Reading calendars in org mode: what is the best solution?

Reading calendars in org mode: what is the best solution?

[Alan Schmitt]

Hello,

I would like to have a read-only version of my calendars in my org
agenda. These calendars (10 of them) currently live in Zimbra and
iCould, and I am accessing them both using the native Calendar
application on OS X and on my (Android) phone.

I've looked at what the options are, and I can find two of them:
- convert ics files into org files 
  (http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-google-sync.html)
- set up a synchronization using caldav
  (https://github.com/dengste/org-caldav)

Note that I don't want to edit the calendars in org mode, I simply want
to see them in my agenda view.

My questions are: do you have something similar set up? And if so, is
there a preferred approach, and gotchas I should be aware of?

Thanks a lot,

Alan

Re: Reading calendars in org mode: what is the best solution?

[Michael Strey]

Hi Alan,

alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org writes:

[...]

> I would like to have a read-only version of my calendars in my org
> agenda. These calendars (10 of them) currently live in Zimbra and
> iCould, and I am accessing them both using the native Calendar
> application on OS X and on my (Android) phone.
>
> I've looked at what the options are, and I can find two of them:
> - convert ics files into org files 
>   (http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-google-sync.html)

I'm using the scripts from Eric S. Fraga from the above link since
several months and I'm very happy with them.

The only drawback that I have noticed is, that the frequent messages
~Reverting buffer `gcal-termine.org'~ are sometimes in the way in Emacs'
echo area.

Best regards
Michael Strey

-- 
http://www.strey.biz

Re: Reading calendars in org mode: what is the best solution?

[Alan Schmitt]

Michael Strey <mstrey@strey.biz> writes:

> Hi Alan,
>
> alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org writes:
>
> [...]
>
>> I would like to have a read-only version of my calendars in my org
>> agenda. These calendars (10 of them) currently live in Zimbra and
>> iCould, and I am accessing them both using the native Calendar
>> application on OS X and on my (Android) phone.
>>
>> I've looked at what the options are, and I can find two of them:
>> - convert ics files into org files 
>>   (http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-google-sync.html)
>
> I'm using the scripts from Eric S. Fraga from the above link since
> several months and I'm very happy with them.
>
> The only drawback that I have noticed is, that the frequent messages
> ~Reverting buffer `gcal-termine.org'~ are sometimes in the way in Emacs'
> echo area.

Thanks a lot. I'll try this approach then. I have found out how to get
.ics files out of zimbra but I'm still looking for iCloud (I know how to
export using the Calendar app on OS X, but it's not that easy to
automate).

Thanks again,

Alan

Re: Reading calendars in org mode: what is the best solution?

[Stephen Eglen]

On Thu, Dec 19 2013, Alan Schmitt wrote:

> I would like to have a read-only version of my calendars in my org
> agenda. These calendars (10 of them) currently live in Zimbra and
> iCould, and I am accessing them both using the native Calendar
> application on OS X and on my (Android) phone.
>
> I've looked at what the options are, and I can find two of them:
> - convert ics files into org files 
>   (http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-google-sync.html)
> - set up a synchronization using caldav
>   (https://github.com/dengste/org-caldav)

Have you seen https://github.com/asoroa/ical2org.py
I started using this about a week ago, and like it.  One strength
compared to the worg entry is that it handles (some) recurring events.
My approach is to download the .ics file and then run this python
script.  

There is also a ruby script:  https://github.com/simonthum/ical2org but
I couldn't get this to work correctly with British Summer Time, despite
help from the author.  (The python script seems to handle the timezones
okay for me.)

Stephen

Re: Reading calendars in org mode: what is the best solution?

[Alan Schmitt]

Hi Stephen,

Stephen Eglen <S.J.Eglen@damtp.cam.ac.uk> writes:

> On Thu, Dec 19 2013, Alan Schmitt wrote:
>
>> I would like to have a read-only version of my calendars in my org
>> agenda. These calendars (10 of them) currently live in Zimbra and
>> iCould, and I am accessing them both using the native Calendar
>> application on OS X and on my (Android) phone.
>>
>> I've looked at what the options are, and I can find two of them:
>> - convert ics files into org files 
>>   (http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-google-sync.html)
>> - set up a synchronization using caldav
>>   (https://github.com/dengste/org-caldav)
>
> Have you seen https://github.com/asoroa/ical2org.py
> I started using this about a week ago, and like it.  One strength
> compared to the worg entry is that it handles (some) recurring events.
> My approach is to download the .ics file and then run this python
> script.  

I had not seen this. I'll give it a try, thanks.

Alan