Comments on: Creating iCal events with Quicksilver http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/06/24/creating-ical-events-with-quicksilver/ Tips and add-ons to make Apple Mail / Mail.app even better Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:57:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Hawk Wings » Blog Archive » Getting Quicksilver iCal syntax right http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/06/24/creating-ical-events-with-quicksilver/#comment-26254 Hawk Wings » Blog Archive » Getting Quicksilver iCal syntax right Sat, 30 Sep 2006 09:27:36 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/06/24/creating-ical-events-with-quicksilver/#comment-26254 [...] Terry posted a comment today in an earlier Hawk Wings post about the formal syntax for creating iCal events and to-dos with the Quicksilver iCal plugin. It was news to me; it might be to you too. [...] [...] Terry posted a comment today in an earlier Hawk Wings post about the formal syntax for creating iCal events and to-dos with the Quicksilver iCal plugin. It was news to me; it might be to you too. [...]

]]> By: terryg http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/06/24/creating-ical-events-with-quicksilver/#comment-10692 terryg Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:21:29 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/06/24/creating-ical-events-with-quicksilver/#comment-10692 no worries - I've used this several times now. Funny how a cool software feature just makes me feel good. no worries - I’ve used this several times now.

Funny how a cool software feature just makes me feel good.

]]> By: brendonb http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/06/24/creating-ical-events-with-quicksilver/#comment-10687 brendonb Thu, 03 Aug 2006 13:12:53 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/06/24/creating-ical-events-with-quicksilver/#comment-10687 Thanks Terry- that syntax does indeed remove the additional info from the name of the event. Awesome! Still can't do duration, but I can live with that... Thanks Terry- that syntax does indeed remove the additional info from the name of the event. Awesome! Still can’t do duration, but I can live with that…

]]> By: terryg http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/06/24/creating-ical-events-with-quicksilver/#comment-10675 terryg Thu, 03 Aug 2006 06:03:21 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/06/24/creating-ical-events-with-quicksilver/#comment-10675 What a trip. I was messing around with this very concept completely randomly, and saw that events were being created (hey, cool!). Further playing (research?) demonstrated that QS was doing some parsing of the date and time based on what I entered. Very cool. Then I googled and came across this site, and you're talking about this at the same time! Anyway, I've dug a bit and found this: separate the date and time part with ' --- ' (space, two dashes, space), and the text after the two dashes becomes your event text (or to-do text, I didn't even get that far yet). date and time --- your event text Events appear to be 1 hour in length by default. You can increase priority with added "!" preceding your event text. I found this information in the QS reference wiki at http://docs.blacktree.com/quicksilver/plug-ins/ical Terry [non-sequitur - I'm so glad I switched, or added the Mac to my computer world] What a trip. I was messing around with this very concept completely randomly, and saw that events were being created (hey, cool!). Further playing (research?) demonstrated that QS was doing some parsing of the date and time based on what I entered. Very cool. Then I googled and came across this site, and you’re talking about this at the same time!

Anyway, I’ve dug a bit and found this: separate the date and time part with ‘ — ‘ (space, two dashes, space), and the text after the two dashes becomes your event text (or to-do text, I didn’t even get that far yet).

date and time — your event text

Events appear to be 1 hour in length by default. You can increase priority with added “!” preceding your event text.

I found this information in the QS reference wiki at http://docs.blacktree.com/quicksilver/plug-ins/ical

Terry

[non-sequitur - I'm so glad I switched, or added the Mac to my computer world]

]]> By: brendonb http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/06/24/creating-ical-events-with-quicksilver/#comment-10658 brendonb Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:26:07 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/06/24/creating-ical-events-with-quicksilver/#comment-10658 Many thanks for the heads up. I was just trying Backpack calendar and was wishing for similar one-line, natural language entry for iCal. I found the iCal module thanks to going to activate the services plugin after reading this post, and, having tried both of them, it appears just as smart. AND just as dumb. ;) Which is to say: 1. Is there any syntax under which EITHER the iCal module or CalendarCreator.service removes the date info from the event name after it parses it? 2. Is there any way to indicate the DURATION or FINISH TIME of the activity when you are sending it through one of these services, or do I just have to enter that info manually by reading it in the event name later after it's all in iCal? Basically: I'm finding this PERFECT for quick capture, but I have to go into iCal later and edit everything to get it the way it needs to be. I'd love to just get it right the first time. Anyone who's been using these longer have any info? Many thanks for the heads up. I was just trying Backpack calendar and was wishing for similar one-line, natural language entry for iCal.

I found the iCal module thanks to going to activate the services plugin after reading this post, and, having tried both of them, it appears just as smart. AND just as dumb. ;)

Which is to say:
1. Is there any syntax under which EITHER the iCal module or CalendarCreator.service removes the date info from the event name after it parses it?

2. Is there any way to indicate the DURATION or FINISH TIME of the activity when you are sending it through one of these services, or do I just have to enter that info manually by reading it in the event name later after it’s all in iCal?

Basically: I’m finding this PERFECT for quick capture, but I have to go into iCal later and edit everything to get it the way it needs to be. I’d love to just get it right the first time.

Anyone who’s been using these longer have any info?

]]> By: Tim http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/06/24/creating-ical-events-with-quicksilver/#comment-7779 Tim Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:32:46 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/06/24/creating-ical-events-with-quicksilver/#comment-7779 Whoops. Good point. Either the iCal plugin has got smarter, or I am becoming demented. I clearly remember trying the iCal plugin and it not being as smart. But you're right, it does seem to be as smart - smarter perhaps if you factor in the third pane. Whoops. Good point.

Either the iCal plugin has got smarter, or I am becoming demented. I clearly remember trying the iCal plugin and it not being as smart. But you’re right, it does seem to be as smart - smarter perhaps if you factor in the third pane.

]]> By: barry http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/06/24/creating-ical-events-with-quicksilver/#comment-7765 barry Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:05:44 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/06/24/creating-ical-events-with-quicksilver/#comment-7765 What about the iCal Module plugin for Quicksilver? It adds two actions (one for creating Todos and another for Events) for acting on plain text in from the first pane. (Actually, from looking at your screenshot, you already have it installed.) It has the added benefit of offering a third pane for selecting which calendar to place the new Event/Todo in. Not to mention a much prettier iCal icon (not that I could do better, but the Calendar Creator icon is not so pleasing on the eye). The smart parsing in the Quicksilver plugin seems to be identical to that of Calendar Creator (the date and time are reliably entered, but no other fields, and the entire block of text is entered as a comment), but I didn't exhaustively test it by any means. What about the iCal Module plugin for Quicksilver? It adds two actions (one for creating Todos and another for Events) for acting on plain text in from the first pane. (Actually, from looking at your screenshot, you already have it installed.) It has the added benefit of offering a third pane for selecting which calendar to place the new Event/Todo in. Not to mention a much prettier iCal icon (not that I could do better, but the Calendar Creator icon is not so pleasing on the eye). The smart parsing in the Quicksilver plugin seems to be identical to that of Calendar Creator (the date and time are reliably entered, but no other fields, and the entire block of text is entered as a comment), but I didn’t exhaustively test it by any means.

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