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Re: [O] How exactly does "C-c ." work in an existing timestamp?
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Nick Dokos |
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Re: [O] How exactly does "C-c ." work in an existing timestamp? |
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Tue, 05 Jan 2016 10:14:44 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Jarmo Hurri <address@hidden> writes:
> Greetings.
>
> Consider the following org file
>
> # ----------------------------------
> * testing
> <2016-01-07 Thu 15:00-16:15>
> # ----------------------------------
>
> When I move my cursor inside the timestamp and press "C-c .", control
> jumps to a minibuffer in the echo area. But when I try, in the echo
> area, to modify the date in the timestamp, it gets a bit weird to me.
>
> 1. If I try to use the method specified in the documentation to bump the
> date one day forward by typing +1d, nothing sensible happens. It
> doesn't matter if I type "+1d" directly, or " +1d" with a leading
> space.
>
That's relative to *today*, not relative to the existing timestamp.
+1d changes it to tomorrow. Does that not work for you?
> 2. If I type " 8" (note leading space), the date will move to the 8th,
> that is, forward by one day. But a leading space is required.
>
Not here - with or without space, it changes it to next Friday
2016-01-08.
> 3. If I move my cursor on top of the current date, still in the echo
> area, the start time of the meeting and the duration start jumping
> forward in the echo area. Please find attached a screenshot of what
> the situation looks like. (This at least looks like a bug, or a
> "feature.")
Yes, that's weird - not sure what causes this.
--
Nick