Re: Status google calendar sync

[Mark Elston <m_elston@comcast.net>]

On 1/30/2011 5:28 AM, Greg Troxel wrote:
>
> Mark Elston<m_elston@comcast.net>  writes:
>> On 1/29/2011 12:44 PM, Greg Troxel wrote:
 >>
>> I have never made use of any .ical/.ics files so this hasn't been an
>> issue for me.  The only UUIDs I am dealing with are google calendar's
>> own internal UUIDs.  I don't know how they compare with other UUIDs.
>
> I suspect, but am 100% not sure, that sending events to google calendar
> via the command-line tools is conceptually similar to exporting to ical
> and doing an import to some ical-style GUI calendar program.

You are probably correct here.  I did some digging into ical and get the
feeling that the ids are the same thing.

>> What I am working on now is a python script to initialize some of the
>> info I have in my org files with info from google (including the google
>> UUID).  Most of this will go into a property drawer.  This drawer can
>> certainly be expanded to contain additional data from other tools as
>> necessary.
>
> I think you're thinking the same problem I didn't articulate very well....
>
>    events in iCalendar/etc. systems (including google calendar) have a
>    UUID, and those systems typically can accept an existing UUID on
>    import
>
>    org events have a UUID, at least after org-mobile-export, and it's
>    "ID" in properties drawer.  I'm not sure if these can be used as-is
>    when exporting via iCalendar.
>
>    someone might end up with the same event in both systems, but without
>    matching UUIDs.  In that case, there needs to be some way to merge
>    events and remember both UUIDs so that future syncing keeps the events
>    merged.

What I have done is to have a property called GOOGLE_UUID to keep track
of that item.  This way, if any other property gets added it probably
won't conflict and I can keep track of google stuff separately.

>> What I would like is to be able to shuffle my schedule in org as it is
>> often a more convenient interface for this than *any* calendar I have
>> used for the kinds of things I have to do.  Once I get the dates/times
>> for individual events the way I want them I would then push them to
>> google (or wherever).  My notes and other useful data stay in org.
>
> Agreed; this is what I would like to do also.  But I would like to also
> be able to change a time in [non-org scheduling program] or add an event
> (perhaps via a mailed iCalendar invitation) and have those flow into
> org.

I am working on the logic to do that right now.  It is easier for me to
work in Python as I am not an elisp expert but I am going to have to
do *some* of this in elisp eventually.

> ical export seems to be present in org, but I found duplicated events
> after multiple exports.  I need to find time to try it more and either
> fix it or construct a good bug report.

I have had some confusion regarding repeated events.  Does this have
anything to do with what you saw?

Mark