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Questions tagged [diary]

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Make Org report: "Bob's 21st birthday" like imported diary entries do

When you have: (setq org-agenda-include-diary t) set, then an entry in the ~/diary file like this: %%(org-anniversary 1950 02 14) Bob's %d%s birthday displays as: Diary: Bob's 65th birthday in the Org agenda. How do I get the same effect -…
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How to create calendar entry for last weekday of every month?

At the last weekday of the month I want to be reminded to prepare invoice/expenses so I get them filed by the first. It's no use just getting reminded on the last day of the month, if this is a Saturday or Sunday. Nor do I want to be reminded…
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How to set proper smtp Gmail settings in Emacs in order to be able to work with `M-x diary-mail-entries`

I tried the following settings in order to work M-x diary-mail-entries but it fails. My question is how to put the correct settings in order to be able to work with M-x diary-mail-entries in Emacs. (setq user-full-name "My name") (setq…
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Change diary location?

The diary file is located by default at ~/diary. I'd rather it wasn't. I've looked quite a bit through the reference over the past couple of days, I haven't seen anything generated in the .emacs that sets it, and there are no SX questions about it.…
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Show tasks during orgmode scheduling

I am using OrgMode to schedule appointments and tasks. For a simple scheduled event like a phone call, I usually add a simple timestamp by CTRL+.. Then the cursor is moved to the minibuffer and a calendar pops up in which I can easily move with…
Andreas Schmidt
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Dismiss diary appointment alert

I have set Emacs to alert me via a window 30 minutes before an appointment. This is working as expected. However, every three minutes thereafter, Emacs continues to alert me to the same appointment. How do I dismiss/acknowledge the reminder and…
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Change local holiday calendar

Org-mode's agenda view can display local holidays after enabling it in org-agenda-include-diary. This however displays US holidays (such as President's Day). What is the simplest way to configure it to show Canadian holidays? Per Emacs manual, The…
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Display sunrise and sunset time from agenda view

I set the diary file as (setq org-agenda-include-diary t) (setq org-agenda-diary-file "~/Documents/OrgMode/ORG/src/standard-diary") ;;2020-03-02 10:47:06 (setq diary-file "~/Documents/OrgMode/ORG/src/standard-diary") and the Day info in the…
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Adding diary entries in chronological order rather than appending to the file

I am using the diary both to save my calendar appointments and to write notes. Consequently I always read and write my diary file (on the same window, which means I open the real diary file), and I appreciate to have the entries chronologically…
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Error using diary

Currently I try to use diary, but unfortunately there seems to be an error or bug in emacs. Every time I try to create a note in diary through the calendar and then push key i (insert as described in the documentation), I get the following…
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Ignore a repeated diary entry, just this once, in Org Agenda?

In a nutshell: I'm looking for a way to selectively hide one instance of a repeated diary entry so it doesn't show up in my org-agenda. I have many repeating diary entries for things like weekly meetings, etc. using basic sexp syntax. I've set up…
infinite-soup
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european-calendar-style not working

I have the following in my init.el file: (setq org-agenda-span 36) (setq org-agenda-start-on-weekday 1) (setq european-calendar-style t) However, diary blocks are still interpreted as month first, then day, then year: *** Urlaub! <%%(diary-block…
Zelphir Kaltstahl
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Can't insert diary block entries

I am having problem with inserting diary block entries into my calendar. In the homepage i read that i b starts a block entry, pressing i b on the calendar mode however i see No mark set in this buffer in the echo erea. I also tried M-x and then…
user12021
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Conflict on the meaning of * when including Org mode files in a calendar diary

I want to include org-mode files into the default diary file of calendar mode, but there is a problem: the * symbol is used to match unspecific day. for example, ** 2nd heading in the ~/diary file would generate "2nd heading" to appear each day.…
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How do I export org-anniversary dates to iCalender?

I have an org-file with entries of the form * Abel's birthday party <2023-11-13> and with entries of the form * Abel Jacobi %%(org-anniversary 1978 11 11) Abel %d When I export to ics (e.g. org-export-dispatch > [c] Export to icalendar > [f]…
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