[ubuntu-uk] Calendaring [WAS (no subject)]

[Alan Lord (News)]

On 13/05/10 02:18, red wrote:
> I am wanting to get organised in life and so hey I should use my laptop.
>
> In my Ubuntu (latest version) I have a calendar next to my clock and
> also a calender in Thunderbirds and a google calender. This selection is
> ace but can I integrate all the info on one into the other calendars?#

Hi,

I'm not sure about the gnome panel calendar applet - I think that is 
part of evolution.

However, I use Thunderbird & Lightning and have plenty of Calendars (all 
stored remotely either using Google or another public calendar server 
called Chandler).

Google and many other calendar servers & clients now support a protocol 
called CalDAV. You don't need the Google Provider for Lightning. Be 
aware that AIUI currently Google's Calendar service [API?] doesn't 
support tasks - only events.

TB has an extension which integrates it with libnotify and the 
indicator-applet 
(http://ubublogger.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/how-to-install-the-experimental-version-of-libnotify-mozilla/). 
Some of this functionality should be included as standard by TB3.2.

It would be an interesting exercise to see if Lightning could be 
extended to talk to the calendar applet. Almost certainly possible, but 
might be hard/difficult - I do not know.

HTH

Alan

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