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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Message #23 received at 32105 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
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: Re: bug#32105: 25.2; calendar-read-date should default to today
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Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 23:19:40 -0500
On 2020-01-20 20:50, Stefan Kangas wrote:
> Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com> writes:
> > On 2019-06-24 22:42, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> >> 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.

I guess this is an example of how mis-communication retards progress. I
expressed approval with Lars' suggestion, but never said that I would be
the one to code it. Do you want to?

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