* Passing time zones
@ 2025-02-05 0:55 Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2025-02-05 10:18 ` Joel Reicher
2025-02-05 10:19 ` Joel Reicher
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From: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2025-02-05 0:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
I need some ideas on how I can have the user input the time zone name.
The list has cons cells with the car having a time-zone label, while the
cdr has a name for the TZ Environment Variable. The user will just select
the time-zone label.
(interactive
(list
(read-string " Clock Name: " "World Clock")
(let ( (cseq '(("UTC" . "UTC")
("New York" . "America/New_York")
("London" . "Europe/London")
("Tokyo" . "Asia/Tokyo")
("Sydney" . "Australia/Sydney")
("Berlin" . "Europe/Berlin")
("Los Angeles" . "America/Los_Angeles")
("Kolkata" . "Asia/Kolkata"))) )
(completing-read " Time Zone: " cseq nil t))
(let ( (cseq '("red" "green" "blue" "orange" "purple"
"cyan" "magenta" "yellow")) )
(completing-read " Colour: " cseq nil t))))
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* Re: Passing time zones
2025-02-05 0:55 Passing time zones Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
@ 2025-02-05 10:18 ` Joel Reicher
2025-02-05 10:19 ` Joel Reicher
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From: Joel Reicher @ 2025-02-05 10:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor; +Cc: Heime
Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:
> I need some ideas on how I can have the user input the time zone
> name. The list has cons cells with the car having a time-zone
> label, while the cdr has a name for the TZ Environment Variable.
> The user will just select the time-zone label.
I would recommend having a look at the documentation for the
variables listed in the customisation group `world-clock'. I think
it solves exactly the same problem, and if I'm right you would
benefit from understanding the work of all the people who have
done this before you.
Regards,
- Joel
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* Re: Passing time zones
2025-02-05 0:55 Passing time zones Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2025-02-05 10:18 ` Joel Reicher
@ 2025-02-05 10:19 ` Joel Reicher
2025-02-05 12:00 ` Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Joel Reicher @ 2025-02-05 10:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor; +Cc: Heime
Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:
> I need some ideas on how I can have the user input the time zone
> name. The list has cons cells with the car having a time-zone
> label, while the cdr has a name for the TZ Environment Variable.
> The user will just select the time-zone label.
I would recommend having a look at the documentation for the
variables listed in the customisation group `world-clock'. I think
it solves exactly the same problem, and if I'm right you would
benefit from understanding the work of all the people who have
done this before you.
Regards,
- Joel
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* Re: Passing time zones
2025-02-05 10:19 ` Joel Reicher
@ 2025-02-05 12:00 ` Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2025-02-05 13:18 ` Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
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From: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2025-02-05 12:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Joel Reicher; +Cc: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
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On Wednesday, February 5th, 2025 at 10:19 PM, Joel Reicher <joel.reicher@gmail.com> wrote:
> Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
> help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org writes:
>
> > I need some ideas on how I can have the user input the time zone
> > name. The list has cons cells with the car having a time-zone
> > label, while the cdr has a name for the TZ Environment Variable.
> > The user will just select the time-zone label.
>
>
> I would recommend having a look at the documentation for the
> variables listed in the customisation group `world-clock'. I think
> it solves exactly the same problem, and if I'm right you would
> benefit from understanding the work of all the people who have
> done this before you.
>
> Regards,> - Joel
I have solved the problem by using
(completing-read " Time Zone: " (mapcar 'car cseq) nil t)
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* Re: Passing time zones
2025-02-05 12:00 ` Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
@ 2025-02-05 13:18 ` Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2025-02-05 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Heime; +Cc: Joel Reicher, Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
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On Thursday, February 6th, 2025 at 12:00 AM, Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> wrote:
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> On Wednesday, February 5th, 2025 at 10:19 PM, Joel Reicher joel.reicher@gmail.com wrote:
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> > Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
> > help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org writes:
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> > > I need some ideas on how I can have the user input the time zone
> > > name. The list has cons cells with the car having a time-zone
> > > label, while the cdr has a name for the TZ Environment Variable.
> > > The user will just select the time-zone label.
> >
> > I would recommend having a look at the documentation for the
> > variables listed in the customisation group `world-clock'. I think
> > it solves exactly the same problem, and if I'm right you would
> > benefit from understanding the work of all the people who have
> > done this before you.
> >
> > Regards,> - Joel
Continuing with your suggestion, I encountered
Zoneinfo Style World List
Alist of zoneinfo-style time zones and places for ‘world-clock’.
Each element has the form (TIMEZONE LABEL).
TIMEZONE should be a string of the form AREA/LOCATION.
Would users prefer seeing AREA/LOCATION or just LOCATION?
Area is the name of a region -- a continent or ocean.
> I have solved the problem by using
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> (completing-read " Time Zone: " (mapcar 'car cseq) nil t)
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