From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: iCal export of repeated tasks Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:54:04 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20080610101715.GF5498@atlantic.linksys.moosehall> <20080612100559.GE19396@atlantic.linksys.moosehall> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v924) 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 1K6kRW-00051B-9P for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:54:10 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K6kRV-00050C-Pb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:54:09 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45520 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K6kRU-0004zx-Oo for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:54:09 -0400 Received: from korteweg.uva.nl ([146.50.98.70]:13907) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K6kRU-0002SO-Ej for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:54:08 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20080612100559.GE19396@atlantic.linksys.moosehall> 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: Adam Spiers Cc: org-mode mailing list On Jun 12, 2008, at 12:05 PM, Adam Spiers wrote: > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 08:02:48AM +0200, Carsten Dominik wrote: >> On Jun 10, 2008, at 12:17 PM, Adam Spiers wrote: >> >>> Currently, if I have a repeated task such as >>> >>> * NEXT [#B] water plants >>> SCHEDULED: <2008-06-16 Mon 10:30-10:45 .+1w> >>> >>> then iCal export includes something like this in the VEVENT: >>> >>> RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=1 >>> >>> For most repeated tasks, this is a perfectly sensible default. >>> However, for a task of this nature, I only want to see the next >>> occurrence show up in my calendar client - any more just clutters up >>> the monthly view. So I would suggest that there should be an option >>> to control whether the repeated occurrences get exported. Even >>> better >>> if you could limit this to only apply to certain types of repeat; >>> maybe having it only apply to the 'battery charging' type of >>> renewable >>> events denoted by '.+' would make a sensible default? >> >> I don't think the icalendar format does support repeated entries >> for a >> limited time interval, does it? > > Quite possibly not - however this need not get in the way of my > suggestion, which was simply to export the repeated event as a one-off > where appropriate. Does that make sense? Not really, to be honest. I am having trouble to envision a good definitions of when a repeated event is a repeated one and when not. - Carsten