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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.
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- 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:
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- 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).
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- 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.
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- HOW TO USE IT
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- There are six ways to invoke REMIND:
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- 1. Report mode: REMIND
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- 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.
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- 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!).
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 6. Help mode: REMIND/?
- When invoked with this option, REMIND prints out a summary of
- this section.
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- 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:
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- Andreas C. Kridiotis
- Westgate, Apt. 1001
- Cambridge, MA. 02139
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