From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marcin Borkowski Subject: Re: Advance notice of birthdays in org-mode via org-contacts Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 20:17:15 +0200 Message-ID: <875zpvn4no.fsf@mbork.pl> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:33462) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hVKDJ-0008ME-7c for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 27 May 2019 14:19:14 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hVKDI-0001u9-3x for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 27 May 2019 14:19:13 -0400 Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([195.110.48.8]:57228) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hVKDH-0001rZ-UV for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 27 May 2019 14:19:12 -0400 In-reply-to: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: Neil Jerram Cc: Org Mode List , Daryl Manning On 2019-05-27, at 13:25, Neil Jerram wrote: > On Sun, 26 May 2019, 16:12 Daryl Manning, wrote: > >> I'm trying to come up with a better way to give myself advanced notice on >> some peoples' birthdays coming up. >> >> Right now, I use the following in a `cal.org` file to give me notice in >> agenda that birthdays are coming up: >> >> ``` >> * BDays >> :bday: >> %%(org-contacts-anniversaries "BIRTHDAY") >> ``` >> >> The generally feeds off a `contacts.org` entry of the nature: >> >> ``` >> *** John Wick >> :PROPERTIES: >> :EMAIL: therealjdub@notthepuppy.com >> :BIRTHDAY: 1975-06-06 >> :END: >> ``` >> >> What I'd like is to get, on virtually all birthdays , a week's notice >> through due soon (which I'll sort out in org-super-agenda in the view). >> Alternatively, is there a nicer way to tag or otherwise note some birthdays >> in the `contacts.org` so that I could note special people (close friends, >> family, etc) where I could set a specific advanced notice period so that I >> have time to do something special for them etc? >> >> Would love to hear peoples' approaches to this. In general, if I'm not >> looking out 2 weeks ahead (I spend most time in the day view), I can get >> surprised. >> >> thanks! >> Daryl. >> > > Hi Daryl, > > I have a TODO item for each of my family's birthdays, with a deadline for > the birthday day and a repeater of +1y. Then Org Agenda automatically gives > me about two weeks' notice of that approaching. > > There's no integration here with another contacts system, but I find that > this works well for me. Almost same here, only that I don't mark those "TODO", but just make a headline with an (active) timestamp. Hth, -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl