From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Exporting of sexps to iCalendar Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 07:21:13 +0200 Message-ID: <609B35E4-7A2C-4A5D-A687-927E9A5E39DD@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Nz2CV-0004uC-8s for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:23:51 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=39425 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nz2CT-0004tV-Tq for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:23:50 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nz2CS-00075S-Iv for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:23:49 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f214.google.com ([209.85.219.214]:65168) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nz2CS-000739-D8 for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:23:48 -0400 Received: by mail-ew0-f214.google.com with SMTP id 6so75989ewy.32 for ; Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:23:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: 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: Max Cc: Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Mar 31, 2010, at 11:34 PM, Max wrote: > Hi, > > I am using MobileOrg to carry my Org-Mode files with me while being > away > from Emacs. MobileOrg works excellent for my task management and note > taking needs. However, I often need to find a free slot in my calendar > or need to get an overview of upcoming deadlines and MobileOrg's > agenda > views do not allow me to do this in a sufficiently quick manner. > > I thus export my Org-Mode files to iCalendar and then import the > resulting file to my iPhone calendar via webdav. This works well > for most events with the exception of the limited support for sexps > in iCalendar export; I tend to use sexp quite extensively for all > kinds of recurring events or events that require esoteric date > calculations. > > If sexps work in agenda views, wouldn't it be great to resolve them in > a similar manner when exporting to iCalendar instead of using the > rather limited icalendar-export-region from icalendar.el? E.g. could > sexps with multiple occurrences be resolved into multiple iCalendar > events for the next n days? I think birthdays that are captured in > BBDB would get properly exported as well. Interesting idea, but non-trivial to implement, so I am not going to do it, not soon anyway. - Carsten