On 2019-05-27, at 13:25, Neil Jerram <neiljer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 26 May 2019, 16:12 Daryl Manning, <dwm+orgm...@wakatara.com> wrote: > >> I'm trying to come up with a better way to give myself advanced notice on >> some peoples' birthdays coming up. >> >> Right now, I use the following in a `cal.org` file to give me notice in >> agenda that birthdays are coming up: >> >> ``` >> * BDays >> :bday: >> %%(org-contacts-anniversaries "BIRTHDAY") >> ``` >> >> The generally feeds off a `contacts.org` entry of the nature: >> >> ``` >> *** John Wick >> :PROPERTIES: >> :EMAIL: therealj...@notthepuppy.com >> :BIRTHDAY: 1975-06-06 >> :END: >> ``` >> >> What I'd like is to get, on virtually all birthdays , a week's notice >> through due soon (which I'll sort out in org-super-agenda in the view). >> Alternatively, is there a nicer way to tag or otherwise note some birthdays >> in the `contacts.org` so that I could note special people (close friends, >> family, etc) where I could set a specific advanced notice period so that I >> have time to do something special for them etc? >> >> Would love to hear peoples' approaches to this. In general, if I'm not >> looking out 2 weeks ahead (I spend most time in the day view), I can get >> surprised. >> >> thanks! >> Daryl. >> > > Hi Daryl, > > I have a TODO item for each of my family's birthdays, with a deadline for > the birthday day and a repeater of +1y. Then Org Agenda automatically gives > me about two weeks' notice of that approaching. > > There's no integration here with another contacts system, but I find that > this works well for me. Almost same here, only that I don't mark those "TODO", but just make a headline with an (active) timestamp. Hth, -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl
