[Remind-Fans] Option to NOT show past timed events.

Roger aretae at magma.ca
Fri Jan 13 16:10:32 EST 2012 

David,

Thanks, that works like a charm.

Regards,
   Roger

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> David,
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> That would be a great option -- to not show expired timed reminders.
>
> Roger
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>>      4. Re: Showing timed reminders from command line (David F. Skoll)
>>      5. Re: Showing timed reminders from command line (Dave Parker)
>>      6. Re: Showing timed reminders from command line (David F. Skoll)
>>      7. Re: Showing timed reminders from command line (Dave Parker)
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>> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:05:30 -0500
>> From: Dave Lerner<magc6s4ngc at snkmail.com>
>> To: remind-fans at lists.roaringpenguin.com
>> Subject: [Remind-Fans] Showing timed reminders from command line
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>> The following form of the rem command is convenient for viewing upcoming
>> reminders.  But it doesn't display timed reminders, at least not
>> consistently.  Is there a way of forcing it to display timed reminders?
>>
>> rem -g -a
>>
>>
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>> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:10:54 -0500
>> From: "David F. Skoll"<dfs at roaringpenguin.com>
>> To: remind-fans at lists.roaringpenguin.com
>> Subject: Re: [Remind-Fans] Showing timed reminders from command line
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>> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:05:30 -0500
>> Dave Lerner<magc6s4ngc at snkmail.com>   wrote:
>>
>>> The following form of the rem command is convenient for viewing
>>> upcoming reminders.  But it doesn't display timed reminders, at least
>>> not consistently.  Is there a way of forcing it to display timed
>>> reminders?
>>> rem -g -a
>> You probably don't want -a, but do want -q:
>>
>> rem -g -q
>>
>> If you use -q and -a, then you only get timed reminders whose
>> time is in the future.  If you leave out -a, you get all timed
>> reminders.
>>
>> You *always* want -q.  Otherwise, remind will fork itself into
>> the background to handle not-yet-expired timed reminders.  You
>> may discover lots of running "rem" processes you didn't know about!
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> David.
>>
>>
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:32:10 -0700
>> From: Dave Parker<cedardocster at gmail.com>
>> To: Users of Remind<remind-fans at lists.roaringpenguin.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Remind-Fans] Showing timed reminders from command line
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>> I find that
>> "remind -q" lists all timed reminders for today, but neither
>> "remind -q -a" nor "remind -a -q" gives anything at all (and there is a
>> future reminder there)
>>
>> is this something only in recent versions and maybe I need to update?
>>
>>
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>> Message: 4
>> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:47:53 -0500
>> From: "David F. Skoll"<dfs at roaringpenguin.com>
>> To: remind-fans at lists.roaringpenguin.com
>> Subject: Re: [Remind-Fans] Showing timed reminders from command line
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>> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:32:10 -0700
>> Dave Parker<cedardocster at gmail.com>   wrote:
>>
>>> I find that
>>> "remind -q" lists all timed reminders for today, but neither
>>> "remind -q -a" nor "remind -a -q" gives anything at all (and there is
>>> a future reminder there)
>> Could you post an example of a REM line you expect to see but don't?
>>
>>> is this something only in recent versions and maybe I need to update?
>> I don't know... you didn't say what version you're running. :)
>>
>> (But probably not version-related... this part of Remind has not changed
>> in a very long time.)
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> David.
>>
>>
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>> Message: 5
>> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:47:41 -0700
>> From: Dave Parker<cedardocster at gmail.com>
>> To: Users of Remind<remind-fans at lists.roaringpenguin.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Remind-Fans] Showing timed reminders from command line
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>> david at david-Dell-DXP051:~$ remind -q
>> /home/david/Dropbox/scripts/bash/workreminders-popups
>> Reminders for Wednesday, 11th January, 2012 (today):
>>
>> (a bunch of other stuff)
>>
>> testing
>>
>> david at david-Dell-DXP051:~$ remind -a -q
>> /home/david/Dropbox/scripts/bash/workreminders-popups
>> No reminders.
>> david at david-Dell-DXP051:~$
>> ( same result with "-q -a" )
>>
>>
>> and the REM line is this:
>> REM 11 Jan 2012 AT 13:52 MSG testing
>>
>> version is 3.01.05-2
>>
>>
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>> Message: 6
>> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:13:17 -0500
>> From: "David F. Skoll"<dfs at roaringpenguin.com>
>> To: remind-fans at lists.roaringpenguin.com
>> Subject: Re: [Remind-Fans] Showing timed reminders from command line
>> Message-ID:<20120111161317.0c34078b at hydrogen.roaringpenguin.com>
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>> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:47:41 -0700
>> Dave Parker<cedardocster at gmail.com>   wrote:
>>
>>> $ remind -q ....
>>> testing
>>> $ remind -a -q ...
>>> No reminders.
>>> and the REM line is this:
>>> REM 11 Jan 2012 AT 13:52 MSG testing
>> And... that's right.  I don't understand what you're expecting.
>> The -a will suppress timed reminders and leaving off the -a will not.
>> Please see the man page.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> David.
>>
>>
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>> Message: 7
>> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:17:15 -0700
>> From: Dave Parker<cedardocster at gmail.com>
>> To: Users of Remind<remind-fans at lists.roaringpenguin.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Remind-Fans] Showing timed reminders from command line
>> Message-ID:
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>> oh sorry, I must have misread the thread - I'd thought there was a
>> possibility to see all the future timed reminders for today excluding the
>> ones that have already passed.  My mistake.
>>
>>
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>> Message: 8
>> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:18:57 -0500
>> From: "David F. Skoll"<dfs at roaringpenguin.com>
>> To: remind-fans at lists.roaringpenguin.com
>> Subject: Re: [Remind-Fans] Showing timed reminders from command line
>> Message-ID:<20120111161857.7a13c0d9 at hydrogen.roaringpenguin.com>
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>> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:17:15 -0700
>> Dave Parker<cedardocster at gmail.com>   wrote:
>>
>>> oh sorry, I must have misread the thread - I'd thought there was a
>>> possibility to see all the future timed reminders for today excluding
>>> the ones that have already passed.  My mistake.
>> Ah, I see.  That is a pretty useful option... maybe I'll add it.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> David.
>>
>>
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> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:08:06 -0500
> From: "David F. Skoll"<dfs at roaringpenguin.com>
> To: remind-fans at lists.roaringpenguin.com
> Subject: Re: [Remind-Fans] Showing timed reminders from command line
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> On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:47:20 -0500
> Roger<aretae at magma.ca>  wrote:
>
>> That would be a great option -- to not show expired timed reminders.
> The git version has it... see http://git.roaringpenguin.com/Remind.git/
> (You clone it with "git clone http://git.roaringpenguin.com/Remind.git")
>
> In this version "-a" works as it always has.  But if you give it twice:
>
>     remind -a -a -q ...
>
> then timed reminders *are* triggered if their trigger time has not yet passed.
>
> Regards,
>
> David.
>
>
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> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:55:06 -0700
> From: Dave Parker<cedardocster at gmail.com>
> To: Users of Remind<remind-fans at lists.roaringpenguin.com>
> Subject: Re: [Remind-Fans] Showing timed reminders from command line
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> david at david-Dell-DXP051:~$ git clone
> http://git.roaringpenguin.com/Remind.git
> Cloning into Remind...
> david at david-Dell-DXP051:~$ remind -a -a -q
> /home/david/Dropbox/scripts/bash/workreminders-popups
> No reminders.
>
> anything I'm doing obviously wrong?
>
> remind -q /home/david/Dropbox/scripts/bash/workreminders-popups
> still works normally
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:31:29 -0500
> From: "David F. Skoll"<dfs at roaringpenguin.com>
> To: remind-fans at lists.roaringpenguin.com
> Subject: Re: [Remind-Fans] Showing timed reminders from command line
> Message-ID:<20120112163129.6c5d8d06 at hydrogen.roaringpenguin.com>
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> On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:55:06 -0700
> Dave Parker<cedardocster at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> david at david-Dell-DXP051:~$ git clone
>> http://git.roaringpenguin.com/Remind.git
>> Cloning into Remind...
>> david at david-Dell-DXP051:~$ remind -a -a -q
>> /home/david/Dropbox/scripts/bash/workreminders-popups
>> No reminders.
>> anything I'm doing obviously wrong?
> Well, you have to compile the new Remind, of course, and make sure you
> run the newly-compiled version rather than an installed version.
>
> Regards,
>
> David.
>
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