From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 29 20:19:26 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 025CD1065687 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:19:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from ethic.thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A15B8FC16 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:19:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by ethic.thought.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o6TKJO6t064957 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:19:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:19:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:19:24 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20100729201923.GC97356@thought.org> References: <20100729020446.GA14825@thought.org> <20100729033727.GB69769@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100729033727.GB69769@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 24 years of service to the Unix community. Cc: Subject: Re: ok, i give up... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:19:26 -0000 On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 08:37:27PM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: > Quoth Gary Kline on Wednesday, 28 July 2010: > > guys, i've been searching for a calender/reminder prog than i had YEARS > > ago. cannot find. > > > > it had a ~/.datafile that was ascii. things like > > > > > > > > # Bill's birthday: > > 08 08 echo "Send Bill a birthday card. > > > > # watch one-time broadcast!! > > 08 09 2010 echo: "Watch PBS show at 20:00 hours" > > > > > > > > > > i have forgotten the exact name of the ascii datafile and the calander > > program. can't find it in ports despite around 2.75 hours of "make > > search key=calender |grep -1 Info" | more .... > > > > I'm pretty sure i wasn't//am NOT hallucinating. --there was an X popuo > > when the date time was hit. i had to click on the Popup/dialog? to get > > rid of it. > > > > anybody know what this was? it goes back at least to the late 1990's. > > > > tia, y'all, > > > > gary > > > > PS: and now, time for a brew.... or maybe a =NAP=.... > > > > [************] > > > > > /usr/ports/deskutils/when > > my favorite. I've written a lot of scripts to supplement it, too: > > http://chipstips.com/?tag=rbremindwhen > > -- > Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F > http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips.com Yup, this has to be it, altho i thought i was using this << 2003. i'll ck out your scripts, thanks muchly. gary ps: main thing i need it for is something like " */6 have you remmbered your meds! " or somesuch. sitting and hacking away, i tend to ferget everthing. somebody will find me here at computer, frozen, cobwebs and the whole bit. :) -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.83a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org 99 44/100% Guaranteed Novel