Also, debian/ubuntu package libnotify-bin contains a command-line utility "notify-send" that you can use to display non-modal user notifications, in the same way as popup.py.
Piotr On Jan 27, 2008 10:11 PM, Nick Dokos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One answer to question 5 on the survey was another question: automatic > reminders in Emacs as pop ups? > > Here is how I do it, using very little machinery. As part of org-mode > initialization, I add appointments from the diary to the agenda at > startup and I also make org-agenda-redo rescan the appt list: > > ----------------------------------- > (require 'appt) > (setq org-agenda-include-diary t) > (setq appt-time-msg-list nil) > (org-agenda-to-appt) > > (defadvice org-agenda-redo (after org-agenda-redo-add-appts) > "Pressing `r' on the agenda will also add appointments." > (progn > (setq appt-time-msg-list nil) > (org-agenda-to-appt))) > > (ad-activate 'org-agenda-redo) > ----------------------------------- > > I enable appt reminders, set the format to 'window and provide > a display function that calls a python program to do the popup: > > ----------------------------------- > (progn > (appt-activate 1) > (setq appt-display-format 'window) > (setq appt-disp-window-function (function my-appt-disp-window)) > (defun my-appt-disp-window (min-to-app new-time msg) > (call-process "/home/nick/bin/popup.py" nil 0 nil min-to-app msg > new-time))) > ----------------------------------- > > Finally, the popup.py program is trivial: > > ----------------------------------- > #!/usr/bin/env python > > """ Simple dialog popup example similar to the GTK+ Tutorials one """ > > import gtk > import sys > > mins = sys.argv[1] > text = ' '.join(sys.argv[2:]) > dialog = gtk.MessageDialog(None, > gtk.DIALOG_MODAL | gtk.DIALOG_DESTROY_WITH_PARENT, > gtk.MESSAGE_INFO, gtk.BUTTONS_OK, > "Appt in %s mins: %s" % (mins, text)) > dialog.run() > dialog.destroy() > ----------------------------------- > > HTH, > Nick > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode