[Remind-Fans] Turning off event notification in Daemon mode

[Jeremy O'Brien]

Christoph Blank <sol at textmode.at> wrote:

> Hey there,
>
> I've got a simple question, I'll explain the scenario at first:
>
> I have a lot of reminders like "Univ Course XY at 15:00"
> and I'm running the daemon, issuing notifications for my reminders.
>
> However, for 90% of those reminders I'm not in front of the machine,
> since of course in the above example, I have to actually sit in the
> course at 15:00h.
>
> So I don't need a notification like "Univ Course XY now!" for these
> timed reminders.
>
> I know I could turn it off with this:
>
> IF $Daemon == 0
>    REM ...
> ENDIF
>
> Or a function that wraps an iff check.
> However, this seems a bit cumbersome, so I would like to ask if
> there is a different way for this, for example let this be the
> default.
>
> Any suggestions? Or how are you doing this?
>

I personally use remind for todos/printable calendars and google calendar for
notifications that I need when I'm not in front of my computer (they get sent
as text messages to my cell phone for free). Sorry if this is not what you are
looking for...