Re: [O] Manipulating Dates Automatically in a Headline

2014-08-14 Thread John Kitchin
Matt Price mopto...@gmail.com writes:


I think this is approximately what you want:

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp 
(defun insert-ts+1w ()
  Insert a timestamp at point that is one week later than the
last timestamp found in the buffer.
  (interactive)
  (let ((last-ts (car (last (org-element-map (org-element-parse-buffer) 
'timestamp
  (lambda (timestamp)
(org-element-property :raw-value 
timestamp)))
(insert last-ts)
(backward-char 2)
(org-timestamp-change +7 'day)
))
#+END_SRC

It is an interactive command you can run with M-x insert-ts+1w at the
point you want to insert the new headline.

 It's been a couple of days so I'll try restate this question more
 clearly.  I'm hoping it's possible to do something like this:

 * Week one (2014-09-09)
 * Week two (EVALUATE A LISP EXPRESSION THAT INSERTS A TIMESTAMP ONE
 WEEK LATER THAN LAST TIMESTAMP FOUND IN BUFFER)

 I don't have much experience with babel so I'm not sure how to do
 this, but if it's possible I would love some hints.  Thanks as always,

 Matt


 On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Matt Price mopto...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi Everyone,

 I've asked this before, but that was a year or two ago and am hoping
 someone has an idea now, perhaps involving babel or something.

 every year at this time I rewrite a set of syllabi. I do a lot of
 moving htings around while i'm oding it, and at the end I have to
 enter a whole bunch of dates somewhat laboriously.  I have headlines
 that look about like either like this:

 -
 * Outline
 ** Week 1: Topic Title (2013-09-10)
 Longish Description
 *** Reading
 - Article 1
 - Article 2
 *** Lab
 *** Notes
 ---

 or like this:
 --
 * Outline
 ** Week 1: 2013-09-09
 *** Seminar: Technology and Society  (2013-09-10)
 *** Reading
 - Article 1
 - Article 2
 *** Plenary: Global Citizenship (2013-09-13)
 

 I would like to replace the timestamps with code that dynamically
 generates timestamps based on the value either in the last sibling
 headline, or the parent headline.  It seems to me this ought to be
 possible, but I'm not at all sure how to do it.  i would really
 appreciate any guidance.  thanks!

 Matt



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Re: [O] Manipulating Dates Automatically in a Headline

2014-08-13 Thread Matt Price
It's been a couple of days so I'll try restate this question more
clearly.  I'm hoping it's possible to do something like this:

* Week one (2014-09-09)
* Week two (EVALUATE A LISP EXPRESSION THAT INSERTS A TIMESTAMP ONE
WEEK LATER THAN LAST TIMESTAMP FOUND IN BUFFER)

I don't have much experience with babel so I'm not sure how to do
this, but if it's possible I would love some hints.  Thanks as always,

Matt


On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Matt Price mopto...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi Everyone,

 I've asked this before, but that was a year or two ago and am hoping
 someone has an idea now, perhaps involving babel or something.

 every year at this time I rewrite a set of syllabi. I do a lot of
 moving htings around while i'm oding it, and at the end I have to
 enter a whole bunch of dates somewhat laboriously.  I have headlines
 that look about like either like this:

 -
 * Outline
 ** Week 1: Topic Title (2013-09-10)
 Longish Description
 *** Reading
 - Article 1
 - Article 2
 *** Lab
 *** Notes
 ---

 or like this:
 --
 * Outline
 ** Week 1: 2013-09-09
 *** Seminar: Technology and Society  (2013-09-10)
 *** Reading
 - Article 1
 - Article 2
 *** Plenary: Global Citizenship (2013-09-13)
 

 I would like to replace the timestamps with code that dynamically
 generates timestamps based on the value either in the last sibling
 headline, or the parent headline.  It seems to me this ought to be
 possible, but I'm not at all sure how to do it.  i would really
 appreciate any guidance.  thanks!

 Matt



Re: [O] Manipulating Dates Automatically in a Headline

2014-08-13 Thread Samuel Wales
this might be entirely wrong as an answer, but org has a command to
clone a task with a date increment.  i wonder if that would help.

On 8/13/14, Matt Price mopto...@gmail.com wrote:
 * Week one (2014-09-09)
 * Week two (EVALUATE A LISP EXPRESSION THAT INSERTS A TIMESTAMP ONE
 WEEK LATER THAN LAST TIMESTAMP FOUND IN BUFFER)

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Re: [O] Manipulating Dates Automatically in a Headline

2014-08-13 Thread John Kitchin
Matt Price mopto...@gmail.com writes:

I have not done that exactly, but here is some code that does manipulate
timestamps:
http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2014/02/05/Add-time-to-a-deadline/

It is not quite what you want, but it might be a good start.


 It's been a couple of days so I'll try restate this question more
 clearly.  I'm hoping it's possible to do something like this:

 * Week one (2014-09-09)
 * Week two (EVALUATE A LISP EXPRESSION THAT INSERTS A TIMESTAMP ONE
 WEEK LATER THAN LAST TIMESTAMP FOUND IN BUFFER)

 I don't have much experience with babel so I'm not sure how to do
 this, but if it's possible I would love some hints.  Thanks as always,

 Matt


 On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Matt Price mopto...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi Everyone,

 I've asked this before, but that was a year or two ago and am hoping
 someone has an idea now, perhaps involving babel or something.

 every year at this time I rewrite a set of syllabi. I do a lot of
 moving htings around while i'm oding it, and at the end I have to
 enter a whole bunch of dates somewhat laboriously.  I have headlines
 that look about like either like this:

 -
 * Outline
 ** Week 1: Topic Title (2013-09-10)
 Longish Description
 *** Reading
 - Article 1
 - Article 2
 *** Lab
 *** Notes
 ---

 or like this:
 --
 * Outline
 ** Week 1: 2013-09-09
 *** Seminar: Technology and Society  (2013-09-10)
 *** Reading
 - Article 1
 - Article 2
 *** Plenary: Global Citizenship (2013-09-13)
 

 I would like to replace the timestamps with code that dynamically
 generates timestamps based on the value either in the last sibling
 headline, or the parent headline.  It seems to me this ought to be
 possible, but I'm not at all sure how to do it.  i would really
 appreciate any guidance.  thanks!

 Matt



-- 
---
John Kitchin
Professor
Doherty Hall A207F
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-268-7803
http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu



[O] Manipulating Dates Automatically in a Headline

2014-08-11 Thread Matt Price
Hi Everyone,

I've asked this before, but that was a year or two ago and am hoping
someone has an idea now, perhaps involving babel or something.

every year at this time I rewrite a set of syllabi. I do a lot of
moving htings around while i'm oding it, and at the end I have to
enter a whole bunch of dates somewhat laboriously.  I have headlines
that look about like either like this:

-
* Outline
** Week 1: Topic Title (2013-09-10)
Longish Description
*** Reading
- Article 1
- Article 2
*** Lab
*** Notes
---

or like this:
--
* Outline
** Week 1: 2013-09-09
*** Seminar: Technology and Society  (2013-09-10)
*** Reading
- Article 1
- Article 2
*** Plenary: Global Citizenship (2013-09-13)


I would like to replace the timestamps with code that dynamically
generates timestamps based on the value either in the last sibling
headline, or the parent headline.  It seems to me this ought to be
possible, but I'm not at all sure how to do it.  i would really
appreciate any guidance.  thanks!

Matt