GNU bug report logs - #32105
25.2; calendar-read-date should default to today

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>

Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2018 15:55:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 25.2

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 32105 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, "Edward M. Reingold" <reingold <at> cs.uiuc.edu>
Subject: bug#32105: 25.2; calendar-read-date should default to today [PATCH INCLUDED]
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 21:22:53 -0400

On 2019-06-24 22:42, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> Hm...  well, calendar-read seems nice, since it validates the numbers...

OK

> I think just putting the current year in M-n is fine -- we don't have to
> mess with the history at all.
>
> That is, something conceptually like:
>
> (read-from-minibuffer "Year: " nil nil t nil "2019")
>
> Then 2019 is in M-n and can be edited, and just hitting RET will also
> return 2019.

Reasonable.

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