Re: [O] Google calendar sync - what is recommended?

[Rainer M. Krug]

Torsten Wagner <address@hidden> writes:


> Hi Rainer,
>

> I have to agree with Rasmus, the question is, do you really want to
> sync to google calendar or do you want to sync your smartphone
> calendar (most likely an Android-based phone) with org-mode? 

No - iPad and hopefully soon iPhone. But also web access and integration
with gmail

> In case
> of the last, you might omit using google calendar completely and use
> another service with caldav support. If you have access to an own
> server (a PC which can be reached from the internet), you might be
> able to even install your own solution.  There is an android app [1]
> which allows syncing of caldav-servers with the Android calendar in
> the same way like the google calendar (in the background, without any
> user-interaction after initial set-up). Unfortunately, it is not free,
> but I would say it is worth the money.

I have used a different calender before, and it would work (I guess) but
I grew so used to the google calendar and its features / interface /
quirks that I am reluctant at the moment (while moving to emacs) to also
move calendars. 
>
> E.g. I use SOGo + org-caldav + CalDAV-Sync to sync between my
>Android-based phone, a web-based calendar and org-mode. Works great.
>
> BTW. There is another Android app (CardDAV), which does the same for your 
> address book.
>
> Hope that helps a bit

It gives me something to think about...

>
> Torsten
>
> [1] CalDAV-Sync beta
>
> CC: Completely OT but it seems you use notmuch too, did you manage to get 
> address-completion working in notmuch?

Yup - I use goosync as described on the notmuch website and it works -
although not as fast as I would like it to work, but I can live with
it. Any particular questions?

Cheers,

Rainer

>
> On 9 April 2013 17:11, Rainer M. Krug <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>     Hi
>    
>     As you might guess from my recent mails, I am moving away from
>     thunderbird to org-mode. After having my emails covered and fighting
>     with the addressbook (using goobokk as described here
>     http://notmuchmail.org/emacstips/#index15h2 but would like to move to
>     ASynK https://karra-asynk.appspot.com/ if I can get it to work and to
>     understand bbdb...) and hoping that I can also get toodledo synced, I
>     want to sync my google calendar with org. Now there was quite siome
>     discussion recently which I did not follow to closely. Which approach is
>     the recommended / most stable approach in syncing google calendar with
>     org?
>    
>     Thanks,
>    
>     Rainer
>    
>     PS: org-unrelated gnus questions:
>    
>     1) how can I insert these [1] footnotes in message-mode?
>     2) how can I "quote" or "enclose" a block with these brackets in acsii 
> code?
>    
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Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, 
UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)

Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology
Stellenbosch University
South Africa

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