*Org Src spacemacs.org[ emacs-lisp ]*

(setq diary-file "~/Dropbox/org/diary.org")

(add-hook 'after-save-hook
          '(lambda ()
             (if (string-match-p (regexp-quote "~/Dropbox/org/brain") (buffer-file-name))
                 (org-agenda-to-appt))))

(defun talky-popup (title msg &optional icon sound)
  "Show a popup if we're on X, or echo it otherwise; TITLE is the title
of the message, MSG is the context. Optionally, you can provide an ICON and
a sound to be played"

  (interactive)
  ;;verbal warning

  (shell-command
   ;;  (concat "espeak -v mb-en1 -k5 -s125 " "'" title " " msg "'" " --stdout | paplay") ;; use local espeak
   (concat "echo " "'" title "'" " " "'" msg "'" " |text-to-speech en-gb")  ;; use remote Google voices
    ;; text-to-speech is from https://github.com/taylorchu/speech-to-text-text-to-speech
   )
  (if (eq window-system 'x)
    (shell-command (concat "notify-send -u critical -t 1800000  "

                     (if icon (concat "-i " icon) "")
                     " '" title "' '" msg "'"))
    ;; text only version

    (message (concat title ": " msg))))

;; the appointment notification facility
(setq
  appt-message-warning-time 15 ;; warn 15 min in advance

  appt-display-mode-line t     ;; show in the modeline
  appt-display-format 'window) ;; use our func
(appt-activate 1)              ;; active appt (appointment notification)
(display-time)                 ;; time display is required for this...

;; our little façade-function for talky-popup
 (defun talky-appt-display (min-to-app new-time msg)
    (talky-popup (format "In %s minutes:" min-to-app) msg
  ;;    "/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/status/appointment-soon.png"   ;; optional icon

  ;;    "/usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/phone-incoming-call.ogg"    ;; optional sound

        ))
  (setq appt-disp-window-function (function talky-appt-display))