Re: bi-monthly steps.

2020-03-27 Thread Christian Hopps
Thanks, and thanks for adding the test and doc updates! Chris. > On Mar 26, 2020, at 9:12 PM, Kyle Meyer wrote: > > Christian Hopps writes: > >> I've attached an updated patch using "semimonth". > > Applied in 8a99404c8, along with a follow-up commit that adds a test, > updates the manual,

Re: bi-monthly steps.

2020-03-26 Thread Kyle Meyer
Christian Hopps writes: > I've attached an updated patch using "semimonth". Applied in 8a99404c8, along with a follow-up commit that adds a test, updates the manual, and add a NEWS entry. Thanks.

Re: bi-monthly steps.

2020-03-26 Thread Christian Hopps
I've attached an updated patch using "semimonth". Thanks, Chris. 0001-org-clock.el-add-semimonth-step-for-clocktables.patch Description: Binary data

Re: bi-monthly steps.

2020-03-13 Thread Peter Neilson
On Fri, 13 Mar 2020 04:01:43 -0400, Michal Politowski wrote: Fortnightly :) Such a useful word. There are 24 semi-months in a year. There are roughly 26 fortnights. American English seem to allow the adverb semimonthly but generally avoids the British term fortnightly. There ought to be

semimonthly steps [Re: bi-monthly steps.]

2020-03-13 Thread Christian Hopps
FWIW the code was actually unambiguous. :) I meant "semimonthly" or twice a month (i.e., like some people get paid: 1-15th, 16th-endofmonth). Thanks, Chris. Loris Bennett writes: Eric S Fraga writes: On Friday, 13 Mar 2020 at 00:47, Peter Neilson wrote: I think the original question

Re: bi-monthly steps.

2020-03-13 Thread Michal Politowski
Fortnightly :) Such a useful word. On Thu, 12 Mar 2020 18:55:16 -0400, Christian Hopps wrote: > could use semimonth then :) > > > On Mar 12, 2020, at 2:15 PM, Nick Dokos wrote: > > > > "Bi-monthly" is ambiguous: it can mean twice a month or it can mean > > once every two months and there is no

Re: bi-monthly steps.

2020-03-13 Thread Loris Bennett
Eric S Fraga writes: > On Friday, 13 Mar 2020 at 00:47, Peter Neilson wrote: >> I think the original question from Christian Hopps presumes the >> meaning, "Every two months." > > Oh, I took it to mean bi-weekly. ;-) Exactly. So "bi-monthly" just means "twice a week". I'm sure we can all

Re: bi-monthly steps.

2020-03-13 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Friday, 13 Mar 2020 at 00:47, Peter Neilson wrote: > I think the original question from Christian Hopps presumes the > meaning, "Every two months." Oh, I took it to mean bi-weekly. ;-) -- : Eric S Fraga via Emacs 28.0.50, Org release_9.3.6-412-ge18415

Re: bi-monthly steps.

2020-03-12 Thread Peter Neilson
On Thu, 12 Mar 2020 14:15:04 -0400, Nick Dokos wrote: "Bi-monthly" is ambiguous: it can mean twice a month or it can mean once every two months and there is no convincing anybody that their use of it is wrong :-) Exactly true. "Bi-weekly" is nearly as ambiguous, but is rescued by an

Re: bi-monthly steps.

2020-03-12 Thread Christian Hopps
could use semimonth then :) > On Mar 12, 2020, at 2:15 PM, Nick Dokos wrote: > > "Bi-monthly" is ambiguous: it can mean twice a month or it can mean > once every two months and there is no convincing anybody that their > use of it is wrong :-) > > -- > Nick > > "There are only two hard

Re: bi-monthly steps.

2020-03-12 Thread Nick Dokos
"Bi-monthly" is ambiguous: it can mean twice a month or it can mean once every two months and there is no convincing anybody that their use of it is wrong :-) -- Nick "There are only two hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors." -Martin Fowler

bi-monthly steps.

2020-03-12 Thread Christian Hopps
I've the need to display bimonthly clock tables, I was able to add this pretty easy in case the project would find it useful --- org-clock.el2020-03-12 06:52:14.0 -0400 +++ /Users/chopps/org-clock.el 2020-03-12 06:51:43.0 -0400 @@ -2719,6 +2719,7 @@ (pcase