Re: [O] notify, when something to do

2011-11-01 Thread Peter Münster
On Sun, Oct 23 2011, Bastien wrote:

 - Perhaps the main problem: appt does not know about warning periods.
   There are items with -3d, other with -5M[1]. There is only one
   universal appt-message-warning-time. Would it be possible, to have a
   individual warning-time for each todo-item, directly computed from the
   warning time in the org-timestamp?

 Check what info is available as text properties in the agenda 
 (with `C-u C-x =') and see if you can use this information in 
 a filter function.

There is `type = upcoming-deadline', so it should be doable.

Thanks for the filter-function and the scope-keywords!

-- 
   Peter




Re: [O] notify, when something to do

2011-10-25 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Ha, the XMPP idea really appeals to me, endless possibilities :D

Thanks for sharing.


On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Christopher Allan Webber 
cweb...@dustycloud.org wrote:

 Hey Peter,

 I also do appointments with orgmode.. I have it hooked up so that it
 sends me messages via XMPP/Jabber.  Possibly useful to you:


 http://dustycloud.org/blog/2010/11/21/emacs-appointment-notifications-via-xmpp

 pmli...@free.fr (Peter Münster) writes:

  Hello,
 
  I would like to be notified[1], when a todo item enters the warning
  period, scheduled time, or deadline.
 
  I can imagine writing a function, that executes every 5 minutes, that
  scans all agenda files calling `org-get-[scheduled,deadline]-time', but
  I hope, that there is already something, that I can use more easily.
 
  TIA for any help,
  Peter
 
 
  Footnotes:
  [1]  For notifying, I'll use an external program, for example
  notify-send, because the emacs window is not always visible.




Re: [O] notify, when something to do

2011-10-24 Thread Sebastien Vauban
Bastien,

Bastien wrote:
 - How to distinguish between SCHEDULED and DEADLINE?  I'll
   investigate...

 I introduced the ability to use

 (org-agenda-to-appt nil t :scheduled)

 if you just want to get scheduled appointments.  This might
 speeds things and make them more flexible.

I have the impression we use SCHEDULED here with a wrong semantics.

What about the idea (launched by Carsten) of introducing another keyword like
APPT or EVENT [1] for such events to be warned of?

Best regards,
  Seb

Footnotes:

[1] http://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-orgmode@gnu.org/msg45063.html

-- 
Sebastien Vauban




Re: [O] notify, when something to do

2011-10-24 Thread Christopher Allan Webber
Hey Peter,

I also do appointments with orgmode.. I have it hooked up so that it
sends me messages via XMPP/Jabber.  Possibly useful to you:

http://dustycloud.org/blog/2010/11/21/emacs-appointment-notifications-via-xmpp

pmli...@free.fr (Peter Münster) writes:

 Hello,

 I would like to be notified[1], when a todo item enters the warning
 period, scheduled time, or deadline.

 I can imagine writing a function, that executes every 5 minutes, that
 scans all agenda files calling `org-get-[scheduled,deadline]-time', but
 I hope, that there is already something, that I can use more easily.

 TIA for any help,
 Peter


 Footnotes: 
 [1]  For notifying, I'll use an external program, for example
 notify-send, because the emacs window is not always visible.



[O] notify, when something to do

2011-10-23 Thread Peter Münster
Hello,

I would like to be notified[1], when a todo item enters the warning
period, scheduled time, or deadline.

I can imagine writing a function, that executes every 5 minutes, that
scans all agenda files calling `org-get-[scheduled,deadline]-time', but
I hope, that there is already something, that I can use more easily.

TIA for any help,
Peter


Footnotes: 
[1]  For notifying, I'll use an external program, for example
notify-send, because the emacs window is not always visible.




Re: [O] notify, when something to do

2011-10-23 Thread Tassilo Horn
pmli...@free.fr (Peter Münster) writes:

Hi Peter,

 I would like to be notified[1], when a todo item enters the warning
 period, scheduled time, or deadline.

I export my org entries as appt alarms, so that I get system
notifications 15 minutes before meetings (every 1 minute until I
discard them).  Here's the code:

--8---cut here---start-8---
(defvar th-notify-title-to-id-map (make-hash-table :test 'string=)
  Maps TITLE values of notifications to the last notification ID.
If ID is -1, then any further notifications with that body will
be skipped.)

(defun th-notify (rest args)
  Create a notification popup.
For ARGS, see `notifications-notify'.
There's some new default behavior over the function above:

  - Notifications with same :body replace each other.  :body,
because my notifications are usually something like

  :title \Meeting with Hugo\
  :body \In 15 Minutes\

where each minute a similar notification with decreasing
minutes in the :body is triggered.

  - If a notification was dismissed, then don't show any
notifications with that :title anymore (the next 15 minutes).

  - Use unlimited timeout.
  (require 'notifications)
  (let* ((title (plist-get args :body))
 (body (plist-get args :body))
 (replaces-id (or (plist-get args :replaces-id)
  (gethash title th-notify-title-to-id-map)))
 (on-close (or (plist-get args :on-close)
   `(lambda (id reason)
  (when (eq reason 'dismissed)
;; Mark as don't show again!
(puthash ,title -1 th-notify-title-to-id-map)
;; But clear that dont-show-mark after 15 minutes
(run-with-timer (* 15 60) nil
(lambda ()
  (remhash ,title 
th-notify-title-to-id-map)))
 ;; 0 means, it should not expire at all
 (timeout (or (plist-get args :timeout) 0)))
(unless (eql replaces-id -1)
  (puthash title (apply 'notifications-notify
(th-plist-put-many args
   :timeout timeout
   :replaces-id replaces-id
   :on-close on-close))
   th-notify-title-to-id-map

(defun th-appt-alarm (mins time text)
  Show a notification popup (or update the current one) for the
appt with TEXT in MINS minutes (a string).
  (let ((body (substring-no-properties text)))
(th-notify
 :title text
 :body (concat Appointment 
   (if (string= mins 0)
   NOW:
 (concat in  mins  minutes:))

(setq appt-display-format 'window
  appt-disp-window-function 'th-appt-alarm
  appt-display-interval 1
  appt-display-duration 60)

(defun th-org-agenda-to-appt ()
  (require 'org-agenda)
  (org-agenda-to-appt t)
  (appt-activate 1))

(th-org-agenda-to-appt)
(add-hook 'org-finalize-agenda-hook 'th-org-agenda-to-appt)
--8---cut here---end---8---

Bye,
Tassilo




Re: [O] notify, when something to do

2011-10-23 Thread Tassilo Horn
Tassilo Horn tass...@member.fsf.org writes:

 (defvar th-notify-title-to-id-map (make-hash-table :test 'string=)
   Maps TITLE values of notifications to the last notification ID.
 If ID is -1, then any further notifications with that body will
 be skipped.)

 (defun th-notify (rest args)
   Create a notification popup.
 For ARGS, see `notifications-notify'.
 There's some new default behavior over the function above:

   - Notifications with same :body replace each other.  :body,
 because my notifications are usually something like

   :title \Meeting with Hugo\
   :body \In 15 Minutes\

 where each minute a similar notification with decreasing
 minutes in the :body is triggered.

This comment is obviously outdated.  The notifications with equal :title
now replace each other.

Bye,
Tassilo




Re: [O] notify, when something to do

2011-10-23 Thread Peter Münster
On Sun, Oct 23 2011, Tassilo Horn wrote:

 pmli...@free.fr (Peter Münster) writes:

 I would like to be notified[1], when a todo item enters the warning
 period, scheduled time, or deadline.

 I export my org entries as appt alarms, so that I get system
 notifications 15 minutes before meetings (every 1 minute until I
 discard them).  Here's the code:

Hello Tassilo,

First, I took a look at the lines

--8---cut here---start-8---
(org-agenda-to-appt t)
(appt-activate 1)
--8---cut here---end---8---

This is already a good starting point, just 3 remarks:
- I think, I'll need a filter for org-agenda-to-appt, because I only
  want TODO items. Should be no problem.
- How to distinguish between SCHEDULED and DEADLINE?  I'll
  investigate...
- Perhaps the main problem: appt does not know about warning periods.
  There are items with -3d, other with -5M[1]. There is only one
  universal appt-message-warning-time. Would it be possible, to have a
  individual warning-time for each todo-item, directly computed from the
  warning time in the org-timestamp?

In the meantime, I'll take a look at your th-appt-alarm.
Thanks for your code!

   Peter

Footnotes: 
[1]  That means warn 5 minutes before. I don't know, if org-mode
supports this. -2H for hours would be useful too.




Re: [O] notify, when something to do

2011-10-23 Thread Tassilo Horn
pmli...@free.fr (Peter Münster) writes:

Hi Peter,

 First, I took a look at the lines

 (org-agenda-to-appt t)
 (appt-activate 1)

 This is already a good starting point, just 3 remarks:
 - I think, I'll need a filter for org-agenda-to-appt, because I only
   want TODO items. Should be no problem.

Yep.

 - How to distinguish between SCHEDULED and DEADLINE?  I'll
   investigate...
 - Perhaps the main problem: appt does not know about warning periods.
   There are items with -3d, other with -5M[1]. There is only one
   universal appt-message-warning-time. Would it be possible, to have a
   individual warning-time for each todo-item, directly computed from the
   warning time in the org-timestamp?

Not sure about the last two.  But maybe one could change
`org-agenda-to-appt' to accept also a function as filter.

Bye,
Tassilo




Re: [O] notify, when something to do

2011-10-23 Thread Bastien
Hi Tassilo,

Tassilo Horn tass...@member.fsf.org writes:

 But maybe one could change
 `org-agenda-to-appt' to accept also a function as filter.

Done.  You can now use a fonction as a filter.  It will 
filter through entries.  the only mandatory argument for
this function will be an entry, i.e. something similar
to what `org-agenda-get-day-entries' outputs.

Thanks for this idea!

-- 
 Bastien



Re: [O] notify, when something to do

2011-10-23 Thread Bastien
Hi Peter,

pmli...@free.fr (Peter Münster) writes:

 - I think, I'll need a filter for org-agenda-to-appt, because I only
   want TODO items. Should be no problem.

Yes -- just use a function who tries to match the TODO keyword 
against the entry.

 - How to distinguish between SCHEDULED and DEADLINE?  I'll
   investigate...

I introduced the ability to use

(org-agenda-to-appt nil t :scheduled)

if you just want to get scheduled appointments.  This might
speeds things and make them more flexible.

 - Perhaps the main problem: appt does not know about warning periods.
   There are items with -3d, other with -5M[1]. There is only one
   universal appt-message-warning-time. Would it be possible, to have a
   individual warning-time for each todo-item, directly computed from the
   warning time in the org-timestamp?

Check what info is available as text properties in the agenda 
(with `C-u C-x =') and see if you can use this information in 
a filter function.

HTH,

-- 
 Bastien



Re: [O] notify, when something to do

2011-10-23 Thread Tassilo Horn
Bastien b...@altern.org wrote:

 Hi Tassilo,
 
 Tassilo Horn tass...@member.fsf.org writes:
 
  But maybe one could change
  `org-agenda-to-appt' to accept also a function as filter.
 
 Done.  You can now use a fonction as a filter.  It will 
 filter through entries.  the only mandatory argument for
 this function will be an entry, i.e. something similar
 to what `org-agenda-get-day-entries' outputs.
 
 Thanks for this idea!
 
 -- 
  Bastien

Hey Bastien,

This is awesome. Thanks a lot.

Tassilo