GNU bug report logs - #644
diary-anniversary to optionally show "negative" anniversaries for future events

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From: weg <at> indiscrete.org (Eythan Weg)
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Cc: reingold <at> emr.cs.iit.edu (Edward M. Reingold)
Subject: Re: bug#644: 23.0.60; diary-anniversary failure
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:11:21 -0400

Makes sense.  I have not noticed my error because
normally I know the start year.  My error stemmed
from using the menu to insert an anniversary while
the cursor in the calendar buffer is on the
correct day and month of the current year (the
current year because the correct year was not
known, a common occurrence in regard to age).

Would it be wrong to allow future birth days in
diary-anniversary, so past and future are
symmetric?

Thank you.

Eythan Weg

reingold <at> emr.cs.iit.edu (Edward M. Reingold)
04 Aug 2008 16:31:57 -0500

   >>>>> "EW" == Eythan Weg <weg <at> indiscrete.org> writes:
   
       EW> emacs -Q M-: (setq diary-file "~/dd")
       EW> the content of dd is:
       EW> %%(diary-anniversary 11 14 2008) Y's Birthday %%(diary-anniversary 1
       EW> 14 2008) X's Birthday
   
       EW> Start the calendar.  Check the diary for the two dates.  The first
       EW> anniversary fails to show.  The second works.
   
   Where is the cursor (what date)?  The 0th anniversary will never appear.
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