From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: R: Problems with iCalendar export of my Calendar Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:31:34 +0100 Message-ID: References: <860153.85437.qm@web28304.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <87od0mf7ms.fsf@katana.lair> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) 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 1Kzyxf-00033s-SS for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:31:39 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kzyxf-00033f-8T for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:31:39 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35980 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kzyxe-00033U-R8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:31:38 -0500 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.191]:9882) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Kzyxe-0003Ax-Iu for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:31:38 -0500 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id c7so30108nfi.26 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:31:37 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87od0mf7ms.fsf@katana.lair> 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: "Georg C. F. Greve" Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Georg On Nov 11, 2008, at 7:19 PM, Georg C. F. Greve wrote: > Hi Giovanni, > > On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:38:28 +0000 (GMT) > Giovanni Ridolfi wrote: > > gr> Well, don't you like the "default" org-mode: > gr> with the number of days (1/3) ? > > No, I think that is very annoying. A time-range with first an active stamp and then an inactive meaning has no defined purpose in Org, and I cannot say what will happen in what circumstances. > > > The only numbers I want to see there are times. > > What I would want is something like this: > > Friday 7 December 2007 > abba: Gothenburg, Sweden > abba: 10:40-12:25 Flight SK 602 Zurich to Copenhagen > abba: 14:10-14:55 Flight SK 438 Copenhagen to Gothenburg > > where the "all day" or "time unspecific" events are listed on top > without any time, but properly indented, followed by all the timed > events in chronological order. You can get the un timed items first by configuring the variable `org-sort-agenda-notime-is-late'. That will not change the indentation though. Could be fixed, of course, that is a minor problem. > > gr> I think your org file should be structured better exploiting the > gr> :PROPERTIES: > > Thanks for the pointer. > > Indeed it seems that properties can solve a significant amount of the > issues, although I had been avoiding them so far as I find them to > decrease the usability of the file. One thing you can do is to set #+DRAWERS: dummy so that properties will not act as drawers anymore, so they will always be open and visible. > When editing a calendar, it is very helpful to see the times and > places > at first sight so you know that you don't have overlap or gaps. > > If times are hidden in properties, that is much harder. > > Also they are fairly cumbersome to edit. Properties? or dates? I happen to beliefe that there is no better input for times than those in Org. HTH - Carsten > gr> appears quite clear to me: "The export will honor SUMMARY, > gr> DESCRIPTION and LOCATION properties if the selected entries have > gr> them. If not, the summary will be derived from the headline, and > gr> the description from the body (limited to > gr> `org-icalendar-include-body' characters). " > > That last part is interesting. It had indeed not occured to me that I > could set org-icalendar-include-body to 0 in order to avoid bogus > descriptions. > > Regards, > Georg > > -- > Georg C. F. Greve > > Free Software Foundation Europe (http:// > fsfeurope.org) > President +41 43 500 03 66 ext > 400 > > Join the Fellowship and protect your freedom! (http:// > www.fsfe.org) > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode