From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Oliver Charles Subject: Re: Remind functionality? Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:14:21 +0000 Message-ID: <20090126181421.GA39106@Desktop.local> References: <20090125163605.GA20825@Edwards.local> <68633AE9-8E49-46A8-962C-163E26AD421D@uva.nl> <20090125233219.GA2288@Edwards.local> <3DC0ACEE-62AB-47FE-A680-9227E3EDCB06@uva.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LRVyf-0002Wc-Ja for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:14:29 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LRVyd-0002Vf-Sp for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:14:29 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53624 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LRVyd-0002VY-MG for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:14:27 -0500 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.172]:41548) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LRVyd-00008v-6P for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:14:27 -0500 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 36so231070uga.17 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:14:24 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3DC0ACEE-62AB-47FE-A680-9227E3EDCB06@uva.nl> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Carsten Dominik Cc: Org Mode List On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 05:36:55AM +0100, Carsten Dominik wrote: > > On Jan 26, 2009, at 12:32 AM, Nicholas S-A wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> * Carsten Dominik [2009-01-25 22:17:16 >> +0100]: >> >>> It is unlikely that this can be make faster in a significant way. >>> Why is it a problem???? Even if it takes 10 seconds? >>> Ah, I see, you do this in every new shell?????? This sounds >>> unnecessary, to say the least. >>> Maybe you have to explain better what exactly your are doing.... >> >> So, the way I currently use remind is run it as "remind ~/.remind" in >> my >> .bash_profile. It reminds me of deadlines and events at any login >> shell, >> so that I don't forget about them (and also so they are fast to >> access). >> This works well, as it is quick to load and doesn't contribute >> significantly to the login time at e.g. a Terminal window or SSH >> connection. The problem comes because I now use org-mode agenda to >> schedule everything, so I have to enter upcoming events twice -- once >> in >> my agenda files, and once in ~/.remind. As such, I thought I could >> improve my workflow by just printing the emacs agenda instead of >> running >> remind -- but this is slow. I also tried with emacsclient, but that >> didn't improve it any. > > > A work-around would be to use a cronjob to dump the the agenda output > to a file, maybe once a minute or even once every hour, and then to > cat this file into your shells. Just wanted to chip in and say this is a great idea - thanks to Nicholas and Carsten! * goes to implement this himself now * -- Oliver Charles / aCiD2