add default alarm configuration option

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ not released yet
   config file (via the new [palette] section, check the documenation)
 * NEW timedelta strings can now have a leading `+`, e.g. `+1d`
 * NEW Add `--json` option to output event data as JSON objects
+* NEW Add default alarms configuration option
 
 0.11.2
 ======

khal/controllers.py

@@ -410,6 +410,11 @@ def new_from_string(collection, calendar_name, conf, info, location=None,
         conf['default']['default_dayevent_duration'],
         adjust_reasonably=True,
     )
+    if alarms is None:
+        if info['allday']:
+            alarms = conf['default']['default_dayevent_alarm']
+        else:
+            alarms = conf['default']['default_event_alarm']
     info.update({
         'location': location,
         'categories': categories,

khal/settings/khal.spec

@@ -216,6 +216,12 @@ default_event_duration = timedelta(default='1d')
 # Define the default duration for an event ('khal new' only)
 default_dayevent_duration = timedelta(default='1h')
 
+# Define the default alarm for a day-long event, e.g. '12h' ('khal new' only)
+default_event_alarm = string(default='')
+
+# Define the default alarm for an event, e.g. '10m' ('khal new' only)
+default_dayevent_alarm = string(default='')
+
 # Whether the mouse should be enabled in interactive mode ('khal interactive' and
 # 'ikhal' only)
 enable_mouse = boolean(default=True)

tests/settings_test.py

@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ def test_simple_config(self):
                 'timedelta': dt.timedelta(days=2),
                 'default_event_duration': dt.timedelta(days=1),
                 'default_dayevent_duration': dt.timedelta(hours=1),
+                'default_event_alarm': '',
+                'default_dayevent_alarm': '',
                 'show_all_days': False,
                 'enable_mouse': True,
             }
@@ -105,6 +107,8 @@ def test_small(self):
                 'default_dayevent_duration': dt.timedelta(hours=1),
                 'show_all_days': False,
                 'enable_mouse': True,
+                'default_event_alarm': '',
+                'default_dayevent_alarm': '',
             }
         }
         for key in comp_config: