On 2026-02-17, Michael DeBusk via Remind-fans wrote:
> I was thinking of ways to make vim more useful with remind files and
> wondered if I could come up with a date picker. I put this in my
> vimrc:
>
> cnoremap dtp execute '-r !zenity --calendar --date-format=\%F'
Great idea!
> I used a cnoremap to make it fit with a couple of abbreviations I
> already use. The date format "%F" returns ISO date.
I took your idea and modified it a bit to fit with some
abbreviations I already use, changed the date format to the American
style I use for my reminders, and put this in my
~/.vim/after/ftplugin/remind.vim:
iabbrev <silent> <buffer> remz REM <C-R>=system('zenity --calendar
--date-format="%B %e %Y"
\ \| awk "{printf \"%-9s%3s %s\", \$1, \$2, \$3}"')<CR>
Regards,
Gary
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