after further thought I'd start with this idea: make the rem statement a run statement that runs a bash script with the message in the parameter (if that's possible) and the script pops up and then opens the rem file and finds that message and deletes it.
If I figure it out I'll post it here. On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Dave Parker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, I currently use this startup script to display my popup reminders > (and I also re-run it when I add a new line to the file): > > > pkill remind; remind -z '-kgmessage -buttons "OK:1" -default "OK" > -center -font "serif 16" -fg "#46f" -bg "#000000" -fg "#20E834" -wrap > -title "reminder" %s &' ~/Dropbox/MainDocuments/homereminders-popups > > it works great. > > I have another script (triggered by an autokey hotkey)i use to create > new reminders throughout the day for things I need to remember in 7 > minutes, or 45 minutes etc. and end up with a lot of one-time only > rem lines in the rem file. > > What's the best practice to automatically delete reminder popups once > they're dismissed, or is there a method that is commonly used? My > only thought would be to have a msg and a run statement in the same > reminder?? (not sure if that's possible) > > Anyone solved this already? > > thanks, > Dave > -- Dr David Parker Chiropractic Exercise Diet Attitude Recovery cedar-chiropractic.com _______________________________________________ Remind-fans mailing list [email protected] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/remind-fans Remind is at http://www.roaringpenguin.com/products/remind
