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`C-u M-x sunrise-sunset'
Display times of sunrise and sunset for a specified date.
- Within the calendar, to display the *local times* of sunrise and
+ Within the calendar, to display the _local times_ of sunrise and
sunset in the echo area, move point to the date you want, and type `S'.
Alternatively, click `Button2' on the date, then choose
`Sunrise/Sunset' from the menu that appears. The command `M-x
between your local standard time and Coordinated Universal Time
(Greenwich time). The values of `calendar-standard-time-zone-name' and
`calendar-daylight-time-zone-name' are the abbreviations used in your
-time zone. Emacs displays the times of sunrise and sunset *corrected
-for daylight savings time*. *Note Daylight Savings::, for how daylight
+time zone. Emacs displays the times of sunrise and sunset _corrected
+for daylight savings time_. *Note Daylight Savings::, for how daylight
savings time is determined.
As a user, you might find it convenient to set the calendar location
Conversion To and From Other Calendars
--------------------------------------
- The Emacs calendar displayed is *always* the Gregorian calendar,
+ The Emacs calendar displayed is _always_ the Gregorian calendar,
sometimes called the "new style" calendar, which is used in most of the
world today. However, this calendar did not exist before the sixteenth
century and was not widely used before the eighteenth century; it did
Astronomers use a simple counting of days elapsed since noon, Monday,
January 1, 4713 B.C. on the Julian calendar. The number of days elapsed
-is called the *Julian day number* or the *Astronomical day number*.
+is called the _Julian day number_ or the _Astronomical day number_.
The Hebrew calendar is used by tradition in the Jewish religion. The
Emacs calendar program uses the Hebrew calendar to determine the dates
abandoned this calendar at the end of 1805.
The Maya of Central America used three separate, overlapping calendar
-systems, the *long count*, the *tzolkin*, and the *haab*. Emacs knows
+systems, the _long count_, the _tzolkin_, and the _haab_. Emacs knows
about all three of these calendars. Experts dispute the exact
correlation between the Mayan calendar and our calendar; Emacs uses the
Goodman-Martinez-Thompson correlation in its calculations.
These commands ask you for a date on the other calendar, move point
to the Gregorian calendar date equivalent to that date, and display the
other calendar's date in the echo area. Emacs uses strict completion
-(*note Completion::.) whenever it asks you to type a month name, so you
+(*note Completion::) whenever it asks you to type a month name, so you
don't have to worry about the spelling of Hebrew, Islamic, or French
names.
Similarly, type `g m n h' to go to the next occurrence of a haab date.
The Maya also used the combination of the tzolkin date and the haab
-date. This combination is a cycle of about 52 years called a *calendar
-round*. If you type `g m p c', Emacs asks you for both a haab and a
+date. This combination is a cycle of about 52 years called a _calendar
+round_. If you type `g m p c', Emacs asks you for both a haab and a
tzolkin date and then moves point to the previous occurrence of that
combination. Use `g m n c' to move point to the next occurrence of a
combination. These commands signal an error if the haab/tzolkin date
combination you have typed is impossible.
- Emacs uses strict completion (*note Completion::.) whenever it asks
+ Emacs uses strict completion (*note Completion::) whenever it asks
you to type a Mayan name, so you don't have to worry about spelling.
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Although you probably will start by creating a diary manually, Emacs
provides a number of commands to let you view, add, and change diary
entries. You can also share diary entries with other users (*note
-Included Diary Files::.).
+Included Diary Files::).
* Menu:
multiple faces is not available). The command applies both to the
currently visible months and to other months that subsequently become
visible by scrolling. To turn marking off and erase the current marks,
-type `u', which also turns off holiday marks (*note Holidays::.).
+type `u', which also turns off holiday marks (*note Holidays::).
To see the full diary file, rather than just some of the entries, use
the `s' command.
The diary buffer as you see it is an illusion, so simply printing the
buffer does not print what you see on your screen. There is a special
-command to print hard copy of the diary buffer *as it appears*; this
+command to print hard copy of the diary buffer _as it appears_; this
command is `M-x print-diary-entries'. It sends the data directly to
-the printer. You can customize it like `lpr-region' (*note
-Hardcopy::.).
+the printer. You can customize it like `lpr-region' (*note Hardcopy::).
The command `M-x diary' displays the diary entries for the current
date, independently of the calendar display, and optionally for the next
few days as well; the variable `number-of-diary-entries' specifies how
-many days to include (*note Customization::.).
+many days to include (*note Customization::).
If you put `(diary)' in your `.emacs' file, this automatically
displays a window with the day's diary entries, when you enter Emacs.
entries.
You can edit the diary entries as they appear in the window, but it
-is important to remember that the buffer displayed contains the *entire*
+is important to remember that the buffer displayed contains the _entire_
diary file, with portions of it concealed from view. This means, for
instance, that the `C-f' (`forward-char') command can put point at what
appears to be the end of the line, but what is in reality the middle of
some concealed line.
- *Be careful when editing the diary entries!* Inserting additional
+ _Be careful when editing the diary entries!_ Inserting additional
lines or adding/deleting characters in the middle of a visible line
cannot cause problems, but editing at the end of a line may not do what
you expect. Deleting a line may delete other invisible entries that
If you prefer the European style of writing dates--in which the day
comes before the month--type `M-x european-calendar' while in the
-calendar, or set the variable `european-calendar-style' to `t' *before*
+calendar, or set the variable `european-calendar-style' to `t' _before_
using any calendar or diary command. This mode interprets all dates in
the diary in the European manner, and also uses European style for
displaying diary dates. (Note that there is no comma after the
nonmarking entry, give a numeric argument to the command. For example,
`C-u i a' makes a nonmarking anniversary diary entry.
- Marking sexp diary entries in the calendar is *extremely*
+ Marking sexp diary entries in the calendar is _extremely_
time-consuming, since every date visible in the calendar window must be
individually checked. So it's a good idea to make sexp diary entries
nonmarking (with `&') when possible.
based on any Emacs Lisp expression. You can use the library of built-in
functions or you can write your own functions. The built-in functions
include the ones shown in this section, plus a few others (*note Sexp
-Diary Entries::.).
+Diary Entries::).
The generality of sexps lets you specify any diary entry that you can
describe algorithmically. Suppose you get paid on the 21st of the month
on the variable `date'; this variable is a list (MONTH DAY YEAR) that
gives the Gregorian date for which the diary entries are being found.
If the value of the sexp is `t', the entry applies to that date. If
-the sexp evaluates to `nil', the entry does *not* apply to that date.
+the sexp evaluates to `nil', the entry does _not_ apply to that date.
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File: xemacs.info, Node: Calendar Customization, Prev: Diary, Up: Calendar/Diary
You can set the variable `mark-diary-entries-in-calendar' to `t' in
order to mark any dates with diary entries. This takes effect whenever
the calendar window contents are recomputed. There are two ways of
-marking these dates: by changing the face (*note Faces::.), if the
+marking these dates: by changing the face (*note Faces::), if the
display supports that, or by placing a plus sign (`+') beside the date
otherwise.
terminal.
A similar normal hook, `today-invisible-calendar-hook' is run if the
-current date is *not* visible in the window.
+current date is _not_ visible in the window.
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