Re: [emacs-wiki-discuss] Re: trouble using diary

[John Sullivan]

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 3:09pm, Raymond Zeitler wrote:
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> >  Behalf Of John Sullivan
> >  Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 2:16 PM
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> >  Subject: ***[Possible UCE]*** Re: [emacs-wiki-discuss] Re: trouble
> using
> >  diary
> >
> >
> >  "Raymond Zeitler" <address@hidden> writes:
> >
> >  > From:     Ray Fix
> >  > Subject:  Re: [emacs-wiki-discuss] Re: trouble using diary
> >  > Date:     Mon, 14 Jun 2004 23:14:31 -0400
> >  > Ray Fix <address@hidden> writes:
> >  >
> >  > "With a blank diary file, it updates today as 'No entries' [snip]"
> >  >
> >  > Isn't this a bug, or at least an undesirable feature?
> >  >
> >  > Suppose you already have a day page that's loaded with content.  The
> >  > file will get replaced by a new one with either diary content or 'No
> >  > entries.'  Ideally, if the day page exists, any diary content should
> >  > be merged into it.
> >  >
> >  > BTW, I just started using planner yesterday and diary the day before
> >  > that, so I may be more than a bit clueless.  In fact, this scenario
> >  > occurred because I started using planner-diary.el after I created a
> >  > day page, and I hadn't created a diary entry for the day.  That's
> >  > something an intelligent user wouldn't ordinarily do.
> >  >
> >
> >  Raymond,
> >
> >  I don't quite understand your question.
> >
> >  Are you saying that planner-diary erased content on your day page
> >  outside of what was in your "*Diary" section?
> >
> >  -John
>
> No.  I didn't have content on my day page outside the *Diary section.
> All the content for my day page resided in the *Diary section.  It was
> this content that was eliminated.  So my question was, "Is this a bug
> or a feature?"
>
> Did I mention that I'm a Planner newbie? :-)

Raymond,

I see. I'd call it a feature, since I wouldn't want there to be outdated 
and inaccurate information hanging out in my *Diary section.

But maybe I should add a note in the docs so that people have a better 
idea what to expect, and don't have to lose any work to find out.

-John