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From: Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
To: Desmond Rivet <desmond.rivet@videotron.ca>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: diary-remind, and org-agenda, and remember
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:16:05 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <874oratbm2.fsf@fastmail.fm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87hbva9ysd.fsf@zinc.branchcut.ath.cx> (Desmond Rivet's message of "Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:15:46 -0400")

Desmond Rivet <desmond.rivet@videotron.ca> writes:
>
> For example, this will work in an org file (the reminders show up on the
> agenda):
>
> * Birthdays
> %%(diary-remind '(diary-date 1 6 t) -14) Suzie's birthday.
> %%(diary-remind '(diary-date 11 5 t) -14) John's birthday.
>
> But this will *not* work in an org file (the reminders do *not* show
> up):
>
> * Birthdays
> ** %%(diary-remind '(diary-date 1 6 t) -14) Suzie's birthday.
> ** %%(diary-remind '(diary-date 11 5 t) -14) John's birthday.
>
> I'm using the latest orgmode from the repository.
>
> Anyway, this normally wouldn't be too much of a bother except that I'm
> experimenting with org-remember to add the dates, and this seems to have
> its own problems.
>
> (I was recently having trouble with using '%' signs in the org remember
> templates, but this particular problem has been solved.  Thanks!)
>
> For example, when I have this in my dates.org file:
>
> * Birthday
> %%(diary-remind '(diary-date 1 6 t) -14) Suzie's birthday.
> %%(diary-remind '(diary-date 11 5 t) -14) John's birthday.
>
> with a remember template that looks like this:
>
> (setq org-remember-templates
>     '(
> 	  ("Birthday" ?b "%\\%(diary-remind '(diary-date  %^{Month} %^{Day}  t) -%^{Remind days}) %^{Brief Description}%?" "~/pim/gtd/dates.org" "Birthdays")
>      )
>    )
>
> then I get this when I finish with C-c C-c:
>
> * Birthdays
> %%(diary-remind '(diary-date 1 6 t) -14) Suzie's birthday.
> %%(diary-remind '(diary-date 11 5 t) -14) John's birthday.
> ** Thu Sep 10 19:06:55 2009 (%%(diary-remind '(diary-date  12 12  t) -12) 12)
>    %%(diary-remind '(diary-date  12 12  t) -12) 12
>

I think org-remember automatically adds a heading for purposes of
filing. Otherwise remember items could easily get lost.

Would something like this work?

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(setq org-remember-templates
     '(
      	  ("Birthday" ?b "* %^{Title}\n %\\%(diary-remind '(diary-date  %^{Month} %^{Day}  t) %^{Remind days}) %^{Brief Description}%?" "~/pim/gtd/dates.org" "Birthdays")
      )
    )
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I'm wondering, though, whether it wouldn't be easier to navigate to the
birthdays heading and simply kill, yank, and edit to create a new
birthday, e.g.,

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
* Birthday
%%(diary-remind '(diary-date 1 6 t) -14) Suzie's birthday.
%%(diary-remind '(diary-date 11 5 t) -14) John's birthday.
%%(diary-remind '(diary-date 3 5 t) -14) George's birthday.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Adding George's birthday just took me only a few seconds.

Best,
Matt

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2009-09-11  3:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-09-10 23:15 diary-remind, and org-agenda, and remember Desmond Rivet
2009-09-11  3:16 ` Matt Lundin [this message]
2009-09-11  3:49   ` Carsten Dominik

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