Hi,
I've been using org-mode for a little over a year, wish I had been using it for
far longer.
I am not a member of this list... I discovered it via
<http://orgmode.org/org.html#Feedback>, a link to the list there would be
helpful.
I discovered org-table-copy-down and its ability to increment dates. I would
like to be able to specify the number to increment, and then ideally increment
by that number again. For example lets say I want to create a table of
Mondays....
| [2014-05-19 Mon] | | | | | | | |
| [2014-05-26 Mon] | | | | | | | |
| [2014-06-02 Mon] | | | | | | | |
| [2014-06-09 Mon] | | | | | | | |
Firstly, should I be using #+TBLFM: to fill in the table above... I think that
would only work if I was writing across columns, and would require a
calculation for each field... is that right? Hmm, is their a repeat
keyword.....
I wonder if a simple solution might be to add a couple of custom variables, say
org-table-copy-inc-count to hold the count, and for the time specific
org-table-copy-inc-by to specify what is being incremented, i.e. days, hours,
mins.
For my use a simple integer would have sufficed, but a time element would be
more suitable for others uses.
*** /opt/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/org/org-table.el Tue May 14 15:13:53 2013
--- /var/folders/6f/qt_5cdl91051fz5tbwrf8yy00000gn/T/ediff275HnR Sat Apr
12 12:52:12 2014
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:group 'org-table-calculation
:type 'boolean)
+ (defcustom org-table-copy-inc-count 1
+ "Increment value used to increment field following copy by
\\[org-table-copy-down]."
+ :group 'org-table-calculation
+ :type 'integer)
+
+ (defcustom org-table-copy-inc-by 'day
+ "Measure in which to increment org-table-copy-inc-count value by
\\[org-table-copy-down].
+ Possible values are:
+ day
+ month
+ year
+ minute
+ second"
+ :group 'org-table-calculation
+ :type '(choice
+ (const :tag "day" day)
+ (const :tag "month" month)
+ (const :tag "year" year)
+ (const :tag "minute" minute)
+ (const :tag "second" second)))
+
(defcustom org-calc-default-modes
'(calc-internal-prec 12
calc-float-format (float 8)
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(insert txt)
(org-move-to-column col)
(if (and org-table-copy-increment (org-at-timestamp-p t))
! (org-timestamp-up-day)
(org-table-maybe-recalculate-line))
(org-table-align)
(org-move-to-column col))
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(insert txt)
(org-move-to-column col)
(if (and org-table-copy-increment (org-at-timestamp-p t))
! (org-timestamp-change org-table-copy-inc-count
org-table-copy-inc-by)
! ; (org-timestamp-up-day)
(org-table-maybe-recalculate-line))
(org-table-align)
(org-move-to-column col))
The above works for my needs, but perhaps someone has a more elegant solution...
Yours sincerely,
Stacey
