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Are there any tools for making UI-based or email-based DEADLINE notifications in org-mode?

It'd be nice to convert org-mode's pull-based DEADLINE access (via C-c a a) into a push-based system :)

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  • C-c a a isn't a binding in vanilla org mode
    – Squidly
    Commented Nov 20, 2014 at 14:06
  • That would likely require a timer (with auto-repeat perhaps) and the org-mode buffer(s) would need to be opened (at least in the background) when that timer goes off, and then integrate that to something like Wanderlust. Doable, but non-trivial. It could also be integrated to create a system notification -- e.g., when timer buzzes and deadline within range exists, than run an applescript on OSX that plays a song or speaks a message or whatever. Emacs would need to be running, or a system based timer to launch Emacs.
    – lawlist
    Commented Nov 20, 2014 at 16:34
  • I think it is more than doable. Which is why I thought maybe someone already did it :) All you need to do is point the notifier code at the files to watch, and show them how to parse out the DEADLINE sections.
    – Alex Baranosky
    Commented Nov 21, 2014 at 0:59
  • The simplest solution is doing it in an agenda hook. I assume you use agendas. When an agenda is bult it shows the tasks with deadlines, so in a hook fuction after the agenda is ready you parse the agenda buffer and if there are any deadlines then you send a notification. You can store in a file which notifications have been sent already, so they are not sent twice.
    – Tom
    Commented Nov 21, 2014 at 9:12
  • The following link is for cross-reference purposes because the two threads are (in my opinion) closely related to one another: emacs.stackexchange.com/q/3844/2287 It's not necessary to use an agenda buffer (since all that is needed is an re-search-backward [from point-max] of the raw master todo *.org file), but a list to keep track of previous notifications is indeed important as Tom indicated.
    – lawlist
    Commented Nov 25, 2014 at 19:30

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You can do this indirectly by exporting your org files to icalendar with C-c C-e c a and loading the resulting ics file in Thunderbird or Google Calendar or some other calendaring tool. Most such tools can give notifications about deadlines.

For Thunderbird, import the file as a "on the network" calendar with a url of file:///path/to/calendar.ics.

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