;; diary.el that deal with the French Revolutionary calendar.
;; Technical details of the French Revolutionary calendar can be found in
-;; ``Calendrical Calculations, Part II: Three Historical Calendars''
-;; by E. M. Reingold, N. Dershowitz, and S. M. Clamen,
-;; Software--Practice and Experience, Volume 23, Number 4 (April, 1993),
-;; pages 383-404.
+;; ``Calendrical Calculations, Part II: Three Historical Calendars'' by
+;; E. M. Reingold, N. Dershowitz, and S. M. Clamen, Software--Practice and
+;; Experience, Volume 23, Number 4 (April, 1993), pages 383-404.
;; Comments, corrections, and improvements should be sent to
;; Edward M. Reingold Department of Computer Science
(require 'calendar)
+(defvar french-calendar-accents
+ (and (char-table-p standard-display-table)
+ (equal (aref standard-display-table 161) [161]))
+ "True if diacritical marks are available.")
+
(defconst french-calendar-epoch (calendar-absolute-from-gregorian '(9 22 1792))
"Absolute date of start of French Revolutionary calendar = September 22, 1792.")
(defconst french-calendar-month-name-array
- ["Vende'miaire" "Brumaire" "Frimaire" "Nivo^se" "Pluvio^se" "Vento^se"
- "Germinal" "Flore'al" "Prairial" "Messidor" "Thermidor" "Fructidor"])
+ (if french-calendar-accents
+ ["Vendémiaire" "Brumaire" "Frimaire" "Nivôse" "Pluviôse" "Ventôse"
+ "Germinal" "Floréal" "Prairial" "Messidor" "Thermidor" "Fructidor"]
+ ["Vende'miaire" "Brumaire" "Frimaire" "Nivo^se" "Pluvio^se" "Vento^se"
+ "Germinal" "Flore'al" "Prairial" "Messidor" "Thermidor" "Fructidor"]))
(defconst french-calendar-day-name-array
["Primidi" "Duodi" "Tridi" "Quartidi" "Quintidi" "Sextidi" "Septidi"
"Octidi" "Nonidi" "Decadi"])
(defconst french-calendar-special-days-array
- ["de la Vertu" "du Genie" "du Labour" "de la Raison" "de la Re'compense"
- "de la Re'volution"])
+ (if french-calendar-accents
+ ["de la Vertu" "du Genie" "du Labour" "de la Raison"
+ "de la Récompense" "de la Révolution"]
+ ["de la Vertu" "du Genie" "du Labour" "de la Raison" "de la Re'compense"
+ "de la Re'volution"]))
(defun french-calendar-leap-year-p (year)
"True if YEAR is a leap year on the French Revolutionary calendar.
(d (extract-calendar-day french-date)))
(cond
((< y 1) "")
- ((= m 13) (format "Jour %s de l'Anne'e %d de la Re'volution"
+ ((= m 13) (format (if french-calendar-accents
+ "Jour %s de l'Année %d de la Révolution"
+ "Jour %s de l'Anne'e %d de la Re'volution")
(aref french-calendar-special-days-array (1- d))
y))
- (t (format "De'cade %s, %s de %s de l'Anne'e %d de la Re'volution"
- (make-string (1+ (/ (1- d) 10)) ?I)
- (aref french-calendar-day-name-array (% (1- d) 10))
- (aref french-calendar-month-name-array (1- m))
- y)))))
+ (t (format
+ (if french-calendar-accents
+ "Décade %s, %s de %s de l'Année %d de la Révolution"
+ "De'cade %s, %s de %s de l'Anne'e %d de la Re'volution")
+ (make-string (1+ (/ (1- d) 10)) ?I)
+ (aref french-calendar-day-name-array (% (1- d) 10))
+ (aref french-calendar-month-name-array (1- m))
+ y)))))
(defun calendar-print-french-date ()
"Show the French Revolutionary calendar equivalent of the selected date."
Echo French Revolutionary date unless NOECHO is t."
(interactive
(let* ((year (calendar-read
- "Anne'e de la Re'volution (>0): "
+ (if french-calendar-accents
+ "Année de la Révolution (>0): "
+ "Anne'e de la Re'volution (>0): ")
'(lambda (x) (> x 0))
(int-to-string
(extract-calendar-year
(decade (if (> month 12)
1
(calendar-read
- "De'cade (1-3): "
+ (if french-calendar-accents
+ "Décade (1-3): "
+ "De'cade (1-3): ")
'(lambda (x) (memq x '(1 2 3))))))
(day (if (> month 12)
(- month 12)