From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Re: diary-remind, and org-agenda, and remember
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:49:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <D077B644-9FE5-4F76-B526-9F07737D71CF@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874oratbm2.fsf@fastmail.fm>
On Sep 11, 2009, at 5:16 AM, Matt Lundin wrote:
> 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.
Good point. How often during a day do you hear about a new birthday
you need to add? Remember is really for repetitive stuff one
does all the time. Setting up a remember template for this
tasks takes probably more time than it will ever save you.
Desmond, if you insist: Use a separate file for these, and use
the symbol `bottom' as the headline specification.
- Carsten
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2009-09-10 23:15 diary-remind, and org-agenda, and remember Desmond Rivet
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