On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 09:15:40PM -0600, Kyle Wheeler wrote: > On Monday, May 21 at 10:52 AM, quoth Brian Salter-Duke: > > Has anyone developed a script or other tool that will make *.ics files, > > which I think are Lotus calander files, properly readable in plain text > > so I could use it in auto_view in mutt? The file I just received is text > > but I could not figure out where and how formatted the date and time > > information was. So I know about a meeting and I know where, but I do > > not know when! > > I believe it's an iCal file, actually (i.e. an invitation). If so, its > format is defined by RFC 2445 (Apple didn't invent it): > http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2445 > > Here's the Apple document on the subject: > http://developer.apple.com/internet/appleapplications/icalendarfiles.html > > There's a perl module for handling them (Net::ICal), and a couple > other useful projects (search Freshmeat.net for "icalendar").
Thanks for that information. I had noticed the perl module, but hoped someone had used it to write a script to handle these files under auto_view. I'll see if I can write on and report back. Brian. > ~Kyle > -- > Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth. > -- Albert Einstein -- The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and riffle [sic] their pockets for new vocabulary -- James D. Nicoll Brian Salter-Duke (Brian Duke) Email: b_duke(AT)bigpond(DOT)net(DOT)au