Re: things I don't understand about tables

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@shellworld.net>]

On Tue, 13 Nov 2012, Nick Dokos wrote:

> Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@shellworld.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 12 Nov 2012, Nick Dokos wrote:
> > 
> > > Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@shellworld.net> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Why is it when I try putting a date in this table using the calendar I get 
> > > > no date entered when in a blank field and hear the message:
> > > > Before first headline at position 376 in buffer medlog.org
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > How are you trying to insert the date?
> > > 
> > > This error is usually produced because some function is trying to do an
> > > org-back-to-heading, i.e. the function does not expect the table to be
> > > at top level. In particular, C-c C-d (org-deadline) and C-c C-s (org-schedule)
> > > *want* a headline and insert the scheduling information after the headline,
> > > not in the table.
> > > 
> > > OTOH, I tried entering a date into a table at top level with C-c .
> > > which is bound to org-time-stamp, and the date gets inserted with no error
> > > (and S-RET also works to increment the date in subsequent rows as
> > > Michael Brand mentioned)
> > > 
> > > Org-mode version 7.9.2 (release_7.9.2-577-gb0a051 @ /home/nick/elisp/org-mode/lisp/)
> > > 
> > > Nick
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > First I try with c-c c-d that didn't get me into the calendar.  Next I try 
> > with c-c . and that got me into the calendar and on current date.  
> > Unfortunately, c-b c-b failed to move me two days back from the current 
> > date.  This is with emacs 24.x on debian.
> > 
> 
> When org-read-date pops up a calendar, you are not "in the calendar",
> you are in the minibuffer with the prompt. You can select previous dates
> by using something like -2 or you can use a set of calendar commands
> that are bound to keys in the minibuffer. In particular, you can move
> the cursor in the calendar to the previous day with S-<Left>. There are
> similar keys for moving forward/backward through days, weeks, months and
> 3-month periods. All of these are documented in the manual:
> 
>    (info "(org)The date/time prompt")
> 
> AFAICT, you cannot go "into the calendar": you can switch buffers, but
> even so the calendar buffer does not seem to recognize any keys. Not
> entirely sure that I've got this right (and I certainly don't understand
> what's going on), but it seems to be a correct description of the
> behavior.
> 
> Nick
> 
> 

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jude <jdashiel@shellworld.net>
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The minibuffer is read only when I try to type -2 and S-left generates 
some symbols like = and [ but does not change the highlighted date.