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authorRichard M. Stallman2005-03-21 18:08:14 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman2005-03-21 18:08:14 +0000
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(Importing Diary): Rename node from iCalendar. Document diary-from-outlook.
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@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ information about the calendar and diary.
37* Other Calendars:: Converting dates to other calendar systems. 37* Other Calendars:: Converting dates to other calendar systems.
38* Diary:: Displaying events from your diary. 38* Diary:: Displaying events from your diary.
39* Appointments:: Reminders when it's time to do something. 39* Appointments:: Reminders when it's time to do something.
40* iCalendar:: Converting diary events to/from iCalendar format. 40* Importing Diary:: Converting diary events to/from other formats.
41* Daylight Savings:: How to specify when daylight savings time is active. 41* Daylight Savings:: How to specify when daylight savings time is active.
42* Time Intervals:: Keeping track of time intervals. 42* Time Intervals:: Keeping track of time intervals.
43@end menu 43@end menu
@@ -1396,15 +1396,24 @@ clock. The command @kbd{M-x appt-add} adds entries to the appointment
1396list without affecting your diary file. You delete entries from the 1396list without affecting your diary file. You delete entries from the
1397appointment list with @kbd{M-x appt-delete}. 1397appointment list with @kbd{M-x appt-delete}.
1398 1398
1399@node iCalendar 1399@node Importing Diary
1400@section iCalendar 1400@section Importing and Exporting Diary Entries
1401@cindex iCalendar support 1401
1402 You can transfer diary entries between Emacs diary files and a
1403variety of other formats.
1402 1404
1403 The icalendar package aims at providing an implementation of the 1405@vindex diary-outlook-formats
1404iCalendar standard, as defined in ``RFC 2445 -- Internet Calendaring and 1406 You can import diary entries from Outlook-generated appointment
1405Scheduling Core Object Specification (iCalendar)''. It provides a means 1407messages. While viewing such a message in Rmail or Gnus, do @kbd{M-x
1406for importing iCalendar (and the earlier vCalendar format) data into 1408diary-from-outlook} to import the entry. You can make this command
1407Emacs diary files and vice versa. 1409recognize additional appointment message formats by customizing the
1410variable @code{diary-outlook-formats}.
1411
1412@cindex iCalendar support
1413 The icalendar package allows you to transfer data between your Emacs
1414diary file and iCalendar files, which are defined in ``RFC
14152445---Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification
1416(iCalendar)'' (as well as the earlier vCalendar format).
1408 1417
1409 Importing works for ``ordinary'' (i.e. non-recurring) events, but (at 1418 Importing works for ``ordinary'' (i.e. non-recurring) events, but (at
1410present) may not work correctly (if at all) for recurring events. 1419present) may not work correctly (if at all) for recurring events.