: [O] property values and timestamps

2011-10-14 Thread Nick Dokos
Nick Dokos wrote: > Skip Collins wrote: > > > > org-time-stamp-inactive uses the minibuffer, and calling > > > a function that uses the minibuffer *from* the minibuffer (as > > > org-set-property would do) make emacs unhappy. > > > > Elisp does seem to allow recursive minibuffers: > > http://w

Re: [O] property values and timestamps

2011-10-14 Thread Nick Dokos
Skip Collins wrote: > > org-time-stamp-inactive uses the minibuffer, and calling > > a function that uses the minibuffer *from* the minibuffer (as > > org-set-property would do) make emacs unhappy. > > Elisp does seem to allow recursive minibuffers: > http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/elisp/html

Re: [O] property values and timestamps

2011-10-14 Thread Skip Collins
> org-time-stamp-inactive uses the minibuffer, and calling > a function that uses the minibuffer *from* the minibuffer (as > org-set-property would do) make emacs unhappy. Elisp does seem to allow recursive minibuffers: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/elisp/html_node/Recursive-Mini.html Would t

Re: [O] property values and timestamps

2011-10-14 Thread Giovanni Ridolfi
Nick Dokos writes: > Skip Collins wrote: > >> I store a timestamp in a property. You can use a capture template: (setq org-capture-templates (quote (("a" "vArious" entry (file+headline "c:/myfile.org" "Appt") ":PROPERTIES: :Birthday: %^u :END: hth Giovanni

Re: [O] property values and timestamps

2011-10-13 Thread Nick Dokos
Skip Collins wrote: > I store a timestamp in a property. I create the property by > typing > C-c C-x p > and then entering the property name, say BIRTHDAY. Then I > have to enter the date manually. > > It would be nice if > C-c ! > and other timestamp creation commands were available in > the mi

Re: [O] property values and timestamps

2011-10-13 Thread Nick Dokos
Skip Collins wrote: > I store a timestamp in a property. I create the property by > typing > C-c C-x p > and then entering the property name, say BIRTHDAY. Then I > have to enter the date manually. > You can plan ahead a bit and avoid the manual entry: o enter the time stamp into the org file:

[O] property values and timestamps

2011-10-13 Thread Skip Collins
I store a timestamp in a property. I create the property by typing C-c C-x p and then entering the property name, say BIRTHDAY. Then I have to enter the date manually. It would be nice if C-c ! and other timestamp creation commands were available in the minibuffer when entering property values.