Re: OT? Perl Question, iCal
On 01/06/12 21:59, Simon Wistow wrote: it's dog slow (fcvo 'dog') I find my values of dog don't really apply (being Border Terriers), or are unhelpful in these circumstances. Try: snail on mogodon. Less variability and very, very slow.
Re: OT? Perl Question, iCal
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 02:48:05PM +0100, Roger Burton West said: On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 03:35:51PM +0200, Nic Gibson wrote: search.cpan.org gives me far too many results for iCal. I need to parse iCalendar (rfc 5545) files and then write them out as xCal (rfc 6321) files. Does anyone have a particular recommendation for a module? Writing the XML isn't the issue for me - it's more the parsing iCalendar files. Suggestions? Date::ICal seems to get the basic job done. Data::ICal::DateTime is great but dog-slow (or perhaps it's my programming). Other opinions are probably at least as valid as mine. I second Data::ICal - it's dead easy and it can read and generate. It uses Text::vFile underneath for parsing. Data::ICal::DateTime basically just adds DateTime support in and, you're right, it's dog slow (fcvo 'dog'). It's mostly my programming rather than yours I suspect although also partly DateTime (correctness comes at a price) and also the overhead of working out recurring events and whatnot.
Re: OT? Perl Question, iCal
On 22/05/2012 22:35, Nic Gibson wrote: search.cpan.org gives me far too many results for iCal. Text::vFile is my weapon of choice for v-flavoured file formats, of which iCalendar is a variant.
OT? Perl Question, iCal
This appears to be my first message to london.pm in four years or so. Ho hum. search.cpan.org gives me far too many results for iCal. I need to parse iCalendar (rfc 5545) files and then write them out as xCal (rfc 6321) files. Does anyone have a particular recommendation for a module? Writing the XML isn't the issue for me - it's more the parsing iCalendar files. Suggestions? cheers nic -- Corbas Consulting / @CorbasLtd Digital Publishing Consultancy and Training http://www.corbas.co.uk, +44 (0)7718 906817/+44 (0)1273 930765
Re: OT? Perl Question, iCal
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 03:35:51PM +0200, Nic Gibson wrote: search.cpan.org gives me far too many results for iCal. I need to parse iCalendar (rfc 5545) files and then write them out as xCal (rfc 6321) files. Does anyone have a particular recommendation for a module? Writing the XML isn't the issue for me - it's more the parsing iCalendar files. Suggestions? Date::ICal seems to get the basic job done. Data::ICal::DateTime is great but dog-slow (or perhaps it's my programming). Other opinions are probably at least as valid as mine. Roger
Re: OT? Perl Question, iCal
On 22 May 2012, at 18:10, David Cantrell wrote: On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 03:35:51PM +0200, Nic Gibson wrote: search.cpan.org gives me far too many results for iCal. I need to parse iCalendar (rfc 5545) files and then write them out as xCal (rfc 6321) files. Does anyone have a particular recommendation for a module? Writing the XML isn't the issue for me - it's more the parsing iCalendar files. Suggestions? I was looking at something along these lines a few days ago, and gave up in disgust at the documentation for everything iCal-ish. Sorry, that's not very helpful is it. I'm fairly glad you said it though. I was beginning to feel the same way. nic -- David Cantrell | Enforcer, South London Linguistic Massive Do not be afraid of cooking, as your ingredients will know and misbehave -- Fergus Henderson -- Corbas Consulting / @CorbasLtd Digital Publishing Consultancy and Training http://www.corbas.co.uk, +44 (0)7718 906817/+44 (0)1273 930765
Re: OT? Perl Question, iCal
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 03:35:51PM +0200, Nic Gibson wrote: search.cpan.org gives me far too many results for iCal. I need to parse iCalendar (rfc 5545) files and then write them out as xCal (rfc 6321) files. Does anyone have a particular recommendation for a module? Writing the XML isn't the issue for me - it's more the parsing iCalendar files. Suggestions? I was looking at something along these lines a few days ago, and gave up in disgust at the documentation for everything iCal-ish. Sorry, that's not very helpful is it. -- David Cantrell | Enforcer, South London Linguistic Massive Do not be afraid of cooking, as your ingredients will know and misbehave -- Fergus Henderson
