From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Eglen Subject: Re: Reading calendars in org mode: what is the best solution? Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 21:00:43 +0000 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45706) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vu7Bu-0003rY-7r for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2013 16:01:08 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vu7Bo-0008Q0-1w for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2013 16:01:02 -0500 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:54549) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vu7Bn-0008Pt-Ro for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2013 16:00:55 -0500 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Vu7Bm-0003W2-3z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2013 22:00:54 +0100 Received: from rgc.damtp.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.17.127]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 2013 22:00:54 +0100 Received: from S.J.Eglen by rgc.damtp.cam.ac.uk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 2013 22:00:54 +0100 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 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