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From: Stephen Eglen <S.J.Eglen@damtp.cam.ac.uk>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Cc: guivho@gmail.com
Subject: Handling Repeating events from google calendar / repeater interval
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 16:00:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <85k3l1nljo.fsf@damtp.cam.ac.uk> (raw)

I'm experimenting using ical2org.sh to import google calendars.  One
limitation, as noted in the header is:

# - does process RRULE recurring events, but ignores COUNT specifiers

so if you have a repeating event in google (e.g. every day for four
week), the ics file has:

RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;COUNT=4

The script will take the first day of the event, but not the remaining
three days.  I think this could be solved in a couple of ways:

1. create four events, moving the date by one each time.

2. extending the syntax of timestamps so that something like:

          * Pick up Sam at school
            <2007-05-16 Wed 12:30 3+1w>

means repeat this event 3 times (rather than indefinitely).  Or "+1w:3"
or something similar, I don't mind the syntax as long as it doesn't
break other parts of timestamps.

Has extending the syntax of the repeater interval been considered to
allow finite number of repeats?  I can offer to code something up for
consideration if this sounds sensible.

Thanks, Stephen

next             reply	other threads:[~2013-07-08 15:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-07-08 15:00 Stephen Eglen [this message]
2013-07-08 15:55 ` Handling Repeating events from google calendar / repeater interval Guido Van Hoecke
2013-07-09  9:08   ` Stephen Eglen
2013-07-31 13:45   ` Neil Smithline
2013-07-31 19:42     ` Guido Van Hoecke
2013-07-09  6:38 ` Simon Thum
2013-07-09  9:07   ` Stephen Eglen
     [not found]   ` <85ppuisdax.fsf@damtp.cam.ac.uk>
2013-07-21 10:44     ` Simon Thum
2013-07-23 14:42       ` Stephen Eglen
2013-07-28  9:00         ` Simon Thum
2013-07-30 13:06           ` Stephen Eglen
2013-07-31 12:48             ` Simon Thum
     [not found]               ` <m27gg6h1z8.fsf@damtp.cam.ac.uk>
2013-07-31 21:18                 ` Simon Thum
2013-08-08 20:56                   ` Simon Thum
2013-08-09 20:32                     ` Simon Thum

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