[Remind-Fans] skip one date
Avery Ke
avery at u.washington.edu
Thu May 8 17:55:56 EDT 2003
Hello,
I'm a huge fan of "remind." But I'm puzzling over one option that I keep
thinking "should exist" but I can't seem to get the hang of it.
I have a seminar that meets on the same day every week, e.g.
REM Thursday MSG Seminar
However, this Thursday, May 8, 2003, it happened to be cancelled. I want
to take it off my reminders calendar,without messing with the regularly
scheduled meetings. I can't use OMIT because that applies to weekdays
(see http://whatexit.org/mailman/private/remind-fans/2001/000005.html)
In my dreams,there's an option called EXCEPT, so I could type
REM Thursday EXCEPT 8 May 2003 MSG Seminar
But EXCEPT doesn't seem to exist outside my imagination. :)
A lengthy way to do it would be
REM Thursday UNTIL 7 May 2003 MSG Seminar
REM Thursday 9 May 2003 MSG Seminar
Is there a more concise way? I don't want to cancel all appointments for
Thursday 8 May 2003. Nor do I want to cancel all the seminar meetings
previous to 8 May, because my .reminders file also serves as an 'ex post'
record of what was scheduled. I just want to chop off a date, or a set of
dates, as desired.
Avery
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