Re: Recurring events with RDATE

Zitat von Jens Wahnes <[email protected]>:

> Michael J Rubinsky wrote:
>>
>> Quoting Jens Wahnes <[email protected]>:
>>
>>> When trying to import an event from an ICS file that uses RDATE to  
>>> define multiple occurrences of that event, only the "first" event  
>>> is shown in Kronolith.  That is, the later dates where the event  
>>> is to reoccur are silently dropped upon import.  It seems that  
>>> Kronolith does not support recurring events that do not follow a  
>>> regular scheme (e.g. weekly or bi-weekly, defined via RRULE in an  
>>> ICS file).  Is that observation correct?  I couldn't find a way to  
>>> create such events (non-RRULE reoccuring events) in the GUI, so it  
>>> might be obvious that Kronolith does not support this, but then I  
>>> also might be missing something.
>>
>> This is correct. Kronolith, and the underlaying Horde_Date library,  
>> do not currently support these type of arbitrary occurrences.
>
> Thanks for your clarification.  Unfortunately, Lotus Notes seems to  
> convert all recurring events (even the ones with very simple  
> repetition rules, e.g. weekly) into RDATE recurring events upon  
> export.  So that's really annoying if one uses Kronolith and has to  
> arrange a series of events with Lotus Notes users.

I'm not surprised. Notes is traditionally one of the worst pieces of  
groupware available.

>>> On a side note, I noticed that when IMP displays an email with an  
>>> invitation to a recurring (RRULE) event, there is a printf  
>>> placeholder "%x" in the event preview that is not filled.  See the  
>>> attached image for an example.  Is this a known bug or should I  
>>> report this to the bug tracker?
>>
>> Yes, please report this bug in the tracker and be sure to include  
>> the version numbers of the installed applications.
>
> https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/14768
>
>
>
> Jens



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