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2010-03-25 , 10:48
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#51
Originally Posted by scoobied View Post
I wondered if it would be possible to improve the customisable events on the calendar. I do shift work and only have a certain number of shift times (ie 0700 to 1900, 0730 to 1930, 1930 to 0730). I would like to have a method to alter the customisable events to include these shift times so I can add them directly to the day I'm working rather than having to enter it all manually.

However if this is already possible could someone take pity on me and explain how....
For arbritarily reoccuring event types you could try creating one of each type in Outlook (or other calendar app capable of) saving them as iCal files and emailing them to your n900. Save the email in a new folder called something like calendar templates. Each time you want to put one of these events in, goto the email and open the relevant iCal attachment. This will be imported into the Calendar, albeit for the date for which it was originally created. All you then have to do is find it and change the date.

I have set up repeating events for my shift pattern in Outlook, saved as iCal and emailled them to my n900. Despite the fact they are on a 4 weekly repeating pattern rather than one supported for entry by the calendar app, they have imported fine. I have also set up a calendar called days and a calendar called nights, given each a suitable colour and put the shift events into the relevant calendar for ease of viewing.
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2010-03-25 , 17:47
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#52
Originally Posted by TomJ View Post
For arbritarily reoccuring event types you could try creating one of each type in Outlook (or other calendar app capable of) saving them as iCal files and emailing them to your n900. Save the email in a new folder called something like calendar templates. Each time you want to put one of these events in, goto the email and open the relevant iCal attachment. This will be imported into the Calendar, albeit for the date for which it was originally created. All you then have to do is find it and change the date.

I have set up repeating events for my shift pattern in Outlook, saved as iCal and emailled them to my n900. Despite the fact they are on a 4 weekly repeating pattern rather than one supported for entry by the calendar app, they have imported fine. I have also set up a calendar called days and a calendar called nights, given each a suitable colour and put the shift events into the relevant calendar for ease of viewing.
Well done! Didn't Palm do that 10 years ago, LOL!
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2010-03-26 , 02:59
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#53
Originally Posted by edgar2 View Post
see CalDAV support for Maemo calendar; add solutions and/or cast a vote on existing ones.
Awesome! Thanks! BTW, this might seem like a stupid noob question, but where could I get the source for the N900 calendar? I wouldn't mind taking a whack at this problem myself.
 
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2010-03-26 , 06:52
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Originally Posted by npsimons View Post
Awesome! Thanks! BTW, this might seem like a stupid noob question, but where could I get the source for the N900 calendar? I wouldn't mind taking a whack at this problem myself.
To my understanding N900 calendar is not open source.

Calendar backend is but apparently that does not help.
http://maemo.gitorious.org/calendar-...lendar-backend
 

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2010-03-26 , 13:18
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Originally Posted by TomJ View Post
For arbritarily reoccuring event types you could try creating one of each type in Outlook (or other calendar app capable of) saving them as iCal files and emailing them to your n900. Save the email in a new folder called something like calendar templates. Each time you want to put one of these events in, goto the email and open the relevant iCal attachment. This will be imported into the Calendar, albeit for the date for which it was originally created. All you then have to do is find it and change the date.

I have set up repeating events for my shift pattern in Outlook, saved as iCal and emailled them to my n900. Despite the fact they are on a 4 weekly repeating pattern rather than one supported for entry by the calendar app, they have imported fine. I have also set up a calendar called days and a calendar called nights, given each a suitable colour and put the shift events into the relevant calendar for ease of viewing.
Thanks for that - I'll shall have a go later!
 
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2010-03-29 , 13:59
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Originally Posted by OVK View Post
Could you give some examples? I am not sure that I fully understand which tasks belong to calendar and which to the backend.
https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6933 is good example ;D
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#57
Originally Posted by OVK View Post
To my understanding N900 calendar is not open source.

Calendar backend is but apparently that does not help.
http://maemo.gitorious.org/calendar-...lendar-backend
That's as far as I got in trying to find someone willing to tackle this. Unfortunately, our options are pretty limited unless Nokia can be persuaded to incorporate a few of these bits.
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#58
Originally Posted by OVK View Post
To my understanding N900 calendar is not open source.

Calendar backend is but apparently that does not help.
http://maemo.gitorious.org/calendar-...lendar-backend
Hmm, might be time for me to grab the gpe-calendar source and start hacking . . .
 

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2010-04-14 , 17:57
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#59
I'm just swooping in here so please take my comments with a grain of salt. Why reinvent the wheel? Meamo is Linux. Why not use one of the many existing Calendar/TODO apps? To name a few:
Remind (including tk and wx and wyrd)
Kalendar
Event and Task Manager
Taskwarrior.
 
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2010-05-25 , 17:09
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#60
This brainstorm seems to be quiet..any progress happening?

Since PR 1.2 brings no relevant improvement to calendar and Nokia pushed Maemo5 to side track (hard to believe that Nokia would much improve closed solutions like Calendar and Modest any longer, all intrest is moving to MeeGo), the only real solution must come from community. I'm missing age display in birthdays, search in calendar and adjustable day view (start/end hours) and sync to gmail/thunderbird lightning.
 
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