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Re: [Orgmode] How to add entries to an org file, not diary


From: Carsten Dominik
Subject: Re: [Orgmode] How to add entries to an org file, not diary
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 22:09:23 +0100

Hi Stephen,

On Nov 6, 2009, at 4:16 PM, Stephen Eglen wrote:

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...)

If you get the latest Org version from the git server, you can
configure the variable `org-agenda-diary-file' to point to your
"diary.org" file or any other Org-mode file.  This should be a
file dedicated for general appointments, anniversaries
etc.

Then `i' in the agenda will create new entries in that file.
Simple entries (day and block) will be placed into an outline
tree that is based on dates:  Top-level years, level 2 months,
level 3 days[1].  I have always wanted to have something
like this, so that it will be easy to archive old stuff!  So thanks
for giving me a reason to finally make it.

Right now I have implemented

i d   for day entries,
i b   for blocks,
i a   for anniversaries (which will be collected under a special
      heading "Anniversaries" in your `diary.org'
i j   To jump to the cursor date in the date tree

What else would be useful?

The same command will also be bound to the `i' key in the
calendar (calendar restart required), so you can make the same
kind of entries from the calendar - very convenient at times,
in particular for long blocks.

The basics of these new commands seem to work OK, but it
is quite possible that I have not yet thought this through
fully.  Let me know what I am missing, so that we can tweak it.

- Carsten

[1] If there is any entry in this file with a DATE_TREE property set,
the tree will be build under that entry.




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