bug#7911: 24.0.50; Please let icalendar.el export fancy diary entries to .ics files

bug#7911: 24.0.50; Please let icalendar.el export fancy diary entries to .ics files

[robsonhill]

X-Debbugs-CC: ulf.jasper@web.de
Version: 24.0.50
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

Thanks for writing and maintaining icalendar.el.  It would be great if
icalendar.el could export fancy diary entries to .ics files.  That way
I could use Emacs to export a Jewish calendar to my smartphone.

(I know that Ulrich Greve's Jewish-calendar data export program can do
this already.  But it's missing a few features I need, the source code
is unavailable, and Mr. Greve hasn't replied to my email.)

Thanks in advance,
--robsonhill

bug#7911: 24.0.50; Please let icalendar.el export fancy diary entries to .ics files

[Ulf Jasper]

robsonhill <robsonhill@gmail.com> writes:
> Thanks for writing and maintaining icalendar.el.  It would be great if
> icalendar.el could export fancy diary entries to .ics files.  That way
> I could use Emacs to export a Jewish calendar to my smartphone.
>
> (I know that Ulrich Greve's Jewish-calendar data export program can do
> this already.  But it's missing a few features I need, the source code
> is unavailable, and Mr. Greve hasn't replied to my email.)

Sorry, could you please explain or given an example of what you are
missing?  IIRC the *fancy* diary stuff is about the display but not the
diary entries themselves.

Ulf

bug#7911: 24.0.50; Please let icalendar.el export fancy diary entries to .ics files

[robsonhill]

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Ulf Jasper <ulf.jasper@web.de> wrote:
> Sorry, could you please explain or given an example of what you are
> missing?  IIRC the *fancy* diary stuff is about the display but not the
> diary entries themselves.

When fancy diary display is on, sexp diary entries cause special info
to show up in the diary.  For example, these entries call predefined
Emacs functions that make useful info to members of certain religions
show up in the diary display:  %%(diary-sunrise-sunset),
%%(diary-lunar-phases), %%(diary-islamic-date), and
%%(diary-hebrew-sabbath-candles).

I would like icalendar.el to export such diary entries as iCalendar
events please.

bug#7911: 24.0.50; Please let icalendar.el export fancy diary entries to .ics files

[robsonhill]

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 3:35 PM, robsonhill <robsonhill@gmail.com> wrote:
> When fancy diary display is on, sexp diary entries cause special info
> to show up in the diary.  For example, these entries call predefined
> Emacs functions that make useful info to members of certain religions
> show up in the diary display:  %%(diary-sunrise-sunset),
> %%(diary-lunar-phases), %%(diary-islamic-date), and
> %%(diary-hebrew-sabbath-candles).

See http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Sexp-Diary-Entries.html
for more information on sexp diary entries.

bug#7911: 24.0.50; Please let icalendar.el export fancy diary entries to .ics files

[Ulf Jasper]

robsonhill <robsonhill@gmail.com> writes:
> When fancy diary display is on, sexp diary entries cause special info
> to show up in the diary.  For example, these entries call predefined
> Emacs functions that make useful info to members of certain religions
> show up in the diary display:  %%(diary-sunrise-sunset),
> %%(diary-lunar-phases), %%(diary-islamic-date), and
> %%(diary-hebrew-sabbath-candles).
>
> I would like icalendar.el to export such diary entries as iCalendar
> events please.

Thanks for explaining. This seems quite reasonable -- I will have a look.

Ulf

bug#7911: 24.0.50; Please let icalendar.el export fancy diary entries to .ics files

[Ulf Jasper]

Ulf Jasper <ulf.jasper@web.de> writes:

> robsonhill <robsonhill@gmail.com> writes:
>> When fancy diary display is on, sexp diary entries cause special info
>> to show up in the diary.  For example, these entries call predefined
>> Emacs functions that make useful info to members of certain religions
>> show up in the diary display:  %%(diary-sunrise-sunset),
>> %%(diary-lunar-phases), %%(diary-islamic-date), and
>> %%(diary-hebrew-sabbath-candles).
>>
>> I would like icalendar.el to export such diary entries as iCalendar
>> events please.
>
> Thanks for explaining. This seems quite reasonable -- I will have a look.

"Fancy" sexp diary entries will now be enumerated over a period of time,
generating one iCalendar entry for each matching day.  The variables
`icalendar-export-sexp-enumeration-days' and
`icalendar-export-sexp-enumerate-all' have been introduced for
controlling this.

Entries like `diary-hebrew-date' which have been ignored before will now
be enumerated so that there appears one iCalendar event per day showing
the current hebrew date.

Other entries like `diary-anniversary' will be converted to "proper"
recurring iCalendar events just like before.  However, enumeration can
be forced with `icalendar-export-sexp-enumerate-all'.

Fixed in the trunk, rev. 117682.

bug#7911: 24.0.50; Please let icalendar.el export fancy diary entries to .ics files

[robsonhill]

Splendid! Thank you very much Ulf.