From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Darlan Cavalcante Moreira Subject: Re: Dated appointment reminders Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:32:24 +0100 Message-ID: <4b794ce7.0f0db80a.0757.fffff063@mx.google.com> References: <87d40av6id.fsf@zinc.branchcut.ath.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Nh13s-0005S2-70 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:32:28 -0500 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=35247 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nh13r-0005Rp-KL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:32:27 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nh13q-000487-UF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:32:27 -0500 Received: from mail-fx0-f215.google.com ([209.85.220.215]:60855) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nh13q-00047k-Pg for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:32:26 -0500 Received: by fxm7 with SMTP id 7so5047407fxm.8 for ; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:32:25 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87d40av6id.fsf@zinc.branchcut.ath.cx> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Desmond Rivet Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org I use headers with deadlines without any TODO keyword for deadlines of events. When I don't want to see them anymore in my agenda (they already happened or I don't care about them anymore) I just change the date in the DEADLINE to an inactive one (surrounded by [] instead of <>). Its easy, it works, and I keep the information about the deadline if I ever need it. - Darlan At Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:05:46 -0500, Desmond Rivet wrote: > > Hi all, > > Is there any way to get an early warning reminder of an upcoming > appointment in my agenda without using the DEADLINE feature? > > Allow me to elaborate... > > What I'm after is something very close to the DEADLINE feature, but not > quite. With DEADLINE, you have the following behavour (unless there's a > way to alter it?): > > * without a TODO state, you get early reminders in your agenda up until > the DEADLINE date, after which you get warnings that the date is > past, forever. > > * with a TODO state item, you get the same thing, except you can turn > off the reminders/warnings by setting the state to DONE. > > So unless you want the DEADLINE'ed date appearing on your agenda forever > after the due date, you need a TODO state and you need to set it to > DONE. > > What I'm after is something similar to this behavour, except that I > don't want the warnings after the due date is past, even if the TODO > state is not DONE. Ideally the TODO state, if there is one, would not > be involved at all - it would just be a plain vanilla appointment, with > the added feature that I get early warning reminders as the due date > approaches, and nothing after. > > I am currently using the diary for this, and incorporating it into the > orgmode agenda. I have entries like this: > > %%(diary-remind '(diary-date 11 12 t) -14) Mom's birthday. > > I've been using this system for a while, and it works. But it's not > ideal. For example, I haven't figured out how to incorporate a time > with the date using this system. If I had an appointment on April 17th, > 2010, 6pm, for example, and I wanted a simple reminder 5 days in > advance, I don't know how I'd do that. > > Any ideas are appreciated. Thanks for any help! > > -- > Desmond Rivet > > Pain is weakness leaving the body. > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode