[Remind-Fans] REM v CAL

[Anne Wainwright]

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 02:38:40PM -0400, Dianne Skoll wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 20:34:22 +0200
> Anne Wainwright <anotheranne at fables.co.za> wrote:
> 
> > I can't figure out the essential difference between a MSG and a CAL!
> 
> Your example is neither.  It's a SPECIAL:
> 
> > REM Feb 13 2017 SPECIAL COLOR 156 0 156 MSG %"RU Start term 1%" %b%
> 
> As soon as Remind sees SPECIAL, the rest of the line after the colour
> values is just text that gets spat out.
> 
> Your options are:
> 
> REM ... whatever   SPECIAL rrr ggg bbb   your-text-here
> REM ... whatever   MSG  your-text-here
> REM ... whatever   CAL  your-text-here
> 
> SPECIAL and MSG are run both in calendar mode and normal mode (just from
> the command-line).
> 
> CAL reminders are completely ignored *unless* Remind is running in calendar
> mode (one of the -c, -s or -p options.)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dianne.

Dianne, thanks for the very clear exposition. I have played with this
and am now on track. I note that early on in the manual in the MSG
section that SPECIAL is clearly listed inline with MSG and CAL, and
mention made of its use in Out-Of-Band reminders. In the OUT-OF-BAND
section at the end of the manual the use of COLOR is laid out but having
got into bad habits these refs did not get through to me.

Still, I don't like any of the options facing me. I can only have colour
on the calendar at the expense of seeing all those comments in a
command-line remind. I cannot have a 'SPECIAL COLOR rrr ggg bbb CAL'
entry.

But I'll rethink this and see how best to use this to my advantage.

bestest
Ian

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