From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Re: Reminders with alarms Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:25:28 -0400 Message-ID: <87vct4uxon.fsf@norang.ca> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:38470) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R1KwV-0005tG-Pf for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:25:45 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R1KwU-0003Y2-BL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:25:39 -0400 Received: from mho-04-ewr.mailhop.org ([204.13.248.74]:19315 helo=mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R1KwU-0003X7-9O for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:25:38 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Stephen Nelson-Smith's message of "Wed, 7 Sep 2011 06:39:56 +0100") 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-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Stephen Nelson-Smith Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Stephen Nelson-Smith writes: > Hi there, > > I'm just starting to explore orgmode. I'm an experienced GTD-er (6 > yrs) and have looked with interest at a few articles on using orgmode > for this. The one area I can't seem to work out is how to set a > reminder with an alarm and attach it to an entry. > > Suppose I have an entry like: > > ** My project > *** My action 1 :home: > *** My action 2 :follow up: > > I would like to be able to set a reminder that makes a visible (and > maybe audible) alert - in say 4 hrs, 2 days, at 1530 next wednesday > etc. I see that I can set schedules for when to start work, but I've > been unable to get it to remind me at all. > > Any suggestions? > > S. This is what I use: http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html#Reminders -Bernt