[Remind-Fans] include txt files instead of .rem files in directory and open that file

[Brian Carter]

I use todo.txt in combination with Remind. When something is coming due in
Remind (for me I just use 'due tomorrow' as the determiner) a Cron job adds
that as an (A) todo in my todo.txt file. Then I have another script that
pushes my todo list every day to my phone so I can see easily check if
anything is due in the next two days.


On 26 May 2014 09:21, Ruthard Baudach <ruthard.baudach at web.de> wrote:

> >== Auszüge aus der Nachricht von  Dave Parker vom 2014-05-22 01:00:
> > I am starting to use a file based todo system (one directory holding text
> > files which are the "todos") and I had the idea that maybe I could just
> > include that directory and have some sort of rem statement within the
> file
> > that would run the file itself (i.e. just open the text file) when the
> > date/time came up.
> >
> > Is this possible?
>
> depends on what you mean...
>
> Idea 1)
>   remind does not know about extensions. If the file contains valid
>   reminder input, it may have every extension you like.
>   Thus:
>
>     include mytextfile.txt
>
>   works perfectly well, as long as mytextfile.txt contains reminder
>   commands
>
>
> Idea 2)
>   to open a file, use the RUN command:
>
>   2000-01-01 AT 01:01 RUN my-favorite-editor-or-pager
> /path/to/mytextfile.txt
>
> Idea 3)
>   remind is IMHO not suited to manage todos -- there is no easy method
>   to manage deadlines, priorities, contexts and projects.
>
>   Had a look on todo.sh by Gina Trapani (todotxt.com)
>
>   I would love to create a interface for remind and todo.sh, just didn't
>   have the opportunity.
>
> Yours,
>
> Ruthard
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