Re: Key bindings for org calendar selection

[Danny YUE <sheepduke@gmail.com>]

Seriously...I have never known this before. Thanks for that.

By the way Florian, just to make it clear - when I said "shortcut" I
mean the mini-language. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

You are right. "+2w +3d" does not work, you have to "+17d", which seems
to be stupid sometimes...

I personally usually just look at the small calendar and type a date,
such as 3/21 or 3-21 and it will be recognized.

Danny


On 2017-03-21 10:00, Filipe Silva <filipe.silva@gmail.com> wrote:
> for completeness, the section you are interested in is here:
>
>      <RET>              Choose date at cursor in calendar.
>      mouse-1            Select date by clicking on it.
>    *  S-<right>/<left>   One day forward/backward.
>      S-<down>/<up>      One week forward/backward.*
>      M-S-<right>/<left> One month forward/backward.
>      > / <              Scroll calendar forward/backward by one month.
>      M-v / C-v          Scroll calendar forward/backward by 3 months.
>      M-S-<down>/<up>    Scroll calendar forward/backward by one year.
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 6:58 AM, Filipe Silva <filipe.silva@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Yes I've suffered with that too. The org-manual is not really crystal
>> clear about this, but here you go: http://orgmode.org/manual/The-
>> date_002ftime-prompt.html#The-date_002ftime-prompt
>>
>> basically, you can move around in the calendar using: shift + an arrow
>> key. Also you have the entire calendar mini language at your disposal.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 5:10 AM, Florian Lindner <mailinglists@xgm.de>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Am 20.03.2017 um 14:33 schrieb Danny YUE:
>>> > Well,
>>>
>>> Hey,
>>>
>>> > I think that small calendar is only for your convenience to see the date
>>> > you choose, not really a interactive date picker...
>>> >
>>> > For me, I always uses the shortcut for dates. For example "+1w" chooses
>>> > the same day in next week, "+1d" for the next day etc.
>>>
>>> How can I set the date to 2 weeks and 3 days in future? "+2w +3d" does
>>> not work, it ignores the +2d. How can I move to a
>>> date, without selecting it and closing the picker?
>>>
>>> > Seriously if you get to know the meaning of shortcuts, org way will be
>>> > definitely faster than moving around in a calendar. :-)
>>>
>>> Well, I try to learn these shortcuts, but find them documented nowhere.
>>> As I said, the shortcuts from the Emacs calendar
>>> did not work, neither do work the shortcuts from the interactive org-mode
>>> calendar help.
>>>
>>> Are you aware of any documentation of shortcuts for the calendar?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Florian
>>>
>>> > Danny
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On 2017-03-20 13:24, Florian Lindner <mailinglists@xgm.de> wrote:
>>> >> This is a cross-post from emacs.orgmode, since I got no replies for 3
>>> weeks.
>>> >>
>>> >> Hello,
>>> >>
>>> >> the usual emacs calendar (M-x calendar) can be controlled using these
>>> key bindings:
>>> >> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Ca
>>> lendar-Unit-Motion.html
>>> >>
>>> >> But how can the calendar be controlled when invoked by org-mode, e.g.
>>> by C-c C-s to set a scheduled date on an entry?
>>> >> The key bindings from standard calendar do not work, neither editing
>>> the mini buffer works out.
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks,
>>> >> Florian
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>