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- % ╥mind╙ reminders file. ,
- %
- % With MacWrite, save this USING "SAVE AS" ..
- % TEXT ONLY. >> Don't use just "SAVE" <<
- % ==== ====
- % See the end of this file for brief instructions
- * * * * *
- * * * * * r/b Welcome to MIND
- * 2 21 * *
- * 2 24 * * ! It's almost your birthday, Krys
- * * 1 * *
- * * 3 * * d/m Pay Rent
- * wed * 12 *
- * wed * 14 30 d Don't forget your regular 2:30 meeting!
- * Jan * * *
- * Jan 24 * * /ysd Happy New Year!
-
- * * * 23 50
- * * * 24 00 m/h midnight
-
- * * * * *
- * * * * * fi ..............end of executable lines....................
-
- An explanation of this file follows, this is incomplete
- documentation. For a complete list of features and options,
- see the documentation for ╥mind╙, or send $10 to:
- Gregory Dudek
- 3476 Vendome Avenue
- Montreal, Canada
- M4Y 1L6
-
- This file must be made up of *PAIRS* of lines of the form:
-
- Y1 M1 D1 H1 m1
- Y2 M2 D2 H2 m2 ff text
-
- or of the form
-
- Y1 M1 D1 H1 m1 ff text
- . (a line that starts with a period)
-
- These lines must be terminated by Carriage Returns (as if they were
- new paragraphs in MacWrite).
-
- Where:
- Y1 & Y2 are years (eg. 71 & 86, or 1971 & 1986)
- M1 & M2 are month numbers or names (numbers from 1 to 12)
- D1 & D2 are day numbers or names (eg. 1 to 31)
- H1 & H2 are hours of the day IN 24-HOUR FORMAT (aka. military time)
- eg. 5am is 5 (or 05), 5pm is 17, 11pm is 23 &
- midnight is 00
- m1 & m2 are minutes (numbers from 0 to 59)
- ff are flag letters, as described below
- text is anything (eg. "Hello world")
-
- The meaning of such pairs of lines can be described as: ╥if the
- time is now between Y1,M1,D1,H1,m1 (time1) and time2, then perform
- the action specified by the flags and the text╙.
-
- Any of the values Y2, M2, D2, H2, m2, can by replaced by an asterisk (*)
- meaning "the current time". Any of the entries of the SECOND
- line of the pair can have the form +N, where N is a number. This
- is equivalent to the value in same entry of the first or the pair
- line, plus N.
-
- The flags are a group of ONE OR MORE characters that specify
- what to do with the next. The allowed flags currently include:
-
- m the text is a message to be displayed in a dialog box until the
- "ok" box is clicked. ( "m"essage) This is the default.
- d the text is to be displayed for a couple of
- seconds without waiting
- for a mouse click ( "d"elay-only message)
- r install mind to run after every application (before the finder)
- x the text is the name of an application to be launched
- b beep
- ! beep three times
- _ null flag (indicates nothing)
- /y only do this action once per Year (at most)
- /m only do this action once per Month
- /d ....................... per Day
- /w ....................... per Week
- /i ....................... per mInute
- /b ....................... per system Bootup (useful for
- running programs that ╥initialize╙ your system)
- f don't process any more lines in this file ( "f"inish)
- i don't print this message ( "i"gnore )
-
- For example:
-
- 86 10 11 0 0 _ _
- 86 10 11 23 59 !m Happy Birthday: You're 28 years old
-
- Causes the message (Happy Birthday...) to be displayed on
- October 11th 1986 (any time that day). If the year specification
- were "*", it would do it October 11th of EVERY year.
-
-
- * * 1 * * _ _
- * * 1 * * mb Pay your rent
-
- Causes the message "Pay your rent" to be displayed (until
- clicked) and the bell to ring, it does this every time the
- program is executed on the first day of ANY month.
-
-
- * * 1 * * _ _
- * * +9 * * d/b Pay your rent
-
- Causes the same message to be displayed briefly when
- the system is
- started up, at most ONCE per
- month, if the date is within the first ten days of the
- month (instead of only on the first day).
-
-
-