[Remind-Fans] wyrd

[Fintan Gaughan]

On 28/02/07, Paul Pelzl <pelzlpj at eecs.umich.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 10:38:42AM +0000, Fintan Gaughan wrote:
> > Can we post on here about wyrd problems? if not can you tell me where
> > to post thanks!
>
> Wyrd author here.  There have not been any complaints about Wyrd-related
> emails on this list, so I think this is a good place to ask your
> questions.  You can always email me directly if you have any Wyrd
> questions that feel excessively off-topic.
>
>
> > Anyway what I liked is wyrd and I am having a whole loads of problems
> > with it mainly the configuration files below
> >
> > # command for editing an old appointment, given a line number %line% and filename %file%
> > set edit_old_command="$EDITOR +%line% %file%"
> > # command for editing a new appointment, given a filename %file%
> > set edit_new_command="$EDITOR +999999 %file%"
> > # command for free editing of the reminders file, given a filename %file%
> > set edit_any_command="$EDITOR %file%"
> >
> > No do I need to put anything  in the %file% section?.
>
> No, the %line% and %file% will be automatically filled in by Wyrd.  As
> an example, if Wyrd wants to edit line 10 of your default reminders
> file, then Wyrd will look at the configuration setting "$EDITOR +%line%
> %file%" and translate that to the command "$EDITOR +10 ~/.reminders".
> As Thor suggested, the $EDITOR environment variable must be set to a
> reasonable editor; vim, emacs, and nano will all work with the above
> settings.
>
> Paul
>

Ah that makes sence .. Thanks for taking the time to explain it all :-)

Fintan