Emacs/Org-mode question

Emacs/Org-mode question

[Markus Heller]

Hello all,

this might be a typical beginner question ...

I often use the sequence

C-. <Ret> C-- :

to create this:

- <2009-07-31 Fri>:

where the date is today's date.

I'm sure there's a way to create a command for this, but I have no idea 
how.  I'd like to bind this sequence to something like C-c t or similar.

How do I do this?

Thanks and Cheers
Markus

Re: Emacs/Org-mode question

[Brian van den Broek]

Markus Heller said unto the world at 31/07/09 05:39 PM:
> Hello all,
> 
> this might be a typical beginner question ...
> 
> I often use the sequence
> 
> C-. <Ret> C-- :
> 
> to create this:
> 
> - <2009-07-31 Fri>:
> 
> where the date is today's date.
> 
> I'm sure there's a way to create a command for this, but I have no idea 
> how.  I'd like to bind this sequence to something like C-c t or similar.
> 
> How do I do this?
> 
> Thanks and Cheers
> Markus

Hi Markus,

I have the following in my .emacs:

(defun date ()
   (interactive "*")
     (insert (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d %T" (current-time))))
(global-set-key [f11] 'date)

This will at least get you started. See the documentation for 
format-time-string to season as suits.

Best,

Brian vdB

Re: Emacs/Org-mode question

[Markus Heller]

Brian van den Broek wrote:
> Markus Heller said unto the world at 31/07/09 05:39 PM:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> this might be a typical beginner question ...
>>
>> I often use the sequence
>>
>> C-. <Ret> C-- :
>>
>> to create this:
>>
>> - <2009-07-31 Fri>:
>>
>> where the date is today's date.
>>
>> I'm sure there's a way to create a command for this, but I have no 
>> idea how.  I'd like to bind this sequence to something like C-c t or 
>> similar.
>>
>> How do I do this?
>>
>> Thanks and Cheers
>> Markus
> 
> Hi Markus,
> 
> I have the following in my .emacs:
> 
> (defun date ()
>   (interactive "*")
>     (insert (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d %T" (current-time))))
> (global-set-key [f11] 'date)
> 
> This will at least get you started. See the documentation for 
> format-time-string to season as suits.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Brian vdB
> 
> 
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Thanks Brian,

this got me started.  The code in my .emacs looks like this for me now:

(defun org-date ()
   (interactive "*")
     (insert (format-time-string "- <%Y-%m-%d %a>: ")))
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c d") 'org-date)


Cheerio
M