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Learning GNU Emacs, 3rd Edition
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Learning GNU Emacs, 3rd Edition

by Debra Cameron, James Elliott, Marc Loy, Eric S. Raymond, Bill Rosenblatt
December 2004
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
536 pages
19h 28m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Using Time Management Tools

Emacs is a natural place to organize all your work. It won't replace your Palm or other handheld, but ongoing work in this area may help you sync your favorite device with your Emacs-based schedule. Here we cover the main features that Emacs itself offers—the calendar and the diary.

Displaying the Calendar

To display the calendar, type M-x calendar. Emacs displays a calendar window with three months: last month, this month, and next month.

Type: M-x calendar

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Emacs puts the cursor on today's date and displays the date on the mode line. There's no room to write on the calendar; that's what the diary is for, which we'll discuss shortly.

By default, weeks start on Sunday. If you'd like them to start on Monday instead, type M-x set-variable calendar-week-start Enter 1 Enter. You enter the calendar again to have this take effect. If you'd like to have the calendar always start on Monday, add this line to your .emacs file:

(setq calendar-week-start-day 1)

If you'd like to see the calendar each time you start Emacs, you can add this line to your .emacs file:

(calendar)

Moving in the calendar

When you're in the calendar, Emacs sensibly moves by day rather than by character. C-f moves you to the next day; C-b moves you to the previous day. C-n moves you to the same day of the next week; C-p moves you back a week. The arrow keys work the same way. M-} and M-{ move ...

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