From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Shelagh Manton Subject: Re: Keeping Your Appointments in org Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 22:33:21 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <4965C946.7050805@manor-farm.org> <6ac505ad0901080247l33bfcf34obe6d214ebbc19735@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LL3Rf-00035k-46 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:33:43 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LL3Ra-00032X-H4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:33:42 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34447 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LL3Ra-00032Q-9N for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:33:38 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:46760 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LL3RZ-0000p4-Kb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:33:38 -0500 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LL3RV-0002Kv-Aw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:33:33 +0000 Received: from 203-219-222-168-cbr-pow-ts2-2600.tpgi.com.au ([203.219.222.168]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:33:33 +0000 Received: from shelagh.manton by 203-219-222-168-cbr-pow-ts2-2600.tpgi.com.au with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:33:33 +0000 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:47:37 -0200, Daniel Martins wrote: > I have the same migration problem. > > I still use Google Calendar to share appts with my students. Sometimes > they mark an appt on certain dates etc... > > My migration problem is threefold since I migrated from planner-el too > and I use remind a lot. I like wyrd for remote operation and I had > remind - diary - ical and planner-el very integrated. > > I posted an email about this topíc a couple of weeks ago. > > I sincerely think that org-mode would be improved from using remind. At > least until org-mode have all the calendar niceties that remind provides > for quite complex periodic dates and "strange" holidays and non working > days. Remind is quite a powerful calendar parser. > > > Wyrd (a remind interface) is a clean interface to see appts and schedule > even remotely. > > Org-mode however exceeds remind, wyrd and planner-el as tool for > organization as a whole. > > > An interesting aspect is that we can use the "remind path" to automate > some of the conversion from ical (eg Google Calendar) to org-mode. > > The ical -> org-mode could be done using the longer path > > ical -> remind -> diary -> org-mode > > Via > > ical -> remind: http://wiki.43folders.com/index.php/*ICal2Rem* > > remind -> diary: Sacha's rem2diary > > diary -> org-mode: (setq org-agenda-include-diary t) > > > the reverse path could be directly > > org-mode -> ical > > .reminders.org.deadline > .reminders.org.scheduled > > However to add all my appts in > .reminders.org.deadline and > .reminders.org.scheduled > from inside org-mode > > I think that > > org2rem > from Bastien > > is lacking a few features such as timed reminders and generates a non > completely compatible .reminders files > > I have made some corrections and org2rem is working better now but it is > still lacking to add appts with timestamps (ie with no SCHEDULED: or > DEADLINE: tags) > > If someone is also interested I cand send my version of org2rem I am interested in your version of org2rem. I use remind quite regularly in conjunction with org-mode and tried a few months ago to work out how to improve org2rem myself, either stripping the org-mode priority cookies or changing them to something remind could use, but my lisp skills are too feeble to work out how to do it. Shelagh > > I hope this helps, > > Daniel > > 2009/1/8 Ian Barton > >> As it's the start of a new year, I want to move my appointments from >> Google Calendar as the primary source to org. When my system in org is >> running smoothly I will export to Google Calendar on a regular basis. >> >> Searching back through the list there are quite a lot of snippets >> describing how people use org to keep appointments, but no overview. I >> would like to write a tutorial on how you can keep your appointments in >> org, so I thought that I would ask list members if they would post some >> details of their system. >> >> I am intending to keep my appointments in a dedicated org file ( >> calendar.org). At the moment I am using a remember template which adds >> them with a tag of APPT. I the use a custom agenda view if I only want >> to see appointments. >> >> I am particularly interested in the best way to deal with repeating >> appointments. For example how do you deal with a weekly appointment >> that has a defined start and end date. >> >> Ian. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing >> list >> Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >> > I have the same migration problem.

I still use Google Calendar to > share appts with my students. Sometimes they mark an appt on certain > dates etc...

My migration problem is threefold since I migrated > from planner-el too and  I use remind a lot. I like wyrd for remote > operation and I had remind - diary - ical and planner-el very > integrated.
> >
I posted an email about this topíc a couple of weeks ago.

I > sincerely think that org-mode would be improved from using remind. At > least until org-mode have all the calendar niceties that remind provides > for quite complex periodic dates and "strange" holidays and > non working days. Remind is quite a powerful calendar parser.
>

Wyrd (a remind interface) is a clean interface to see appts and > schedule even remotely.

Org-mode however exceeds remind, wyrd and > planner-el as tool for organization as a whole.


An > interesting aspect is that we can use the "remind path" to > automate some of the conversion from ical (eg Google Calendar) to > org-mode.

The ical -> org-mode could be done using the longer > path

ical -> remind -> diary -> > org-mode

Via

ical -> remind:  href="http://wiki.43folders.com/index.php/" > target="_blank">http://wiki.43folders.com/index.php/ICal2Rem
> >
remind -> diary:   Sacha's rem2diary

diary -> > org-mode:  (setq org-agenda-include-diary > t)       


the reverse > path could be directly

org-mode -> > ical

.reminders.org.deadline
.reminders.org.scheduled

However  > to add all my appts in
.reminders.org.deadline and
>  .reminders.org.scheduled
  from inside org-mode

I > think that

org2rem
from Bastien

is lacking a few > features such as timed reminders and generates a non completely > compatible .reminders files

I have made some corrections and > org2rem is working better now but it is still lacking to add appts with > timestamps (ie with no SCHEDULED: or DEADLINE: tags)

If someone > is also interested I cand send my version of org2rem

I hope this > helps,

Daniel

2009/1/8 Ian Barton > < href="mailto:lists@manor-farm.org">lists@manor-farm.org>
>
As it's > the start of a new year, I want to move my appointments from Google > Calendar as the primary source to org. When my system in org is running > smoothly I will export to Google Calendar on a regular basis.
> >
> Searching back through the list there are quite a lot of snippets > describing how people use org to keep appointments, but no overview. I > would like to write a tutorial on how you can keep your appointments in > org, so I thought that I would ask list members if they would post some > details of their system.
> >
> I am intending to keep my appointments in a dedicated org file ( href="http://calendar.org" target="_blank">calendar.org). At the > moment I am using a remember template which adds them with a tag of > APPT. I the use a custom agenda view if I only want to see > appointments.
> >
> I am particularly interested in the best way to deal with repeating > appointments. For example how do you deal with a weekly appointment that > has a defined start and end date.

> Ian.
>
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