Re: export to ics a specific buffer every X hours

[Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com>]

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Hi again all

so i have a related question so ill continue in this thread. i have been
using this command succesfully in the last few weeks

(defun z/export-to-ics ()
(interactive)
(rename-file (org-icalendar-export-to-ics)
"/home/zeltak/org/files/export/kcal.ics")
(message "exported to ics"))


this forces me to first open the file i want (meetings.org) and then launch
the above command. is there a way to auto make the above function to auto
export meeting.org each time without opening it first?

thx

Z

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 6:27 PM, Philip Hudson <phil.hudson@iname.com>
wrote:

> You have _two_ concerns here. First is what to do when you save
> "meetings.org", second is what to do every half hour. Your code
> handles both of them, essentially correctly, but in the wrong place.
>
> On 13 July 2016 at 09:41, Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thx
> >
> > i do have this now
> >
> >   (defun z/save-meeting-to-ics ()
> >     "If the current file is in '~/.dotfiles', the code blocks are
> tangled"
> >     (when (equal (buffer-file-name)
> >                  (expand-file-name "/home/zeltak/org/files/agenda/
> meetings.org"))
>
> This means the code will only execute if the current buffer is
> "meetings.org" when it executes. That _is_ what you want when you save
> meetings.org, but it _is not_ what you want when the timer executes.
>
> Break out the body of the `when' form into its own function, and call
> that function from the timer, instead of `z/save-meeting-to-ics'.
>
> >  (rename-file (org-icalendar-export-to-ics)
> > "/home/zeltak/org/files/export/kcal.ics")
> >       (message "exported to ics")))
> >
> > ;;run every 30 minutes
> >
> > (run-with-timer 0 (* 30 60) 'z/save-meeting-to-ics)
> > ;;(run-with-idle-timer 600 t #'org-agenda-redo) ;; to rebuild it every
> 600
> > second
> > ;;  (add-hook 'after-save-hook #'z/save-meeting-to-ics)
> >
> > yet i cant get the ics file to be created niether when i save the
> > meeting.org file
>
> For this, you need to add `z/save-meeting-to-ics' to the Emacs global
> variable `after-save-hook' using function `add-hook'.
>
> > nor every 600 seconds.
>
> You mean 1800 seconds, I think.
>
> > what am i missing here?
> >
> > thx
> >
> > Z
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 9:49 PM, Philip Hudson <phil.hudson@iname.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> On 26 June 2016 at 16:38, Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Hi all
> >> >
> >> > so i have pathetic coding skill but managed somehow to come up with
> this
> >> >
> >> >  (defun z/save-meeting-to-ics ()
> >> >     "If the current file is in '~/.dotfiles', the code blocks are
> >> > tangled"
> >> >     (when (equal (buffer-file-name)
> >> >                  (expand-file-name
> >> > "/home/zeltak/org/files/agenda/meetings.org"))
> >> >       (org-icalendar-export-to-ics)
> >> >       (message "exported to ics")))
> >> >
> >> > this does save the org file "meetings.org" to an ICS file in the same
> >> > folder
> >> > as the file. but i want to do 2 additional things:
> >> > 1)save the resulting ICS file to a different directory
> >> > 2)run this function every X hours (lets say every 2 hours)
> >> >
> >> > any clue guys?
> >> >
> >> > thx!
> >> >
> >> > Z
> >>
> >> For 1), change:
> >>
> >>     (org-icalendar-export-to-ics)
> >>
> >> to something like this:
> >>
> >>     (rename-file (org-icalendar-export-to-ics) your-preferred-pathname)
> >>
> >> For 2), evaluate this:
> >>
> >>     (info "(elisp) Timers")
> >>
> >> --
> >> Phil Hudson                   http://hudson-it.ddns.net
> >> @UWascalWabbit                 PGP/GnuPG ID: 0x887DCA63
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Phil Hudson                   http://hudson-it.ddns.net
> @UWascalWabbit                 PGP/GnuPG ID: 0x887DCA63
>

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