Emacs calendar: show more than 3 months?

Question

In Emacs, when you display the calendar with M-x calendar, you get a three-month display – last month, this month, and next month – in a new window that\'s just 8 l

Answer 1

12-MONTH CALENDAR -- SCROLLS BY MONTH (FORWARDS / BACKWARDS)

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;;                                                                            ;;;
;;; Scroll a yearly calendar by month -- in a forwards or backwards direction. ;;;
;;;                                                                            ;;;
;;; To try out this example, evaluate the entire code snippet and type:        ;;;
;;;                                                                            ;;;
;;;     M-x year-calendar                                                      ;;;
;;;                                                                            ;;;
;;; To scroll forward by month, type the key:  >                               ;;;
;;;                                                                            ;;;
;;; To scroll backward by month, type the key:  <                              ;;;
;;;                                                                            ;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

(eval-after-load "calendar" '(progn
  (define-key calendar-mode-map "<" 'lawlist-scroll-year-calendar-backward)
  (define-key calendar-mode-map ">" 'lawlist-scroll-year-calendar-forward) ))

(defmacro lawlist-calendar-for-loop (var from init to final do &rest body)
  "Execute a for loop.
Evaluate BODY with VAR bound to successive integers from INIT to FINAL,
inclusive.  The standard macro `dotimes' is preferable in most cases."
  `(let ((,var (1- ,init)))
    (while (>= ,final (setq ,var (1+ ,var)))
      ,@body)))

(defun year-calendar (&optional month year)
  "Generate a one (1) year calendar that can be scrolled by month in each direction.
This is a modification of:  http://homepage3.nifty.com/oatu/emacs/calendar.html
See also:  http://ivan.kanis.fr/caly.el"
(interactive)
  (require 'calendar)
  (let* ((current-year (number-to-string (nth 5 (decode-time (current-time)))))
         (month (if month month
           (string-to-number
             (read-string "Please enter a month number (e.g., 1):  " nil nil "1"))))
         (year (if year year
           (string-to-number
             (read-string "Please enter a year (e.g., 2014):  "
               nil nil current-year)))))
    (switch-to-buffer (get-buffer-create calendar-buffer))
    (when (not (eq major-mode 'calendar-mode))
      (calendar-mode))
    (setq displayed-month month)
    (setq displayed-year year)
    (setq buffer-read-only nil)
    (erase-buffer)
    ;; horizontal rows
    (lawlist-calendar-for-loop j from 0 to 3 do
      ;; vertical columns
      (lawlist-calendar-for-loop i from 0 to 2 do
        (calendar-generate-month
          ;; month
          (cond
            ((> (+ (* j 3) i month) 12)
              (- (+ (* j 3) i month) 12))
            (t
              (+ (* j 3) i month)))
          ;; year
          (cond
            ((> (+ (* j 3) i month) 12)
             (+ year 1))
            (t
              year))
          ;; indentation / spacing between months
          (+ 5 (* 25 i))))
      (goto-char (point-max))
      (insert (make-string (- 10 (count-lines (point-min) (point-max))) ?\n))
      (widen)
      (goto-char (point-max))
      (narrow-to-region (point-max) (point-max)))
    (widen)
    (goto-char (point-min))
    (setq buffer-read-only t)))

(defun lawlist-scroll-year-calendar-forward (&optional arg event)
  "Scroll the yearly calendar by month in a forward direction."
  (interactive (list (prefix-numeric-value current-prefix-arg)
                     last-nonmenu-event))
  (unless arg (setq arg 1))
  (save-selected-window
    (if (setq event (event-start event)) (select-window (posn-window event)))
    (unless (zerop arg)
      (let ((month displayed-month)
            (year displayed-year))
        (calendar-increment-month month year arg)
        (year-calendar month year)))
    (goto-char (point-min))
    (run-hooks 'calendar-move-hook)))

(defun lawlist-scroll-year-calendar-backward (&optional arg event)
  "Scroll the yearly calendar by month in a backward direction."
  (interactive (list (prefix-numeric-value current-prefix-arg)
                     last-nonmenu-event))
  (lawlist-scroll-year-calendar-forward (- (or arg 1)) event))

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