[Remind-Fans] how to keep .reminders file clean?

[R. Wood]

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Allegedly, on Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 04:38:16PM -0500, Paul M Foster stated:
> On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 12:14:24PM -0500, David F. Skoll wrote:
> > Martin Walk wrote:
> > > how do you keep your .reminders file clean:

Hi, first post to the list  :-)  I'm keen to get some tips on this also...

> > > how do you remove expired one-time reminders from the file?

I've been using the 'wyrd' ncurses front-end to remind, and I am liking
it  :-)  I have just been removing one-offs manually by pressing 'X'.

> > > is there a mechanism for that in remind or do you have to do it
> > > manually?
> > 
> > You have to do it manually.  Ancient (2.x) versions of Remind had an
> > option to purge expired reminders.  However, with 3.x and Remind's
> > expression mechanism, there is in general no way for Remind to know
> > for sure that a reminder has expired and will never reappear.
> > 
> > I'm trying to figure out a nice way to do this... any ideas?
> 
> I keep reminders in a variety of files by subject, *if* they are
> recurring reminders. However, *one-time* reminders go in a one-time
> reminder file, and can be purged as needed. Most events I have are
> recurring, so the one-time file is smaller by far.
> 
> Paul
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> Paul M. Foster

Is there an efficient method for editing each of the different subject
files you are keeping?  I use Vim so I suppose I could just edit the
main ~/.reminders file, and have the other files referenced as
'includes', and invoke them with Ctrl-W f as needed.  Or is there an
easier way to manage this?

Thanks,
Raymond
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