From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jay Belanger Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: The Emacs Calculator and calendar Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 09:05:29 -0500 Message-ID: <87ehl21n86.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87y5jk3f7d.fsf@gmail.com> <87626md8aj.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <83vcem6592.fsf@gnu.org> <5071E6E7.7080906@cs.ucla.edu> <5072731C.8000408@cs.ucla.edu> <87vcelhux3.fsf@gmail.com> <50790409.5040605@cs.ucla.edu> Reply-To: jay.p.belanger@gmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1350137139 14587 80.91.229.3 (13 Oct 2012 14:05:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 14:05:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jay.p.belanger@gmail.com To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 13 16:05:46 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TN2LZ-0000cb-5x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:05:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48273 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TN2LS-0000lv-IK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Oct 2012 10:05:38 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37419) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TN2LQ-0000kz-MT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Oct 2012 10:05:37 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TN2LP-0006RS-Oc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Oct 2012 10:05:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ob0-f169.google.com ([209.85.214.169]:38390) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TN2LP-0006RI-Jh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Oct 2012 10:05:35 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-ob0-f169.google.com with SMTP id va7so4340915obc.0 for ; Sat, 13 Oct 2012 07:05:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:subject:references:reply-to:cc:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=WUfK+h/USk3gr4C7esOK8UZZcWhhjN5o9f/h2N5MCXM=; b=XUj2GMkmU6FqG4OETz/ME/x2kIuXABL8oViTPtiJ+ETLNOceF+OXaQdnFIUxbligCo j9khV5CjVhRBJE+ASI24labbIS39K4wAotTvMGO8fY0B8ytryaGJkUjvMyCSbus+CxaY gNpq4C28LnZaPpDJ+zhraZX/KR8mWqBdaRWQlwQ3Qc6c+e75ImDNFt7ABnIs8jW8J5EE rC1hb2cLUtVkZONz1nwvP/ksUpm1CHGNdFDoBfbKVyAnEqrhHn7zdk2lmCQ6HDAgz/lq 3IlMJ9M+iygr9p66UstwLj8boGWyBvBjCmjJFAQH3UU37P9Lz0mb4SggzW7az+CCgxm4 jW1Q== Original-Received: by 10.182.89.42 with SMTP id bl10mr5795312obb.27.1350137134680; Sat, 13 Oct 2012 07:05:34 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from belanger-home (184-155-88-117.cpe.cableone.net. [184.155.88.117]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id th3sm9628645obb.6.2012.10.13.07.05.32 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 13 Oct 2012 07:05:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <50790409.5040605@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:02:49 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 209.85.214.169 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:154305 Archived-At: >> The patch makes the Gregorian calendar the only choice for Calc, though, >> not just the default. It should be configurable ... > These could both be done, yes. My revised patch doesn't implement > these ideas (it just does the simpler fix), but they might be nice > add-ons. More than a nice add-on, I think configurability is an important feature. Compatibility with Calendar can be done without losing the current way of dealing with dates (which some people are used to) and even gaining new ways.