On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 02:38:40PM -0400, Dianne Skoll wrote: > On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 20:34:22 +0200 > Anne Wainwright <anothera...@fables.co.za> wrote: > > > I can't figure out the essential difference between a MSG and a CAL! > > Your example is neither. It's a SPECIAL: > > > REM Feb 13 2017 SPECIAL COLOR 156 0 156 MSG %"RU Start term 1%" %b% > > As soon as Remind sees SPECIAL, the rest of the line after the colour > values is just text that gets spat out. > > Your options are: > > REM ... whatever SPECIAL rrr ggg bbb your-text-here > REM ... whatever MSG your-text-here > REM ... whatever CAL your-text-here > > SPECIAL and MSG are run both in calendar mode and normal mode (just from > the command-line). > > CAL reminders are completely ignored *unless* Remind is running in calendar > mode (one of the -c, -s or -p options.) > > Regards, > > Dianne.
Dianne, thanks for the very clear exposition. I have played with this and am now on track. I note that early on in the manual in the MSG section that SPECIAL is clearly listed inline with MSG and CAL, and mention made of its use in Out-Of-Band reminders. In the OUT-OF-BAND section at the end of the manual the use of COLOR is laid out but having got into bad habits these refs did not get through to me. Still, I don't like any of the options facing me. I can only have colour on the calendar at the expense of seeing all those comments in a command-line remind. I cannot have a 'SPECIAL COLOR rrr ggg bbb CAL' entry. But I'll rethink this and see how best to use this to my advantage. bestest Ian > _______________________________________________ > Remind-fans mailing list > Remind-fans@lists.roaringpenguin.com > http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/remind-fans > Remind is at http://www.roaringpenguin.com/products/remind _______________________________________________ Remind-fans mailing list Remind-fans@lists.roaringpenguin.com http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/remind-fans Remind is at http://www.roaringpenguin.com/products/remind