respectively.
@findex appt-activate
- To enable appointment notification, use the command @kbd{M-x
-appt-activate}. With a positive argument, it enables notification;
-with a negative argument, it disables notification; with no argument,
-it toggles. Enabling notification also sets up an appointment list
-for today from the diary file, giving all diary entries found with
-recognizable times of day, and reminds you just before each of them.
+ To enable appointment notification, type @kbd{M-x appt-activate}.
+With a positive argument, it enables notification; with a negative
+argument, it disables notification; with no argument, it toggles.
+Enabling notification also sets up an appointment list for today from
+the diary file, giving all diary entries found with recognizable times
+of day, and reminds you just before each of them.
For example, suppose the diary file contains these lines: