Anyone using org-gcal? I just got it hooked up and am now trying to figure out how to fit it into my workflow. My issue is (CMIAW) that org-gcal seems to have a 1 to 1 connection between a Google calendar and an Org file (org-gcal-file-alist). I'm trying to figure out how to use this when my workflow is split across many Org files. Any ideas? -- David Masterson
[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 473 bytes --] On Mon, 30 Nov 2020 at 00:49, David Masterson <dsmasterson92630@outlook.com> wrote: > Anyone using org-gcal? I just got it hooked up and am now trying to > figure out how to fit it into my workflow. My issue is (CMIAW) that > org-gcal seems to have a 1 to 1 connection between a Google calendar and > an Org file (org-gcal-file-alist). That was my observation too: it generates and maintains one .org file per Google calendar. How does that create a problem for you? [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 812 bytes --]
David Masterson writes: > My issue is (CMIAW) that > org-gcal seems to have a 1 to 1 connection between a Google calendar and > an Org file (org-gcal-file-alist). I'm trying to figure out how to use > this when my workflow is split across many Org files. Have you considered using org-caldav instead? It can sync across several org files - events created in org can live in any of them, while events created in gcal will be synced to an inbox file, and can be easily moved. I haven't personally tried it syncing with gcal, but it claims to work. And a superficial read of both org-gcal and org-caldav READMEs suggest they use the same authentication workflow. https://github.com/dengste/org-caldav -- Peter
Neil Jerram <neiljerram@gmail.com> writes:
> On Mon, 30 Nov 2020 at 00:49, David Masterson <dsmasterson92630@outlook.com> wrote:
>
> Anyone using org-gcal? I just got it hooked up and am now trying to
> figure out how to fit it into my workflow. My issue is (CMIAW) that
> org-gcal seems to have a 1 to 1 connection between a Google calendar and
> an Org file (org-gcal-file-alist).
>
> That was my observation too: it generates and maintains one .org file per Google calendar.
>
> How does that create a problem for you?
My workflow has a number of Org files (one per ~project) with
tasks/events related to the project in the associated Org file. Agenda
can pull all the tasks together, so it seemed a natural workflow. I
wasn't thinking of creating a calendar per project as they are not
worthy of that -- one calendar would do to share my events with the
family.
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David Masterson
Peter Hardy <peter@hardy.dropbear.id.au> writes:
> David Masterson writes:
>> My issue is (CMIAW) that
>> org-gcal seems to have a 1 to 1 connection between a Google calendar and
>> an Org file (org-gcal-file-alist). I'm trying to figure out how to use
>> this when my workflow is split across many Org files.
>
> Have you considered using org-caldav instead? It can sync across several
> org files - events created in org can live in any of them, while events
> created in gcal will be synced to an inbox file, and can be easily
> moved.
>
> I haven't personally tried it syncing with gcal, but it claims to
> work. And a superficial read of both org-gcal and org-caldav READMEs
> suggest they use the same authentication workflow.
>
> https://github.com/dengste/org-caldav
I'm keeping an eye on that, but I haven't figured it out yet.
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David Masterson
[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1364 bytes --] On Mon, 30 Nov 2020 at 21:19, David Masterson <dsmasterson92630@outlook.com> wrote: > Neil Jerram <neiljerram@gmail.com> writes: > > > On Mon, 30 Nov 2020 at 00:49, David Masterson < > dsmasterson92630@outlook.com> wrote: > > > > Anyone using org-gcal? I just got it hooked up and am now trying to > > figure out how to fit it into my workflow. My issue is (CMIAW) that > > org-gcal seems to have a 1 to 1 connection between a Google calendar and > > an Org file (org-gcal-file-alist). > > > > That was my observation too: it generates and maintains one .org file > per Google calendar. > > > > How does that create a problem for you? > > My workflow has a number of Org files (one per ~project) with > tasks/events related to the project in the associated Org file. Agenda > can pull all the tasks together, so it seemed a natural workflow. I > wasn't thinking of creating a calendar per project as they are not > worthy of that -- one calendar would do to share my events with the > family. > Oh, I think I see, you're interested in syncing back from Org to Google, and you'd like to do that from your multiple existing Org files to a single Google calendar. I'm sorry, I've only used org-gcal in the other direction, and didn't know if it could sync back to Google. But it sounds like org-caldav might be a better fit for you. Best wishes, Neil [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 1980 bytes --]