Re: [O] Reminders with alarms

2011-10-03 Thread Ivan Vilata i Balaguer
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 ---

Re: [O] Reminders with alarms

2011-09-08 Thread brian powell
*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 (com

Re: [O] Reminders with alarms

2011-09-07 Thread Jude DaShiell
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,

Re: [O] Reminders with alarms

2011-09-07 Thread Martyn Jago
Hi Stephen Nelson-Smith 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

Re: [O] Reminders with alarms

2011-09-07 Thread Bernt Hansen
Stephen Nelson-Smith 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

Re: [O] Reminders with alarms

2011-09-07 Thread Eric Abrahamsen
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 a

Re: [O] Reminders with alarms

2011-09-07 Thread Eric S Fraga
Stephen Nelson-Smith 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

[O] Reminders with alarms

2011-09-06 Thread Stephen Nelson-Smith
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: **