[Remind-Fans] REM v CAL

[Dianne Skoll]

On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 20:34:22 +0200
Anne Wainwright <anotheranne at fables.co.za> wrote:

> I can't figure out the essential difference between a MSG and a CAL!

Your example is neither.  It's a SPECIAL:

> REM Feb 13 2017 SPECIAL COLOR 156 0 156 MSG %"RU Start term 1%" %b%

As soon as Remind sees SPECIAL, the rest of the line after the colour
values is just text that gets spat out.

Your options are:

REM ... whatever   SPECIAL rrr ggg bbb   your-text-here
REM ... whatever   MSG  your-text-here
REM ... whatever   CAL  your-text-here

SPECIAL and MSG are run both in calendar mode and normal mode (just from
the command-line).

CAL reminders are completely ignored *unless* Remind is running in calendar
mode (one of the -c, -s or -p options.)

Regards,

Dianne.