Re: [emacs-wiki-discuss] planner - cyclic tasks - diary and schedule

[Jim Ottaway]

>>>>> Seth Falcon <address@hidden> writes:

> Jim Ottaway <address@hidden> writes:
>>>>>>> Seth Falcon <address@hidden> writes:
>>> In particular, can someone provide a hint on setting things so that
>>> M-x plan triggers a planner-appt-update as well as cyclic update.  I
>>> think I have it, but doesn't seem to work consistently...
>> 
>> Have you noticed any regularities in when it fails to update?
>> 
>> One case where it doesn't work is when the current day page is already
>> in Emacs before M-x plan [i.e., it was visited on a day before it
>> became today's page].

> When you say "in Emacs" do you mean that the file already exists
> because it was visited in a previous Emacs session, or do you mean it
> is in the buffer list (visited in the current session)?

The last one of those; sorry about the ambiguity there.

> I haven't had time to play with it, but I'm pretty sure this is the
> case that I'm seeing.  It isn't all that uncommon for me to have a
> future day page loaded and then call M-x plan when tomorrow hits.

>> I think it would be good to have a `plan-hook' just for the plan
>> command...

> Yes, that makes sense.  In the meantime, I suppose we could add a
> piece of advice on plan to run the desired functions.  Would that
> work?

Yes, it ought to work.

-- 
Jim Ottaway