[Remind-Fans] how to keep .reminders file clean?

[Paul Hinze]

On Jan 27, 2008 11:31 AM, Daniel A Graham <daniel.graham at duke.edu> wrote:
> I've been thinking about including files in my .reminders named
> 'january', 'february' and so forth. Initially these files would be
> empty and I would place only transient, one-shot reminders for the
> current month in the appropriate file perhaps using a link named
> 'current' to point to the current month. When the same month rolls
> around in the next year I would then delete all the entries in that
> month's file and start again. This way I would just be keeping the last
> year's worth of transient reminders. Reactions?

Dan,

I like that idea.  The only detail I would change would be to archive
the previous year's reminders rather than delete them.  In certain
situations, I'd like to be able to check my calendar back in time just
in case I need to know when that meeting was last year, the last time
I saw so and so, etc.  My current significantly-less-than-ideal
process involves moving chunks of old reminders into one big
'past.rem' file.

So, as we're having this much needed discussion I'd just like to bring
in this point: it would be nice to easily purge, but it would be even
better to have the option to easily archive expired reminders.

Paul