EDS Calendar Integration

EDS Calendar Integration is a Thunderbird add-on. It synchronizes Evolution Data Server with Thunderbird calendar. Gnome Date and Time applet uses EDS to show calendar events. Thanks to this add-on one will get nice system notifications about upcoming events.

Available on Mozilla add-on page: https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/eds-calendar-integration

License: GPL License (v2)

Based on Evolution Data Server Provider and Evolution Mirror

Having issues?

If you have any issues please collect logs and attach them to the issue.

To enable addon logging:

1. In Thunderbird go to Menu > Tools > Developer Tools > Debug Addons
2. Find "Eds Calendar Integration"
3. Go to Inspect > Storage > Extension Storage
4. Set logging.enabled: true (false is default)
5. In Thunderbird go to Menu (three dashes) > Preferences > Advanced > Config Editor
6. Make sure browser.dom.window.dump.enabled is set to true
7. Close Thunderbird
8. Start Thunderbird from terminal
9. Logs should start displaying on the screen

Development setup

Setup Thunderbird

1. Create a file

<YOUR_THUNDERBIRD_PROFILE>/extensions/{e6696d02-466a-11e3-a162-04e36188709b}

Example:

/home/<MY_HOME>/.thunderbird/ak1vcja3.default-release/extensions/{e6696d02-466a-11e3-a162-04e36188709b}

2. In file {e6696d02-466a-11e3-a162-04e36188709b} add path to your repository.
   Example:

/home/<MY_HOME>/xul-ext-eds-calendar/src

Setup build environment

1. Install Node.js 18.x

Build commands

1. First time build

   npm install
   npm run build 
   

2. Clean build

   npm run rebuild
   

Running add-on in Thunderbird

To start addon-in Thunderbird run:

thunderbird -purgecaches --devtools

purgecaches - makes sure that Thunderbird doesn't cache add-on
devtools - starts developer toolbox on startup

Useful shortcuts:

CTRL + SHIFT + I - opens developer toolbox
CTRL + SHIFT + J - opens console log

Logging and Debugging

In order to enable logging:

1. Go to Menu > Tools > Developer Tools > Debug Addons
2. Find "Eds Calendar Integration"
3. Go to Inspect > Storage > Extension Storage
4. Set logging.enabled: true

To enable startup debugging set debugging: true.
It will enable wait loop so there is time to attach debugger.

Alternative approach is to edit perf.js file and set forceReload: true.
Config will be reloaded on each startup.

More questions?

See FAQ for more