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24.0.50; Please let icalendar.el export fancy diary entries to .ics files

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From: robsonhill <robsonhill <at> gmail.com>
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.0.50;
	Please let icalendar.el export fancy diary entries to .ics files
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:26:40 -0500

X-Debbugs-CC: ulf.jasper <at> 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

Message #8 received at 7911 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ulf Jasper <ulf.jasper <at> web.de>
To: robsonhill <robsonhill <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 7911 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7911: 24.0.50;
	Please let icalendar.el export fancy diary entries to .ics files
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:23:43 +0100

robsonhill <robsonhill <at> 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

Message #11 received at 7911 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: robsonhill <robsonhill <at> gmail.com>
To: Ulf Jasper <ulf.jasper <at> web.de>
Cc: 7911 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7911: 24.0.50; Please let icalendar.el export fancy diary
	entries to .ics files
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 15:35:05 -0500

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Ulf Jasper <ulf.jasper <at> 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.

Message #14 received at 7911 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: robsonhill <robsonhill <at> gmail.com>
To: Ulf Jasper <ulf.jasper <at> web.de>
Cc: 7911 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7911: 24.0.50; Please let icalendar.el export fancy diary
	entries to .ics files
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 15:38:26 -0500

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 3:35 PM, robsonhill <robsonhill <at> 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.

Message #17 received at 7911 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ulf Jasper <ulf.jasper <at> web.de>
To: robsonhill <robsonhill <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 7911 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7911: 24.0.50;
	Please let icalendar.el export fancy diary entries to .ics files
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:54:09 +0100

robsonhill <robsonhill <at> 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

Message #20 received at 7911 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ulf Jasper <ulf.jasper <at> web.de>
To: robsonhill <robsonhill <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 7911 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 7911-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7911: 24.0.50;
 Please let icalendar.el export fancy diary entries to .ics files
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 20:03:44 +0200

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

> robsonhill <robsonhill <at> 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.

Message #28 received at 7911 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: robsonhill <robsonhill <at> gmail.com>
To: Ulf Jasper <ulf.jasper <at> web.de>
Cc: 7911 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7911: 24.0.50; Please let icalendar.el export fancy diary
 entries to .ics files
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 20:08:27 -0400

Splendid! Thank you very much Ulf.

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