From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Daniel Pittman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [appt] allow specifying warning time in diary Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:54:02 +1000 Message-ID: <87vd6fe1qt.fsf@rimspace.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1284022895 6810 80.91.229.12 (9 Sep 2010 09:01:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 09:01:35 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 09 11:01:34 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Otd0g-0003jR-12 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:01:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45866 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Otd0c-0007GX-Ds for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:01:30 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=38818 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Otd0S-0007GD-55 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:01:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Otd0P-0004Np-22 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:01:19 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:54526) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Otd0O-0004NX-OP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:01:17 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Otd0J-0003Xf-94 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:01:11 +0200 Original-Received: from ppp59-167-189-244.static.internode.on.net ([59.167.189.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:01:11 +0200 Original-Received: from daniel by ppp59-167-189-244.static.internode.on.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:01:11 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 30 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp59-167-189-244.static.internode.on.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:rLK6CPgKR6Col+ow0FhGlkU3L+0= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:129810 Archived-At: Leo writes: > On 2010-09-08 15:55 +0100, Leo wrote: > >> Thanks for the interest. The previous patch doesn't take into account of >> non-zero time-beg. This one fixes it and is simpler. [...] > +Optionally you can specify a warning time (in minutes) for an > +entry following the time, for example: > + > + Thursday > + 11:45am #20 Lunch meeting. > + I just caught up on this; wouldn't it be nicer to either use a real time value (#:20, allowing for #1:00 or #1:20), or postfix that with the units, rather than just assume minutes? Otherwise my standard set of reminders for events would be: Thursday 11:45AM #180 #60 #15 I /am/ rather forgetful and love reminders. Regards, Daniel -- ✣ Daniel Pittman ✉ daniel@rimspace.net ☎ +61 401 155 707 ♽ made with 100 percent post-consumer electrons