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| author | Richard M. Stallman <[email protected]> | 2007-10-16 02:24:50 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <[email protected]> | 2007-10-16 02:24:50 +0000 |
| commit | de13cecf7a1d7525e54b5a93a59dcc40a1582ee4 (patch) | |
| tree | 52bacea872e6d55d1e1b8fa569e23660c220106f /man | |
| parent | 450c1882ff144972faec9a6388beb762f1823f40 (diff) | |
(Diary): Clarify text about diary file example.
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| -rw-r--r-- | man/ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/calendar.texi | 11 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog index 6b8affa488..d329e0dfd7 100644 --- a/man/ChangeLog +++ b/man/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2007-10-16 Richard Stallman <[email protected]> + + * calendar.texi (Diary): Clarify text about diary file example. + 2007-10-13 Glenn Morris <[email protected]> * misc.texi (Interactive Shell): Correct INSIDE_EMACS reference. diff --git a/man/calendar.texi b/man/calendar.texi index 5182474622..12d5b68a37 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 |