Hi Dianne: On Thu 3/9/23 8:09 -0500 Users of Remind wrote: >On Wed, 08 Mar 2023 19:17:57 -0600 >remind-fans--- via Remind-fans <[email protected]> wrote: > >> How might I schedule a MSG daily at 11am, such that it only appears >> say 20% of the days, and have this be random? > >Someone asked for something similar before. Remind does not have a >random function and I am not keen to add one, as it can break the >Remind algorithm if misused. > >Instead, make a script called "maybemsg" using your favorite language >(bash, Python, Perl, whatever) that does the randomization for you. >In Remind, do something like: > > REM AT 11:00 RUN maybemsg 20 This might appear...
Thx Dianne! >Here, the first argument to maybemsg is the percentage of time you want >the message to appear and the remaining arguments are the message. Writing >maybemsg is left as an exercise for the reader. -- Tom _______________________________________________ Remind-fans mailing list [email protected] https://dianne.skoll.ca/mailman/listinfo/remind-fans Remind is at https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/remind/
