By the way, how can I use the org-agenda-to-appt? When I run it a message
saying "No event to add" is returned -- I do have some scheduled events on
my gtd.org file and this file is part of the org-agenda-files list.

Thank you!

Marcelo.

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <
celoserpa@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks guys, I'll try your solutions and let you know how it goes!
>
> I live in Emacs and just use the remind interface for notifications.
>> They aren't as obvious (read: annoying) as pop-up windows that steal
>> your mouse and keyboard focus but they work great for me.
>
>
> What I have in mind is not a popup Windows, but to interface the gnome
> notification system which is pretty unobtrusive or maybe use mumbles (www.
> *mumbles*-project.org/).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marcelo.
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca> wrote:
>
>> Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > I love org-mode and I'm constantly trying to find ways to enhance my
>> > GTD workflow with it. One thing that I miss from the more high-level
>> > PIMs (such as Evolution) is the notification feature, specifically
>> > integrated into the environment (using gnome-notification for
>> > example). My idea is to somehow parse my gtd.org file, search for
>> > scheduled items and, using an additional metadata in the item, decide
>> > when (how long before the event happens) to use gnome-notify (or any
>> > other notify mechanism in the OS) to show the reminder of the
>> > event. I'm thinking on using Ruby or Python to develop a small daemon
>> > that would do that, but I'm not sure if this would be the best way. I
>> > would love your suggestions regarding that. Of course, if I manage to
>> > make it work, I will release the code as open-source ;)
>>
>> I live in Emacs and just use the remind interface for notifications.
>> They aren't as obvious (read: annoying) as pop-up windows that steal
>> your mouse and keyboard focus but they work great for me.
>>
>> Here's my setup.
>>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> (defun my-org-agenda-to-appt ()
>>  (interactive)
>>  (setq appt-time-msg-list nil)
>>  (org-agenda-to-appt))
>>
>> (add-hook 'org-finalize-agenda-hook 'my-org-agenda-to-appt)
>> (my-org-agenda-to-appt)
>> (appt-activate t)
>> (run-at-time "24:01" nil 'my-org-agenda-to-appt)
>> (run-at-time "00:59" 3600 'org-save-all-org-buffers)
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> I've seen other setups for reminder windows and apps on this list so you
>> might want to search the list archives if you need a different solution.
>>
>> -Bernt
>>
>
>