ireminder - Prayer time reminder
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Copyright
iremidner is subject to the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Copyright © 2006, Arabeyes, Nadim Shaikli.
Description
The ireminder script is written in perl and is meant to be a simplistic wrapper to call and process the
'ipraytime' application. ireminder is used to remind the user via audio indicators of an impending
Islamic prayer event.
Examples
Here is an example of using ireminder to display a message prayer time, ignoring imsaak and shorooq:
ireminder -skip "imsaak shorooq" -execs "notify-send -t 1000000 \"Ireminder\" \"It is time for %s.\"" &
Another Example:
ireminder -execr "xmessage %m" -execs "xmessage %m"
Name
ireminder - Prayer time reminder
Options
Some of the options within ireminder allow for list inputs, those are meant to be a quoted series of
text/numbers.
-ipraytimepath
Specify the path to the ipraytime executable. Unless this options is specified, the script will
default to look for the binary in /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin and the current directory.
-skipevent_name
Specify name of prayer/event to skip, valid options include "imsaak fajr shorooq zuhr asr maghrib
isha" (list ok).
-reminderminutes
Specify prior to how many minutes to remind (list ok).
-inplace
Specify to print output in-place (without scrolling).
-execrcmd
Specify an external application trigger for reminders. The %m directive is recognized and is
substituted with the normal output message or string. The %s directive is recognized and is
substituted by the salat's name.
-execscmd
Specify an external application trigger for when the salat reaches its appointed time (ie. "salat
now"). The %m directive is recognized and is substituted with the normal output message or
string. The %s directive is recognized and is substituted by the salat's name.
-help Produce a help screen.
Reporting Bugs
Report bugs on the web using http://bugs.arabeyes.orgSee Also
ipraytime(1)-Theunderlyingprayertimescalculatorusediremidner. The ITL library (libitl) from the Islamic Tools and Libraries project. It is the underlying requirement for ireminder to function. The ITL library was created and is hosted at www.arabeyes.org. ireminder May 01, 2010 IREMINDER(1)
Synopsis
ireminder [-ipraytime path] [-skip event_name] [-reminder minutes] [-inplace] [-execr cmd] [-execs cmd]
[-help]