patches for the notification system

Author: FlyingFathead

config/config.ini

@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ MaxAlertsPerUser = 100
 PollingIntervalSeconds = 5
 
 # How many old/past reminders to list
-ShowPastRemindersCount = 5
+ShowPastRemindersCount = 10
 
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 # Perplexity API

src/custom_functions.py

@@ -172,8 +172,12 @@ async def observe_chat():
     manage_reminder_function = {
         'name': 'manage_reminder',
         'description': """Manages user reminders (alerts); use if the user requests alerts, a timed notification, etc (hälytys, muistutus, ajastettu viesti..) Specify the action: 'add' to create, 'view' to list pending, 'delete' to remove by ID, or 'edit' to modify by ID. 
-        If you're unsure of the user's time zone, ask it first, and set the UTC alert accordingly. For instance, Finland is UTC+2 in winter and UTC+3 during summertime. Add the reminder in the user's own language! Suomeksi, jos käyttäjä puhuu suomea! Always ask the user's timezone if unsure.
-- For 'add': requires 'reminder_text' and exact 'due_time_utc' (ISO 8601 format, e.g., '2025-04-04T10:00:00Z'). Calculate UTC from user input based on current system UTC time. Notifications can be up to around 4000 characters or more.
+        If you're unsure of the user's time zone, ask it first, and set the UTC alert accordingly. 
+        For instance, Finland is UTC+2 in winter and UTC+3 during summertime. Add the reminder in the user's own language!
+        Lisää entry suomeksi, jos _käyttäjä_ puhuu suomea, englanniksi jos englantia.
+        Use the user's own language. 
+        Always ask the user's timezone before adding the entry if unsure.
+- For 'add': requires 'reminder_text' and exact 'due_time_utc' (ISO 8601 format, e.g., '2025-04-04T10:00:00Z'). Calculate UTC from user input based on current system UTC time. Notifications can be up to around 4000 characters or more; is automatically split when sending.
 - For 'view': no other parameters needed.
 - For 'delete': requires 'reminder_id'.
 - For 'edit': requires 'reminder_id' and at least one of 'reminder_text' or 'due_time_utc'.""",

src/main.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 #
 # version of this program
-version_number = "0.7611"
+version_number = "0.7612"
 
 # Add the project root directory to Python's path
 import sys

src/text_message_handler.py

@@ -1210,11 +1210,21 @@ async def handle_message(bot, update: Update, context: CallbackContext, logger)
                             message=final_reply,
                             source='manage_reminder'
                         )
-                        await context.bot.send_message(
-                            chat_id=chat_id,
-                            text=final_reply,
-                            parse_mode=ParseMode.HTML
-                        )
+
+                        message_parts = split_message(final_reply, max_length=4000)
+
+                        for part in message_parts:
+                            await context.bot.send_message(
+                                chat_id=chat_id,
+                                text=part,
+                                parse_mode=ParseMode.HTML
+                            )
+
+                        # await context.bot.send_message(
+                        #     chat_id=chat_id,
+                        #     text=final_reply,
+                        #     parse_mode=ParseMode.HTML
+                        # )
 
                         stop_typing_event.set()
                         return