Regular event calendar
I am looking for an small application that along with normal apointments will except statements something like "2nd saturday in the month, local Market". I am positive there was somekind of calendar that did that but I can not find anything that suits. Note: It ___must___ be stand alone and it ___can_not____ use the internet. I am still using dial up. Linux since kernel 0.96d, Lindsay
On 21/03/15 21:24, zlinw@mcmedia.com.au wrote:
I am looking for an small application that along with normal apointments will except statements something like "2nd saturday in the month, local Market". I am positive there was somekind of calendar that did that but I can not find anything that suits.
The 'remind' package can handle statements like: REM Sat 2 MSG local market Glenn -- sks-keyservers.net 0x6d656d65
I have been using something that I created myself for a related purpose. It however runs in Java and I favour the Applet style - I have been playing with this for years. It will run standalone. It needs the Oracle Java. On 21/03/15 21:24, zlinw@mcmedia.com.au wrote:
I am looking for an small application that along with normal apointments will except statements something like "2nd saturday in the month, local Market". I am positive there was somekind of calendar that did that but I can not find anything that suits. Note: It ___must___ be stand alone and it ___can_not____ use the internet. I am still using dial up. Linux since kernel 0.96d, Lindsay _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list luv-main@luv.asn.au http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
zlinw@mcmedia.com.au writes:
I am looking for an small application that along with normal apointments will except statements something like "2nd saturday in the month, local Market". I am positive there was somekind of calendar that did that but I can not find anything that suits. Note: It ___must___ be stand alone and it ___can_not____ use the internet. I am still using dial up.
Since my inbox is my todo list, I just do this in crontab of an always-on host. e.g. @monthly echo TODO: bathe @weekly echo TODO: change socks @daily echo TODO: try to take over the world
On 23/03/2015 11:08 AM, Trent W. Buck wrote:
Since my inbox is my todo list, I just do this in crontab of an always-on host.
e.g.
@monthly echo TODO: bathe @weekly echo TODO: change socks @daily echo TODO: try to take over the world
Damn it Trent! Now I have the Pinky and the Brain theme song stuck in my head! :-) Regards, Morrie.
Il 23 marzo 2015 02:27:48 CET, Morrie Wyatt <morrie@morrie.id.au> ha scritto:
On 23/03/2015 11:08 AM, Trent W. Buck wrote:
Since my inbox is my todo list, I just do this in crontab of an always-on host.
e.g.
@monthly echo TODO: bathe @weekly echo TODO: change socks @daily echo TODO: try to take over the world
Damn it Trent! Now I have the Pinky and the Brain theme song stuck in my head! :-)
It sounds like something so funny, but I heaven't get the point. Can someone explain the joke, please? -- Mick
Hi Mick. -----Original Message----- From: luv-main [mailto:luv-main-bounces@luv.asn.au] On Behalf Of Mick Sent: Monday, 23 March 2015 5:58 PM To: luv-main@luv.asn.au Subject: Re: Regular event calendar Il 23 marzo 2015 02:27:48 CET, Morrie Wyatt <morrie@morrie.id.au> ha scritto:
On 23/03/2015 11:08 AM, Trent W. Buck wrote:
Since my inbox is my todo list, I just do this in crontab of an always-on host.
e.g.
@monthly echo TODO: bathe @weekly echo TODO: change socks @daily echo TODO: try to take over the world
Damn it Trent! Now I have the Pinky and the Brain theme song stuck in my head! :-)
It sounds like something so funny, but I heaven't get the point. Can someone explain the joke, please? -- Mick
It's a Warner Bros. cartoon series about two genetically engineered laboratory mice, "Pinky" and "Brain". Their nightly task "To take over the world!". (Think Wiley Coyote and Road Runner type complex schemes that invariably end up failing, sending the Brain back to the drawing board. Usually due to a highly unlikely scenario that Pinky hints at when asked by The Brain: "Are you pondering what I'm pondering?" Very cleverly written (at least in the earlier episodes) and wonderfully voiced.) It has one of those theme songs that sticks in your head. (You have been warned, click the link at your own risk!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBkT19uH2RQ To quote from the theme song" "One is a genius, the other insane." "Before each night is done, their plan will be unfurled. By the dawning of the sun, they'll take over the world." Hence my comment about the theme song. Regards, Morrie.
On 23/03/15 17:57, Mick wrote:
Il 23 marzo 2015 02:27:48 CET, Morrie Wyatt <morrie@morrie.id.au> ha scritto:
On 23/03/2015 11:08 AM, Trent W. Buck wrote:
@daily echo TODO: try to take over the world
Damn it Trent! Now I have the Pinky and the Brain theme song stuck in my head! :-)
It sounds like something so funny, but I heaven't get the point. Can someone explain the joke, please?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SBw6nVvJSo Hope that helps, Andrew
Morrie Wyatt <morrie@morrie.id.au> writes:
On 23/03/2015 11:08 AM, Trent W. Buck wrote:
@daily echo TODO: try to take over the world
Now I have the Pinky and the Brain theme song stuck in my head! :-)
For bonus giggles, watch this (probably on youtube): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_Peas#Parodies
On 21.03.15 21:24, zlinw@mcmedia.com.au wrote:
I am looking for an small application that along with normal apointments will except statements something like "2nd saturday in the month, local Market". I am positive there was somekind of calendar that did that but I can not find anything that suits. Note: It ___must___ be stand alone and it ___can_not____ use the internet. I am still using dial up.
Linux since kernel 0.96d,
The one I use has been around longer than that, and still does the job. Whether back on Solaris 4.1.3, or my just-installed Debian 7.8.0, "calendar" delivers the goods and is flexible. I have: $ which vc vc is aliased to `vim ~/Personal/domestic/calendar' That file contains lines like: >>> vim:noexpandtab LANG=utf-8 March 26 Council "Hard Waste", metals, & bundled branches collection begins March 26. May Sun+2 Mother's Day on second Sunday in May. December 12 Council "Bundled Branches" collection begins December 12. <<< N.B. There is a tab between each trigger date and its message. Other lines are not dates. Needing these fed intravenously, I have them delivered in my email inbox. And to give me time to dig out the hard waste, or buy a card, I make "calendar" look a week into the future, and remind me each day until the due date. ( -l 7 ) That's usually adequate user programming by the computer, and is done by the following lines of bash: x=`calendar -l 7 -f ~/Personal/domestic/calendar` ( [ -n "$x" ] && echo "$x" | mail -s "$x" erik ) An "apt-get install mailx" might be needed if there's no "mail" program. In my experience there are two ways to deal with calendar stuff. If the host runs day and night, then the two bash lines can be placed in a script invoked by a daily crontab. If the machine is powered up daily, then the lines can go directly in ~/.gnomerc, or a script invoked from there. In any event, it's all bog standard unix guff, devoid of the slightest taint of internet or GUIs. All we need to know is our favourite text editor and mutt. (Or whatever.) Is that sufficiently stand-alone? I haven't tried the debian "email-reminder" package. (It appears to be a pile of perl.) Erik -- When you learn to distinguish between the container and the contents, you will have attained wisdom. - Idries Shah
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