Hi all, I've been using Org Mode for a while, and as long as things stay in Emacs, things work just fine. But I still have problems when trying to share my information with others or other devices -- especially in terms of Calendar entries.
Below I have attached a (real) example of my trip to FSCONS in Sweden in Org mode format. In agenda view, I see the following: Friday 7 December 2007 example: 10:40...... Flight SK 602 Zurich to Copenhagen --[2007-12-07 Fri 12:25] example: 14:10...... Flight SK 438 Copenhagen to Gothenburg --[2007-12-07 Fri 14:55] example: Gothenburg, Sweden --[2007-12-09 Sun] example: FSCONS conference --[2007-12-08 Sat] Saturday 8 December 2007 example: 17:15...... Speech at closing ceremony Sunday 9 December 2007 example: 15:30...... Flight SK 439 Gothenburg to Copenhagen --[2007-12-09 Sun 16:15] example: 17:40...... Flight SK 609 Copenhagen to Zurich --[2007-12-09 Sun 19:25] Note how I am using the inactive tags to delimit periods, which makes sure that things covering more than one day (e.g. being in a city, or a conference) only show up on their first day with information on when they'll end. This is pretty much how I like it. Now I want to share this with another application or device, and do an export to iCalendar. The resulting file is attached below. The following things are immediately visible: - The "Gothenburg, Sweden" entry contains the end in the description, but in fact has a wrong end date (DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071208). I would prefer this to have the correct end date, and not list it in the description for iCalendar export. If I change the second date tag to an active one, the end date/time is correct. - The description for "Gothenburg, Sweden" contains the flight as description, which is not very helpful. - The accomodation, which might make an interesting piece of description for the Gothenburg, Sweden entry is entirely missing from the iCalendar. With the possible exception of the problem with defining periods with inactive end time stamps, they are not necessarily what one would call bugs of Org Mode, but rather issues resulting from the way the file is structured. Unfortunately I was unable to find any guidance about how to do this, and did not find the time yet to look at the source code in order to see how the iCalendar export is getting its information. The question at hand is: How to improve the structure of the file, and can we put this into the documentation so users get an idea of the canonical structure for calendars in Org Mode? I am aware that putting a rather open question is always a bit more difficult, but hope that we'll still manage to find a solution. Suggestions and hints appreciated. Regards, Georg
* Gothenburg, Sweden <2007-12-07 Fri>--[2007-12-09 Sun]
** Flight SK 602 Zurich to Copenhagen <2007-12-07 Fri 10:40>--[2007-12-07 Fri
12:25]
** Flight SK 438 Copenhagen to Gothenburg <2007-12-07 Fri 14:10>--[2007-12-07
Fri 14:55]
** Taxi waiting at airport arrival gate in Gothenburg
** FSCONS conference <2007-12-07 Fr>--[2007-12-08 Sat]
** Accomodation: Hotel Riverton
Stora Badhusgatan 26
411 21 Goteborg, Sverige
Telefon +46 31 750 10 00
Fax +46(31)7501001
** Speech at closing ceremony <2007-12-08 Sat 17:15>
** Flight SK 439 Gothenburg to Copenhagen <2007-12-09 Sun 15:30>--[2007-12-09
Sun 16:15]
** Flight SK 609 Copenhagen to Zurich <2007-12-09 Sun 17:40>--[2007-12-09 Sun
19:25]
BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:example PRODID:-//Georg Greve//Emacs with Org-mode//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:CET CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT UID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071207 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071208 SUMMARY:Gothenburg\, Sweden --[2007-12-09 Sun] DESCRIPTION: ** Flight SK 602 Zurich to Copenhagen <2007-12-07 Fri 10:40>--[2007-12-07 Fri 12:25]\n** Flight SK 4 CATEGORIES:example END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DTSTART:20071207T104000 DTEND:20071207T124000 SUMMARY:Flight SK 602 Zurich to Copenhagen --[2007-12-07 Fri 12:25] DESCRIPTION: \n CATEGORIES:example END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DTSTART:20071207T141000 DTEND:20071207T161000 SUMMARY:Flight SK 438 Copenhagen to Gothenburg --[2007-12-07 Fri 14:55] DESCRIPTION: \n CATEGORIES:example END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071207 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071208 SUMMARY:FSCONS conference --[2007-12-08 Sat] DESCRIPTION: \n CATEGORIES:example END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DTSTART:20071208T171500 DTEND:20071208T191500 SUMMARY:Speech at closing ceremony DESCRIPTION: \n CATEGORIES:example END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DTSTART:20071209T153000 DTEND:20071209T173000 SUMMARY:Flight SK 439 Gothenburg to Copenhagen --[2007-12-09 Sun 16:15] DESCRIPTION: \n CATEGORIES:example END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DTSTART:20071209T174000 DTEND:20071209T194000 SUMMARY:Flight SK 609 Copenhagen to Zurich --[2007-12-09 Sun 19:25] DESCRIPTION: \n CATEGORIES:example END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR
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