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Documentation for REMIND.COM 2.1 by Andreas C. Kridiotis, 1985.
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INTRODUCTION
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This is a program that keeps track of special dates for you
(e.g. appointments, birthdays, etc.), together with a one-line
reminder for each date. When you run the program, it searches
through its database and reminds you of approaching obligations
by printing the date and the message that you stored with that
reminder. Old messages are then removed from the database, except
for 'permanent', or yearly ones, which are recycled.
FEATURES
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When looking ahead for approaching reminders, the program uses two
ranges to decide whether to print them: one for ordinary one-time
reminders, such as appointments, and another for permanent ones.
The idea is that you would only need to know about your appointment
with your dentist a couple of days in advance, but you'd rather be
reminded of your wife's birthday a little earlier, so that you can
shop around for a present. REMIND lets you specify these ranges
through a special setup mode. You can also change the display colours,
as well as choose among three date formats:
1. European, dd/mm/yyyy (e.g. 26/4/1985),
2. American, mm/dd/yyyy (e.g. 4/26/1985) or
3. Military, dd-MMM-yyyy (e.g. 26-APR-1985).
When run for the first time, REMIND uses the latter (because it is
unambiguous). When entering dates in this format, both upper and
lowercase letters can be used for the month, and all formats allow you
to omit the first two digits of the year (i.e. '85' is equivalent to
'1985').
REMIND also allows you to remove unexpired reminders from the database.
The user is prompted before a reminder is actually deleted, so that
accidental removal can be avoided.
HOW TO USE IT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There are six ways to invoke REMIND:
1. Report mode: REMIND
This is how you would run REMIND in order to get a list
of your approaching obligations. The first time it is run,
REMIND creates a new database file (called REMIND.DAT) and
gives a short summary of how to use it.
2. Record mode: REMIND <date> <Message>
To record a reminder, type the date and the message after
'REMIND', separated by spaces. To enter a 'permanent'
reminder, just omit the year (e.g. 2-jul My birthday!).
3. Setup mode: REMIND/S
Allows you to change the display colours, the look-ahead
ranges, and the date format. Note that there is no space
between 'REMIND' and any option switches.
4. Remove mode: REMIND/R <date> or REMIND/D <date>
Allows you to remove (delete) an unexpired reminder (in the
unlikely event that you didn't procrastinate but actually got
the job done before the deadline). The program will step
through every reminder matching that date and ask you whether
you want to delete it.
5. Input mode: REMIND/I [<filename>]
This option allows you to enter multiple reminders without
having to run the program as many times. When a filename is
specified, REMIND reads the new reminders from that file up to
the end of the file or a blank line. The reminders should be
in the same form as when typed on the command line, i.e.
<date> <message>, and only one per line. Each line is echoed
to the screen as it is read. If no filename is given, the
program accepts input from the keyboard.
6. Help mode: REMIND/?
When invoked with this option, REMIND prints out a summary of
this section.
TERMS OF USE
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You are encouraged to copy and distribute this program freely,
provided that you do not alter it in any way or charge any fee
for it. If you find this program useful, a small donation of $5
would be appreciated. Please send any donations, comments, bug
reports, suggestions, etc. to:
Andreas C. Kridiotis
Westgate, Apt. 1001
Cambridge, MA. 02139
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