Re: calendar/appointment notification -- How about via a FRAME popping up?

[Kevin Rodgers]

Tim X wrote:
> dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) writes:
>
> > Solaris CDE comes with a calendar-application that slams a new
> > "frame" in front of your eyes -- no way you can miss that!
> >
> >
> > It'd sure be nice if the emacs calendar/appointment alarm-clock would do the
> > same thing! 
>
> Have a look at the customize group for appt. I think you can do this,
> but you may need to provide the function that creates the frame. There
> are two variables which can be used to specify the functions used to
> open and close a window to display the diary. It would probably be
> possible to use functions that display the window in its own frame and
> then close the window and delete the frame. 

From the Commentary in calendar/appt.el:

;;; You can change the way the appointment window is created/deleted by
;;; setting the variables
;;;
;;;          appt-disp-window-function
;;; and
;;;          appt-delete-window-function
;;;
;;; For instance, these variables could be set to functions that display
;;; appointments in pop-up frames, which are lowered or iconified after
;;; `appt-display-interval' minutes.

If you want to avoid writing your own functions, you might get the
desired effect by simply adding appt-buffer-name to
special-display-buffer-names.

--
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA