Boy, does [
man.archlinux.org]
remind ever have too many options. Where's the simple quickstart that nobody who ever wrote an article on it could bring themselves to include?
- Put reminder lines in ~/.reminders
- Invoke the program as 'rem' so it will automatically read ~/.reminders
- You're supposed to invoke it periodically, the default config doesn't pop up windows.
That's the part that nobody ever mentions. NOW it's simple to use.
REM Aug 20 +7 HPL's birthday %b %a%
REM Nov 5 2023 +3 XYZ service expires %b%
REM March 10 2021 +3 *180 Ping account ABC by %w %d %m %y%
REM Oct 31 +3 Halloween is on a %w%
will print reminders starting +n days before. rem -t to list all future reminders. The trailing % keeps them from eating up two lines.
QUOTE
HPL's birthday in 305 days' time on Tuesday, 20 August, 2024
XYZ service expires in 16 days' time
Ping account ABC by Friday 23 February 2024
Halloween is on a Tuesday