[Remind-Fans] Setting up timed reminders

[Dianne Skoll]

On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 14:04:45 +0000
Jerome via Remind-fans <remind-fans at lists.skoll.ca> wrote:

> - [3] I don't get this one, as I would expect the echo command to be
> triggered only for queued reminders, not for all reminders.

The echo command is only triggered for queued reminders.  The non-queued
ones are "handled normally" which means Remind just prints them.  In
this case, it's impossible to distinguish between the normal output
and the echo output.

If you try: remind '-k:echo QUEUED %s' .reminders
then you should see a difference.


> - [4] I don't get this one either. Looking at the man page: "The -a
> option causes Remind not to immediately trigger timed reminders that
> trigger on the current day.

Right.  Since all of your reminders are timed, none of them will be
immediately output.  They'll all simply be queued.  I think you have
your understanding of -a and -aa reversed.

> Last question (please bear with me): how do I run remind to:

> - get past timed reminders for the day when I log on?

You could run:  remind -q [options] .reminders

That will trigger today's reminders, including any past ones for today,
but it won't queue any.

> - make sure future timed reminders get triggered when they are due?

remind -a should do that, with an appropriate '-k' option if you detach
from the terminal and want to pop up a message.  Or you could use TkRemind
which runs Remind in daemon mode (-zj) and handles background reminder
notifications in a nicer way (it pops up a message and optionally uses
the desktop notification system.)

Regards,

Dianne.