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Stephen Nelson-Smith | 7 Sep 2011 07:39
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Reminders with alarms

Hi there,

I'm just starting to explore orgmode.  I'm an experienced GTD-er (6
yrs) and have looked with interest at a few articles on using orgmode
for this.  The one area I can't seem to work out is how to set a
reminder with an alarm and attach it to an entry.

Suppose I have an entry like:

** My project
*** My action 1 :home:
*** My action 2 :follow up:

I would like to be able to set a reminder that makes a visible (and
maybe audible) alert - in say 4 hrs, 2 days, at 1530 next wednesday
etc.  I see that I can set schedules for when to start work, but I've
been unable to get it to remind me at all.

Any suggestions?

S.
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Eric S Fraga | 7 Sep 2011 09:40
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Re: Reminders with alarms

Stephen Nelson-Smith <sanelson <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Hi there,
>
> I'm just starting to explore orgmode.  I'm an experienced GTD-er (6
> yrs) and have looked with interest at a few articles on using orgmode
> for this.  The one area I can't seem to work out is how to set a
> reminder with an alarm and attach it to an entry.
>
> Suppose I have an entry like:
>
> ** My project
> *** My action 1 :home:
> *** My action 2 :follow up:
>
> I would like to be able to set a reminder that makes a visible (and
> maybe audible) alert - in say 4 hrs, 2 days, at 1530 next wednesday
> etc.  I see that I can set schedules for when to start work, but I've
> been unable to get it to remind me at all.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> S.

Yes, depending on what system you are using...  Assuming Linux, see
below.  For any system, org will interface with Emacs's own appointment
system; again, see below but only some parts will be relevant.

You should use active time stamps and look at the Emacs Wiki for how to
get an on screen display:
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Eric Abrahamsen | 7 Sep 2011 10:42

Re: Reminders with alarms

On Wed, Sep 07 2011, Stephen Nelson-Smith wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I'm just starting to explore orgmode.  I'm an experienced GTD-er (6
> yrs) and have looked with interest at a few articles on using orgmode
> for this.  The one area I can't seem to work out is how to set a
> reminder with an alarm and attach it to an entry.
>
> Suppose I have an entry like:
>
> ** My project
> *** My action 1 :home:
> *** My action 2 :follow up:
>
> I would like to be able to set a reminder that makes a visible (and
> maybe audible) alert - in say 4 hrs, 2 days, at 1530 next wednesday
> etc.  I see that I can set schedules for when to start work, but I've
> been unable to get it to remind me at all.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> S.

Pretty much everything interesting that can be done with TODOs and
scheduling is done via the entry point of Agenda Views. When you say you
want a "reminder", my guess is that a scheduled todo showing up on the
day/week agenda view is probably what you mean. Try calling `org-agenda'
and then choosing 'a': is that what you were after? I keep one agenda
view or another open all day long as I work, that's how it reminds me.
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Bernt Hansen | 7 Sep 2011 18:25
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Re: Reminders with alarms

Stephen Nelson-Smith <sanelson <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Hi there,
>
> I'm just starting to explore orgmode.  I'm an experienced GTD-er (6
> yrs) and have looked with interest at a few articles on using orgmode
> for this.  The one area I can't seem to work out is how to set a
> reminder with an alarm and attach it to an entry.
>
> Suppose I have an entry like:
>
> ** My project
> *** My action 1 :home:
> *** My action 2 :follow up:
>
> I would like to be able to set a reminder that makes a visible (and
> maybe audible) alert - in say 4 hrs, 2 days, at 1530 next wednesday
> etc.  I see that I can set schedules for when to start work, but I've
> been unable to get it to remind me at all.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> S.

This is what I use:

http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html#Reminders

-Bernt
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Martyn Jago | 7 Sep 2011 21:05
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Re: Reminders with alarms

Hi

Stephen Nelson-Smith <sanelson <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Hi there,
>
> I'm just starting to explore orgmode.  I'm an experienced GTD-er (6
> yrs) and have looked with interest at a few articles on using orgmode
> for this.  The one area I can't seem to work out is how to set a
> reminder with an alarm and attach it to an entry.
>
> Suppose I have an entry like:
>
> ** My project
> *** My action 1 :home:
> *** My action 2 :follow up:
>
> I would like to be able to set a reminder that makes a visible (and
> maybe audible) alert - in say 4 hrs, 2 days, at 1530 next wednesday
> etc.  I see that I can set schedules for when to start work, but I've
> been unable to get it to remind me at all.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> S.

I use the growl notification system (on MAC) along with todochiku.el for
simple timer notification out of Emacs. Growl can be set to 'speak' the
notification (not sure about other sounds).
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Jude DaShiell | 8 Sep 2011 05:10

Re: Reminders with alarms

In debian, there's a cowsay package you can use to make the computer 
speak.  Also packages that produce different types of beeps are 
available.   So far as I now know, they would need to be run as part of 
a bash script or the equivalent within emacs in order to work though.

On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, Martyn Jago wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Stephen Nelson-Smith <sanelson <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I'm just starting to explore orgmode.  I'm an experienced GTD-er (6
> > yrs) and have looked with interest at a few articles on using orgmode
> > for this.  The one area I can't seem to work out is how to set a
> > reminder with an alarm and attach it to an entry.
> >
> > Suppose I have an entry like:
> >
> > ** My project
> > *** My action 1 :home:
> > *** My action 2 :follow up:
> >
> > I would like to be able to set a reminder that makes a visible (and
> > maybe audible) alert - in say 4 hrs, 2 days, at 1530 next wednesday
> > etc.  I see that I can set schedules for when to start work, but I've
> > been unable to get it to remind me at all.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
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brian powell | 8 Sep 2011 17:42
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Re: Reminders with alarms

*Recommend using "flite" (FestivalLite) for text-to-speech: cat
blah.reminder | flite

** Could get really over-the-top and do something like this:

http://gizmodo.com/5522802/twitter-chumby-and-a-cuckoo-bird-walk-into-a-clock?tag=chumby

--you could use the Twitter API and send OrgMode Tweets (complete with
reminders) to your personalized Chumby Cuckoo Clock!!

;-)

P.S. I've used calendar/*Fancy Diary Entries* and appt.el for many
years--works great--I just have it pop up a big blank emacs screen
with the alarm reminder--I usually set it for 15 minutes ahead of the
important reminder:
;;; appt.el --- appointment notification functions.
;; Copyright (C) 1989, 1990, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Author: Neil Mager <neilm <at> juliet.ll.mit.edu>
...
(setq appt-message-warning-time 15)
(setq appt-display-interval 5)

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 11:10 PM, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel <at> shellworld.net> wrote:
> In debian, there's a cowsay package you can use to make the computer
> speak.  Also packages that produce different types of beeps are
> available.   So far as I now know, they would need to be run as part of
> a bash script or the equivalent within emacs in order to work though.
>
> On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, Martyn Jago wrote:
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Ivan Vilata i Balaguer | 3 Oct 2011 13:45
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Re: Reminders with alarms

brian powell (2011-09-08 17:42:02 +0200) wrote:

> P.S. I've used calendar/*Fancy Diary Entries* and appt.el for many
> years--works great--I just have it pop up a big blank emacs screen
> with the alarm reminder--I usually set it for 15 minutes ahead of the
> important reminder:
> ;;; appt.el --- appointment notification functions.
> ;; Copyright (C) 1989, 1990, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> ;; Author: Neil Mager <neilm <at> juliet.ll.mit.edu>
> ...
> (setq appt-message-warning-time 15)
> (setq appt-display-interval 5)

I also use appt.el, but I've written a notification function that calls
a little script to use FreeDesktop.org's notifications and send a
message to Screen sessions.  The script is only called from the Emacs
server process to avoid repeated messages, since I may have other Emacs
processes running.

The function is (customize appt-disp-window-function to use this):

----8<----
(defun ivb/appt-disp-window (min-to-app new-time appt-msg)
  (if (condition-case nil
          (server-running-p)
        (void-function nil))
      (call-process "notify" nil 0 nil "Reminder" appt-msg))
  (appt-disp-window min-to-app new-time appt-msg))
----8<----
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