Re: Reminders with alarms

[Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>]

Stephen Nelson-Smith <sanelson@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:

   http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/OrgMode-OSD

(courtesy Richard Riley).  Also look at this email by Nick Dokos from
the mailing list archives:

   http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/5271

HTH,
eric
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