Re: appt-make-list too aggressive?

[Kevin Rodgers]

Jim Ottaway wrote:
> The function `appt-make-list' clears all prior appointments when it
> parses the diary file [or files].  So if I have `appt-make-list' in
> `diary-hook' and I add an appointment using `appt-add' before I look
> at my diary, that appointment is deleted from `appt-time-msg-list'.  I
> would have expected `appt-make-list' to keep any appointments added by
> appt-add.

Well, it's behaving as documented (C-h f):

        Create the appointments list from todays diary buffer.

And the code is very explicit:

        ;; Clear the appointments list, then fill it in from the diary.
        (setq appt-time-msg-list nil)

The problem is even if you make sure appt-make-list is called before
appt-add, to initialize appt-time-msg-list, it could get called again
(like at midnight) and overwrite the appointment list.

--
Kevin Rodgers