From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: How to specify birthdays? Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 21:32:33 +0800 Message-ID: <87iop9ztvy.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <20140512214229.GB18283@raven.inka.de> <87tx8u4frr.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <20140513072436.GD18283@raven.inka.de> <87ha4u11yw.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <20140513111704.GE18283@raven.inka.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58731) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WkCmA-0004ge-BA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 May 2014 09:29:52 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WkCm4-0002v0-2h for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 May 2014 09:29:46 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:51839) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WkCm3-0002uv-Te for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 May 2014 09:29:40 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WkCly-0008Fk-Ch for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 May 2014 15:29:34 +0200 Received: from 50.56.99.223 ([50.56.99.223]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 13 May 2014 15:29:34 +0200 Received: from eric by 50.56.99.223 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 13 May 2014 15:29:34 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Josef Wolf writes: > On Di, Mai 13, 2014 at 05:07:19 +0800, Eric Abrahamsen wrote: >> Josef Wolf writes: >> Ah, for that you'll want (setq org-agenda-include-diary t). I assume you >> don't have that set right now? > > Yes, it works with this setting. Thanks! > > I was confused by this paragraph: > > | If you are using the diary only for sexp entries and holidays, it is faster to > | not use the above setting, but instead to copy or even move the entries into > | an Org file. Org mode evaluates diary-style sexp entries, and does it faster > | because there is no overhead for first creating the diary display. > > Since I don't want the DIARY-ANNIVERSARY anyway (because of its wired ordering > of arguments), I hesitated to use the setting that the documentation suggests > not to set =8-() You're right, that bit is confusing! I think the diary is a bit of a holdover that no one quite knows what to do with. It's the only package that defines arbitrary period expressions, so it keeps getting used, but it seems like not many people actually use the diary as a diary.