From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Martyn Jago Subject: Re: Reminders with alarms Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:05:10 +0100 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:40109) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R1NR7-00065I-9r for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:05:26 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R1NR5-0005D3-Ts for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:05:25 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:45896) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R1NR5-0005Cn-Jx for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:05:23 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R1NR4-0004LN-0H for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:05:22 +0200 Received: from 88-96-171-142.dsl.zen.co.uk ([88.96.171.142]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:05:21 +0200 Received: from martyn.jago by 88-96-171-142.dsl.zen.co.uk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:05:21 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org 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 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). todochiku also works with (snarl/libnotify) on other OSs. The command todochiku-message allows you to add a notification to a hook such as org-timer-done-hook (in your init file)... --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- (defun mj-notify-timer-done () (todochiku-message "Title here" "Further text here" (todochiku-icon 'bell))) (add-hook 'org-timer-done-hook 'mj-notify-timer-done)) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Regards Martyn