From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Piotr Zielinski" Subject: Re: Org-Mode to handle appointments ? Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 00:39:49 +0100 Message-ID: <3c12eb8d0701081539x41c55a1em4d967a0e68835313@mail.gmail.com> References: <87wt3xqggz.fsf@tallis.lumiere.ens.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H445q-0004Am-7F for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:39:54 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H445m-000494-Jn for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:39:53 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H445m-00048z-ED for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:39:50 -0500 Received: from [64.233.162.234] (helo=nz-out-0506.google.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1H445m-0007FE-3q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:39:50 -0500 Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s1so1058970nze for ; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:39:49 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87wt3xqggz.fsf@tallis.lumiere.ens.fr> Content-Disposition: inline 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: Bastien Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Bastien, Personally, I use org-mode for personal planning (todos, deadlines, etc), but for appointments I use calendar programs (Google Calendar in my case). If your calendar program understands the iCalendar format, then you can convert it to the diary format, which can then be incorporated into org-agenda view. I think I have posted scripts to do this automatically to this mailing list some time ago; if not, I can post them again. You can also store your appointments in your org file as you suggested, although I haven't tried this approach. I think it all boils down to how do you identify your appointments. If you think of all/most of your appointments as tightly bound to particular projects, then storing them in an org-file under a particular project might be a good idea. If your appointments are usually not bound to particular projects, or you need advanced calendar scheduling functions (eg. appt every second tuesday), then diary or a calendar program is a better idea I think. It allows you to think of appointments in terms of time rather than projects they belong to. Piotr On 08/01/07, Bastien wrote: > Hi Carsten and list, > > many thanks for Org-Mode 4.61, 'works smoothly here. > > I was wondering if org-mode could handle appointments. This seems to > be a natural extension, no? I guess insinuating appts into the diary > would be processed by the &%%(org-diary) function. > > What do you people think of this ? > > All the best, and a happy new year to everyone! > > -- > Bastien > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > -- Piotr Zielinski, Research Associate Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~pz215/