Charles Choi is back with another app in his great set of Casual packages. This time it’s to provide a menu interface to the calendar/diary functions in Emacs.
I don’t use either of these functionalities directly because it’s hard to interface them to my (Apple) smartphone. Still, I do use them second hand with my Org agenda. I schedule some items—usually local task or chores that don’t involve other people such as doctors. For appointments out of the house I use my iCalendar because it seamlessly integrates with my iPhone and iPad.
Choi makes a point of saying how Emacs can support non-Gregorian calendars. In my usual parochial way, I’m having a bit of difficulty imaging a real need for this in day-to-day activities but as I say: parochial.
As usual, Choi’s menu reveals that there’s a lot of little known capabilities to the Emacs calendar and diary. That’s one of the strengths of his apps. They reveal functionality you didn’t know was there. Once you do know it’s there, the menu helps you to remember how to access it.
Take a look at Choi’s post to get an idea of what the new App can do.