From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jude DaShiell Subject: Re: Reminders with alarms Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 23:10:25 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:50512) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R1V0V-0006Mq-GX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:10:28 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R1V0U-0007T1-EH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:10:27 -0400 Received: from shellworld.net ([69.60.117.94]:57094 helo=server1.shellworld.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R1V0U-0007Sn-BV for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:10:26 -0400 In-Reply-To: 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: Martyn Jago Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org In debian, there's a cowsay package you can use to make the computer speak. Also packages that produce different types of beeps are available. So far as I now know, they would need to be run as part of a bash script or the equivalent within emacs in order to work though. On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, Martyn Jago wrote: > Hi > > 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. > > I use the growl notification system (on MAC) along with todochiku.el for > simple timer notification out of Emacs. Growl can be set to 'speak' the > notification (not sure about other sounds). > > todochiku also works with (snarl/libnotify) on other OSs. > > The command todochiku-message allows you to add a notification to a hook > such as org-timer-done-hook (in your init file)... > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > (defun mj-notify-timer-done () > (todochiku-message "Title here" "Further text here" > (todochiku-icon 'bell))) > (add-hook 'org-timer-done-hook 'mj-notify-timer-done)) > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > Regards > > Martyn > > > Jude "I love the Pope, I love seeing him in his Pope-Mobile, his three feet of bullet proof plexi-glass. That's faith in action folks! You know he's got God on his side." ~ Bill Hicks