From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Jorge A. Alfaro Murillo" Subject: Re: Agenda in MobileOrg for Android Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 14:09:20 -0400 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=bcaec54eebba1c1a3504d9f175fe Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:51944) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UPczI-0001B1-2c for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:09:45 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UPczG-0007Vm-Pj for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:09:44 -0400 Received: from mail-vb0-x233.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400c:c02::233]:51383) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UPczG-0007Vi-K5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:09:42 -0400 Received: by mail-vb0-f51.google.com with SMTP id x19so4867946vbf.24 for ; Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:09:42 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: David Rogers Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --bcaec54eebba1c1a3504d9f175fe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I think entries of the form %%(org-class 2013 1 7 2013 4 27 2) 12:00pm-01:15pm TITLE show up on MobileOrg. I have org-mobile-agendas set up to 'default and they do for me. Also the synchronization with Google Calendar is quite good in Android, you can let then Google Calendar handles the remainders in your phone. > Marcin Borkowski writes: > >> Dnia 2013-04-07, o godz. 14:16:54 >> David Rogers napisa=C5=82(a): > >>> I have felt the same way. Is the reason it's not already done (and the >>> pitfall for you if you take on a project like this) that "re-write >>> major chunks of Emacs" is a pretty big job? >> >> ... >> Remember that the purpose of something like such an app (as opposed to >> Org-mode proper) would not be *editing* of text, but (primarily) >> *entering* texts (and short ones, for that matter), entering >> timestamps (which is quite convenient with any pointing device, >> including touchscreens) and things like changing todo states and >> clocking in and out - and that's basically it. In other words, a very >> small subset of Org-mode is needed here (at least for me). > I see what you mean. That makes more sense than what I said, and I like > your idea. > > The part that I want most from Org-mode on Android is being able to > automatically get audible reminders for all my appointments, whether > through a transfer into the phone's own calendar or some other way. The > current MobileOrg doesn't quite do the job, since it doesn't yet parse > things like this: > <%%(org-class 2013 03 01 2013 06 22 5 52 1 12 13)> > > ... In fact, last time I checked, it didn't even parse date stamps that > weren't in the headline... > > ... so my whole Org file has to be specially formatted, and some of > Org-mode's extremely useful features avoided, if I am going to satisfy > MobileOrg's requirements. > > Being able to edit is nice, but that doesn't take advantage of what I > really have the phone with me for - I see my phone as mainly a reminder > machine, not mainly an editing machine, and would love to see MobileOrg > (or some new project) gain the ability to parse every possible agenda > feature used in Org files, so that I can actually receive reminders for > all the items in my Org-mode agenda. If it came with a better way of > simple editing, that would be even better. > > -- > David --bcaec54eebba1c1a3504d9f175fe Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I think entries of the form
%%(org-class 2013= 1 7 2013 4 27 2) 12:00pm-01:15pm TITLE
show up on MobileOrg.
<= br>
I have org-mobile-agendas set up to 'default and they do for m= e.

Also the synchronization with Google Calendar is quite = good in Android, you can let then Google Calendar handles the remainders in= your phone.

> Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl> writes:
>
>> Dnia 2013-04-07, o godz. 14:16:54
>> David Rogers= <davidandrewrogers@gmail= .com> napisa=C5=82(a):
>
>>> I have felt the same = way. Is the reason it's not already done (and the
>>> pitfall for you if you take on a project like this) that "= ;re-write
>>> major chunks of Emacs" is a pretty big job?<= br>>>
>> ...
>> Remember that the purpose of someth= ing like such an app (as opposed to
>> Org-mode proper) would not be *editing* of text, but (primarily)>> *entering* texts (and short ones, for that matter), entering
= >> timestamps (which is quite convenient with any pointing device, >> including touchscreens) and things like changing todo states and>> clocking in and out - and that's basically it.=C2=A0 In othe= r words, a very
>> small subset of Org-mode is needed here (at lea= st for me).

> I see what you mean. That makes more sense than what I said, and I= like
> your idea.
>
> The part that I want most from Org= -mode on Android is being able to
> automatically get audible reminde= rs for all my appointments, whether
> through a transfer into the phone's own calendar or some other way= . The
> current MobileOrg doesn't quite do the job, since it does= n't yet parse
> things like this:

> <%%(org-class 20= 13 03 01 2013 06 22 5 52 1 12 13)>
>
> ... In fact, last time I checked, it didn't even parse dat= e stamps that
> weren't in the headline...
>
> ... so= my whole Org file has to be specially formatted, and some of
> Org-m= ode's extremely useful features avoided, if I am going to satisfy
> MobileOrg's requirements.
>
> Being able to edit is ni= ce, but that doesn't take advantage of what I
> really have the p= hone with me for - I see my phone as mainly a reminder
> machine, not= mainly an editing machine, and would love to see MobileOrg
> (or some new project) gain the ability to parse every possible agenda<= br>> feature used in Org files, so that I can actually receive reminders= for
> all the items in my Org-mode agenda. If it came with a better = way of
> simple editing, that would be even better.
>
> --
>= David

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