From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christopher Allan Webber Subject: Re: notify, when something to do Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:01:24 -0500 Message-ID: <87ty6ya0xn.fsf@grumps.lan> References: <87vcrgqav9.fsf@micropit.couberia.bzh> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:46230) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RIM0c-0001AO-Do for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:00:15 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RIM0S-0005bv-PH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:00:14 -0400 Received: from li28-75.members.linode.com ([75.127.72.75]:37943) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RIM0S-0005bN-K0 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:00:04 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87vcrgqav9.fsf@micropit.couberia.bzh> ("Peter \=\?utf-8\?Q\?M\?\= \=\?utf-8\?Q\?\=C3\=BCnster\=22's\?\= message of "Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:07:54 +0200") 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: Peter =?utf-8?Q?M=C3=BCnster?= Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org 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-x= mpp pmlists@free.fr (Peter M=C3=BCnster) 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:=20 > [1] For notifying, I'll use an external program, for example > "notify-send", because the emacs window is not always visible.