John Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hadron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
> [...]
>
>> I understand that the diary entry isnt really in the plan page since its
>> really a "lisp format code" which sucks in the diary entries.
>>
>> Opening it in a text editor confirms this and I see
>>
>> <lisp>(planner-diary-entries-here)</lisp>
>>
>> in the file.
>>
>>
>> Does this also mean you can not edit diary entries in a plan page?
>>
>> I will be eternally grateful to anyone who can put me on the right
>> tracks - possibly I am over thinking here but I'm in a right pickle at
>> the moment.
>
> The manual explains this: there are two methods for adding diary entries to a
> plan page. You are using the second method. Please see (planner-el)Diary, and
> use the first method instead. It actually saves the diary entries to
> the files.

I tried both. I switched back to the lisp line because I found it
confusing that you could edit the "included" lines with the first method
but they were not updated in the diary file.

>
> But I would be careful about editing diary entries in a plan page. The whole
> point is to display ~/.diary entries on planner pages, not to propagate 
> changes
> from your planner pages back to your ~/.diary. If you want to edit diary
> entries, edit the diary.

For this reason the include code is better IMO. If you can edit it, it
seems appropriate that it is saved back.


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