Re: [Evolution] Rescheduling events in any android app kills evolution "run a program" reminder

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Mon, 2022-07-11 at 08:55 -0500, roachoaz--- via evolution-list
wrote:
> Hello. I am a heavy user of the fantastic "run a program as a
> reminder" 
> functionality in evolution. Its perfect for running little scripts at
> specific times or for launching a teleconferencing app to prep for a 
> meeting.
>
> The problem is that when you reschedule the event in any calendar on 
> android (specifically, etar and simple calendar tools, as well as a 
> bunch of closed sourced calendars from the app store), the "run a 
> program" reminder gets turned into a standard reminder.
>
> This is incredibly frustrating, since around 50% of the time I am 
> rescheduling events I am doing so via my android device, and then I
> have 
> to remember to edit the event in evolution the next time I sit down 
> (which usually does not happen)
>
> Is there a way for evolution to retain the run a program
> functionality 
> even when events are reschedualed in another app?

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