Questions tagged [appt]
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change warning time on a per appointment basis
I use appt to remind me of my upcoming appointments (which I keep in an org-mode file). Under this setup, my computer beeps five minutes before the beginning of the next appointment (see setup here).
Is there a way change the warning time on a…

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How to change the reminder/announcement times for `appt`?
I want to change the reminder/announcement times that appt uses. I know I can do things like:
(setq appt-message-warning-time 15)
to start the reminders 15 minutes ahead, but how do I change the interval inbetween? How to have reminders at 15,…

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How can I tell appt to warn me about tasks not done in the past?
I use appt with org-mode to warn me when is time to do something scheduled. I have one repetitive task schedule to be checked and done once per week, but there is a possibility that I may not turn on my laptop such day, hence that task may not be…

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org-agenda-to-appt Not Working
I'm trying to get org-agenda-to-appt working but I am currently getting No event to add when running this command.
org-agenda-list returns a bunch of items, one of which has Deadline: prefixed.
My TODO items are properly loaded into the agenda and…

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Set default timing for reminders/warnings, without identical intervals
In what follows, I use the terms "warning" and "reminder" synonymously.
By default, I would like Org to visually warn me of upcoming appointments, at the following times:
15 minutes in advance;
1 hour in advance;
3 hours in advance; and
24 hours in…
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