Re: org-mode and Google Calendar

[Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>]

On 2007-09-28 15:35 +0100, Bastien wrote:
> Cezar <cezar@mixandgo.ro> writes:
>
>>   Is there any way to sync org-mode with google calendar ?
>>   And if not, is this planed/possible ?
>
> I'm not really *syncing* my Org agenda files with Google Calendar.
>
> I don't use Google Calendar to add new events; I just use it to check
> events that I have in my Org agenda files. So what I basically do, is
> that I export my agenda files to a single .ics file, then ask Google 
> to import this as a new calendar.
>
> I've cron'ed this script: 
>
> #!/bin/bash
> /usr/local/bin/emacs --batch --eval \
> "(progn (load-file \"~/elisp/testing/org/org.el\") \
>         (load-file \"~/elisp/testing/org/org-install.el\") \
>         (load-file \"~/elisp/config/org-batch-config.el\") \
>         (setq org-combined-agenda-icalendar-file \"~/org/cal/org.ics\")
>         (setq org-agenda-files (quote (\"~/org/bzg.org\"))))" \
>     -f org-export-icalendar-combine-agenda-file
>
> It keeps an updated version of org.ics on my computer. Then I rsync this
> file with the web location Google is aware of.
>
> For me it seems much easier to always modify events from Org and then
> keep some web interface updated, than to try to achieve real syncing...

This won't work if you have someone also adding events for you, for
example your secretary.

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