From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Christopher Dimech Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Lunar Phases in Calendar Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2020 15:52:45 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20201119090509.GA29352@tuxteam.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="21544"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Jude DaShiell Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 19 15:55:51 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kflLj-0005VW-Js for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 19 Nov 2020 15:55:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50016 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kflLi-0006XM-F5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 19 Nov 2020 09:55:50 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54260) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kflIw-0006V5-Fq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Nov 2020 09:52:58 -0500 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.18]:42687) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kflIu-0007bY-12 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Nov 2020 09:52:58 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmx.net; s=badeba3b8450; t=1605797565; bh=5iMqsbqDzUtAYFh3hQdEZ1UaYshq8FIjGsvVK3I1tJM=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=HT/9eXKxkgSDW1IclV3WG1f0Ka6uQyY+VmAfPC/EqVR82dVGEBplH1bpI6NZhaCLO 7bAjVQcF2BsNawyfG6XTldOiKwch2WL6GsOoAP5tHJJtxy6s5oM8azzbJ+nYZ55nRk ETXSAYVb2jG3yD/Y6N447jaYBNs3dllOVOXjBhqk= X-UI-Sender-Class: 01bb95c1-4bf8-414a-932a-4f6e2808ef9c Original-Received: from [213.165.168.94] ([213.165.168.94]) by web-mail.gmx.net (3c-app-mailcom-bs05.server.lan [172.19.170.173]) (via HTTP); Thu, 19 Nov 2020 15:52:45 +0100 Importance: normal Sensitivity: Normal In-Reply-To: X-UI-Message-Type: mail X-Priority: 3 X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:wdwe6MZr3iNjFlxOfl72mxDd1QTqkaGymKc9bHEjvjF6EVuZF5ml+SgeMZyt9sadyQGyy 8Hx1Zl2g9A78+qOYeHMCYOHHda3DTbY7v3NMXHmtTrr2QpCUNbrBEZtFDMT+GTvfXTQu7k40Enfp AmMtamrGnyad0ou89cRVw48HauDMdxvJICJsV/Tn7cvFvo8d/KfpkU0mIRlcF4dZihFMixgPC4IB ICikzHB5xNNYox4tNcyq9CTBDX3EOf3HIFjwELxlgPqHapaDvXNS75ycekFqthJlgqLstuTf1U3X R4= X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:kczSrQ4oOlk=:49D9g3LaZoSHznrM2OvrHp 89ClbA9qrYZo9CoEgqFNCMy69fsrE5LeA61/0c05U7+ORMXIeBipynUsZ24RH22tr8FEl6ubh jGdSxWC8LCvL2Md1fkRF2WsMSUa8g4DxPM+kX0Jdn/7DeLSfLe/yWq8cuLv0aJIOKk4Lt5dA7 MYJfVxwbHg9svytjl2Ofzh5RK1M92ZtZU4iBdr9fLrjq3dZBi8T6UVSpmCFhHPGdWShcxxavS YBkfI4BhOy9v9gTLvWZ2BAGTV1QJYNGjyKtYhsxThjSQIJ+4locF9HqjipUNZlpzruEBmylNu BOlyl3AXTKckmsZFqy3poiMVzJqoYGaM11K8pWH8h7p0Q9blfs/MYupiVXNbkCZa/gZasFIHu RZCQEmblyjMFzKyTrY5oOJ9nXZFD6f/+3E3PryMhkbZ+nemWYYYGPqedSCaulYNUi/hy4uDFC lKaLsKkgqHQ4QiuztNDrayY6TH9qLCQmqPur0V6kfh/ws8MWak7X58kbFAOjpDCAQfiZ4R7Oj gVEJTIg7umXGu2c2zMQGJv+PQYZ2b3/CPLvUeR7Vdzhf5N5HRK1ZFjgNioSosHGx0PtuW3fuB bACwydGdlE220= Received-SPF: pass client-ip=212.227.15.18; envelope-from=dimech@gmx.com; helo=mout.gmx.net X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/11/19 07:05:24 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:125376 Archived-At: So we make Emacs do them all. =2D-------------------- Christopher Dimech General Administrator - Naiad Informatics - GNU Project (Geocomputation) - Geophysical Simulation - Geological Subsurface Mapping - Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation - Natural Resource Exploration and Production - Free Software Advocacy > Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 3:36 PM > From: "Jude DaShiell" > To: "Christopher Dimech" , tomas@tuxteam.de > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > Subject: Re: Lunar Phases in Calendar > > Then of course, you've got lunar mansions used in India for timing. But > emacs can't even get the 8 phases right so all of this may be better > done using external software and pasting its results into an emacs > buffer. For those with any interest, a phase has a 45 degree angle not > a 90 degree angle. > > On Thu, 19 Nov 2020, Christopher Dimech wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2020 07:05:18 > > From: Christopher Dimech > > To: tomas@tuxteam.de > > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > > Subject: Re: Lunar Phases in Calendar > > > > Trying to fit people's calendar together? Impossible. Stick with the= moon > > and with the sun my friend, ;) > > > > > Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 10:05 AM > > > From: tomas@tuxteam.de > > > To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > > > Subject: Re: Lunar Phases in Calendar > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 04:34:49AM +0100, Christopher Dimech wrote: > > > > Not Complicated. Just a ball rotating. > > > > > > That depends on whether you're talking about the > > > moon itself (then "a ball rotating" is a pretty > > > good approximation indeed, although, if you look > > > closely, you're into N-body problems, but I don't > > > have to tell that to /you/, I think ;-) > > > > > > Or whether you're approaching it from the viewpoint > > > of human calendars, trying to make sense of several > > > incommensurable (and not really constant) observational > > > constants (solar day, solar year, lunar month) and > > > to try to fit them into each other. There, the human > > > creativity has been impressive indeed :-) > > > > > > So those kinds of "calendars" are, as Byung-Hee politely > > > puts it, "complicated". > > > > > > Cheers > > > - t > > > > > > > > > -- > United States has 633 Billionaires with only 10 doing any annual > significant giving. > >