casual-calendar org insert time-stamp

[rnadler]

I most often use the calendar to insert timestamps into org files.
E.g. C-c ! (org-time-stamp-inactive), C-c C-d (org-deadline), or C-c C-s (org-schedule).

These functions place you in the minibuffer, not the calendar buffer, so the calendar-mode-map C-o keymap does not work.

Below is a configuration that adds the custom minibuffer keymap in wrapper functions (only one included).

(defun my/org-minibuffer-keymap-setup ()
  (let ((map (current-local-map)))
    (when map
      (define-key map (kbd "C-o") 'casual-calendar))))

;; Wrapper functions
(defun my/org-deadline ()
  (interactive)
  (minibuffer-with-setup-hook 'my/org-minibuffer-keymap-setup
    (call-interactively 'org-deadline)))

;; Keymaps
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c C-d") 'my/org-deadline)

C-o brings up the casual-calendar menu, but the menu items do not work properly (as expected I guess).

Being able to use casual-calendar in these types of insert use cases would be great.
Thanks!

[kickingvegas]

@rnadler Thanks much for using Casual and for bringing this to my attention.

On initial inspection, it seems that Org leverages/hijacks the calendar interface via the org-read-date command, coercing input to be done through the mini-buffer. Unfortunately this also subverts usage of a Transient menu as the mini-buffer is given the primary focus using the active keymap org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map defined in org-keys.el.

It is beyond my current understanding on how to make a Transient menu work while the mini-buffer has focus. I think it is an implementation artifact (or bug) that the menu can be raised while the mini-buffer is active.

While it would be nice if this all “just worked”, I do wonder what the specific use case for accessing Casual Calendar via org-read-date would be.