From de13cecf7a1d7525e54b5a93a59dcc40a1582ee4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:24:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Diary): Clarify text about diary file example. --- man/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ man/calendar.texi | 11 ++++++----- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog index 6b8affa4888..d329e0dfd72 100644 --- a/man/ChangeLog +++ b/man/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2007-10-16 Richard Stallman + + * calendar.texi (Diary): Clarify text about diary file example. + 2007-10-13 Glenn Morris * misc.texi (Interactive Shell): Correct INSIDE_EMACS reference. diff --git a/man/calendar.texi b/man/calendar.texi index 5182474622d..12d5b68a371 100644 --- a/man/calendar.texi +++ b/man/calendar.texi @@ -989,9 +989,8 @@ events for today, for the immediate future, or for any specified date. The name of the diary file is specified by the variable -@code{diary-file}; @file{~/diary} is the default. A sample diary file -is (note that the file format is essentially the same as that used by -the external shell utility @samp{calendar}): +@code{diary-file}; @file{~/diary} is the default. Here's an example +showing what that file looks like: @example 12/22/1988 Twentieth wedding anniversary!! @@ -1008,8 +1007,10 @@ April 15, 1989 Income tax due. @end example @noindent -This example uses extra spaces to align the event descriptions of most -of the entries. Such formatting is purely a matter of taste. +This format is essentially the same as the one used by the system's +@program{calendar} utility. This example uses extra spaces to align +the event descriptions of most of the entries. Such formatting is +purely a matter of taste. Although you probably will start by creating a diary manually, Emacs provides a number of commands to let you view, add, and change diary -- 2.39.2