I can't tell exactly what you have in mind. Can't you just add (find-file "
meetings.org") to the function?

or wrap the whole thing like this:


(defun z/export-to-ics ()
(interactive)
(with-current-buffer (find-file-noselect "meetings.org")
(rename-file (org-icalendar-export-to-ics)
"/home/zeltak/org/files/export/kcal.ics")
(message "exported to ics")))


John

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On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 9:39 AM, Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> wrote:

> anyone? kinda stuck here :)
>
> thx!
>
>
> z
>
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi again all
>>
>> so i have a related question so ill continue in this thread. i have been
>> using this command succesfully in the last few weeks
>>
>> (defun z/export-to-ics ()
>> (interactive)
>> (rename-file (org-icalendar-export-to-ics)
>> "/home/zeltak/org/files/export/kcal.ics")
>> (message "exported to ics"))
>>
>>
>> this forces me to first open the file i want (meetings.org) and then
>> launch the above command. is there a way to auto make the above function to
>> auto export meeting.org each time without opening it first?
>>
>> thx
>>
>> Z
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 6:27 PM, Philip Hudson <phil.hudson@iname.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> You have _two_ concerns here. First is what to do when you save
>>> "meetings.org", second is what to do every half hour. Your code
>>> handles both of them, essentially correctly, but in the wrong place.
>>>
>>> On 13 July 2016 at 09:41, Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Thx
>>> >
>>> > i do have this now
>>> >
>>> >   (defun z/save-meeting-to-ics ()
>>> >     "If the current file is in '~/.dotfiles', the code blocks are
>>> tangled"
>>> >     (when (equal (buffer-file-name)
>>> >                  (expand-file-name "/home/zeltak/org/files/agenda/
>>> meetings.org"))
>>>
>>> This means the code will only execute if the current buffer is
>>> "meetings.org" when it executes. That _is_ what you want when you save
>>> meetings.org, but it _is not_ what you want when the timer executes.
>>>
>>> Break out the body of the `when' form into its own function, and call
>>> that function from the timer, instead of `z/save-meeting-to-ics'.
>>>
>>> >  (rename-file (org-icalendar-export-to-ics)
>>> > "/home/zeltak/org/files/export/kcal.ics")
>>> >       (message "exported to ics")))
>>> >
>>> > ;;run every 30 minutes
>>> >
>>> > (run-with-timer 0 (* 30 60) 'z/save-meeting-to-ics)
>>> > ;;(run-with-idle-timer 600 t #'org-agenda-redo) ;; to rebuild it every
>>> 600
>>> > second
>>> > ;;  (add-hook 'after-save-hook #'z/save-meeting-to-ics)
>>> >
>>> > yet i cant get the ics file to be created niether when i save the
>>> > meeting.org file
>>>
>>> For this, you need to add `z/save-meeting-to-ics' to the Emacs global
>>> variable `after-save-hook' using function `add-hook'.
>>>
>>> > nor every 600 seconds.
>>>
>>> You mean 1800 seconds, I think.
>>>
>>> > what am i missing here?
>>> >
>>> > thx
>>> >
>>> > Z
>>> >
>>> > On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 9:49 PM, Philip Hudson <phil.hudson@iname.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> On 26 June 2016 at 16:38, Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> > Hi all
>>> >> >
>>> >> > so i have pathetic coding skill but managed somehow to come up with
>>> this
>>> >> >
>>> >> >  (defun z/save-meeting-to-ics ()
>>> >> >     "If the current file is in '~/.dotfiles', the code blocks are
>>> >> > tangled"
>>> >> >     (when (equal (buffer-file-name)
>>> >> >                  (expand-file-name
>>> >> > "/home/zeltak/org/files/agenda/meetings.org"))
>>> >> >       (org-icalendar-export-to-ics)
>>> >> >       (message "exported to ics")))
>>> >> >
>>> >> > this does save the org file "meetings.org" to an ICS file in the
>>> same
>>> >> > folder
>>> >> > as the file. but i want to do 2 additional things:
>>> >> > 1)save the resulting ICS file to a different directory
>>> >> > 2)run this function every X hours (lets say every 2 hours)
>>> >> >
>>> >> > any clue guys?
>>> >> >
>>> >> > thx!
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Z
>>> >>
>>> >> For 1), change:
>>> >>
>>> >>     (org-icalendar-export-to-ics)
>>> >>
>>> >> to something like this:
>>> >>
>>> >>     (rename-file (org-icalendar-export-to-ics)
>>> your-preferred-pathname)
>>> >>
>>> >> For 2), evaluate this:
>>> >>
>>> >>     (info "(elisp) Timers")
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> Phil Hudson                   http://hudson-it.ddns.net
>>> >> @UWascalWabbit                 PGP/GnuPG ID: 0x887DCA63
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Phil Hudson                   http://hudson-it.ddns.net
>>> @UWascalWabbit                 PGP/GnuPG ID: 0x887DCA63
>>>
>>
>>
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