Re: [O] org-caldav: Sync Org with external calendars through CalDAV (Owncloud, Google, ...)
It's bug: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2012-07/msg00674.html Not sure if that fix is in 24.2, but surely the latest pretest for 24.3 should work (which is pretty stable). Thanks David; indeed, its working fine now in the 24.2.90 pretest that was recently released. I'm still wondering why it didn't work at the beginning. I mean, even if you had your Google username set in some .netrc or .authinfo, the password should still work? The problem (I think) was that I had a misformatted .netrc with a username in it that I thought was just for one machine, but must have been for all machines! Removing that .netrc file solved my problem, thanks. Stephen
Re: [O] org-caldav: Sync Org with external calendars through CalDAV (Owncloud, Google, ...)
Now that I've got org-caldav working (thanks David), here's a simple helper function so that the files specified in org-agenda-files are exported. I hope it works for others too! (defun org-caldav-set-files-from-org-agenda () Set `org-caldav-files' from the files specified in 'org-agenda-files'. Ensure however that `org-caldav-inbox' is not included in the file list. (let ((files (org-agenda-files))) (when (member (file-truename org-caldav-inbox) files) (setq files (delete (file-truename org-caldav-inbox) files))) (setq org-caldav-files files))) (org-caldav-set-files-from-org-agenda) Stephen
Re: [O] org-caldav: Sync Org with external calendars through CalDAV (Owncloud, Google, ...)
Hi David, On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 08:50:35PM +0100, David Engster wrote: I'm at a loss why this happens, and I could not reproduce it with my account. This problem really has nothing to do with org-caldav, since it is delegating this part to the url package. As I've already written to Bastien, please try (url-retrieve-synchronously https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/your-calendar...@group.calendar.google.com/events/;) If this doesn't ask for your username, then there's your problem. Depending on the Emacs version you're using, you might want to set (setq auth-source-debug t) to see whether some .netrc file or similar is setting the username for you (look into the *Messages* buffer). I see the same issue, I get only a password prompt. This is what I get on trying your suggestion above. Contacting host: www.google.com:443 auth-source-search: found 1 results (max 1) matching (:max 1 :host www.google.com:443 :port https) auth-source-search: found 1 CACHED results matching (:max 1 :host www.google.com:443 :port https) #buffer *http www.google.com:443*-771021 I'm not sure from this if my netrc is being used. My netrc also has the password for my Google account, if it is being used should I even get a password prompt? Cheers, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.
Re: [O] org-caldav: Sync Org with external calendars through CalDAV (Owncloud, Google, ...)
On Tue, Dec 04 2012, Suvayu Ali wrote: Hi David, On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 08:50:35PM +0100, David Engster wrote: I'm at a loss why this happens, and I could not reproduce it with my account. This problem really has nothing to do with org-caldav, since it is delegating this part to the url package. As I've already written to Bastien, please try (url-retrieve-synchronously https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/your-calendar...@group.calendar.google.com/events/;) If this doesn't ask for your username, then there's your problem. Depending on the Emacs version you're using, you might want to set (setq auth-source-debug t) to see whether some .netrc file or similar is setting the username for you (look into the *Messages* buffer). I see the same issue, I get only a password prompt. This is what I get on trying your suggestion above. Contacting host: www.google.com:443 auth-source-search: found 1 results (max 1) matching (:max 1 :host www.google.com:443 :port https) auth-source-search: found 1 CACHED results matching (:max 1 :host www.google.com:443 :port https) #buffer *http www.google.com:443*-771021 I'm not sure from this if my netrc is being used. My netrc also has the password for my Google account, if it is being used should I even get a password prompt? Cheers, Dear all, I think it is a problem somewhere with my local setup; if I add the following to .authinfo (chmod 600) then it uses the right username: Machine www.google.com login my-gmail-login I'm now about to see how to setup .authinfo.gpg so that I can also include my password in that file. As David has pointed out, try the call to url-retrieve-synchronously first, as that needs to be working before org-caldav works. Stephen
Re: [O] org-caldav: Sync Org with external calendars through CalDAV (Owncloud, Google, ...)
I think it is a problem somewhere with my local setup; if I add the following to .authinfo (chmod 600) then it uses the right username: Machine www.google.com login my-gmail-login I'm now about to see how to setup .authinfo.gpg so that I can also include my password in that file. Hmmm. not having any luck here; it works with .authinfo, but not with .authinfo.gpg in Emacs 24.1. I have (require 'auth-source) but it doesn't seem to help. Does url.el and friends in Emacs 24.1 use auth-source? Stephen
Re: [O] org-caldav: Sync Org with external calendars through CalDAV (Owncloud, Google, ...)
Stephen Eglen writes: I think it is a problem somewhere with my local setup; if I add the following to .authinfo (chmod 600) then it uses the right username: Machine www.google.com login my-gmail-login I'm now about to see how to setup .authinfo.gpg so that I can also include my password in that file. Hmmm. not having any luck here; it works with .authinfo, but not with .authinfo.gpg in Emacs 24.1. It's bug: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2012-07/msg00674.html Not sure if that fix is in 24.2, but surely the latest pretest for 24.3 should work (which is pretty stable). I'm still wondering why it didn't work at the beginning. I mean, even if you had your Google username set in some .netrc or .authinfo, the password should still work? -David
Re: [O] org-caldav: Sync Org with external calendars through CalDAV (Owncloud, Google, ...)
Suvayu Ali writes: On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 08:50:35PM +0100, David Engster wrote: I'm at a loss why this happens, and I could not reproduce it with my account. This problem really has nothing to do with org-caldav, since it is delegating this part to the url package. As I've already written to Bastien, please try (url-retrieve-synchronously https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/your-calendar...@group.calendar.google.com/events/;) If this doesn't ask for your username, then there's your problem. Depending on the Emacs version you're using, you might want to set (setq auth-source-debug t) to see whether some .netrc file or similar is setting the username for you (look into the *Messages* buffer). I see the same issue, I get only a password prompt. This is what I get on trying your suggestion above. Contacting host: www.google.com:443 auth-source-search: found 1 results (max 1) matching (:max 1 :host www.google.com:443 :port https) auth-source-search: found 1 CACHED results matching (:max 1 :host www.google.com:443 :port https) #buffer *http www.google.com:443*-771021 I'm not sure from this if my netrc is being used. Yes. The mesage found 1 results means it found an entry in your .netrc or .authinfo which matches. My netrc also has the password for my Google account, if it is being used should I even get a password prompt? The auth-source stuff can be a bit tricky. For https connections with the URL package, you need to use the following machine www.google.com:443 port https login USERNAME password PASS That's no typo: You have to use :443 as well as port https. See also (info (auth)Help for users) -David
Re: [O] org-caldav: Sync Org with external calendars through CalDAV (Owncloud, Google, ...)
David Engster deng at randomsample.de writes: Bastien writes: David Engster deng at randomsample.de writes: That is very strange. It should first ask: Username [for Google CalDAV]:. If it does not do that, maybe you have that information in your .authinfo? I have this: machine smtp.gmail.com login bastienguerry at gmail.com password xx Since we're connecting to google.com this shouldn't matter, obviously, thus I'm at a loss why it doesn't ask. I currently cannot test anything reliably because I'm on vacation and there's no 3G around here, so I'm afraid this has to wait a bit. Unless someone beats me to it. -David hi David, Bastien, did either of you resolve this problem about org-caldav just asking for the password, and not the username? I am now trying org-caldav, and am seeing the same problem. Happy to debug further if you can tell me which functions to look into. Thanks, Stephen
Re: [O] org-caldav: Sync Org with external calendars through CalDAV (Owncloud, Google, ...)
Stephen Eglen writes: David Engster deng at randomsample.de writes: Bastien writes: David Engster deng at randomsample.de writes: That is very strange. It should first ask: Username [for Google CalDAV]:. If it does not do that, maybe you have that information in your .authinfo? I have this: machine smtp.gmail.com login bastienguerry at gmail.com password xx Since we're connecting to google.com this shouldn't matter, obviously, thus I'm at a loss why it doesn't ask. I currently cannot test anything reliably because I'm on vacation and there's no 3G around here, so I'm afraid this has to wait a bit. Unless someone beats me to it. did either of you resolve this problem about org-caldav just asking for the password, and not the username? I am now trying org-caldav, and am seeing the same problem. Happy to debug further if you can tell me which functions to look into. I'm at a loss why this happens, and I could not reproduce it with my account. This problem really has nothing to do with org-caldav, since it is delegating this part to the url package. As I've already written to Bastien, please try (url-retrieve-synchronously https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/your-calendar...@group.calendar.google.com/events/;) If this doesn't ask for your username, then there's your problem. Depending on the Emacs version you're using, you might want to set (setq auth-source-debug t) to see whether some .netrc file or similar is setting the username for you (look into the *Messages* buffer). -David
Re: [O] org-caldav: Sync Org with external calendars through CalDAV (Owncloud, Google, ...)
Works with my davical server, as it seems! But when I refile an entry from org-caldav-inbox to org-caldav-files it gets downloaded into the inbox again the next time I sync. That's not supposed to happen, is it? It'd be neat if editing of synced events worked to a higher extent. Do you plan on working toward this? Busy times are announcing themselves and this is what I need to get through them ;) -- Philipp Haselwarter
Re: [O] org-caldav: Sync Org with external calendars through CalDAV (Owncloud, Google, ...)
Bastien writes: David Engster d...@randomsample.de writes: That is very strange. It should first ask: Username [for Google CalDAV]:. If it does not do that, maybe you have that information in your .authinfo? I have this: machine smtp.gmail.com login bastiengue...@gmail.com password xx Since we're connecting to google.com this shouldn't matter, obviously, thus I'm at a loss why it doesn't ask. I currently cannot test anything reliably because I'm on vacation and there's no 3G around here, so I'm afraid this has to wait a bit. Unless someone beats me to it. ;-) -David
Re: [O] org-caldav: Sync Org with external calendars through CalDAV (Owncloud, Google, ...)
David Engster d...@randomsample.de writes: Then I guess you patched org-caldav-sync to not test for `url-dav-patched-version'? Anyway, I've now added support for the Emacs-bzr version of url-dav. Yes I did. It does not ask for a username? NO. That is very strange. It should first ask: Username [for Google CalDAV]:. If it does not do that, maybe you have that information in your .authinfo? I have this: machine smtp.gmail.com login bastiengue...@gmail.com password xx Please restart Emacs and evaluate (url-retrieve-synchronously https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/4ttssrunbsh9km06csbjkb2...@group.calendar.google.com/events/;) Does that one ask you for a username? No, just for a password. I enter my password and I'm asked for a password, indefinitely. This is with GNU Emacs 24.1.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.10) of 2012-07-26 on myhost. -- Bastien
Re: [O] org-caldav: Sync Org with external calendars through CalDAV (Owncloud, Google, ...)
Hi David, David Engster d...@randomsample.de writes: https://github.com/dengste/org-caldav Thanks for this. I tested it but can't make it work. I use Emacs from after your patch to url-dav (7/26/2012) and I use this simple configuration: (setq org-caldav-calendar-id 4ttssrunbsh9km06csbjkb2...@group.calendar.google.com org-caldav-url https://www.google.com/calendar/dav; org-caldav-files '(~/org/rdv.org) org-caldav-inbox ~/org/inbox.org) (The id is a true one for a public test calendar.) Then I'm asked for a password. I tried entering my Google password directly, then my username and my password, then I gave up. I guess I miss something obvious. Thanks for your help! -- Bastien
Re: [O] org-caldav: Sync Org with external calendars through CalDAV (Owncloud, Google, ...)
Bastien writes: I use Emacs from after your patch to url-dav (7/26/2012) Then I guess you patched org-caldav-sync to not test for `url-dav-patched-version'? Anyway, I've now added support for the Emacs-bzr version of url-dav. and I use this simple configuration: (setq org-caldav-calendar-id 4ttssrunbsh9km06csbjkb2...@group.calendar.google.com org-caldav-url https://www.google.com/calendar/dav; org-caldav-files '(~/org/rdv.org) org-caldav-inbox ~/org/inbox.org) (The id is a true one for a public test calendar.) Then I'm asked for a password. It does not ask for a username? That is very strange. It should first ask: Username [for Google CalDAV]:. If it does not do that, maybe you have that information in your .authinfo? Please restart Emacs and evaluate (url-retrieve-synchronously https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/4ttssrunbsh9km06csbjkb2...@group.calendar.google.com/events/;) Does that one ask you for a username? -David
Re: [O] org-caldav: Sync Org with external calendars through CalDAV (Owncloud, Google, ...)
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 6:36 PM, David Engster d...@randomsample.de wrote: I must admit I'm a tiny bit baffled that no one seems to be interested in this. Anyway, no hard feelings ( ;-) ), but could please someone with I'm interested in this too for my own project Org-sync [1], even if calendars are not *directly* related to it. 1: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/gsoc2012/student-projects/org-sync/index.html
[O] org-caldav: Sync Org with external calendars through CalDAV (Owncloud, Google, ...)
I have written a package 'org-caldav' which can sync items to a remote calendar server using the CalDAV protocol. The main purpose of this package is to make better use of Org in combination with Android-based mobile devices (yes, there is mobileOrg, but I have several problems with it; that's a topic for another day, though). I think org-caldav is now good enough to allow some testing by adventurous people. I put the code up on github here https://github.com/dengste/org-caldav I've tested the code with my Owncloud server and also with Google Calendar. Please see the Readme on how to set things up. Most importantly, please use a new, dedicated calendar for testing this package; do *not* use your precious main calendar. Also, while org-caldav should only access the calendar you provide through `org-caldav-calendar-id', you should have a backup of all your calendar data, just in case. The initial sync can take some time, depending on the number of events. Especially the CalDAV interface to Google can be quite slow at times. If the initial sync aborts for any reason, just run `org-caldav-sync' again. Note that after the initial sync, only new events will be transferred, so things should become much snappier. A few further notes regarding the code: I am relying mainly on three other packages to do the real heavy lifting, which is also why org-caldav is actually pretty small: - url-dav.el for talking to WebDAV servers (CalDAV is essentially WebDAV with a few extensions). Unfortunately, the current version of url-dav that is shipping with Emacs is broken for practically all CalDAV servers (see bug #11916), which is why I provide a patched version of url-dav.el in the above repository. You have to make sure that this patched version is loaded instead of the one in Emacs proper. I am hoping that this will be fixed in Emacs 24.2. - org-icalendar.el is doing all the conversion from org to icalendar events which are needed for CalDAV. This has the advantage that you can use all the variables from that package to control how things should be exported. The only exception is the actual org files being searched for time stamps, which is determined through `org-caldav-files'. - icalendar.el for parsing events from CalDAV. I took some code from that package to generate org items from the calendar events. The syncing between org and the external calendar is not yet really finished. I would like to have proper two-way-syncing so that you can freely change events on any side, but this is rather difficult to do and I'd first like to get some feedback on the current code. Also, I have a hunch that some Org experts around here might have some good ideas on how to properly implement this. Here's what the code can currently do: - All items in `org-caldav-files' with active time stamps are synced to the calendar. - If you change an item in one of those files in orgmode, this change will also get synced to the external calendar (to be exact: this will generate a new event and the old one will be deleted). - If you create a *new* event in the calendar through Android or any other client (like browser), this event will land in the `org-caldav-inbox' file as an org item. However: - If you *change* an item directly on the CalDAV server, this will *not* get synced back to Org. What happens exactly depends on the server (whether it renames the event or not). Just try it out. The item might even get deleted after the next sync - you have been warned. - Likewise, if you *change* and item in `org-caldav-inbox', this will not get synced back to the calendar. OK, this has gotten way too long already. Please try it out and let me know how it goes. Cheers, David
