Combine two iCalendar files
How do you combine two iCalendar files? Just catting them together is no good, because there might be duplicate events. All I want to do is share data between KOrganizer on my Zaurus and Mozilla Sunbird on my desktop. They both use iCalendar files to store data. I have spent twelve hours and not worked out how to do this. Help!
Not sure if you are aware of it: there is a Python module called (interestingly enough) iCal.py which you could use to parse both iCalendar files and spit back a combined one. Hope this helps.
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Personally, I use icalx.com. You can create ‘shared’ calendars and subscribe to them on multiple machines. Subscribing to all my published calendards gives an immediate visual reference of any potential conflicts. I have a calendar which I ‘publish’ from each machine I use and then subscribe to the others. If there is ever something I need noting in both my ‘home’ and ‘work’ calendars I end up ‘inviting myself’ to an appointment to tie them together!
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Antonio: I do know about that library, and it doesn’t seem to actually work when confronted with real ics files (as opposed to test example ones). I’m hacking on it, though.
Josh: Heh. icalx is no good for me; I thought of the solution you’re proposing. KOrganizer, on the Zaurus, doesn’t allow more than one calendar file.
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I’m in the same position. The new version of Korganizer supports multiple calendars…eventually I suppose it will make it to the zaurus. I’d be interested in other solutions too though.
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Bob: I’m avoiding the problem. Instead, I’m using multisync to sync the Opie datebook on my Z with mobical.net, an online syncml server. I then handle displaying appointments on my desktop by regularly (programmatically) fetching a vCalendar export from mobical and displaying it with gdeskcal. This does mean that I can’t alter my calendar from my desktop, but that’s not a critical requirement for me.
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http://www.emberton.com/eventhorizon/form.php
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