How is C-c > and C-c < meant to be used?

How is C-c > and C-c < meant to be used?

[Charles Cave]

I am writing a tutorial on org-mode and dates and was exploring
the C-c >  and C-c < commands.

I am not sure how they are meant to be used, so I am asking list
members who uses these functions?

It appears that C-c > opens up a calendar window which you can scroll
around and select a date.     Entering C-c < anywhere in the buffer
will paste that date.  

I don't see applications for this. Ideas?


Charles

Re: How is C-c > and C-c < meant to be used?

[Carsten Dominik]

I would agree that the use is limited.

C-c > will actually look for a time stamp at point and jump to that
date in the calendar.

C-c < is meant for people who use the calendar first to walk around  
an pick a date, and then want to create a link to this date.
This can be done using C-c l to store a link and then C-c C-l to  
insert it, or you can just go to the org-mode file and insert the  
stamp with C-c <.  I don't know if anyone is using it - I am not.

- Carsten

On Oct 22, 2007, at 7:27 AM, Charles Cave wrote:

>
> I am writing a tutorial on org-mode and dates and was exploring
> the C-c >  and C-c < commands.
>
> I am not sure how they are meant to be used, so I am asking list
> members who uses these functions?
>
> It appears that C-c > opens up a calendar window which you can scroll
> around and select a date.     Entering C-c < anywhere in the buffer
> will paste that date.
>
> I don't see applications for this. Ideas?
>
>
> Charles
>
>
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Re: How is C-c > and C-c < meant to be used?

[Bastien]

Charles Cave <charles_cave@optusnet.com.au> writes:

> I am not sure how they are meant to be used, so I am asking list
> members who uses these functions?

I'm not using C-c >, but i sometimes use C-c < : it does not only
inserts the last date you're on by navigating through the calendar 
with C-c >, it also inserts the last timestamp inserted with any of:

M-x org-schedule
M-x org-deadline
M-x org-time-stamp
M-x org-time-stamp-inactive

Then my only (but not that rare) use of C-c > is when I need to update
several time-stamps to the last inserted date.

-- 
Bastien