Re: [Evolution] linking Evolution and mozilla's calendars

[Jan Polcher <Home Polcher free fr>]

Hello,

On Sun, 7 Sep 2003, Not Zed wrote:

> This basically has nothing to do with the problem of format
> compatibility, but you simply do not want to do it this way.

I am aware of the issues involved with access to a file by multiple 
applications. Still it is useful when you can with a simple script or 
prompt command transfer information from one application to the other. 

Obviously it would better if the calendar files had a locking system which 
would enable evolution and mozilla to work together on the same 
information, but that is non-trivial.

> The file is considered private evo data, and no doubt the mozilla file
> is considered private mozilla data, if you end up running both at once
> you could end up with a total mess, i.e. corrupt data, lost entries,
> etc, since i doubt either of them is locking that file. 

I do not agree at all. The calendar is the users private data and he 
should be allowed to move it from one application to another as he wishes. 
This is what open formats are all about.

Thus I maintain my question on how to transfer my calendar information 
between evolution and mozilla by a command as simple as mv, cp or ln.

Thanks for the information.

        Best regards

                Jan

> On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 07:22, Jan Polcher wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I thought that the local/Calendar/calendar.ics of evolution and the 
> > .mozilla/.../Calendar/CalendarDataFile.ics had the same format. Thus it 
> > would be logical to make a symbolic link between both so that both 
> > software see the same calendar.
> >
> > Well, that does not work ! Once the link exists the first thing 
> > evolution does is to replace it by a file :-( Even when I copied the file 
> > from Mozilla over I do not get the calendar I filled out under mozilla.
> >
> > Is that normal ? I am under RedHat 7.3 with all the Ximian software up to 
> > date.
> >
> > My final aim is to export my agenda as HTML web pages. I expect that the
> > ical2html will do that for me but that does not work for the moment.  
> > Probably I will have a question on this later !
> >
> > Many thanks in advance for your help.
> >
> >     Best regards
> >
> >             Jan
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > evolution maillist  -  evolution lists ximian com
> > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution