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  How to display count of repeating events Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> - 2016-09-28 05:32 -0400
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-09-28 14:43 +0000
      Re: How to display count of repeating events Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-09-28 16:33 +0000
        Re: How to display count of repeating events Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 13:58 -0700
      Re: How to display count of repeating events Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 13:57 -0700
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-28 11:55 -0700
      Re: How to display count of repeating events Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-28 12:46 -0700
        Re: How to display count of repeating events android <here@there.was> - 2016-09-28 22:06 +0200
      Re: How to display count of repeating events Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 13:59 -0700
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-09-29 08:23 +1200
      Re: How to display count of repeating events Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 13:56 -0700
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 13:55 -0700
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-09-28 18:40 -0400
      Re: How to display count of repeating events Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-28 17:02 -0700
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> - 2016-09-28 20:38 -0400
      Re: How to display count of repeating events Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-09-29 13:59 +1200
      Re: How to display count of repeating events Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-28 19:24 -0700
      Re: How to display count of repeating events Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 19:57 -0700
      Re: How to display count of repeating events Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-09-29 04:30 +0000
        Re: How to display count of repeating events Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-28 21:44 -0700
      Re: How to display count of repeating events Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-09-29 08:19 -0400
        Re: How to display count of repeating events Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-29 09:41 -0700
          Re: How to display count of repeating events android <here@there.was> - 2016-09-29 20:38 +0200
            Re: How to display count of repeating events Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-29 11:57 -0700
              Re: How to display count of repeating events android <here@there.was> - 2016-09-30 03:11 +0200
                Re: How to display count of repeating events Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-29 18:14 -0700

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#94856 — How to display count of repeating events

It is important to remember to take 30 pills, one a day, starting 
October 1.  I want to create a daily repeating event in my Mac calendar 
that says something like Pill 1, Pill 2, ... up to Pill 30.  Is there 
some way to accomplish this in either MacOS or in IOS?

It's easy enough to create annual birthdays and show age, but it 
surprises me there isn't a straightforward way to do this with other 
than annual events.

Any suggestions (other than creating 30 events)?

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#94862

In message <2016092805322540488-garyw1@hotmailcom> 
  Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> wrote:
> It is important to remember to take 30 pills, one a day, starting 
> October 1.  I want to create a daily repeating event in my Mac calendar 
> that says something like Pill 1, Pill 2, ... up to Pill 30.  Is there 
> some way to accomplish this in either MacOS or in IOS?

Not without creating 30 events. However, it is trivial to create a
single event that repeats for 30 days that says "Take pill". Why you
would need (or want) to number this reminder is puzzling. But if it's
important, 30 events it is.

-- 
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someone wearing black leather. --The Last Continent

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#94865

Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> In message <2016092805322540488-garyw1@hotmailcom> 
>   Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> It is important to remember to take 30 pills, one a day, starting 
>> October 1.  I want to create a daily repeating event in my Mac calendar 
>> that says something like Pill 1, Pill 2, ... up to Pill 30.  Is there 
>> some way to accomplish this in either MacOS or in IOS?
> 
> Not without creating 30 events. However, it is trivial to create a
> single event that repeats for 30 days that says "Take pill". Why you
> would need (or want) to number this reminder is puzzling. But if it's
> important, 30 events it is.

Yes. I would just create one event that repeats each day and ends after 30
days.

And if you wanted to automate the creation of 30 different events, you
could write a little AppleScript to create them in a repeat loop, giving
each one a name with an incrementing counter (Take pill 1, Take pill 2, and
so on).

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#94880

On Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 9:33:11 AM UTC-7, Jolly Roger wrote:
> Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> > In message <2016092805322540488-garyw1@hotmailcom> 
> >   Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> It is important to remember to take 30 pills, one a day, starting 
> >> October 1.  I want to create a daily repeating event in my Mac calendar 
> >> that says something like Pill 1, Pill 2, ... up to Pill 30.  Is there 
> >> some way to accomplish this in either MacOS or in IOS?
> > 
> > Not without creating 30 events. However, it is trivial to create a
> > single event that repeats for 30 days that says "Take pill". Why you
> > would need (or want) to number this reminder is puzzling. But if it's
> > important, 30 events it is.
> 
> Yes. I would just create one event that repeats each day and ends after 30
> days.
> 
> And if you wanted to automate the creation of 30 different events, you
> could write a little AppleScript to create them in a repeat loop, giving
> each one a name with an incrementing counter (Take pill 1, Take pill 2, and
> so on).
> 
> -- 
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> I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.
> 
> JR

You could just not feed Snit.

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#94879

On Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 7:43:19 AM UTC-7, Lewis wrote:
> In message <2016092805322540488-garyw1@hotmailcom> 
>   Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > It is important to remember to take 30 pills, one a day, starting 
> > October 1.  I want to create a daily repeating event in my Mac calendar 
> > that says something like Pill 1, Pill 2, ... up to Pill 30.  Is there 
> > some way to accomplish this in either MacOS or in IOS?
> 
> Not without creating 30 events. However, it is trivial to create a
> single event that repeats for 30 days that says "Take pill". Why you
> would need (or want) to number this reminder is puzzling. But if it's
> important, 30 events it is.
> 
> -- 
> One of the most basic rules of survival on any planet is never to upset
> someone wearing black leather. --The Last Continent

Do not feed Snit. He set himself up with this sock so he can rescue someone and then troll COLA.

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#94873

On 9/28/16, 2:32 AM, in article 2016092805322540488-garyw1@hotmailcom,
"Gary" <gary_w1@hotmail.com> wrote:

> It is important to remember to take 30 pills, one a day, starting
> October 1.  I want to create a daily repeating event in my Mac calendar
> that says something like Pill 1, Pill 2, ... up to Pill 30.  Is there
> some way to accomplish this in either MacOS or in IOS?
> 
> It's easy enough to create annual birthdays and show age, but it
> surprises me there isn't a straightforward way to do this with other
> than annual events.
> 
> Any suggestions (other than creating 30 events)?
> 

Use at your own risk and know I am NOT a programmer or scripter of any value
AT ALL, but I tested this (with a loop of 5) and it worked for me:

--------
tell application "Calendar"
  activate
  set theCount to 1
  set theDate to date "Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 6:00:00 PM"
  tell calendar "Test"
    repeat 30 times
      make new event with properties {description:"Take Pill " & theCount,
summary:"Take Pill " & theCount, start date:theDate}
      set theDate to theDate + 60 * 60 * 24
      set theCount to theCount + 1
    end repeat
  end tell
  reload calendars
end tell
--------

Loaded it in Script Editor, ran, and got five events. Be careful if the
"make new event" line wraps around.

You would need to change the name of the calendar to something other than
"Test" -- and no promises it will work, not give you acne, or anything else.


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#94874

On 9/28/16, 11:55 AM, in article
D411604C.7EC11%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com, "Snit"
<usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:

> On 9/28/16, 2:32 AM, in article 2016092805322540488-garyw1@hotmailcom,
> "Gary" <gary_w1@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> It is important to remember to take 30 pills, one a day, starting
>> October 1.  I want to create a daily repeating event in my Mac calendar
>> that says something like Pill 1, Pill 2, ... up to Pill 30.  Is there
>> some way to accomplish this in either MacOS or in IOS?
>> 
>> It's easy enough to create annual birthdays and show age, but it
>> surprises me there isn't a straightforward way to do this with other
>> than annual events.
>> 
>> Any suggestions (other than creating 30 events)?
>> 
> 
> Use at your own risk and know I am NOT a programmer or scripter of any value
> AT ALL, but I tested this (with a loop of 5) and it worked for me:
> 
> --------
> tell application "Calendar"
>   activate
>   set theCount to 1
>   set theDate to date "Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 6:00:00 PM"
>   tell calendar "Test"
>     repeat 30 times
>       make new event with properties {description:"Take Pill " & theCount,
> summary:"Take Pill " & theCount, start date:theDate}
>       set theDate to theDate + 60 * 60 * 24
>       set theCount to theCount + 1
>     end repeat
>   end tell
>   reload calendars
> end tell
> --------
> 
> Loaded it in Script Editor, ran, and got five events. Be careful if the
> "make new event" line wraps around.
> 
> You would need to change the name of the calendar to something other than
> "Test" -- and no promises it will work, not give you acne, or anything else.
> 
I think it is clear, but just in case, yes, this does create 30 events...
which you said you did not want to do -- but it automates it so you have the
events you want without manually creating them.

As far as I know there is no way to create a recurring event with a counter
built in. Would be cool if there was.


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#94875

> > On 9/28/16, 2:32 AM, in article 2016092805322540488-garyw1@hotmailcom,
> > "Gary" <gary_w1@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> It is important to remember to take 30 pills, one a day, starting
> >> October 1.  I want to create a daily repeating event in my Mac calendar
> >> that says something like Pill 1, Pill 2, ... up to Pill 30.  Is there
> >> some way to accomplish this in either MacOS or in IOS?

Why not just create a recurring event that repeats 30 times like:

New Event "start date" > repeat: Every day > end: "on date" > alarm: 
"message"?
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#94881

On Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 11:56:06 AM UTC-7, Snit wrote:
> On 9/28/16, 2:32 AM, in article 2016092805322540488-garyw1@hotmailcom,
> "Gary" <gary_w1@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > It is important to remember to take 30 pills, one a day, starting
> > October 1.  I want to create a daily repeating event in my Mac calendar
> > that says something like Pill 1, Pill 2, ... up to Pill 30.  Is there
> > some way to accomplish this in either MacOS or in IOS?
> > 
> > It's easy enough to create annual birthdays and show age, but it
> > surprises me there isn't a straightforward way to do this with other
> > than annual events.
> > 
> > Any suggestions (other than creating 30 events)?
> > 
> 
> Use at your own risk and know I am NOT a programmer or scripter of any value
> AT ALL, but I tested this (with a loop of 5) and it worked for me:
> 
> --------
> tell application "Calendar"
>   activate
>   set theCount to 1
>   set theDate to date "Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 6:00:00 PM"
>   tell calendar "Test"
>     repeat 30 times
>       make new event with properties {description:"Take Pill " & theCount,
> summary:"Take Pill " & theCount, start date:theDate}
>       set theDate to theDate + 60 * 60 * 24
>       set theCount to theCount + 1
>     end repeat
>   end tell
>   reload calendars
> end tell
> --------
> 
> Loaded it in Script Editor, ran, and got five events. Be careful if the
> "make new event" line wraps around.
> 
> You would need to change the name of the calendar to something other than
> "Test" -- and no promises it will work, not give you acne, or anything else.

Here is Snit with a magical solution which works and he created it quickly right after he had his ass handed to him about being ignorant of AppleScript.

Nobody is going to fall for this crap, Snit.

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#94876

In article <2016092805322540488-garyw1@hotmailcom>, Gary
<gary_w1@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> It is important to remember to take 30 pills, one a day, starting 
> October 1.  I want to create a daily repeating event in my Mac calendar 
> that says something like Pill 1, Pill 2, ... up to Pill 30.  Is there 
> some way to accomplish this in either MacOS or in IOS?
> 
> It's easy enough to create annual birthdays and show age, but it 
> surprises me there isn't a straightforward way to do this with other 
> than annual events.
> 
> Any suggestions (other than creating 30 events)?

Unless they're are specifically numbered pills that have to be taken in
the correct order, there's no real reason to do that. Even if they are
like that (perhaps a decreasing dosage in each pill), then the
packaging should be numbered anyway, so you just have to be reminded
each day to take the pill in the next not-already-empty packet.

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#94878

On Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 1:21:28 PM UTC-7, Your Name wrote:
> In article <2016092805322540488-garyw1@hotmailcom>, Gary
> <gary_w1@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > It is important to remember to take 30 pills, one a day, starting 
> > October 1.  I want to create a daily repeating event in my Mac calendar 
> > that says something like Pill 1, Pill 2, ... up to Pill 30.  Is there 
> > some way to accomplish this in either MacOS or in IOS?
> > 
> > It's easy enough to create annual birthdays and show age, but it 
> > surprises me there isn't a straightforward way to do this with other 
> > than annual events.
> > 
> > Any suggestions (other than creating 30 events)?
> 
> Unless they're are specifically numbered pills that have to be taken in
> the correct order, there's no real reason to do that. Even if they are
> like that (perhaps a decreasing dosage in each pill), then the
> packaging should be numbered anyway, so you just have to be reminded
> each day to take the pill in the next not-already-empty packet.

This is just another Snit sock trying to stir up trouble. Snit does this all the time, finds an answer somewhere online then asks a question so he can come to the rescue.

It is the only way he knows how to be liked.

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#94877

On Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 2:32:32 AM UTC-7, Gary wrote:
> It is important to remember to take 30 pills, one a day, starting 
> October 1.  I want to create a daily repeating event in my Mac calendar 
> that says something like Pill 1, Pill 2, ... up to Pill 30.  Is there 
> some way to accomplish this in either MacOS or in IOS?
> 
> It's easy enough to create annual birthdays and show age, but it 
> surprises me there isn't a straightforward way to do this with other 
> than annual events.
> 
> Any suggestions (other than creating 30 events)?

Hmmm, Snit, you'd better check that a "Day" is actually 24 hours in your script, 
it's pretty obvious you're taking pills 1, 2,3 and 4 much closer intervals
than that.

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#94883

In article <2016092805322540488-garyw1@hotmailcom>, Gary
<gary_w1@hotmail.com> wrote:

> It is important to remember to take 30 pills, one a day, starting 
> October 1.  I want to create a daily repeating event in my Mac calendar 
> that says something like Pill 1, Pill 2, ... up to Pill 30.  Is there 
> some way to accomplish this in either MacOS or in IOS?
> 
> It's easy enough to create annual birthdays and show age, but it 
> surprises me there isn't a straightforward way to do this with other 
> than annual events.
> 
> Any suggestions (other than creating 30 events)?

Yes. You're missing something, i.e., not seeing something on the page.
Create an event in the Apple Calendar and, in the process, have it
repeat every day. After you select "repeat" an "end repeat" field will
appear. Insert the appropriate ending date. Select your desired alert
time and you're good to go.

I did this on a Mac on an iPhone. If you are using the incredibly
useful iCloud calendar sharing facility you need create it on only one
device and it will appear on all of your devices that are logged in to
the same iCloud account and that have Calendar sharing enabled.

-- 
I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that
you will say in your entire life.

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#94901

On 9/28/16, 3:40 PM, in article 280920161840314970%star@sky.net, "Davoud"
<star@sky.net> wrote:

> In article <2016092805322540488-garyw1@hotmailcom>, Gary
> <gary_w1@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> It is important to remember to take 30 pills, one a day, starting
>> October 1.  I want to create a daily repeating event in my Mac calendar
>> that says something like Pill 1, Pill 2, ... up to Pill 30.  Is there
>> some way to accomplish this in either MacOS or in IOS?
>> 
>> It's easy enough to create annual birthdays and show age, but it
>> surprises me there isn't a straightforward way to do this with other
>> than annual events.
>> 
>> Any suggestions (other than creating 30 events)?
> 
> Yes. You're missing something, i.e., not seeing something on the page.
> Create an event in the Apple Calendar and, in the process, have it
> repeat every day. After you select "repeat" an "end repeat" field will
> appear. Insert the appropriate ending date. Select your desired alert
> time and you're good to go.
> 
> I did this on a Mac on an iPhone. If you are using the incredibly
> useful iCloud calendar sharing facility you need create it on only one
> device and it will appear on all of your devices that are logged in to
> the same iCloud account and that have Calendar sharing enabled.

While I agree with you in that is how I would do it... would be good to have
a count-up or count-down feature... so many days until Christmas type thing.

I am hardly a decent scripter and figured out a method pretty quickly to add
such things but for most people it would be a non-starter.


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#94903

On 2016-09-28 09:32:25 +0000, Gary said:

> It is important to remember to take 30 pills, one a day, starting 
> October 1.  I want to create a daily repeating event in my Mac calendar 
> that says something like Pill 1, Pill 2, ... up to Pill 30.  Is there 
> some way to accomplish this in either MacOS or in IOS?
> 
> It's easy enough to create annual birthdays and show age, but it 
> surprises me there isn't a straightforward way to do this with other 
> than annual events.
> 
> Any suggestions (other than creating 30 events)?


-- Thanks for all the good ideas, especially the AppleScript.
Just to comment to those who said "why do you really need what you are 
asking for?",
the answer is that I don't really need it.  I just wanted it, and I was 
surprised that
there didn't seem to be a way to do it.  I could imagine that, some day 
for some
unanticipated reason, I might want something much more important to me to have
sequential numbers on the successive occurrences of a repeating event.  
I wondered
why Apple didn't provide it.

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#94909

In article <20160928203847906-garyw1@hotmailcom>, Gary
<gary_w1@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 2016-09-28 09:32:25 +0000, Gary said:
> > 
> > It is important to remember to take 30 pills, one a day, starting 
> > October 1.  I want to create a daily repeating event in my Mac calendar 
> > that says something like Pill 1, Pill 2, ... up to Pill 30.  Is there 
> > some way to accomplish this in either MacOS or in IOS?
> > 
> > It's easy enough to create annual birthdays and show age, but it 
> > surprises me there isn't a straightforward way to do this with other 
> > than annual events.
> > 
> > Any suggestions (other than creating 30 events)?
> 
> -- Thanks for all the good ideas, especially the AppleScript.
> Just to comment to those who said "why do you really need what you are 
> asking for?", the answer is that I don't really need it.  I just wanted it, 
> and I was surprised that there didn't seem to be a way to do it.  I could 
> imagine that, some day for some unanticipated reason, I might want 
> something much more important to me to have sequential numbers on the
> successive occurrences of a repeating event.  I wondered why Apple didn't 
> provide it.

Probably because nobody / almost nobody would ever use it. There's
little point in tacking in features that only two people on the planet
would use (once) ... that's what Adobe and Microsloth do, and there
apps are more and more bloated and buggy with every release.

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#94911

On 9/28/16, 5:38 PM, in article 20160928203847906-garyw1@hotmailcom, "Gary"
<gary_w1@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On 2016-09-28 09:32:25 +0000, Gary said:
> 
>> It is important to remember to take 30 pills, one a day, starting
>> October 1.  I want to create a daily repeating event in my Mac calendar
>> that says something like Pill 1, Pill 2, ... up to Pill 30.  Is there
>> some way to accomplish this in either MacOS or in IOS?
>> 
>> It's easy enough to create annual birthdays and show age, but it
>> surprises me there isn't a straightforward way to do this with other
>> than annual events.
>> 
>> Any suggestions (other than creating 30 events)?
> 
> 
> -- Thanks for all the good ideas, especially the AppleScript.

You are welcome.

> Just to comment to those who said "why do you really need what you are asking
> for?", the answer is that I don't really need it.  I just wanted it, and I was
> surprised that there didn't seem to be a way to do it.  I could imagine that,
> some day for some unanticipated reason, I might want something much more
> important to me to have sequential numbers on the successive occurrences of a
> repeating event.  I wondered why Apple didn't provide it.

The example I used was a count down to Christmas or another holiday or a
birthday. Heck, wish I had thought of that when my kids were younger and
they were always asking... now I tell them to go figure it out! :)



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#94912

On Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 5:38:53 PM UTC-7, Gary wrote:
> On 2016-09-28 09:32:25 +0000, Gary said:
> 
> > It is important to remember to take 30 pills, one a day, starting 
> > October 1.  I want to create a daily repeating event in my Mac calendar 
> > that says something like Pill 1, Pill 2, ... up to Pill 30.  Is there 
> > some way to accomplish this in either MacOS or in IOS?
> > 
> > It's easy enough to create annual birthdays and show age, but it 
> > surprises me there isn't a straightforward way to do this with other 
> > than annual events.
> > 
> > Any suggestions (other than creating 30 events)?
> 
> 
> -- Thanks for all the good ideas, especially the AppleScript.

Very first line you mention the AppleScript without your normal name, Snit. Next time try to be a bit less obvious.

> Just to comment to those who said "why do you really need what you are 
> asking for?",
> the answer is that I don't really need it. 

Except to further your trolling, Snit, and make you seem like a hero rushing in with an AppleScript right when some guy with no history happens to ask.

> I just wanted it, and I was 
> surprised that
> there didn't seem to be a way to do it.  I could imagine that, some day 
> for some
> unanticipated reason, I might want something much more important to me to have
> sequential numbers on the successive occurrences of a repeating event.  
> I wondered
> why Apple didn't provide it.

You do not hide your style well at all Snit. 

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#94918

In message <20160928203847906-garyw1@hotmailcom> 
  Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I could imagine that, some day for some unanticipated reason, I might
> want something much more important to me to have sequential numbers on
> the successive occurrences of a repeating event.  I wondered why Apple
> didn't provide it.

Probably because they, like most everyone on this thread, can't imagine
that being useful.

I've created many repeating calendar events over the years. I've never
had even a fleeting desire to number them sequentially.

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#94921

On 9/28/16, 9:30 PM, in article slrnnup67s.1bf7.g.kreme@snow.local, "Lewis"
<g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

> In message <20160928203847906-garyw1@hotmailcom>
>   Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I could imagine that, some day for some unanticipated reason, I might
>> want something much more important to me to have sequential numbers on
>> the successive occurrences of a repeating event.  I wondered why Apple
>> didn't provide it.
> 
> Probably because they, like most everyone on this thread, can't imagine
> that being useful.
> 
> I've created many repeating calendar events over the years. I've never
> had even a fleeting desire to number them sequentially.

I do not think anyone is saying you have to. He asked because he had the
desire. Once he did I thought of other reasons I might want something
similar, but even if I did not think I ever would I figured it would not
take long to create a solution which would do much of what he wanted.

No harm in his asking.


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