Re: [O] Manipulating Dates Automatically in a Headline
Matt Price writes: I think this is approximately what you want: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defun insert-ts+1w () "Insert a timestamp at point that is one week later than the last timestamp found in the buffer." (interactive) (let ((last-ts (car (last (org-element-map (org-element-parse-buffer) 'timestamp (lambda (timestamp) (org-element-property :raw-value timestamp))) (insert last-ts) (backward-char 2) (org-timestamp-change +7 'day) )) #+END_SRC It is an interactive command you can run with M-x insert-ts+1w at the point you want to insert the new headline. > It's been a couple of days so I'll try restate this question more > clearly. I'm hoping it's possible to do something like this: > > * Week one (<2014-09-09>) > * Week two (EVALUATE A LISP EXPRESSION THAT INSERTS A TIMESTAMP ONE > WEEK LATER THAN LAST TIMESTAMP FOUND IN BUFFER) > > I don't have much experience with babel so I'm not sure how to do > this, but if it's possible I would love some hints. Thanks as always, > > Matt > > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Matt Price wrote: >> Hi Everyone, >> >> I've asked this before, but that was a year or two ago and am hoping >> someone has an idea now, perhaps involving babel or something. >> >> every year at this time I rewrite a set of syllabi. I do a lot of >> moving htings around while i'm oding it, and at the end I have to >> enter a whole bunch of dates somewhat laboriously. I have headlines >> that look about like either like this: >> >> - >> * Outline >> ** Week 1: Topic Title (<2013-09-10>) >> Longish Description >> *** Reading >> - Article 1 >> - Article 2 >> *** Lab >> *** Notes >> --- >> >> or like this: >> -- >> * Outline >> ** Week 1: <2013-09-09> >> *** Seminar: Technology and Society (<2013-09-10>) >> *** Reading >> - Article 1 >> - Article 2 >> *** Plenary: Global Citizenship (<2013-09-13>) >> >> >> I would like to replace the timestamps with code that dynamically >> generates timestamps based on the value either in the last sibling >> headline, or the parent headline. It seems to me this ought to be >> possible, but I'm not at all sure how to do it. i would really >> appreciate any guidance. thanks! >> >> Matt > > -- --- John Kitchin Professor Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
Re: [O] Manipulating Dates Automatically in a Headline
Matt Price writes: I have not done that exactly, but here is some code that does manipulate timestamps: http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2014/02/05/Add-time-to-a-deadline/ It is not quite what you want, but it might be a good start. > It's been a couple of days so I'll try restate this question more > clearly. I'm hoping it's possible to do something like this: > > * Week one (<2014-09-09>) > * Week two (EVALUATE A LISP EXPRESSION THAT INSERTS A TIMESTAMP ONE > WEEK LATER THAN LAST TIMESTAMP FOUND IN BUFFER) > > I don't have much experience with babel so I'm not sure how to do > this, but if it's possible I would love some hints. Thanks as always, > > Matt > > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Matt Price wrote: >> Hi Everyone, >> >> I've asked this before, but that was a year or two ago and am hoping >> someone has an idea now, perhaps involving babel or something. >> >> every year at this time I rewrite a set of syllabi. I do a lot of >> moving htings around while i'm oding it, and at the end I have to >> enter a whole bunch of dates somewhat laboriously. I have headlines >> that look about like either like this: >> >> - >> * Outline >> ** Week 1: Topic Title (<2013-09-10>) >> Longish Description >> *** Reading >> - Article 1 >> - Article 2 >> *** Lab >> *** Notes >> --- >> >> or like this: >> -- >> * Outline >> ** Week 1: <2013-09-09> >> *** Seminar: Technology and Society (<2013-09-10>) >> *** Reading >> - Article 1 >> - Article 2 >> *** Plenary: Global Citizenship (<2013-09-13>) >> >> >> I would like to replace the timestamps with code that dynamically >> generates timestamps based on the value either in the last sibling >> headline, or the parent headline. It seems to me this ought to be >> possible, but I'm not at all sure how to do it. i would really >> appreciate any guidance. thanks! >> >> Matt > > -- --- John Kitchin Professor Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
Re: [O] Manipulating Dates Automatically in a Headline
this might be entirely wrong as an answer, but org has a command to clone a task with a date increment. i wonder if that would help. On 8/13/14, Matt Price wrote: > * Week one (<2014-09-09>) > * Week two (EVALUATE A LISP EXPRESSION THAT INSERTS A TIMESTAMP ONE > WEEK LATER THAN LAST TIMESTAMP FOUND IN BUFFER) -- The Kafka Pandemic: http://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com The disease DOES progress. MANY people have died from it. And ANYBODY can get it. Denmark: free Karina Hansen NOW.
Re: [O] Manipulating Dates Automatically in a Headline
It's been a couple of days so I'll try restate this question more clearly. I'm hoping it's possible to do something like this: * Week one (<2014-09-09>) * Week two (EVALUATE A LISP EXPRESSION THAT INSERTS A TIMESTAMP ONE WEEK LATER THAN LAST TIMESTAMP FOUND IN BUFFER) I don't have much experience with babel so I'm not sure how to do this, but if it's possible I would love some hints. Thanks as always, Matt On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Matt Price wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I've asked this before, but that was a year or two ago and am hoping > someone has an idea now, perhaps involving babel or something. > > every year at this time I rewrite a set of syllabi. I do a lot of > moving htings around while i'm oding it, and at the end I have to > enter a whole bunch of dates somewhat laboriously. I have headlines > that look about like either like this: > > - > * Outline > ** Week 1: Topic Title (<2013-09-10>) > Longish Description > *** Reading > - Article 1 > - Article 2 > *** Lab > *** Notes > --- > > or like this: > -- > * Outline > ** Week 1: <2013-09-09> > *** Seminar: Technology and Society (<2013-09-10>) > *** Reading > - Article 1 > - Article 2 > *** Plenary: Global Citizenship (<2013-09-13>) > > > I would like to replace the timestamps with code that dynamically > generates timestamps based on the value either in the last sibling > headline, or the parent headline. It seems to me this ought to be > possible, but I'm not at all sure how to do it. i would really > appreciate any guidance. thanks! > > Matt
[O] Manipulating Dates Automatically in a Headline
Hi Everyone, I've asked this before, but that was a year or two ago and am hoping someone has an idea now, perhaps involving babel or something. every year at this time I rewrite a set of syllabi. I do a lot of moving htings around while i'm oding it, and at the end I have to enter a whole bunch of dates somewhat laboriously. I have headlines that look about like either like this: - * Outline ** Week 1: Topic Title (<2013-09-10>) Longish Description *** Reading - Article 1 - Article 2 *** Lab *** Notes --- or like this: -- * Outline ** Week 1: <2013-09-09> *** Seminar: Technology and Society (<2013-09-10>) *** Reading - Article 1 - Article 2 *** Plenary: Global Citizenship (<2013-09-13>) I would like to replace the timestamps with code that dynamically generates timestamps based on the value either in the last sibling headline, or the parent headline. It seems to me this ought to be possible, but I'm not at all sure how to do it. i would really appreciate any guidance. thanks! Matt
