From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Karl Voit Subject: Org-mode is not able to manage complex calendar events (was: org and microsoft exchange) Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:53:36 +0200 Message-ID: <2011-06-20T13-43-17@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> References: <87aaddaqhz.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> Reply-To: news1142@Karl-Voit.at Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:33594) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QYd3H-000222-8i for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:54:00 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QYd3C-0002P0-FH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:53:59 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:56907) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QYd3C-0002OU-22 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:53:54 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QYd39-0008PL-Gu for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:53:51 +0200 Received: from mail.michael-prokop.at ([88.198.6.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:53:51 +0200 Received: from news1142 by mail.michael-prokop.at with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:53:51 +0200 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@gnu.org * Eric S Fraga wrote: > > In my case, it's more about calendar events than tasks. My tasks are > typically for my information only but meetings etc involve multiple > people. IMHO: Org-mode does *not* seem to be made for managing calendar events that go beyond simple one-time-occurrence events. but you *have* to support at least the same featureset of Outlook Calendar in order to think of a (two-way-) sync mechanism to Org-mode. Yes, there is this sexp-workaround[1] for more complex things but quite frankly: this is not an option for the ordinary user like me (not having that much ELISP knowledge). And even with sexp, you can not map recurring events with exceptions, irregular recurring events, and so forth. For me as a relatively newbee (related to Emacs and Org-mode) it is clear that I can not move my current calendar environment to Org-mode. Unfortunately. So far, I do have my old calendar setup (in JPilot/PalmOS) and additionally my task-only-related calendar in Org-mode. But I'd love to see an advanced and easy to use calendar environment in Org-mode! I love Pimlical[2] and its DateBk6 for PalmOS in terms of: easy to use, very flexible, able to map all kinds of complex requirements, ... 1. http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Sexp-Diary-Entries.html 2. http://www.pimlicosoftware.com/ -- Karl Voit