On 2023-03-13 08:17, Dianne Skoll via Remind-fans wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 01:35:13 +0100 (CET)
> l0f4r0--- via Remind-fans <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Could it be possible for remind to recognize/handle inline comments
>> starting with "#" please?
>
> No, I'm not keen on this change because it could break existing reminder
> files. Someone might have an existing reminder like:
>
> REM whatever MSG Check pump #2
I certainly have several of these that I'd have to revisit
I'd considered the possibility of allowing it before the MSG/CAL/RUN
content (which is where all the significant "#" would be) but
realized you'd have to allow continuation so it would either look
like
REM Mar 13 2023 # my comment \
MSG reply about comments in reminders
or
REM Mar 13 2023 \ # my comment
MSG reply about comments in reminders
neither of which feels right.
Alternatively, I could see having COMMENT as another token in a
reminder like
REM Mar 13 2023 COMMENT "blah blah" MSG reply about comments
which would allow for sorting the file (sort(1)'s -M option to
sort-by-month has proven useful for me here), but it doesn't feel
like it gains me much beyond line-adjacent comments like
> # This is a comment that should not be displayed by remind
> REM 08 February MSG My reminder
so to prevent breaking existing reminder files, I side with sticking
to what currently exists. Unless some other brilliant
non-breaking-yet-elegant-and-easy-to-implement solution comes around.
-tim
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