[Remind-Fans] Function not working

[Merell L. Matlock, Jr.]

On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 10:07:14AM -0400, Dianne Skoll via Remind-fans wrote:
> 
> That snippet is probably an example of bad Remind programming.

I found those @ Roaring Penguin (at least 10 years ago, IIRC).  My holidays file
has been pretty static for a long time, and those were commented out
after I retired.

> The modern way to do this is something like:
> 
>     OMIT 25 December MSG Christmas Day
> 
>     # If the 24th is a Friday, that's a holiday
>     REM 24 Dec SCANFROM -7 ADDOMIT SATISFY [$Tw == 5] MSG Christmas Day (time off)
> 
>     # If the 26th is a Monday, that's a holiday
>     REM 26 Dec SCANFROM -7 ADDOMIT SATISFY [$Tw == 1] MSG Christmas Day (time off)
> 
Worked like a charm.

Thanks,

Merell
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