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

[Brian P Flaherty]

I'm a little late to this thread, but maybe someone will still find it 
useful. Apparently, I got this off a website a while ago:

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#  Float functions from:
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http://wiki.43folders.com/index.ph/Remind_FAQ#How_can_I_handle_to-do_lists.3F
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FSET float(y,m,d) trigger(MAX(realtoday(), date(y,m,d)))
FSET due(y,m,d) "(" + (date(y,m,d)-trigdate()) + ")"


If I have a recurring to do, like the original tax example, I have an 
entry like this in my remind file:

REM [float(2016,3,20)] TAG noweight MSG 1st real estate tax due 
[due(2016,4,30)]

The first 'float' is the date it starts showing up in wyrd or my 
reminder list, and the 'due' is (not surprisingly) the date it is due.

When I do it, like pay the tax, I edit .reminders to update. For 
example, I'd bump the above entry up to 2017.

Hope this is helpful.

Brian

On 06/27/2016 03:27 PM, hymie! wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 01:28:25PM -0400, Abner Gershon 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.
>
> Remind isn't really built for being a to-do list.  It's good for
> tasks that you do on the same day every week, but it's especially
> not designed for checking things off and not displaying them again
> (unless you like editing your data files constantly).
>
> I've just started playing with taskwarrior https://taskwarrior.org/download/
> and so far I really like it.  It's very remind-ish , with recurring
> tasks and advance-warning options.  Sadly, it does *not* have hoilday-
> avoidance scheduling options.  But it's still pretty cool.
>
> --hymie!    http://lactose.homelinux.net/~hymie    hymie at lactose.homelinux.net
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