Re: export to ics a specific buffer every X hours

[Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com>]

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anyone? kinda stuck here :)

thx!


z

On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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