On Tue, 13 Nov 2012, Nick Dokos wrote: > Jude DaShiell <jdash...@shellworld.net> wrote: > > > > The minibuffer is read only when I try to type -2 and S-left generates > > > some symbols like = and [ but does not change the highlighted date. > > > > > > > When I did c-c . and got current date with surrounding virtual calendar > > months, I noticed the cursor was positioned to the left of the = sign on > > line 25. When I moved it to the right of the = sign I was able to key in > > -2 and then I hit enter and this time the date moved back two days! > > Thanks much for the help provided. I don't have to use Windows or excel > > for this task now. > > > > Is line 25 the minibuffer? And when you say the = sign, is that part of the > "live display" of what org thinks you mean? There is an ASCII arrow => > followed > by the current candidate for a date (I believe that's an overlay: when I try > to move to the right, my cursor skips all the way to the right after the "live > display"). > > I'm not sure what's going on in your case, but in my case, I press > > C-c . -2 RET > > and it works: I don't have to move the cursor anywhere before I type the -2. > > Nick > > >
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- jude <jdash...@shellworld.net> Adobe fiend for failing to Flash There is a > sign followed by an = sign and I ended up moving to the right of the = sign and then was able to key things in. I think what runs on this system is emacs in non-graphical mode.