'pal' is a command-line calendar on unixoid systems - it's really small and fast, especially when you work with the console a lot to begin with. Most of us keep their calendars on some online service today, though, so synchronisation to pal is a bit of pain.
This little script converts an ical to a pal-compatible eventfile
This script is licensed under the GPLv3 or later.
- Python 3
- ics 0.4 or later (--> pip install ics)
This script installs into /usr/local/bin - on most Linux distributions, that a directory that is included into the $PATH, so you should be able to run ical2paleventfile from anywhere in your cli.
sudo make install
ical2paleventfile needs a configuration file under ~/.ical2paleventfile/calendars.conf. This file must be manually created by you.
$ mkdir ~/.ical2paleventfile
$ pico ~/.ical2paleventfile/calendars.conf
In this file, you need to add a section for every ical file you want to syncronize down to pal. A section follows this structure:
[calendar0815] # Make sure the section name is different for every calendar. Only alphanumerical characters, no spaces!
url = [URL of the ICS file - escape % with %%]
palname = [output pal event filename] # always in your userdir under ~/.pal
name = [name of the calendar]
shorthand = [2-character shortcode]
So, for example, this may look like the following:
[myCalendar]
url = http://www.example.com/myCalendar.ics
palname = mycalendar.pal
name = my personal calendar
shorthand = mc
You can add as many sections as you like. If you want to deactivate a section, you can comment out all lines related to it by adding a # in front of it.
This is a good time to start ical2paleventfile for the first time so calendars can be downloaded.
$ ical2paleventfile
There now should be pal event files in ~/.pal/ corresponding to your configuration.
$ pico ~/.pal/pal.conf
For each calendar file you have just created, add a new line in the form
file mycalendar.pal
You can use colours to distinguish between calendars later
file mycalendar.pal (red)
ical2paleventfile only runs when you allow it to run. You may want to create a cronjob for it, or to add it to your ~/.profile script.
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