Re: [OT] org-caldav and radicale

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

Simon Thum <simon.thum@gmx.de> writes:

> On 01/19/2015 05:05 AM, Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
>> I'm finally getting around to trying to have an Org-generated calendar
>> available on my Android tablet. I looked at a few caldav servers, and
>> settled on Radicale as looking like about the right level of
>> usability/configurability.
>>
>> I don't think I'm doing it right, and can't find any examples online.
>> Can someone who's doing this (I know there are some of you) just show me
>> the basic configuration? Specifically, how do I create a new calendar on
>> the server, and how do I refer to it? My Radicale config has this:
>
> Well I just put it on my server over http/DAV and have it
> auto-regenerate from org (happens to be in git on the same machine)
> using a script. But even if you generate locally and push, the
> following might help you:

Thanks Simon!

It's true that it wouldn't be too hard just to export an ics and get it
onto the server somehow. But I'd still like to use org-caldav, as it
allows for two-way syncing, and that gets more complex. I guess I'll
just poke around in org-caldav and see exactly what it's doing, and
figure out where I'm going wrong.

> export bash script:
>
> # export ical via org (funnyly, the X.org-trick causes harm here)
> echo ">>> exporting iCalendar..."
> emacs -batch -l ~/.emacs.d/init.el -l ~/bin/ical-export-3.el --kill
>
> echo ">>> done with export."
>
>
> export elisp script:
>
>
> ;; export icalendar using new icalendar exporter
> (require 'ox-icalendar)
>
> ; remove-if and friends
> (require 'cl)
>
> ; inhibit source block execution during export
> (setq org-export-babel-evaluate nil)
>
> ;; TODO check this TZ (also if to give decimal 47 (solidus) prefix)
> (setq org-icalendar-timezone "Europe/Berlin")
>
> ;; while this violates iCal (missing VTIMEZONE), it is the nicest of
> options for my setup
> (setq org-icalendar-date-time-format ";TZID=%Z:%Y%m%dT%H%M%S")
>
> ;; Mins alarm
> (setq org-icalendar-alarm-time 15)
>
> ;; use inhertited tags for iCal categories (add TODO state?)
> (setq org-icalendar-categories '(all-tags))
>
> ;; target file
> (setq org-icalendar-combined-agenda-file "~/org-export/all.ics")
>
> ; create sumo "all.ics" iCal
> (org-icalendar-combine-agenda-files)
>
> ; create one without external stuff; sadly tags cannot yet be used
> (let (
>       (org-agenda-files (remove-if (lambda (f) (string-match
> "external" f)) (org-agenda-files)))
>       (org-icalendar-combined-agenda-file "~/org-export/org-native.ics")
>       )
>   (org-icalendar-combine-agenda-files)
>   )
>
>
> The last part (without external) is only relevant if you have external
> calendars represented in org that you do not neccessarily want
> re-represented in the ical. Anyway, tweak as neccessary.
>
>
> HTH,
>
> Simon
>
>>
>> [storage]
>> type = filesystem
>> filesystem_folder = /home/eric/apps/cal/collections
>>
>> If I touch a file called "eric" in the "collections" directory, and then
>> access the server via HTTP (ie http://cal.myserver.com/eric), the file
>> is correctly served as an (empty) calendar and downloaded by my browser.
>>
>> How do I get org-caldav to mesh with that? I thought this would do it:
>>
>> (setq org-caldav-url "http://cal.myserver.com")
>> (setq org-caldav-calendar-id "eric")
>>
>> But when I call `org-caldav-sync' it first collects all the headings
>> it's supposed to, and then gives me:
>>
>> org-caldav-get-event-etag-list: Error while getting eventlist from
>> http://cal.myserver.com/eric/. Got status code: 207.
>>
>> If I run it again, it offers to delete all the relevant Org headings.
>>
>> I suspect I've just got something configured wrong, but can't think of
>> what. Any pointers?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Eric
>>
>>
>>