Re: [Orgmode] iCal export of repeated tasks

[Carsten Dominik]

On Jun 12, 2008, at 12:05 PM, Adam Spiers wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 08:02:48AM +0200, Carsten Dominik wrote:
> > On Jun 10, 2008, at 12:17 PM, Adam Spiers wrote:
> >
> > > Currently, if I have a repeated task such as
> > >
> > > * NEXT [#B] water plants
> > > SCHEDULED: <2008-06-16 Mon 10:30-10:45 .+1w>
> > >
> > > then iCal export includes something like this in the VEVENT:
> > >
> > > RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=1
> > >
> > > For most repeated tasks, this is a perfectly sensible default.
> > > However, for a task of this nature, I only want to see the next
> > > occurrence show up in my calendar client - any more just clutters up
> > > the monthly view.  So I would suggest that there should be an option
> > > to control whether the repeated occurrences get exported.  Even  
> > > better
> > > if you could limit this to only apply to certain types of repeat;
> > > maybe having it only apply to the 'battery charging' type of  
> > > renewable
> > > events denoted by '.+' would make a sensible default?
> >
> > I don't think the icalendar format does support repeated entries  
> > for a
> > limited time interval, does it?
>
> Quite possibly not - however this need not get in the way of my
> suggestion, which was simply to export the repeated event as a one-off
> where appropriate.  Does that make sense?

Not really, to be honest.  I am having trouble to envision a good  
definitions of when a repeated event is a repeated one and when not.

- Carsten