On Mon, Aug 11 2025, Dianne Skoll via Remind-fans wrote: > On Mon, 11 Aug 2025 07:22:53 -0500 > "Christian G. Warden via Remind-fans" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> The reminders that I consider my todos are items I want to be reminded >> of until they are done. I use: > > Thank you. I think this comment clarifies the big difference between > tasks and events: Events happen at a certain time, whereas tasks are > *supposed* to happen at a certain time, but you want to be reminded of > them until they are done. > >> FSET float(y,m,d) trigger(MAX(realtoday(), date(y,m,d))) >> REM Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri SCANFROM [float(2025,9,2)] AT 07:00 MSG >> %"Pay Taxes due September 15%"% > > Rather than implementing a whole new TODO system, what do you all think > about this? Have a way to mark a REM command as a TODO (probably with > "REM TODO ... MSG ..." > > The TODO keyword will have no effect on calendar output. But in the > normal Remind run without any calendar options, a TODO reminder will > be triggered on its normal trigger date as well as every day thereafter > until the TODO designation is removed. The advantage of this over > Christian's float() hack above is that the trigger date will always > be the actual date, so substitution sequences like %b, etc. will "see" > the correct date. [This might not be so easy, actually... I have > to think about how to implement it...] > > For recurring tasks, we might want a "COMPLETED-TO date" phrase. So > for example: > > REM TODO Wednesday COMPLETED-TO 2025-08-13 MSG Write weekly column > > In normal mode, this reminder would not be triggered prior to > Wednesday, 20 Aug 2025 (because every occurence through 2025-08-13 has > been completed.) Thereafter, it would be triggered every day until > either the TODO designator is removed or the COMPLETED-TO is updated. > > In calendar mode, the TODO and COMPLETED-TO would be ignored and > you'd get a calendar entry every Wednesday. > > Thoughts on this idea? Useful? Not useful?
I don't think I can provide an answer for these questions, but as a long time Remind user (thanks a million for giving us such an awesome tool!), I felt that I should provide my 5 cents. So... here they are :-) As I said, I've been using Remind for a *long* time, and I love the way it allows me to setup my events/reminders and that's why I've been using if for so long -- it's flexible, powerful, and easy to use for my simple use-case. Your initial email got myself wondering: would I use Remind for handling my TODOs? And the answer was immediately clear to me: no, I would not. And the reason is that in my mind calendar and tasks/todos are totally separate things. For example, the tasks I typical need to keep track of require different kinds of information attached, and sometimes a lot of information (notes, reports, etc). I've tried to mix calendar and todos in the same tool[1] a few times in the past, but that never worked out and I always come back to Remind + <something else> for tasks. Obviously, that's me. And a lot of people prefer to have everything in the one place, and that's fine. [1] FWIW, the most successful experience I had was with Emacs org-mode, but it didn't stick. I still use a mix of org-mode (which is great!) and pen & paper for tasks though. Cheers, -- Luís _______________________________________________ Remind-fans mailing list [email protected] https://dianne.skoll.ca/mailman/listinfo/remind-fans Remind is at https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/remind/
