Don't take this the wrong way, but it's more likely that you'd learn cron faster than it will get implemented. Alarmed is a neat, lightweight and flexible app, but not extremely active. Plus, the command line is your friend on Linux (and on other OSs) and you're kind of stuck with it.

There are examples of scripts everywhere - the wiki, the Queen Beacon thread, tips and tricks threads. Alarmed has the ability to call a script and that is almost enough. For example, you can use mplayer to play audio or video for an alarm, rather than call the UI. Profile switching is also done with scripts (internally), in fact it's (mostly) all scripts.

There's a PhoneControl CLI app that allows miscellaneous tasks to be done (like BT on/off), there's a smscon that allows SMS, etc.

It's more complicated, agreed, but it allows one to do just about anything without depending on updates. And since most of us use that anyway, it's not likely to be added to the GUI.

You can start here. Put commands in a file (whatever.sh) and mark it as executable (chmod +x). Then put the path to the script in alarmed. Or call "sh /path/to/script".

Sometimes, you can use QBW (Queen Beacon) for the same purpose, when a manual switch is needed, or for smaller intervals, or for not waking up phone. Same deal, just call the script.

Neat stuff is available at above link. Play, stop, call, SMS, 2G/3G, offline mode, the works.