Thanks, Drew. I'll try emas-devel@gnu.org. On 13 June 2011 11:19, Drew Adams wrote: > > > I would like to add a "module" to Emacs for converting > > from Gregorian dates into traditional Indian/Hindu dates > > (Bikrama Samvat), and, perhaps more> importantly, for > > calculating Hindu holidays. > > > > I found a very nice set of functions for doing so implemented > > in Common Lisp in *Deshow, Nachum and Reingold, Edward M. 2008. > > _Calendrical Calculations_. New York: Cambridge University > > Press, 3rd edn*. What is the best way of using this code in > > Emacs? I know that Emacs Lisp is different from Common Lisp - > > and I also know that there is/are package(s?) for using Common > > Lisp within Emacs. > > > > What I don't know is: > > (1) Can this code just be converted into Emacs Lisp? > > Or are there bits of it which would require Common Lisp? > > I can't help you directly, but you might want to pose this question to > emacs-devel@gnu.org. > > IIRC, Ed Reingold wrote the calendar stuff for Emacs (in Emacs Lisp), so it > is > likely that either this has already been done for Emacs (perhaps in a later > version than the one you're using) or it will be done. In any case, try > asking > the Emacs developers about this (emacs-devel@gnu.org). > > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Benjamin Slade Dept. of Linguistics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [ http://www.jnanam.net/slade/ ] Stæfcræft & Vyākaraṇa (lingblog) - http://staefcraeft.blogspot.com The Babbage Files (techblog) - http://babbagefiles.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *प*रो ऽक्ष॑का*मा* हि *दे*वाः 'The gods love the obscure.' (Śatapathabrāmaṇa 6.1.1.2)