Wanted, a simple GUI calendar that uses local files, not evolution server dependent

[Chris Green]

On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 11:05:45AM +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> May I ask about what seems to me to be a contradiction here?
> 
> On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 at 20:34, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> >
> > I want a GUI calendar that I can use when off line,
> 
> Offline, fine.
> 
> > ... which makes synchronising across two systems
> > almost impossible.
> 
> Oh. But *not* offline, because you want calendar sync.
> 
They only synchronise across my LAN, when I get home (for example).

> I think I get it but I am not sure so I seek clarification...
> 
>  • you want it local so it doesn't need an Internet connection?

Yes, sometimes I'm out with my laptop in places where internet is
difficult or impossible.


>  • you don't trust Google et al with your data, i.e. don't want it in
> a public cloud service?

That's partly it, but since Google Calendar no longer offers offline
working (which it used to via Chromium) it's even less attractive.


>  • you want to do the synching yourself?
>  • or, failing that, have them in (e.g.) Dropbox or some other
> local-file-sync tool?

I use syncthing.  So, if my laptop has had its calendar changed when
out/offline somewhere as soon as I get back to my LAN it synchronises
the .ics file (or whatever the calendar is kept in) with my desktop
machine.  This is specifically why gnome-calendar doesn't work because
evolution-data-server is between gnome-calendar and the actual .ics
file and will screw up file times etc.

> 
> I don't want to start spraying bad answers around.
> 
OK! :-)


-- 
Chris Green