From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Desmond Rivet Subject: Dated appointment reminders Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:05:46 -0500 Message-ID: <87d40av6id.fsf@zinc.branchcut.ath.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Nfx2Q-0000QE-V5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:02:35 -0500 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=54399 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nfx2M-0000L2-MA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:02:32 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nfx2L-0006yH-PX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:02:30 -0500 Received: from relais.videotron.ca ([24.201.245.36]:11495) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nfx2L-0006y8-MK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:02:29 -0500 Received: from zinc.branchcut.ath.cx ([74.59.108.134]) by VL-MO-MR005.ip.videotron.ca (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-4.01 (built Aug 3 2007; 32bit)) with ESMTP id <0KXQ00N1OHS44R70@VL-MO-MR005.ip.videotron.ca> for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:02:28 -0500 (EST) 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org 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.