I'm giving a presentation to a group this week. The presentation will have many code samples I'll be sharing from emacs. I have a few functions I call to modify my environment (remove color-themes/modify font and size) specifically for presentations. I'd like to create a function that will load my alternative settings IF that day is the day of my presentation. What I have is not working: ; this would trigger for today (if (equal "20101102" (format-time-string "%Y%m%d)) (presentation-font) ) Thanks in advance.