From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Shutko Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Beginners question Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 17:53:20 -0400 Organization: Optimum Online Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87wupty0j3.fsf@wesley.springies.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1031696165 5899 127.0.0.1 (10 Sep 2002 22:16:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 22:16:05 +0000 (UTC) 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 17otIi-0001X0-00 for ; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 00:16:04 +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 17otIn-0002ve-00; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 18:16:09 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!nntp.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!ps01-chi1!rip!newsfeeds-atl2!news.webusenet.com!pc01.webusenet.com!news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.3.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Original-Lines: 18 Cancel-Lock: sha1:JEHLzf7mbZQyFBSs31meWefsBqE= Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.47.114.19 Original-X-Trace: news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net 1031695670 24.47.114.19 (Tue, 10 Sep 2002 18:07:50 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 18:07:50 EDT Original-Xref: nntp.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:104711 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:1267 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:1267 John writes: > Thank you for your encouragement to all who have replied. I'm still > curious as to why this feature is there, but no doubt over time I'll > find it usefull. I do believe the Ed Reingold (one of the authors of that file) follows this group occasionally, so you may get the official answer eventually. It will probably be a day or two before you see any response from him... I don't think he wastes as much time here as some of us. 8^) You might also find http://emr.cs.iit.edu/~reingold/calendars.shtml informative. -- Alan Shutko - In a variety of flavors! Milkman in high heels: Dairy Queen