[Evolution] Re: [Evolution-hackers] Export / Import calender appointments

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo ximian com>]

On Wed, 2002-08-07 at 15:19, Mark R. Bowyer wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-08-07 at 13:54, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> > you can import a whole .ics file into evolution. You just have to select
> > File->Import on the evolution menu, and point to the .ics file you want
> > to import. 
>
> I found that this wasn't as easy as you make it sound.  Back in <1.0.4
> at least when I was fighting it, I found that .ics files exported by
> Lotus Organiser (I know, but that's what my Ericsson R380s syncs with on
> my PCs) wouldn't import to Evo at all - the format was too different.  I
> found that StarOffice 5.2's calendar could read the file, though, and
> then export an .ics file that Evo *could* read.  But then Evo's Calendar
> became somewhat unstable. =O{
hmm, do you have any chance to create a bug in bugzilla and attach to it
a .ics file exported by Lotus? If so, I can have a look to see why evo
didn't import it.

> As of about 1.0.8 this instability with this data seems to have been
> fixed though.
nice to hear.

> For exporting, .ics is actually the internal format for Evo, so just
> copy the calendar.ics file out of ~/evolution/local/Calendar and you
> have everything.  It's a text file so you can munge it by hand, if
> you're up for it ;O)
oh, yes, right. I was just referring to exporting some events, not the
whole calendar. But if you want to export the whole calendar, just get
the ~/evolution/local/Calendar/calendar.ics file.

cheers
-- 
Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo ximian com>