Re: [Evolution] What is a .ics file?

[Leonard Evens <len math northwestern edu>]

On Sun, 2011-06-19 at 22:01 +0200, Andre Klapper wrote:
> Hi Leonard,
>
> to answer the subject field:
> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/ICalendar
>
> On Sun, 2011-06-19 at 13:20 -0500, Leonard Evens wrote:
> > Barnes and Noble's website advertised certain events, and when I clicked on
> > "add to Calendar" in the webiste entry in firefox, it brought up a .ics file 
> > which I had the choice of opening in evolution.   I said it was a
> > VCS/ICS calendar.  When I told it to open the file, I got an Evolution Import Assistant,
> > which was entitled Import Data - Icalendar files (.ics).  I then clicked Forward which 
> > opened a window entitled Import Location,  I could specify either Appointments and 
> > Meetings or Tasks.  I specified the former.  I could also choose between On This
> > Computer of Contacts, and again I chose the former, and clicked Forward.  The sequence of
> > windows  then sopped, but  I couldn't find any evidence of the item in my Evolution
> > Calendar, or anywhere else in Evolution.
>
> "On this Computer" itself cannot be chosen, but the "Personal" calendar
> that is located on the computer - that's probably what you meant.
> After having chosen the calendar to import to, another last tab will be
> displayed that requires clicking an "Apply" button to actually start
> importing the file.

I did mean Personal.  But no last tab is displayed where I can click
Apply.  What might be wrong?

> andre