Description:

ical2org 1.2

ical2org is a command line tool for exporting data from the Mac OS X
application iCal so it can be used with the emacs tool org-mode.
Data transfer is one-way only (from iCal to emacs), and is intended to
be used to show alarms and scheduled events managed by iCal within
org’s agenda view.

Installation
ical2org is distributed as a set of Python source files, and
requires that Python already be installed. The source distribution is
created using Distribute, which will be installed with ical2org.

Quick Install
Use normal Python application steps to install ical2org:
$ pip install ical2org
or:
$ easy_install ical2org
The other dependencies (pytz and vobject) will be installed
automatically.


From Source

Download and install the dependencies.

pytz
vobject


Download the latest release tarball from the project home page.
Unpack the files:
$ tar zxvf ical2org-VERSION.tar.gz

Run the installation script:
$ cd ical2org-VERSION
$ python setup.py install

Note
Some systems may require super-user privileges to install.






Generating org-mode Files
While ical2org supports multiple output formats, the default is an
org-mode outline. Each calendar entry includes the summary, location,
date and time, and complete description (useful for searching).
For example, to extract the entries from a calendar called “Meetup:
Python”, you would run:
$ ical2org "Meetup: Python"
Starting 14 days ago at 2010-01-03 00:00:00-05:00
Ending 30 days from now at 2010-02-17 00:00:00-05:00
Processing: Meetup: Python
Python Atlanta February Meetup
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
* Meetup: Python :clubs:
:CATEGORY: Personal
** Python Atlanta February Meetup
<2010-02-11 Thu 19:30-21:30>
- PyAtl: Atlanta Python Programmers

After an optional 6pm dinner at Figo Pasta at the corner of
Howell Mill Road and Huff Road, we will meet as usual in the
spacious and comfortable auditorium of the GTRI Food
Processing Building at 7:30pm for our monthly meeting.

Topics for this meeting:

Brandon Rhodes will give his PyCon talk: "Learning Hosting
Best-Practices From WebFaction"

Atlanta, GA 30318 - USA

Thursday, February 11 at 7:30 PM

Photo: http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/4/7/3/5/event_5238229.jpeg

Attending: 3

Details: http://www.meetup.com/python-atlanta/calendar/12325308/
Output is encoded as UTF-8, which may not work with Unix pipes and
shell redirection. To save the output to a file instead of having it
printed to standard output, use the -o option.
By default, ical2org processes all of the calendars which are
displayed in iCal. Hidden calendars are ignored unless you give their
name on the command line.


Generating Diary Files
The default output format uses org’s outline structure. If you would
rather use emacs’ diary-mode, use -f diary to switch modes. The
diary entries do not include the full text of the event.


Recommended Use
The recommended way to use ical2org is to export your iCal data at
least every day. That gives you a moving window of fresh data, since
the date range for export is limited. Save the output to a file
(e.g., ~/Documents/Notes/calendar.org) and add the file to org’s
list of inputs for building agenda views.
If you use org-mode for taking notes in meetings, refile each event as
you make notes to avoid overwriting it the next time your calendars
are exported.
For example, you might run a command like:
$ ical2org -o ~/Documents/Notes/calendar.org -b 30 -e 30
to export the data starting 30 days ago and ending 30 days from today
to the file calendar.org.


Recurring Events
Recurring events in iCal are “exploded” to create separate entries in
the output. This makes it easy to refile an event when you add notes,
without having the notes from one meeting occurance appear on the
wrong date.


Command Line Options

-h
show this help message and exit

-c CONFIG_FILENAME, --config=CONFIG_FILENAME
Configuration file name. Defaults to ~/.ical2org

-b DAYS_AGO, --begin=DAYS_AGO, --days-ago=DAYS_AGO
Number of days back in time to search. Defaults to 14.

-e DAYS_AHEAD, --end=DAYS_AHEAD, --days-ahead=DAYS_AHEAD
Number of days forward in time to search. Defaults to
30.

-v, --verbose
Increase verbose level

-q, --quiet
Turn off verbose output

-o OUTPUT_FILE_NAME, --output-file=OUTPUT_FILE_NAME
Write the output to the named file instead of stdout

--all
Include all calendars, not just active.

--input-directory=INPUT_DIRECTORY
Directory containing calendars. Defaults to
~/Library/Calendars.

-f FORMAT, --format=FORMAT
Output format. One of [‘org’, ‘diary’]. Defaults to
“diary”.

--opt=OPT, --formatter-option=OPT
Formatter-specific option name=value

--help
Verbose help




History
1.2


Fix bug with event spans due to mis-interpretation of iCalendar
standard.


1.1


Fix DST handling for recurring events.


1.0.3


Patches from KANEUCHI Tetsuya to fix problems with unicode console
output and empty descriptions


1.0.2


Updated installation instructions.


1.0.1


Fixed some installation annoyances.


1.0


First public release.

License

For personal and professional use. You cannot resell or redistribute these repositories in their original state.

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