On Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:47:37 -0200, Daniel Martins wrote: > I have the same migration problem. > > I still use Google Calendar to share appts with my students. Sometimes > they mark an appt on certain dates etc... > > My migration problem is threefold since I migrated from planner-el too > and I use remind a lot. I like wyrd for remote operation and I had > remind - diary - ical and planner-el very integrated. > > I posted an email about this topíc a couple of weeks ago. > > I sincerely think that org-mode would be improved from using remind. At > least until org-mode have all the calendar niceties that remind provides > for quite complex periodic dates and "strange" holidays and non working > days. Remind is quite a powerful calendar parser. > > > Wyrd (a remind interface) is a clean interface to see appts and schedule > even remotely. > > Org-mode however exceeds remind, wyrd and planner-el as tool for > organization as a whole. > > > An interesting aspect is that we can use the "remind path" to automate > some of the conversion from ical (eg Google Calendar) to org-mode. > > The ical -> org-mode could be done using the longer path > > ical -> remind -> diary -> org-mode > > Via > > ical -> remind: http://wiki.43folders.com/index.php/*ICal2Rem* > > remind -> diary: Sacha's rem2diary > > diary -> org-mode: (setq org-agenda-include-diary t) > > > the reverse path could be directly > > org-mode -> ical > > .reminders.org.deadline > .reminders.org.scheduled > > However to add all my appts in > .reminders.org.deadline and > .reminders.org.scheduled > from inside org-mode > > I think that > > org2rem > from Bastien > > is lacking a few features such as timed reminders and generates a non > completely compatible .reminders files > > I have made some corrections and org2rem is working better now but it is > still lacking to add appts with timestamps (ie with no SCHEDULED: or > DEADLINE: tags) > > If someone is also interested I cand send my version of org2rem
I am interested in your version of org2rem. I use remind quite regularly in conjunction with org-mode and tried a few months ago to work out how to improve org2rem myself, either stripping the org-mode priority cookies or changing them to something remind could use, but my lisp skills are too feeble to work out how to do it. Shelagh > > I hope this helps, > > Daniel > > 2009/1/8 Ian Barton <li...@manor-farm.org> > >> As it's the start of a new year, I want to move my appointments from >> Google Calendar as the primary source to org. When my system in org is >> running smoothly I will export to Google Calendar on a regular basis. >> >> Searching back through the list there are quite a lot of snippets >> describing how people use org to keep appointments, but no overview. I >> would like to write a tutorial on how you can keep your appointments in >> org, so I thought that I would ask list members if they would post some >> details of their system. >> >> I am intending to keep my appointments in a dedicated org file ( >> calendar.org). At the moment I am using a remember template which adds >> them with a tag of APPT. I the use a custom agenda view if I only want >> to see appointments. >> >> I am particularly interested in the best way to deal with repeating >> appointments. For example how do you deal with a weekly appointment >> that has a defined start and end date. >> >> Ian. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing >> list >> Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >> > I have the same migration problem.<br><br>I still use Google Calendar to > share appts with my students. Sometimes they mark an appt on certain > dates etc...<br><br>My migration problem is threefold since I migrated > from planner-el too and I use remind a lot. I like wyrd for remote > operation and I had remind - diary - ical and planner-el very > integrated.<br> > > <br>I posted an email about this topíc a couple of weeks ago.<br><br> I > sincerely think that org-mode would be improved from using remind. At > least until org-mode have all the calendar niceties that remind provides > for quite complex periodic dates and "strange" holidays and > non working days. Remind is quite a powerful calendar parser.<br> > <br><br>Wyrd (a remind interface) is a clean interface to see appts and > schedule even remotely.<br><br>Org-mode however exceeds remind, wyrd and > planner-el as tool for organization as a whole.<br><br><br>An > interesting aspect is that we can use the "remind path" to > automate some of the conversion from ical (eg Google Calendar) to > org-mode.<br> <br>The ical -> org-mode could be done using the longer > path<br><br>ical -> remind -> diary -> > org-mode<br><br>Via<br><br>ical -> remind: <cite><a > href="http://wiki.43folders.com/index.php/" > target="_blank">http://wiki.43folders.com/index.php/</a><b>ICal2Rem</ b></cite><br> > > <br>remind -> diary: Sacha's rem2diary<br><br>diary -> > org-mode: (setq org-agenda-include-diary > t) <br> <br><br>the reverse > path could be directly<br><br>org-mode -> > ical<br><br>.reminders.org.deadline<br>.reminders.org.scheduled<br><br>However > to add all my appts in <br>.reminders.org.deadline and<br> > .reminders.org.scheduled<br> from inside org-mode <br><br>I > think that <br> <br>org2rem <br>from Bastien<br><br>is lacking a few > features such as timed reminders and generates a non completely > compatible .reminders files<br><br>I have made some corrections and > org2rem is working better now but it is still lacking to add appts with > timestamps (ie with no SCHEDULED: or DEADLINE: tags)<br> <br>If someone > is also interested I cand send my version of org2rem<br><br>I hope this > helps,<br><br>Daniel<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/1/8 Ian Barton > <span dir="ltr"><<a > href="mailto:li...@manor-farm.org">li...@manor-farm.org</a>></ span><br> > <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, > 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">As it's > the start of a new year, I want to move my appointments from Google > Calendar as the primary source to org. When my system in org is running > smoothly I will export to Google Calendar on a regular basis.<br> > > <br> > Searching back through the list there are quite a lot of snippets > describing how people use org to keep appointments, but no overview. I > would like to write a tutorial on how you can keep your appointments in > org, so I thought that I would ask list members if they would post some > details of their system.<br> > > <br> > I am intending to keep my appointments in a dedicated org file (<a > href="http://calendar.org" target="_blank">calendar.org</a>). At the > moment I am using a remember template which adds them with a tag of > APPT. I the use a custom agenda view if I only want to see > appointments.<br> > > <br> > I am particularly interested in the best way to deal with repeating > appointments. For example how do you deal with a weekly appointment that > has a defined start and end date.<br> <br> > Ian.<br> > <br> > <br> > _______________________________________________<br> Emacs-orgmode > mailing list<br> > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list.<br> <a > href="mailto:Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" > target="_blank">Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org</a><br> <a > href="http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode" > target="_blank">http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode</ a><br> > </blockquote></div><br> > _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing > list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode