[Remind-Fans] Ways to use Remind

Mathieu matf at disr.it
Tue Jan 16 11:48:15 EST 2024


It does not exactly answer your specific need but I guess I'm taking the opportunity to answer to the original question from 2022: I use a pure bash script (https://git.sr.ht/~mlaparie/remint) to simply remove the need for any ical/caldav calendar. I use remind + remint on all my devices (including my phone, but it has a hardware keyboard so that simplifies using a terminal calendar and editor on it) and display my reminders in a calendar view using remint to wrap the remind functions into keybindings. Then I synchronize my reminders file to git, as remint now has functions to automate the commit, push and pull actions.

I have not pushed my latest remint commits to the public repository yet because they need more testing, I expect corner cases making it fail, and have lacked time to do any proper testing beyon my own use. But if anyone wants to try, the latest version can (1) show the history of changes of the synchronized reminders files (see attachment), (2) use a configuration file thereby removing the need to edit the script itself and losing changes on new updates, and (3) switch between different reminders files or (4) different remint-configuration files on the fly. (3) should be useful for those who organize their reminders into different files for different contexts (i.e., work vs. personal). There is an option in the configuration to make the git synchronization automatic.

Mat

On 2024-01-16 14:35 taekoocair--- via Remind-fans <remind-fans at lists.skoll.ca> wrote:

>> However, I do have a script that pulls down two Google calendars
>> (personal
>> and work) and converts them to Remind format.
>  
> This is exactly what I'm looking for. Would you be willing to share
> said
> script?
>  
> Dianne Skoll via Remind-fans <remind-fans at lists.skoll.ca> wrote:
>> On Sat, 8 Oct 2022 22:12:04 -0400
>> "Paul M. Foster via Remind-fans" <remind-fans at lists.skoll.ca>
>> wrote:
>>  
>>> On Sat, 08 Oct 2022 18:50:58 -0700
>>> shipping via Remind-fans <remind-fans at lists.skoll.ca> wrote:
>>  
>>>> I'm looking for interesting ways others use Remind. I am not a
>>>> very  
>>>> sophisticated user, but here are a couple of the cronjobs I use.
>>  
>>> My use is considerably more pedestrian-- a cron job like this:
>>> 0 04 * * * /usr/bin/remind ~/.reminders | mail -s 'Daily
>>> Reminders'
>>> paulf at localhost
>>  
>> I pretty much just use TkRemind.  However, I do have a script that
>> pulls
>> down two Google calendars (personal and work) and converts them to
>> Remind
>> format.  That script runs from cron every half hour; that way,
>> things I add
>> to my calendar on my phone wind up in Remind.
>>  
>> Regards,
>>  
>> Dianne.
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