Re: Toggle appointment notification

[pietru]

> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2020 at 2:50 AM
> From: "Michael Heerdegen" <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
> To: pietru@caramail.com
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Toggle appointment notification
>
> pietru@caramail.com writes:
>
> > But moving the notification to a more prominent (or further ahead)
> > place in the mode-line is interesting.
>
> Unfortunately it's not as easy as I had hoped.  Instead of calling
> `display-time-mode' you would have to duplicate most of its
> implementation code and modify the part where the `display-time-string'
> is added to the mode-line.
>
> Actually, once the mode runs, such stuff is not tested any more, so you
> also can first start the mode normally as is and after that remove the
> added `display-time-string' element from the mode-line and re-add to
> some other mode-line place.

Correct, that's the best plan.  Playing with mode line in coordination with
agenda, calendar, and diary is difficult.  You got to re-code almost
everything if you are very picky.

> May I ask for what kind of stuff you are going to use diary and
> appointments?  I ask because I am developing enhancements for these
> things and am curious how much other people's usage would profit from
> it.

Will it be part of official emacs?

> Regards,
>
> Michael
>
>