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How to display count of repeating events

Started byGary <gary_w1@hotmail.com>
First post2016-09-28 05:32 -0400
Last post2016-09-29 18:14 -0700
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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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#94926

FromDavoud <star@sky.net>
Date2016-09-29 08:19 -0400
Message-ID<290920160819564869%star@sky.net>
In reply to#94903
Gary:

> 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.

I hope you took away from this discussion the fact that Apple *did*
provide the functionality that you want in Calendar.app.

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#94932

FromSnit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Date2016-09-29 09:41 -0700
Message-ID<D4129261.7ED94%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
In reply to#94926
On 9/29/16, 5:19 AM, in article 290920160819564869%star@sky.net, "Davoud"
<star@sky.net> wrote:

> Gary:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> I hope you took away from this discussion the fact that Apple *did*
> provide the functionality that you want in Calendar.app.

They have repeating events but not ones where you have count-downs (or
count-ups)... and it would be a cool feature, even if one that was not used
that often.


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#94936

Fromandroid <here@there.was>
Date2016-09-29 20:38 +0200
Message-ID<here-09C007.20385029092016@news.individual.net>
In reply to#94932
In article <D4129261.7ED94%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>,
 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:

> On 9/29/16, 5:19 AM, in article 290920160819564869%star@sky.net, "Davoud"
> <star@sky.net> wrote:
> 
> > Gary:
> > 
> >> 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.
> > 
> > I hope you took away from this discussion the fact that Apple *did*
> > provide the functionality that you want in Calendar.app.
> 
> They have repeating events but not ones where you have count-downs (or
> count-ups)... and it would be a cool feature, even if one that was not used
> that often.

Oki... But why? If you put a reminder, or "message alarm" for a 
repeating event then you have will have to click it away and it will be 
very hard to miss.
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#94938

FromSnit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Date2016-09-29 11:57 -0700
Message-ID<D412B23F.7EE11%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
In reply to#94936
On 9/29/16, 11:38 AM, in article
here-09C007.20385029092016@news.individual.net, "android" <here@there.was>
wrote:

> In article <D4129261.7ED94%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>,
>  Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 9/29/16, 5:19 AM, in article 290920160819564869%star@sky.net, "Davoud"
>> <star@sky.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Gary:
>>> 
>>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> I hope you took away from this discussion the fact that Apple *did*
>>> provide the functionality that you want in Calendar.app.
>> 
>> They have repeating events but not ones where you have count-downs (or
>> count-ups)... and it would be a cool feature, even if one that was not used
>> that often.
> 
> Oki... But why? If you put a reminder, or "message alarm" for a
> repeating event then you have will have to click it away and it will be
> very hard to miss.

My kids are old enough now where I just tell them to figure it out, but it
used to be that before every birthday and major holiday my kids wanted to
know how many days until X. Having had a mark on my calendar, or, even
better, on a read-only one for the kids, would have been great.

We did make for some holidays a count-down calendar out of paper where each
day they got to flip up or rip off a cover for a number. And there was
nothing wrong with that but I would not want to (and did not) make one for
every event.

Now that I have my script I would just modify it to add daily events.

But even if I did not ever have such a need or understand why someone else
would, does not mean I cannot help them with it. Also does not mean you
cannot have a different solution you think will fulfill the same task.


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#94948

Fromandroid <here@there.was>
Date2016-09-30 03:11 +0200
Message-ID<here-A090B4.03111430092016@news.individual.net>
In reply to#94938
In article <D412B23F.7EE11%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>,
 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:

> On 9/29/16, 11:38 AM, in article
> here-09C007.20385029092016@news.individual.net, "android" <here@there.was>
> wrote:
> 
> > In article <D4129261.7ED94%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>,
> >  Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> On 9/29/16, 5:19 AM, in article 290920160819564869%star@sky.net, "Davoud"
> >> <star@sky.net> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> Gary:
> >>> 
> >>>> 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.
> >>> 
> >>> I hope you took away from this discussion the fact that Apple *did*
> >>> provide the functionality that you want in Calendar.app.
> >> 
> >> They have repeating events but not ones where you have count-downs (or
> >> count-ups)... and it would be a cool feature, even if one that was not used
> >> that often.
> > 
> > Oki... But why? If you put a reminder, or "message alarm" for a
> > repeating event then you have will have to click it away and it will be
> > very hard to miss.
> 
> My kids are old enough now where I just tell them to figure it out, but it
> used to be that before every birthday and major holiday my kids wanted to
> know how many days until X. Having had a mark on my calendar, or, even
> better, on a read-only one for the kids, would have been great.
> 
> We did make for some holidays a count-down calendar out of paper where each
> day they got to flip up or rip off a cover for a number. And there was
> nothing wrong with that but I would not want to (and did not) make one for
> every event.
> 
> Now that I have my script I would just modify it to add daily events.
> 
> But even if I did not ever have such a need or understand why someone else
> would, does not mean I cannot help them with it. Also does not mean you
> cannot have a different solution you think will fulfill the same task.

I was going  on the OPs description of purpose: He didn't want to miss a 
pill.
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#94953

FromSnit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Date2016-09-29 18:14 -0700
Message-ID<D4130A87.7EE6B%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
In reply to#94948
On 9/29/16, 6:11 PM, in article
here-A090B4.03111430092016@news.individual.net, "android" <here@there.was>
wrote:

> In article <D412B23F.7EE11%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>,
>  Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 9/29/16, 11:38 AM, in article
>> here-09C007.20385029092016@news.individual.net, "android" <here@there.was>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> In article <D4129261.7ED94%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>,
>>>  Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 9/29/16, 5:19 AM, in article 290920160819564869%star@sky.net, "Davoud"
>>>> <star@sky.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Gary:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I hope you took away from this discussion the fact that Apple *did*
>>>>> provide the functionality that you want in Calendar.app.
>>>> 
>>>> They have repeating events but not ones where you have count-downs (or
>>>> count-ups)... and it would be a cool feature, even if one that was not used
>>>> that often.
>>> 
>>> Oki... But why? If you put a reminder, or "message alarm" for a
>>> repeating event then you have will have to click it away and it will be
>>> very hard to miss.
>> 
>> My kids are old enough now where I just tell them to figure it out, but it
>> used to be that before every birthday and major holiday my kids wanted to
>> know how many days until X. Having had a mark on my calendar, or, even
>> better, on a read-only one for the kids, would have been great.
>> 
>> We did make for some holidays a count-down calendar out of paper where each
>> day they got to flip up or rip off a cover for a number. And there was
>> nothing wrong with that but I would not want to (and did not) make one for
>> every event.
>> 
>> Now that I have my script I would just modify it to add daily events.
>> 
>> But even if I did not ever have such a need or understand why someone else
>> would, does not mean I cannot help them with it. Also does not mean you
>> cannot have a different solution you think will fulfill the same task.
> 
> I was going  on the OPs description of purpose: He didn't want to miss a
> pill.

Even with that, if you have a reminder a day you may forget if you have
taken it or not. As it turned out, his was a simple case: the day of the
month works as the counter (1=1, 2=2, etc.). But even if he was a day off of
that it would be useful. But, yes, as written the date seems to work as
well. :)


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