[Remind-Fans] formatted output

[dave]

Is this it? (ripped from
http://www.43folders.com/2005/02/24/guest-mike-harris-looks-at-remind/)

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>
> Remind features command-line switches that will let you look at your
> reminders in different ways. You can use -c to generate your calendar for
> the month in raw text (or -c2 for the next two months, *etc.*). A slight
> tweak to that, -c+, will just generate it for the week. You can simply
> generate a raw list of events for the month using the -s switch instead
> (the + has the same effect here, limiting it to a week).
>
> When you start generating calendars, you may notice a problem. When
> creating your calendars file, you may find that you want to subdivide it
> into categories, like the screenshot. You can do that by just using MSG,
> without a REM statement, like:
>
> MSG Birthdays:
>
> But, the problem with this is that "Birthdays:" will also show up on the
> calendar. How do you avoid this? You can append %"%"%. Thus, a subject
> header like:
>
> MSG Birthdays:%"%"%
>
> would show up on your daily display, but not your calendar. Likewise, you
> can generate a blank line by:
>
> MSG  %"%"%
>
> Note that there are two spaces between the MSG and the %"%"%. For some
> reason, it won't work well otherwise.
>
> Aside from generating the calendar in text, you can also generate it using
> HTML or Postscript. You do so by "piping" the output through one of two
> programs that come with Remind, rem2html and rem2ps. It's probably easier
> to let the manual guide you through that one, or, if there's enough of a
> demand, I can maybe cover it in a second article. The process is a little
> complex if you are new to Unix or the Terminal.
>


have fun

dave




On 1/15/07, T E Schmitz <mailreg at numerixtechnology.de> wrote:
>
> I am producing a daily email with remind.
>
> I would like to group the messages under different headings to make the
> output more readable.
>
> I remember reading somewhere that empty lines can be inserted but I'll
> be damned if I can find it again.  How can I insert headings
> ("Birthdays", "Finance", ...), preferably formatted bold?
>
>
> --
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz
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