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: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, "Edward M. Reingold" <reingold <at> cs.uiuc.edu>, 32105 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32105: 25.2; calendar-read-date should default to today [PATCH INCLUDED]
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 20:50:22 +0100

Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com> writes:

> 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.

Just to follow up on this, since it was 7 months ago.  Did you find
the time to finish up this patch according to the comments by Lars?
It sounds like a good addition to me.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
This bug report was last modified 4 years and 126 days ago.

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