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Re: [Orgmode] Re: How to add entries to an org file, not diary
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Bernt Hansen |
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Re: [Orgmode] Re: How to add entries to an org file, not diary |
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Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:28:27 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) |
Carsten Dominik <address@hidden> writes:
> On Nov 6, 2009, at 6:21 PM, Bernt Hansen wrote:
>
>> Stephen Eglen <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>> If I'm visting an agenda (C-c a a) buffer, and want to add a diary
>>> entry
>>> for a particular day, I can use org-agenda-diary-entry, bound to 'i'.
>>> This inserts an entry in my diary file.
>>>
>>> What I'd like to do is add the entry instead to an org file,
>>> e.g. 'agenda.org' where I currently store all diary-like entries. Is
>>> that functionality available? (Am trying to wean myself off diary
>>> files, after many years of using it...)
>>>
>>> Thanks, Stephen
>>
>> Hi Stephen,
>>
>> I agree that would be a nice feature. I stopped using the diary a few
>> years ago and have totally avoided the 'i' functions in the agenda
>> since
>> it creates diary entries that just get lost for me. Instead I've
>> trained by fingers to make remember tasks instead but I have to create
>> the dates manually in the remember task.
>>
>> It would be a lot nicer if this could create a task with a diary sexp
>> type entry for the details.
>
> Why diary sexp entries and not direct Org time stamp
> entries? Is there a consensus that diary sexps should
> be use for this application?
Actually the diary sexp isn't really important. I used to make block
entries spanning multiple days with the old diary entries and was just
thinking that diary sexp entries are needed to do that - but for single
dates and times org timestamp entries are fine.
-Bernt