[Remind-Fans] Ways to use Remind

l0f4r0 at tuta.io l0f4r0 at tuta.io
Sun Oct 9 17:42:39 EDT 2022


I run Debian on a laptop (not a server 24/7 up and running then) and I have 3 different `remind` invocations:

1) /etc/cron.weekly/remind-weekly-l0f4r0
rem -hq -b1 -ul0f4r0 -ms+1
Goal: be notified the week before about future reminders

2) /etc/cron.daily/remind-daily-l0f4r0 <http://cron.weekly/remind-weekly-l0f4r0>
rem -hq -ul0f4r0 -k'/usr/bin/mutt -s "[Remind] Remind of $(date +"%d/%m/%Y"): "%s"" -- myemail at adress'
Goal: receive a daily email with the reminders for today (1 email per reminder)

3) ~/.xsessionrc
nohup rem -z -k'echo %s | gxmessage -file - -font "14" -noescape -ontop -sticky -name "[Remind] "%s"" -title "[Remind] "%s"" &' &
Goal: trigger graphical/desktop alerts for today timed reminders
I use a custom SCHED function for my timed reminders so I get multiple chances to generate/receive alerts:
FSET progressive_sched_notification(x) choose(x, 00:01, 07:00, 30, 30, 30, 30, -180, -120, -60, -30, 0)

NB: weekly & daily crons are launched by anacron on Debian.

l0f4r0


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