Remember to cover the basics, that is, what you expected to happen and what in fact did happen. You don't know how to make a good report? See
https://orgmode.org/manual/Feedback.html#Feedback Your bug report will be posted to the Org mailing list. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi, With a simple test file /tmp/o.ics: ** test <2021-03-18 Thu 15:00-16:00> body of text If I first do C-c C-e c f I get a correct .ics file: Version 1 BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:o PRODID:-//Stephen Eglen//Emacs with Org mode//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:GMT X-WR-CALDESC: CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20210220T002714Z UID:TS1-9618d322-4761-4706-9432-dce5c80e2113 DTSTART:20210318T150000Z DTEND:20210318T160000Z SUMMARY:test DESCRIPTION:<2021-03-18 Thu 15:00>–<2021-03-18 Thu 16:00> body of text CATEGORIES:o END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR If however when I export, I leave the point on line 1, and then do C-c C-e C-s c f I get the following calendar, with no events. Version 2 BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:o PRODID:-//Stephen Eglen//Emacs with Org mode//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:GMT X-WR-CALDESC:test CALSCALE:GREGORIAN END:VCALENDAR Am I missing something? I tried exporting to HTML which seems to work when using C-s to turn on the subtree export. Many thanks, Stephen Emacs : GNU Emacs 27.1 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.22, cairo version 1.17.3) of 2020-08-28 Package: Org mode version 9.3 (release_9.3 @ /usr/share/emacs/27.1/lisp/org/) current state: ============== (setq org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer) org-link-shell-confirm-function 'yes-or-no-p org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe) org-clock-out-hook '(org-clock-remove-empty-clock-drawer) org-html-format-inlinetask-function 'org-html-format-inlinetask-default-function org-export-use-babel nil org-odt-format-headline-function 'org-odt-format-headline-default-function org-agenda-files "~/txt/org/agenda-list.txt" org-ascii-format-inlinetask-function 'org-ascii-format-inlinetask-default org-tag-alist '(("@damtp" . 100) ("julia" . 106) ("@magd" . 109) ("@home" . 104) ("laptop" . 108)) org-mode-hook '(#[0 "\301\211\207" [imenu-create-index-function org-imenu-get-tree] 2] org-mode-auto-revert-for-googlecal #[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-show-all append local] 5] #[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-babel-show-result-all append local] 5] org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes) org-odt-format-drawer-function #[514 "\207" [] 3 "\n\n(fn NAME CONTENTS)"] org-archive-hook '(org-attach-archive-delete-maybe) org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text) org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe) org-bibtex-headline-format-function #[257 "\300\236A\207" [:title] 3 "\n\n(fn ENTRY)"] org-latex-format-drawer-function #[514 "\207" [] 3 "\n\n(fn _ CONTENTS)"] org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer) org-tab-first-hook '(org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe org-babel-header-arg-expand) org-babel-load-languages '((R . t) (shell . t) (dot . t) (ditaa . t) (emacs-lisp . t) (latex . t)) org-ascii-format-drawer-function #[771 "\207" [] 4 "\n\n(fn NAME CONTENTS WIDTH)"] org-agenda-insert-diary-extract-time t org-icalendar-date-time-format ":%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ" org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter) outline-minor-mode-hook '((lambda nil (define-key outline-minor-mode-map [(control tab)] 'org-cycle) (define-key outline-minor-mode-map [(shift tab)] 'org-global-cycle) ) ) org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-show-empty-lines org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change) org-todo-keywords '((sequence "TODO" "WAIT" "DONE")) org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-activate org-babel-speed-command-activate) org-odt-format-inlinetask-function 'org-odt-format-inlinetask-default-function org-babel-tangle-lang-exts '(("latex" . "tex") ("emacs-lisp" . "el") ("elisp" . "el")) org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-link-parameters '(("attachment" :follow org-attach-open-link :export org-attach-export-link :complete org-attach-complete-link) ("id" :follow org-id-open) ("eww" :follow eww :store org-eww-store-link) ("rmail" :follow org-rmail-open :store org-rmail-store-link) ("mhe" :follow org-mhe-open :store org-mhe-store-link) ("irc" :follow org-irc-visit :store org-irc-store-link :export org-irc-export) ("info" :follow org-info-open :export org-info-export :store org-info-store-link) ("gnus" :follow org-gnus-open :store org-gnus-store-link) ("docview" :follow org-docview-open :export org-docview-export :store org-docview-store-link) ("bibtex" :follow org-bibtex-open :store org-bibtex-store-link) ("bbdb" :follow org-bbdb-open :export org-bbdb-export :complete org-bbdb-complete-link :store org-bbdb-store-link) ("w3m" :store org-w3m-store-link) ("mu4e" :follow mu4e-org-open :store mu4e-org-store-link) ("file+sys") ("file+emacs") ("shell" :follow org-link--open-shell) ("news" :follow #[257 "\301\300\302Q!\207" ["news" browse-url ":"] 5 "\n\n(fn URL)"] ) ("mailto" :follow #[257 "\301\300\302Q!\207" ["mailto" browse-url ":"] 5 "\n\n(fn URL)"] ) ("https" :follow #[257 "\301\300\302Q!\207" ["https" browse-url ":"] 5 "\n\n(fn URL)"] ) ("http" :follow #[257 "\301\300\302Q!\207" ["http" browse-url ":"] 5 "\n\n(fn URL)"] ) ("ftp" :follow #[257 "\301\300\302Q!\207" ["ftp" browse-url ":"] 5 "\n\n(fn URL)"] ) ("help" :follow org-link--open-help) ("file" :complete org-link-complete-file) ("elisp" :follow org-link--open-elisp) ("doi" :follow org-link--open-doi)) org-latex-format-headline-function 'org-latex-format-headline-default-function org-capture-templates '(("#" "used by gnus-icalendar-org" entry (file+olp "~/Nextcloud/org/todo.org" "Calendar") "%i" :immediate-finish t) ("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline "~/Nextcloud/org/todo.org" "Tasks") "* TODO %?\n %i\n Created: %u\n %a") ("d" "Deadline" entry (file+headline "~/Nextcloud/org/todo.org" "Tasks") "* TODO %?\n DEADLINE: %t %i\n Created: %u\n %a") ("j" "Journal" entry (file+olp+datetree "~/txt/org/journal.org") "* %?\n :PROPERTIES:\n :DateCreated: %U\n :END:\n%i\n%a") ("k" "Journal" entry (file+olp+datetree "~/txt/org/journal.org") "* %?\nEntered on %U\n %i\n %a") ) org-link-elisp-confirm-function 'yes-or-no-p org-export-with-timestamps 'active org-latex-format-inlinetask-function 'org-latex-format-inlinetask-default-function org-html-format-drawer-function #[514 "\207" [] 3 "\n\n(fn NAME CONTENTS)"] outline-minor-mode-prefix "" org-latex-classes '(("beamer" "\\documentclass[presentation]{beamer}" ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}") ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}") ("\\subsubsection{%s}" . "\\subsubsection*{%s}")) ("article" "\\documentclass[11pt]{article}" ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}") ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}") ("\\subsubsection{%s}" . "\\subsubsection*{%s}") ("\\paragraph{%s}" . "\\paragraph*{%s}") ("\\subparagraph{%s}" . "\\subparagraph*{%s}")) ("report" "\\documentclass[11pt]{report}" ("\\part{%s}" . "\\part*{%s}") ("\\chapter{%s}" . "\\chapter*{%s}") ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}") ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}") ("\\subsubsection{%s}" . "\\subsubsection*{%s}")) ("book" "\\documentclass[11pt]{book}" ("\\part{%s}" . "\\part*{%s}") ("\\chapter{%s}" . "\\chapter*{%s}") ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}") ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}") ("\\subsubsection{%s}" . "\\subsubsection*{%s}")) ) org-html-format-headline-function 'org-html-format-headline-default-function org-confirm-babel-evaluate nil org-link-from-user-regexp "\\<stephen@light\\>\\|\\<Stephen Eglen\\>" org-agenda-diary-file "~/Nextcloud/org/agenda.org" org-use-speed-commands t )