modify/edit a org-time-stamp

modify/edit a org-time-stamp

[Uwe Brauer]

Hi 

I have an org file which is full of time-stamps from last year stuff
like <2016-11-14 Sat>. I thought I could easily modify/edit the time
stamp but I cannot, every time I move the cursor into such a stamp, I
cannot edit as I wish. It looks as if that entry is somehow blocked.

Of course I could switch the mode say to text mode and then edit the
entry, but what could I do within orgmode?

Thanks

Uwe Brauer 

Re: modify/edit a org-time-stamp

[Nick Dokos]

Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:

> Hi 
>
> I have an org file which is full of time-stamps from last year stuff
> like <2016-11-14 Sat>. I thought I could easily modify/edit the time
> stamp but I cannot, every time I move the cursor into such a stamp, I
> cannot edit as I wish. It looks as if that entry is somehow blocked.
>
You mean you cannot change it at all?

> Of course I could switch the mode say to text mode and then edit the
> entry, but what could I do within orgmode?
>
You should be able to change it with ordinary editing commands (it's just
text, albeit with text properties). Or you could do S-<up or S-<down> on
individual fields to change them (that runs org-timestamp-up/down which
knows e.g. to increment the year when the month is incremented from 12 to
1 and also knows to change the name of the day of the week).

-- 
Nick

Re: modify/edit a org-time-stamp

[Bingo]

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On February 15, 2017 4:06:03 AM GMT+05:30, Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> wrote:
>Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:
>
>> Hi 
>>
>> I have an org file which is full of time-stamps from last year stuff
>> like <2016-11-14 Sat>. I thought I could easily modify/edit the time
>> stamp but I cannot, every time I move the cursor into such a stamp, I
>> cannot edit as I wish. It looks as if that entry is somehow blocked.
>>
>You mean you cannot change it at all?
>
>> Of course I could switch the mode say to text mode and then edit the
>> entry, but what could I do within orgmode?
>>
>You should be able to change it with ordinary editing commands (it's
>just
>text, albeit with text properties). Or you could do S-<up or S-<down>
>on
>individual fields to change them (that runs org-timestamp-up/down which
>knows e.g. to increment the year when the month is incremented from 12
>to
>1 and also knows to change the name of the day of the week).
>
>-- 
>Nick

If custom time format is specified, the time field is not editable in the usual ways like S-up, S-down, or text editing. See if symptoms are like http://orgmode.org/org.html#Custom-time-format.

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Re: modify/edit a org-time-stamp

[Uwe Brauer]

   > On February 15, 2017 4:06:03 AM GMT+05:30, Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> wrote:

   > If custom time format is specified, the time field is not editable in
   > the usual ways like S-up, S-down, or text editing. See if symptoms are
   > like http://orgmode.org/org.html#Custom-time-format.

Thanks very much for pointing this out to me.  This is precisely my
situation. I see what I can do, maybe I turn customization off.

Uwe 

Re: modify/edit a org-time-stamp

[Eric S Fraga]

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On Thursday, 16 Feb 2017 at 11:18, Uwe Brauer wrote:
> Thanks very much for pointing this out to me.  This is precisely my
> situation. I see what I can do, maybe I turn customization off.

I ended up turning customisation of timestamp presentation off as it was
just too annoying for just this reason.  Pity but understandable as the
customisations allowed are too general to provide a consistent interface
for adjustments, I would guess.

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: Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 26.0.50.1, Org release_9.0.4-242-g2c27b8

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Re: modify/edit a org-time-stamp

[Nick Dokos]

Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:

>    > On February 15, 2017 4:06:03 AM GMT+05:30, Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>    > If custom time format is specified, the time field is not editable in
>    > the usual ways like S-up, S-down, or text editing. See if symptoms are
>    > like http://orgmode.org/org.html#Custom-time-format.
>
> Thanks very much for pointing this out to me.  This is precisely my
> situation. I see what I can do, maybe I turn customization off.
>

If I had known about custom time formats, maybe I *would* have pointed
that out to you ;-), but I didn't (I've never used them): it was Bingo
<right.ho@gmail.com> who divined the cause of your problem.

-- 
Nick

Re: modify/edit a org-time-stamp

[Uwe Brauer]

>>> "Eric" == Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

   > On Thursday, 16 Feb 2017 at 11:18, Uwe Brauer wrote:
   >> Thanks very much for pointing this out to me.  This is precisely my
   >> situation. I see what I can do, maybe I turn customization off.

   > I ended up turning customisation of timestamp presentation off as it was
   > just too annoying for just this reason.  Pity but understandable as the
   > customisations allowed are too general to provide a consistent interface
   > for adjustments, I would guess.

I found out that  org-toggle-time-stamp-overlays is a very good
solution, I toggle the overlay off, edit and toggle it on.

Re: modify/edit a org-time-stamp

[Uwe Brauer]

   > Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:

   > If I had known about custom time formats, maybe I *would* have pointed
   > that out to you ;-), but I didn't (I've never used them): it was Bingo
   > <right.ho@gmail.com> who divined the cause of your problem.

Right. I hit the reply message on the wrong message, sorry Bingo and
thanks again.

Re: modify/edit a org-time-stamp

[Eric S Fraga]

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On Thursday, 16 Feb 2017 at 15:42, Uwe Brauer wrote:
> I found out that  org-toggle-time-stamp-overlays is a very good
> solution, I toggle the overlay off, edit and toggle it on.

Ah, of course org would have such a solution.  I didn't even think that
would be possible.  Sigh.

Thanks,
eric

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: Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 26.0.50.1, Org release_9.0.4-242-g2c27b8

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