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From: Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org>
Subject: Re: Reading calendars in org mode: what is the best solution?
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 10:23:26 +0100
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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