appt-make-list too aggressive?

appt-make-list too aggressive?

[Jim Ottaway]

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In GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i386-debian-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2005-02-11 on ninsei, modified by Debian
configured using `configure  i386-debian-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr --sharedstatedir=/var/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --localstatedir=/var/lib --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pop=yes --with-x=yes --with-x-toolkit=athena --without-gif'
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Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

This may be a bug, or it may be a feature.

The function `appt-make-list' clears all prior appointments when it
parses the diary file [or files].  So if I have `appt-make-list' in
`diary-hook' and I add an appointment using `appt-add' before I look
at my diary, that appointment is deleted from `appt-time-msg-list'.  I
would have expected `appt-make-list' to keep any appointments added by
appt-add.

Regards,

-- 
Jim Ottaway

Re: appt-make-list too aggressive?

[Kevin Rodgers]

Jim Ottaway wrote:
 > The function `appt-make-list' clears all prior appointments when it
 > parses the diary file [or files].  So if I have `appt-make-list' in
 > `diary-hook' and I add an appointment using `appt-add' before I look
 > at my diary, that appointment is deleted from `appt-time-msg-list'.  I
 > would have expected `appt-make-list' to keep any appointments added by
 > appt-add.

Well, it's behaving as documented (C-h f):

	Create the appointments list from todays diary buffer.

And the code is very explicit:

	;; Clear the appointments list, then fill it in from the diary.
	(setq appt-time-msg-list nil)

The problem is even if you make sure appt-make-list is called before
appt-add, to initialize appt-time-msg-list, it could get called again
(like at midnight) and overwrite the appointment list.

-- 
Kevin Rodgers