From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jude DaShiell Subject: Re: things I don't understand about tables Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:38:15 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: References: <8650.1352765561@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> <3878.1352784613@alphaville> <4423.1352855247@alphaville> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56410) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TYTnv-0007mB-Kr for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:38:22 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TYTns-0006Go-G6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:38:19 -0500 Received: from shellworld.net ([69.60.117.94]:64473 helo=server1.shellworld.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TYTns-0006Gb-B8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:38:16 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4423.1352855247@alphaville> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Nick Dokos Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Tue, 13 Nov 2012, Nick Dokos wrote: > Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > > 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. > > > > > > > When I did c-c . and got current date with surrounding virtual calendar > > months, I noticed the cursor was positioned to the left of the = sign on > > line 25. When I moved it to the right of the = sign I was able to key in > > -2 and then I hit enter and this time the date moved back two days! > > Thanks much for the help provided. I don't have to use Windows or excel > > for this task now. > > > > Is line 25 the minibuffer? And when you say the = sign, is that part of the > "live display" of what org thinks you mean? There is an ASCII arrow => followed > by the current candidate for a date (I believe that's an overlay: when I try > to move to the right, my cursor skips all the way to the right after the "live > display"). > > I'm not sure what's going on in your case, but in my case, I press > > C-c . -2 RET > > and it works: I don't have to move the cursor anywhere before I type the -2. > > Nick > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- jude Adobe fiend for failing to Flash There is a > sign followed by an = sign and I ended up moving to the right of the = sign and then was able to key things in. I think what runs on this system is emacs in non-graphical mode.