From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Harkins < jamshark70@gmail.com> Subject: Re: from Android to org's calendar in a painless way? Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 03:20:33 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20130828143720.101b267a@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58419) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VEsn9-0004px-C7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Aug 2013 23:21:09 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VEsn2-0002dm-8E for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Aug 2013 23:21:03 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:45748) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VEsn2-0002dD-16 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Aug 2013 23:20:56 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VEsmx-0000mb-KG for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Aug 2013 05:20:52 +0200 Received: from 116.161.136.219.broad.gz.gd.dynamic.163data.com.cn ([116.161.136.219.broad.gz.gd.dynamic.163data.com.cn]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2013 05:20:51 +0200 Received: from jamshark70 by 116.161.136.219.broad.gz.gd.dynamic.163data.com.cn with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2013 05:20:51 +0200 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Renato gmail.com> writes: > I know MobileOrg for Android, but I currently only use it to sync > things from the computer to the phone (i.e. I just use it to have > my .org files with me all the time, for consulting) - the other way > around I find clumsy, because I have to remember, when on the computer, > to open a specific file and refile entries. Check your settings and verify that "Advanced capture" is enabled. (In the most recent mobileorg version, this is under Settings > Synchronization.) This shows you to add new nodes underneath existing nodes, so that org-mobile-pull will put them under the right heading in emacs. If the existing heading has no sub-headings, the way to add a new heading under it is to tap+hold on the heading. Then you'll see options to view, edit and add -- (+). > I just realized that from MobileOrg you can add only TODO entries, you > can't put an active date on it (and thus it won't show in the android > calendar). So that really doesn't work the way I'd like. Not true -- the menu key (in android 4, the three dots at top right) reveals "Add tag," "Add scheduled," "Add deadline" and "Add timestamp." One quirk is that these options aren't available if you're editing the "payload" (free text belonging to the heading). This makes sense because properties like dates are part of the payload too. Unfortunately, new dated nodes in mobileorg don't appear in the calendar until after you sync to the computer and then resync to android. I filed a bug report about that. Also, calendar sync is not working on my Android 4 tablet after the most recent OS update from Asus. I've filed a bug report about that too, and asked on the mobileorg mailing list, but so far, no response. (This surprises me -- usually the list is pretty responsive.) > So, is there a painless way of adding events into my org-mode calendar > from my Android phone? By painless I mean as easy as adding something > into Android's built-in calendar, or as close to that as possible Mobileorg is not quite *that* painless at it, but it generally works well enough for my needs. Also, the latest mobileorg (0.9.13) has a dynamic agenda feature, where it can present agenda-like views based on new nodes in the phone without resyncing. I haven't figured out how to get that to make a "this week at a glance" view, though. hjh hjh