[Remind-Fans] How do you manage your todo list(s) using Remind?

[Brian Carter]

@Abner && @Peb

I am using Gina Trapani's Todo.txt for my Todos-- you can find out more about that project here: https://github.com/ginatrapani/todo.txt-cli

For my usage all I need is things in remind that are due tomorrow and add them in. It would be trivial to make it add things that are due in five days or whatever your needs are. There may be bugs! I use this just for myself.

In Crontab I have:
00 2 * * * /bin/bash $HOME/bin/rem2todo.sh

rem2todo.sh looks like this:
#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/rem | grep -i tomorrow | while -r Reminder ; do $HOME/bin/todo.sh add "$(echo $Reminder | sed 's/ tomorrow//g') @Remind" ; done

It looks for any line containing 'tomorrow' and adds it to my todo.txt and cuts out the word tomorrow. That way when I have "REM Wed +1 MSG Take out trash %b%" in my reminder file which shows in `rem` as 'Take out the trash tomorrow', it will add "Take out the trash @Remind" to my todo.txt
I add the @Remind tag just so I can easily tell where a todo came from.

Hope that all helps/makes sense. I'm happy to clarify anything that needs it.
-- 
Brian A. Carter
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On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 01:59:02PM -0400, Abner Gershon wrote:
> @Brian Carter,
> 
> I would really like to see how you format the command in cron, when you get
> a chance.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Brian Carter <robotmachine at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > I have a cron job that takes due reminders and adds it to my Todo.txt
> > file. Remind is something I check often, but it doesn't have a todo list
> > function built in.
> >
> > I am mobile now, but if you want I can post my cron line here when I get
> > home.
> > On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 13:35, Abner Gershon <6731955 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I have used remind off and on for the several years but never really got
> >> hooked on it because I was unable to effectively manage my todo lists.
> >>
> >> For example: I want to remind myself to pay estimated taxes on 1-15,
> >> 4-15, 6-15, and 9-15.
> >>
> >> I record in my reminders:
> >>
> >> REM 15 Apr +14 MSG Pay your 1st qtr taxes
> >> REM 15 Jun +14 MSG Pay your 2nd qtr taxes
> >> REM 15 Sep +14 MSG Pay your 3rd qtr taxes
> >> REM 15 Jan +14 MSG Pay your 4th qtr taxes
> >>
> >> Two problems. One, I have with this is that if I pay my taxes 14 days
> >> before they are due then the reminder continues to show up for the next 13
> >> days.
> >>
> >> And two, if I forget to pay my taxes despite the reminders (perhaps I am
> >> away from my computer for a month) then the reminder goes away without the
> >> task being accomplished.
> >>
> >> I am interested to know how other people have gotten around these issues.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> -Abner
> >>
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