From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russell Adams Subject: Re: ICS import? Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:58:23 -0600 Message-ID: <20120126005823.GC3747@x201> References: <20120125173421.GQ3747@x201> <9802.1327513848@alphaville> <3023.1327520270@alphaville> <4180.1327526628@alphaville> <20120125235059.GZ3747@x201> <5794.1327537266@alphaville> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:55864) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RqDfa-00084Q-0d for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:58:30 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RqDfY-0005jj-RN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:58:29 -0500 Received: from jack.asmallorange.com ([74.52.119.82]:58086) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RqDfY-0005jb-Mx for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:58:28 -0500 Received: from [64.134.98.69] (helo=localhost) by jack.asmallorange.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RqDfV-002QQ0-Qx for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:58:26 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5794.1327537266@alphaville> 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 On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 07:21:06PM -0500, Nick Dokos wrote: > Russell Adams wrote: > > > It's awkward having to mail folks back and ask that they resend the > > date/time and details as text for me, just so I can manually enter > > them into my calendar. > > > > You don't need to do that: you can save the text/calendar attachment in > a file and then use icalendar-import-file on the file to get it into > your diary. > > You can then copy the data from your diary or if you do > > (setq org-agenda-include-diary t) > > it will then show up in your agenda and you can copy the data from > *there* into your appt.org or wherever. Wow! I had no idea that functionality was available. I just don't use diary... I'd prefer to use a capture buffer. I need to look into this further. > I suspect this is quicker (and certainly less awkward) than asking them > to send you text. The only downside is that you will not be a thorn on their > side any more, so they will feel free to continue with their uncivilized > ways - barbarians ;-) At least ics isn't xml. Then they'd be sparkly undead barbarians. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Russell Adams RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.com PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ Fingerprint: 1723 D8CA 4280 1EC9 557F 66E8 1154 E018 1160 DCB3