From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: reingold@emr.cs.iit.edu (Edward M. Reingold) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: update date in diary Date: 12 Sep 2002 20:23:53 -0500 Organization: Illinois Institute of Technology Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <85wupqfzrq.fsf@emr.cs.iit.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1031880992 23182 127.0.0.1 (13 Sep 2002 01:36:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 01:36:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: zelickr@biohazard.pdx.edu Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17pfNm-00061f-00 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 03:36:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17pfNU-0007eT-00; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 21:36:12 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!nntp.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!enews.sgi.com!newspeer2.tds.net!news.binc.net!chcgil2-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.illinois.net!news.iit.edu!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 17 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: emr.cs.iit.edu Original-X-Trace: condor2.cns.iit.edu 1031880237 11657 216.47.142.126 (13 Sep 2002 01:23:57 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.iit.edu Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 01:23:57 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Original-Xref: nntp.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:104860 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:1415 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:1415 >>>>> "RZ" == Randy Zelick writes: RZ> I was wondering if there is a way to replace a typed-in date in my RZ> diary file with a variable that is the current date. There is no such function, but you can do it with a diary sexp: %%(equal date (calendar-current-date)) Blah blah blah -- Professor Edward M. Reingold Email: reingold@iit.edu Chairman, Department of Computer Science Voice: (312) 567-3309 Illinois Institute of Technology Assistant: (312) 567-5152 Stuart Building Fax: (312) 567-5067 10 West 31st Street, Suite 236 Chicago, IL 60616-3729 U.S.A.