[Remind-Fans] Remind-fans Digest, Vol 49, Issue 1

[san.srcf at clockwatching.net]

Hi all,

> Remind does not handle substitution for days *after* the trigger date;
> that would be a big change.  I can look into it, though.

	Like M. Schmitz I want to throw in my vote for this as well.  I've
thought about adding this to remind, but haven't gotten around to it
yet.  I currently solve this problem by having a script spit out three
reminders, such as:

		REM 13 Mar 2008 MSG Eval, QA, was finished today.%
		IF $CalMode == 0
		REM 14 Mar 2008 MSG Eval, QA, was finished yesterday.%
		REM 15 Mar 2008 MSG Eval, QA, was finished on Thursday.%
		ENDIF

	It would be nice if I could instead use:

		REM 13 Mar 2008 ++-2 MSG Eval, QA, was finished %b.%

	I understand that this overly-confusing syntax may be a lot
of work to change in remind, but I thought I'd mention it anyhow.

	Thanks,
		-- San





On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 12:00:00PM -0400, remind-fans-request at whatexit.org wrote:
> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:42:22 -0400
> From: "David F. Skoll" <dfs at roaringpenguin.com>
> Subject: Re: [Remind-Fans] date substitution
> To: Users of the <remind-fans at whatexit.org>
> Message-ID: <47D93D4E.2090402 at roaringpenguin.com>
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> 
> Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz wrote:
> 
> > I also created a variable for convenience:
> > SET by "by %w %d%s %m %y"
> > MSG %"make dental appointment %" [by] %
> 
> > 1) how can I achieve that the date is replaced by "today"/"tomorrow" on
> > the trigger day and the day before respectively?
> 
> You can make it a function.  Something like this (see the man page for
> the "choose" built-in function):
> 
> FSET by() choose(trigdate()-today()+1, "today", "tomorrow", "by %w %d%s %m %y")
> 
> and then use it like this:
> 
> MSG %"make dental appointment%" [by()] %
> 
> (This is untested... just dashed it off quickly.)
> 
> > 2) would it be possible to create another substitution filter for this?
> 
> It is not necessary because you can hack it together with a function.
> 
> > As an aside: After the trigger day (if using *1), %u displays "today".
> > I would find it more useful if it showed the date, and maybe even
> > yesterday on the day after.
> 
> Remind does not handle substitution for days *after* the trigger date;
> that would be a big change.  I can look into it, though.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> David.
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:01:41 +0000
> From: Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz <remind at numerixtechnology.de>
> Subject: Re: [Remind-Fans] date substitution
> To: Users of the <remind-fans at whatexit.org>
> Cc: dfs at roaringpenguin.com
> Message-ID: <20080313150141.2f1e4665 at dick.coachhouse>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> 
> Ah - Canada is getting up ...
> 
> Good morning!
> 
> On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:42:22 -0400
> "David F. Skoll" <dfs at roaringpenguin.com> wrote:
> 
> > Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz wrote:
> > 
> > > I also created a variable for convenience:
> > > SET by "by %w %d%s %m %y"
> > > MSG %"make dental appointment %" [by] %
> > 
> > > 1) how can I achieve that the date is replaced by
> > > "today"/"tomorrow" on the trigger day and the day before
> > > respectively?
> > 
> > You can make it a function.  Something like this (see the man page for
> > the "choose" built-in function):
> > 
> > FSET by() choose(trigdate()-today()+1, "today", "tomorrow", "by %w
> > %d%s %m %y")
> 
> How ingenious!
> 
> > > As an aside: After the trigger day (if using *1), %u displays
> > > "today". I would find it more useful if it showed the date, and
> > > maybe even yesterday on the day after.
> > 
> > Remind does not handle substitution for days *after* the trigger date;
> > that would be a big change.  I can look into it, though.
> 
> I just thought it would be good to be aware of missed appointments,
> such as "Tax return due yesterday" followed by an if late then ?100
> penalty message. ;-)
> 
> --
> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz (Scotland)
> 
> 
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