Re: Insert datetree entry

[Bruce V Chiarelli <mano155@gmail.com>]

Daniele Nicolodi writes:

> On 4/4/17 1:25 PM, Bruce V Chiarelli wrote:
>>
>> Daniele Nicolodi <daniele@grinta.net> writes:
> Hi Bruce,
>
> I modified your code as follow to be able to insert a datetree entry
> correctly being anywhere in an existing datetree. I also added the
> possibility of having a prefix argument to prompt for the date. It works
> for me, but I don't know if this is the most elegant way to obtain what
> I want. Comments are welcome.
>
>
> ;; look for datetree root
> (defun dnn-org-datetree-root ()
>   (let ((re
> "^\\([12][0-9]\\{3\\}\\)\\(-\\([01][0-9]\\)\\(-\\([0123][0-9]\\)\\)?\\)?
> \\w+$"))
>     (while (string-match re (org-get-heading))
>       (org-up-heading-safe))
>     (org-up-heading-safe)))
>
> ;; add a datetree entry
> (defun dnn-org-datetree-find-create (arg)
>   (interactive "P")
>   (let ((d (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
> 	    (if arg (time-to-days (org-read-date nil t)) (org-today)))))
>     (dnn-org-datetree-root)
>     (org-datetree-find-date-create d 'subtree-at-point)))

Nice! I'm afraid I'm unqualified to give any comments/criticism on your
code, since I'm fairly new to elisp myself. Looks better than what I had
though, at least to work around the missing 'subtree-at-point
feature. Maybe someone else can chime in.

I did notice that with my function, org-up-heading-safe didn't always
behave the way I wanted it to (like if it was already *on* the root
headline). But I only needed the function a few times, so I didn't
bother with improving it.

> Cheers,
> Daniele
Best,
Bruce