From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Max <maximilian.mustermann@gmail.com>
Cc: Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Exporting of sexps to iCalendar
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 07:21:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <609B35E4-7A2C-4A5D-A687-927E9A5E39DD@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <r2tcc90f17e1003311434t8afb4c25v53e05b0193cc8837@mail.gmail.com>
On Mar 31, 2010, at 11:34 PM, Max wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using MobileOrg to carry my Org-Mode files with me while being
> away
> from Emacs. MobileOrg works excellent for my task management and note
> taking needs. However, I often need to find a free slot in my calendar
> or need to get an overview of upcoming deadlines and MobileOrg's
> agenda
> views do not allow me to do this in a sufficiently quick manner.
>
> I thus export my Org-Mode files to iCalendar and then import the
> resulting file to my iPhone calendar via webdav. This works well
> for most events with the exception of the limited support for sexps
> in iCalendar export; I tend to use sexp quite extensively for all
> kinds of recurring events or events that require esoteric date
> calculations.
>
> If sexps work in agenda views, wouldn't it be great to resolve them in
> a similar manner when exporting to iCalendar instead of using the
> rather limited icalendar-export-region from icalendar.el? E.g. could
> sexps with multiple occurrences be resolved into multiple iCalendar
> events for the next n days? I think birthdays that are captured in
> BBDB would get properly exported as well.
Interesting idea, but non-trivial to implement, so I am not going to
do it, not soon anyway.
- Carsten
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