I have a project in mind that will probably involve DateTime. Before I
proceed, it occurs to me to ask a couple questions of this list.
It involves todo lists and an email reminder system.
(I hope this is not considered off-topic...)
I keep my todo list in a plain text file, not overly structured. At least,
even if it starts off fairly structured it soon gets out of hand. Such is
life.
I have looked at programs dedicated to to do lists, including Outlook, and
they all impose great structure on the data source. I want my data structure
to remain a plain text file in a "normal" humanistic format, ie how it is
now. But some added data is OK. The important thing is that I want to add to
my text file as thoughts occur to me, not add them via a GUI. (Or, my GUI is
the plain text file.)
Before doing it, there are two question I would like to ask this group:
1. Do you know of an existing program that sounds like what I want? Or a
favorite program that you like to use? It would be cool if it did all the
iCAlendar things too, but my needs are simpler than that. Maybe someone
points me to a program I like and I won't go through this trouble...
2. If I do go ahead and do this, would this list be a good place to ask for
advice such as suggestions for date/time formats used in a reminder system,
format for exporting to something like Outlook? I would like to use
standards and DateTime, but it's not quite clear to me yet how to use the
module effectively.
Thanks. I guess I'm just taking a big breathe before jumping in.
Ron
P.S. Here is a sample of my plain text to do list. Headings in all caps
preceded by a blank line are categories, and other categories are in
<cat:...> tags.
I expect to add <date:...> tags for recurrence and precise dates, which will
be used by a tickler program or email reminder program.
MISCELLANEOUS
Education of Little Tree at Library<cat:out>
Income Tax<cat:business>
check logs
New bank and brokerage<cat:out,phone>
CPAAI: RBL, Recruit (cpafirm, Oly 360-555-5555, firm2)<cat:phone>
Seth and Sandy: hiking 425-392-8060<cat:phone,social,fitness>
Sam and mmpi coding<cat:work>
Mark's site<cat:work>
Luke's phone number<cat:social,phone>
Cancel Earthlink
SPORT, RECREATION
Natural Golf coaches in area
Appledo's School of Ballroom Dance, 3617 B'port Wy 564-5555
seattleparagliding.com
KAYAKING
Gig Harbor Kayak Center 888-42-YAKIT
Tahoma Outdoor Pursuites.com
Boston Harbor Marina, Olympia
Check web for kayak clubs, check colleges
Kayak Lesson at Dntn Y?
practice golf putting
Tai Chi starts Sept 30
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