From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rainer@krugs.de (Rainer M. Krug) Subject: Re: Google calendar sync - what is recommended? Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:14:43 +0200 Message-ID: <874nferh5o.fsf@krugs.de> References: <87y5crrb72.fsf@krugs.de> <87k3obznhv.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:55740) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UPpF5-00075T-Hm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:14:53 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UPpF2-00059n-DL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:14:51 -0400 Received: from mail-we0-x231.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c03::231]:56910) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UPpF2-00059d-6Z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:14:48 -0400 Received: by mail-we0-f177.google.com with SMTP id o45so108767wer.22 for ; Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:14:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87k3obznhv.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> (Eric S. Fraga's message of "Tue, 9 Apr 2013 17:18:20 +0100") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode Eric S Fraga writes: > "Rainer M. Krug" writes: > > [...] > >> discussion recently which I did not follow to closely. Which approach is >> the recommended / most stable approach in syncing google calendar with >> org? > > We are in a state of flux. For quite a while, I used a two way > upload/download approach based on icalendar export from org to Google > and an awk script to convert Google calendar information into org. See > > http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-google-sync.html > > This is not a synchronisation approach. True - I have seen that one. > > However, more recently, I moved to org-caldav for syncing. There is a > link to this package from that web page as well (at the end). This > works really nicely. > > The problem is that Google has decided to no longer allow caldav access > to their Calendar system from sometime later this year, requiring people > to access the data in the calendar via the REST API. Google is doing strange hings at the moment - google reader, caldav, ... > > I have moved back to the two way upload/download procedure mentioned > above. Hm - I am thinking... We'll see what is coming out of this. > >> PS: org-unrelated gnus questions: >> >> 1) how can I insert these [1] footnotes in message-mode? Perfect - thanks > > Use footnote-mode > > http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/FootnoteMode > >> 2) how can I "quote" or "enclose" a block with these brackets in acsii code? > > I do not understand this question. Sorry. Please see the ASCII block thread - that one answers my question Thanks a lot, Rainer > > HTH, > eric <#secure method=pgpmime mode=sign> -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax : +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: Rainer@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug