This is a fork of http://www.doughellmann.com/projects/ical2org/ that was made to incorporate improvements for time zone (TZ) support.
This code is not yet licensed here since there is no license on the original version: https://bitbucket.org/dhellmann/ical2org
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.
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.
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.
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Download and install the dependencies.
pytz_vobject_
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Download the latest release tarball from the
project home page <http://www.doughellmann.com/projects/ical2org/>_. -
Unpack the files::
$ tar zxvf ical2org-VERSION.tar.gz
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Run the installation script::
$ cd ical2org-VERSION $ python setup.py install
.. note:: Some systems may require super-user privileges to install.
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.
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.
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 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.
-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
.. _org-mode: http://orgmode.org/
.. _Python: http://www.python.org/
.. _Distribute: http://packages.python.org/distribute/
.. _pytz: http://pytz.sourceforge.net/
.. _vobject: http://vobject.skyhouseconsulting.com/
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.