From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Logan Lee <10464307@uts.edu.au> Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Diary entry format Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:46:30 +1100 Message-ID: <873b6tbta1.fsf@laptop.at.pyenos> References: <87fyatx57z.fsf@laptop.at.pyenos> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1167738099 23613 80.91.229.12 (2 Jan 2007 11:41:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 11:41:39 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 02 12:41:37 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1H1i1K-0004JR-1V for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:41:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H1i1J-0002kB-HO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2007 06:41:29 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wns13feed!worldnet.att.net!12.154.55.81!kcnewsm01.prserv.net!prserv.net!uunet!nyc.uu.net!dca.uu.net!snewsf0.syd.ops.aspac.uu.net!news1.optus.net.au!optus!newsfeeder.syd.optusnet.com.au!news.optusnet.com.au!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:3x8BlWQvm324Wla4KrygFxpBPFQ= Original-Lines: 26 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 211.30.187.144 Original-X-Trace: 1167734789 29329 211.30.187.144 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:144497 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:40100 Archived-At: Peter Dyballa writes: > Am 02.01.2007 um 08:22 schrieb Logan Lee: > >> I want to add an entry that spans from 2 Jan, 2007 to 5 Jan, 2007. >> I already know of wild card option for days or months or year but >> this doesn't seem to be appropriate for my case, since I have >> finite number of days to account for. > > %%(diary-block 2 1 2007 5 1 2007) European Format ? > > Something like that worked for me in last millennium with GNU Emacsen > 19.x ... > > -- > Greetings > > Pete > > Remember: use logout to logout. I did: %%(diary-block 1 2 2007 1 5 2007) focus on learning C programming. And I have confirmed that it shows up only between Jan 1, 2007-Jan 5,2007. So, your advice worked perfectly for me! Thank you for your help ;)