On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 10:07:14AM -0400, Dianne Skoll via Remind-fans wrote:
>
> That snippet is probably an example of bad Remind programming.
I found those @ Roaring Penguin (at least 10 years ago, IIRC). My holidays file
has been pretty static for a long time, and those were commented out
after I retired.
> The modern way to do this is something like:
>
> OMIT 25 December MSG Christmas Day
>
> # If the 24th is a Friday, that's a holiday
> REM 24 Dec SCANFROM -7 ADDOMIT SATISFY [$Tw == 5] MSG Christmas Day (time
> off)
>
> # If the 26th is a Monday, that's a holiday
> REM 26 Dec SCANFROM -7 ADDOMIT SATISFY [$Tw == 1] MSG Christmas Day (time
> off)
>
Worked like a charm.
Thanks,
Merell
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