From: Bastien <bzg@altern.org>
To: michael_heerdegen@web.de
Cc: 11042@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11042: 24.0.94; dangerous org manual: parse-time-months and parse-time-weekdays
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:00:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87haxiuk8t.fsf@altern.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86wr6htni5.fsf@web.de> (Michael Heerdegen's message of "Mon, 19 Mar 2012 01:58:42 +0100")
Hi Michael,
Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes:
> The org-mode manual under the node "The date/time prompt" tells:
>
> "[...] The function understands English month and weekday abbreviations. If
> you want to use unabbreviated names and/or other languages, configure
> the variables `parse-time-months' and `parse-time-weekdays'."
>
> It doesn't tell how the user can do that. Even worse,
> `parse-time-months' and `parse-time-weekdays' are not defined as user
> options and undocumented!
>
> After reading the above section in the org manual, users may replace
> the English names with e.g. German ones in their config. Seems this
> is not a good idea, as this user question in gnu.emacs.gnus shows:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.emacs.gnus/browse_thread/thread/8dde85b5ff3ab454/a02ddb878bfa1eb9
The thread doesn't tell what is wrong with setting `parse-time-months'
and `parse-time-weekdays'. Can you expand a bit more on this?
> BTW1: maybe a better solution would be to define own variables for
> this purpose in org, instead of letting users change variables in
> parse-time.el.
Org heavily depends on parse-time.el. Providing a defcustom in Org
that is tied to parse-time.el at the same time is not trivial.
Thanks,
--
Bastien
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-19 0:58 bug#11042: 24.0.94; dangerous org manual: parse-time-months and parse-time-weekdays Michael Heerdegen
2012-03-21 14:00 ` Bastien [this message]
2012-03-21 14:00 ` Bastien
2012-03-21 20:24 ` Michael Heerdegen
2012-03-21 20:24 ` Michael Heerdegen
2012-03-23 21:46 ` bug#11042: [O] " Bastien
2012-03-23 21:46 ` bug#11042: " Bastien
2012-03-23 22:27 ` bug#11042: [O] " Bastien
2012-03-23 22:27 ` bug#11042: " Bastien
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