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From: Markus Heller <hellerm2@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs/Org-mode question
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:08:16 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <h4vq0g$buv$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A736607.6060704@gmail.com>

Brian van den Broek wrote:
> Markus Heller said unto the world at 31/07/09 05:39 PM:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> this might be a typical beginner question ...
>>
>> I often use the sequence
>>
>> C-. <Ret> C-- :
>>
>> to create this:
>>
>> - <2009-07-31 Fri>:
>>
>> where the date is today's date.
>>
>> I'm sure there's a way to create a command for this, but I have no 
>> idea how.  I'd like to bind this sequence to something like C-c t or 
>> similar.
>>
>> How do I do this?
>>
>> Thanks and Cheers
>> Markus
> 
> Hi Markus,
> 
> I have the following in my .emacs:
> 
> (defun date ()
>   (interactive "*")
>     (insert (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d %T" (current-time))))
> (global-set-key [f11] 'date)
> 
> This will at least get you started. See the documentation for 
> format-time-string to season as suits.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Brian vdB
> 
> 
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Thanks Brian,

this got me started.  The code in my .emacs looks like this for me now:

(defun org-date ()
   (interactive "*")
     (insert (format-time-string "- <%Y-%m-%d %a>: ")))
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c d") 'org-date)


Cheerio
M

      reply	other threads:[~2009-07-31 22:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-07-31 21:39 Emacs/Org-mode question Markus Heller
2009-07-31 21:45 ` Brian van den Broek
2009-07-31 22:08   ` Markus Heller [this message]

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