Re: Translator: remind2org

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

On Jan 12, 2008, at 5:55 PM, Detlef Steuer wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> remind (http://www.roaringpenguin.com/products/remind) is a very
> powerful command line calendaring program. Its features superseed
> the possibilities of orgmode in the area of date specifying,
> so that I want to use it combined with orgmode.
>
> Using the script below I'm able use remind and incorporate its output
> in my agenda views.
> The default of using 13 months look ahead is easily changed. It just
> happens I sometimes like to look a year into the future. :-)
>
> Any comments welcome! Be friendly ;-) , that's my first python program
> ever. So it may be stupid as hell and bad python style.
>
> There is no sophisticated logic to get nice orgmode output.
> I only cared to get all dates. Nevertheless it does what I need.
>
> Hope someone finds this useful.
>
> detlef
>
> Carsten: Btw. I think the headings "orgmode to XXX" and "XXX to
> orgmode" must be exchanged!

Fixed, thanks.

- Carsten

>
>
>
> -------------------------snip------------------------
>
> #!/usr/bin/python
> # coding=utf-8
> # remind2org.py converts the simple calendar output from remind
> # in files suitable for orgmode.
> # Two arguments are expected:
> # - first argument: filename for remind input file
> # - second argument: filename for orgmode output file
> # Version: 0.1
> # Notice: You must include the outputfile in your org-agenda-files
> #
> # Copyright (c) 2008
> # Dr. Detlef Steuer <steuer@hsu-hh.de>
> # 12.1.2008
>
> import os, sys
>
> def processremindline(zeile):
>    fields = zeile.split(' ')
>    fieldnumber = len(fields)
>    if fieldnumber < 2: return
>    scheduled =  fields[0].replace('/','-')
>    if fields[4] != '*': scheduled = ' '.join([scheduled, fields[5]])
>    outline = '**'
>    for number in range(5, fieldnumber):
>        outline = ' '.join([outline , fields[number]])
>    outline =  ''.join([outline,'   <', scheduled, '>'])
>    return outline
>
> if __name__ == '__main__':
>    if len(sys.argv) != 3 :
>        print 'Usage: remind2org remindfile orgfile'
>        sys.exit()
>    remindersfilename = sys.argv[1]
>    orgfilename = sys.argv[2]
>    remind = '/usr/bin/remind'
>    remindcmd = ' '.join([remind, '-b1 -ss -C13'])
>    entries = os.popen('
> '.join([remindcmd,remindersfilename])).readlines() entrynumber =
> len(entries) orgfile = open(orgfilename,'w')
>    print >> orgfile, '* Termine aus remind2org'
>    print >> orgfile, '#+CATEGORY: REMIND'
>    for i in range(entrynumber):
>        print >> orgfile , processremindline(entries[i])
>    orgfile.close()
>
> -----------------------------snip--------------------------
>
>
>
> -- 
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>
>
>
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