Reminders

[Graeme Nichols]

On Mon, 2003-04-14 at 14:19, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Huh?  There is very much a bill-due reminder, which is
> run when you start GnuCash.  It will tell you when your
> bill's (entered via the Business->Vendor menu items)
> are coming due.

Yep! sure. But that is not what I now do when I cat my file when I start
a virtual terminal. I want to have a reminder of my bills each time I
log into my system. My present problem is that once logged into my
system (init 5) and Gnome comes up I would like to have my file cat to
the desktop without having to start a virtual terminal.
> 
> Similarly, scheduled transactions will also let you know
> when they are "due", in the SinceLastRun dialog.
> 
> So, frankly, I'm not sure what you're complaining about....
> 
I am not complaining about anything. I am a very happy gnucash user.
Quicken, which I gave up using some months ago, puts a list of my due
bills as soon as I bring up Windows. No need to start Quicken. I only
need to run gnucash once a week but I want to be reminded about all my
due bills EVERY time I log into Gnome. It would be nice to have my file
cat to the desktop as soon as Gnome comes up, either in a virtual
terminal or straight onto the desktop and I need some help on how to do
that.

My apologies if I didn't explain myself sufficiently well and big thanks
to all the developers of gnucash.

Ta,
> -derek
> 
> Graeme Nichols <gnichols at tpg.com.au> writes:
> 
> > Hello Folks,
> > 
> > I am a very contented user of gnucash 1.8. The scheduled transactions
> > work very well but there is no reminder function for bills as they draw
> > near to payment date.
> > 
> > To overcome this in a crude, but effective, way I maintain a small text
> > file containing by upcoming bills, one per line containing payee, amount
> > and due date.
> > 
> > I have a line at the end of my .bashrc file to cat that file. In this
> > way I always get a reminder of the bills I have coming up.
> > 
> > The one drawback to this method is that I boot to Gnome and do not get
> > the reminder unless I open a virtual terminal, which I don't always need
> > to do.
> > 
> > Is there a way to do this so that when Gnome comes up it then spawns a
> > virtual terminal automatically or simply cats the file directly to the
> > desktop?
> > 
> > All help appreciated. TIA.
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > 
> > Kind regards,
> > 
> > Graeme.
> > 
> > ---------------------------------------
> > "Your arguments are very well and are theoretically sound, but if ever
> > payment of members comes into force, it will result in Parliament being
> > flooded with men of mediocre ability and may eventually open the doors
> > to a regime of terrorism and corruption."
> > 
> > Sir Henry Parkes in reply to Jacob Garrard, member for Balmain, on the
> > subject of payment to members of Parliament. 1880.
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Kind regards,

Graeme.

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"Your arguments are very well and are theoretically sound, but if ever
payment of members comes into force, it will result in Parliament being
flooded with men of mediocre ability and may eventually open the doors
to a regime of terrorism and corruption."

Sir Henry Parkes in reply to Jacob Garrard, member for Balmain, on the
subject of payment to members of Parliament. 1880.
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