26.1 Calendar Mode and the Diary

Emacs provides the functions of a desk calendar, with a diary of planned or past events. To enter the calendar, type M-x calendar; this displays a three-month calendar centered on the current month, with point on the current date. With a numeric argument, as in C-u M-x calendar, it prompts you for the month and year to be the center of the three-month calendar. The calendar uses its own buffer, whose major mode is Calendar mode.

Button2 in the calendar brings up a menu of operations on a particular date; Buttons3 brings up a menu of commonly used calendar features that are independent of any particular date. To exit the calendar, type q. See Customizing the Calendar and Diary in The SXEmacs Lisp Reference Manual, for customization information about the calendar and diary.