Hi,
Matt Price <mopto...@gmail.com> writes:
> Every time I think I'm starting to learn org Mode, I find I'm actually
> really ignorant.
>
> I want to write a simple function that inserts a timestamp at point for a
> date one week after the previous timestamp. I'm sure it's very simple. But
> I can't figure out how to do it.
>
> i have this:
>
> (defun mwp/one-week-later ()
> "add a new timestamp a week later than the previous one"
>
> (interactive)
> (save-excursion
> (let ((curpos (point)))
aka save-excursion. Also, you should limit your search to the current
heading.
> (re-search-backward "<[0-9]\\{4\\}-[0-9]\\{2\\}-[0-9]\\{2\\}" )
org-ts-regexp or maybe org-ts-regexp-both.
> (let* ((previous-ts (org-element-context)))
> (goto-char curpos)
> (INSERT COPY OF PREVIOUS-TS) ;; obviously this is fake. But what to
> replace it with?
(save-excursion (insert (org-element-interpret-data previous-ts))
(org-timestamp-change 7 'day))
> (org-timestamp-change 7 'dat) )))
You need to use ’day.
You probably don’t need org-element in this case, but then again why
not...
Rasmus
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