Simple reminder management gui added. For now, only simple recurring reminders can be added. I may try to add more options in the future. This was a bit complex, so watch for bugs and make sure your reminders actually work before depending on its reliability.

README.md

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ An uppercase I looks like a 1, 3 from i3, and 8 because the song [We Are 138](ht
 - pamixer: for the mute-unmute script
 - playerctl: music controls
 - python-i3ipc: for sounds etc.
-- remind: [optional] for reminder notifications, Requires notify-send.
+- remind: [optional] for reminder notifications, Requires notify-daemon and notify-send for automatic reminders.
 - sgtk-menu: for applications menu
 - sox: for sounds.
 - transfersh: [optional] for file sharing GUI

i38.sh

@@ -536,6 +536,10 @@ $(if command -v mumble &> /dev/null ; then
     echo "# Mumble bound to m"
     echo "bindsym m exec $(command -v mumble), mode \"default\""
 fi)
+$(if command -v remind &> /dev/null ; then
+    echo "# Reminders bound to r"
+    echo "bindsym r exec --no-startup-id ${i3Path}/scripts/reminder.sh, mode \"default\""
+fi)
 $(if command -v ocrdesktop &> /dev/null ; then
     echo "# OCR desktop bound to print screen alternative \$mod+r"
     echo "bindsym Print exec $(command -v ocrdesktop) -b, mode \"default\""

scripts/reminder.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+error() {
+        yad --form --selectable-labels --title "I38 - Reminder Error" --field="${*}":lbl --button="Close!gtk-ok":0
+}
+
+message() {
+        yad --form --selectable-labels --title "I38 - Reminder" --field="${*}":lbl --button="Close!gtk-ok":0
+}
+
+add_reminder() {
+    info="$(yad --form --selectable-labels  \
+        --title "I38 - New Reminder" \
+        --field="Reminder Text" "" \
+        --field="Select Days":lbl "" \
+        --field="Sunday":chk "FALSE" \
+        --field="Monday":chk "FALSE" \
+        --field="Tuesday":chk "FALSE" \
+        --field="Wednesday":chk "FALSE" \
+        --field="Thursday":chk "FALSE" \
+        --field="Friday":chk "FALSE" \
+        --field="Saturday":chk "FALSE" \
+        --field="Select Hour:":num '1!1..12' \
+        --field="Select Minute:":num '0!0..59' \
+        --field="Select AM or PM":cb 'AM!PM' \
+        --button="Cancel:1" \
+        --button="Create Reminder:0")"
+
+    # Get information for reminder into an array
+    IFS='|' read -a reminder <<< $info
+
+    # Change checked days into their name.
+    reminder[2]="${reminder[2]/TRUE/Sun}"
+    reminder[3]="${reminder[3]/TRUE/Mon}"
+    reminder[4]="${reminder[4]/TRUE/Tue}"
+    reminder[5]="${reminder[5]/TRUE/Wed}"
+    reminder[6]="${reminder[6]/TRUE/Thu}"
+    reminder[7]="${reminder[7]/TRUE/Fri}"
+    reminder[8]="${reminder[8]/TRUE/Sat}"
+
+    # Make sure we have reminder text
+    if [[ ${#reminder[0]} -lt 3 ]]; then
+    error "No reminder text given, addition canceled."
+    return
+    fi
+    reminderEntry="REM "
+    noDays=1
+    for ((i=2;i<=8;i++)) ; do
+        if [[ "${reminder[i]}" != "FALSE" ]]; then
+            reminderEntry+="${reminder[i]} "
+            noDays=0
+        fi
+    done
+    if [[ $noDays -eq 1 ]]; then
+        error "No days were selected for the reminder. Nothing changed."
+        return
+    fi
+    reminderEntry+="AT ${reminder[9]}:${reminder[10]}${reminder[11]} +5 REPEAT weekly MSG ${reminder[0]} %2."
+    echo "# Added by I38." >> ~/.reminders
+    echo "$reminderEntry" >> ~/.reminders
+    if [[ -N ~/.reminders ]]; then
+        message "Reminder added."
+    else
+        error "Something went wrong. The reminder was not added."
+    fi
+}
+
+view_reminders() {
+mapfile -t lines < ~/.reminders
+                                                                                                                                                                          
+    # Create an empty array to store cleaned-up reminders
+    yadMenu=()
+                                                                                                                                                                          
+    # Iterate through the reminder lines and clean them up
+    for i in "${lines[@]}"; do
+        # Remove the "REM" prefix and leading/trailing spaces
+        formattedLine="${i#*REM }"
+        # Remove MSG from the output.
+        formattedLine="${formattedLine/MSG /}"
+        # remove the usually %2. from the end of the line, but accept any digit in case someone changes it.
+        formattedLine="${formattedLine% %[[:digit:]].}"
+                                                                                                                                                                          
+        # Add to the menu
+        yadMenu+=("$formattedLine")
+    done
+                                                                                                                                                                          
+    # Display the reminders
+    reminder="$(yad --list --title "I38 - Reminders" --text "Current reminders:" \
+        --column "Reminder" "${yadMenu[@]}" \
+        --button="Close:1" --button="Delete:0" --response=1)"
+        if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+            return
+        fi
+        if [[ "${reminder:0:1}" == "#" ]]; then
+            error "Please select the actual reminder to be deleted, anything starting with # is only a comment. Nothing changed."
+            return
+        fi
+        # Remove the | from the end of reminder
+        reminder="${reminder%|}"
+        # Find the index to remove from lines.
+        for i in "${!yadMenu[@]}" ; do
+        if [[ "${yadMenu[i]}" == "${reminder}" ]]; then
+        # Delete selected reminder and possible preceeding comment.
+        commentIndex=$((i - 1))
+        if [[ "${lines[commentIndex]:0:1}" == "#" ]]; then
+            unset lines[$commentIndex]
+        fi
+        unset lines[$i]
+        message "Reminder deleted."
+        printf "%s\n" "${lines[@]}" > ~/.reminders
+        fi
+        done
+}
+
+if ! command -v remind &> /dev/null ; then
+    error "Please install remind. For notifications, please make sure to have notification-daemon and notify-send as well. Run i38.sh to regenerate your i3 config after the needed components are installed."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+while : ; do
+    action=$(yad --title "I38 - Reminders" --form \
+        --button="_Add Reminder!gtk-ok":0 \
+        --button="_View Reminders!gtk-info":2 \
+        --button="Close!gtk-cancel":1 \
+        --separator="")
+                                                                                                                                                                          
+    case $? in
+        0)
+            # Handle "Add Reminder" button click
+            add_reminder
+            ;;
+        1)
+            # Handle "Close" button click
+            exit 0
+            ;;
+        2)
+            # View reminders
+            view_reminders
+    esac
+done