Ha, the XMPP idea really appeals to me, endless possibilities :D

Thanks for sharing.


On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Christopher Allan Webber <
cwebber@dustycloud.org> wrote:

> Hey Peter,
>
> I also do appointments with orgmode.. I have it hooked up so that it
> sends me messages via XMPP/Jabber.  Possibly useful to you:
>
>
> http://dustycloud.org/blog/2010/11/21/emacs-appointment-notifications-via-xmpp
>
> pmlists@free.fr (Peter Münster) writes:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I would like to be notified[1], when a todo item enters the warning
> > period, scheduled time, or deadline.
> >
> > I can imagine writing a function, that executes every 5 minutes, that
> > scans all agenda files calling `org-get-[scheduled,deadline]-time', but
> > I hope, that there is already something, that I can use more easily.
> >
> > TIA for any help,
> > Peter
> >
> >
> > Footnotes:
> > [1]  For notifying, I'll use an external program, for example
> > "notify-send", because the emacs window is not always visible.
>
>