Is there a better calendar app?
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I don't mind the default one with Phosh but I feel like it isn't super mobile friendly with the really small buttons and whatnot. Anyone know of a better calendar app?
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(08-16-2021, 02:37 PM)ragreenburg Wrote: I don't mind the default one with Phosh but I feel like it isn't super mobile friendly with the really small buttons and whatnot. Anyone know of a better calendar app?

Agree, that the one included in Phosh is not (yet) mobile screen friendly. Better options are Calindori in PlaMo or probably the best one - Calendar app in SailfishOS, but both require the change of "ecosystem" Big Grin
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(08-17-2021, 02:32 AM)acrux Wrote:
(08-16-2021, 02:37 PM)ragreenburg Wrote: I don't mind the default one with Phosh but I feel like it isn't super mobile friendly with the really small buttons and whatnot. Anyone know of a better calendar app?

Agree, that the one included in Phosh is not (yet) mobile screen friendly. Better options are Calindori in PlaMo or probably the best one - Calendar app in SailfishOS, but both require the change of "ecosystem" Big Grin

Yeah, I tried buidling Calindori from source and that certainly didn't work unfortunately. I like the look and feel of Sailfish but it is so far away from being a usable OS on the Pine Phone that it is unfortunately a hard pass from me. Also, is Plasma Mobile any good yet? I tried to use it on probably 5-6 different occasions and could never get it to last more than an hour (or an update) without it breaking entirely.
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The best Linux calendar I've found is the Emacs Diary. It uses a superset of the classic "calendar" syntax and integrates with appointments for notifications. Since it's a human written file it's easy to keep in git with all your other stuff.
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(08-17-2021, 10:09 AM)swiley Wrote: The best Linux calendar I've found is the Emacs Diary. It uses a superset of the classic "calendar" syntax and integrates with appointments for notifications. Since it's a human written file it's easy to keep in git with all your other stuff.

Can that give notifications though? I tried using Org Mode to make a bunch of to-do's and put them on deadlines but I couldn't get notifications to work in the background. Basically to me a calendar just needs to be able to say "Hey, it is 8:00am, don't forget to do blank".
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(08-17-2021, 10:33 AM)ragreenburg Wrote:
(08-17-2021, 10:09 AM)swiley Wrote: The best Linux calendar I've found is the Emacs Diary. It uses a superset of the classic "calendar" syntax and integrates with appointments for notifications. Since it's a human written file it's easy to keep in git with all your other stuff.

Can that give notifications though? I tried using Org Mode to make a bunch of to-do's and put them on deadlines but I couldn't get notifications to work in the background. Basically to me a calendar just needs to be able to say "Hey, it is 8:00am, don't forget to do blank".

I've never had it generate desktop notifications as I use an overlapping window manager on my phone so I can usually see the emacs window. This SE post shows someone calling notify-send from a hook though: https://emacs.stackexchange.com/question...eea37d80fe
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(08-17-2021, 10:39 AM)swiley Wrote:
(08-17-2021, 10:33 AM)ragreenburg Wrote:
(08-17-2021, 10:09 AM)swiley Wrote: The best Linux calendar I've found is the Emacs Diary. It uses a superset of the classic "calendar" syntax and integrates with appointments for notifications. Since it's a human written file it's easy to keep in git with all your other stuff.

Can that give notifications though? I tried using Org Mode to make a bunch of to-do's and put them on deadlines but I couldn't get notifications to work in the background. Basically to me a calendar just needs to be able to say "Hey, it is 8:00am, don't forget to do blank".

I've never had it generate desktop notifications as I use an overlapping window manager on my phone so I can usually see the emacs window. This SE post shows someone calling notify-send from a hook though: https://emacs.stackexchange.com/question...eea37d80fe
I want to keep Emacs closed when I can because I want to preserve RAM and try and keep the battery lasting as long as I can. I have unfortunately tried notify-send a few times and have found it to be much more work than it seems. I've followed a few tutorials on it and every times they're like "Now you should be receiving notifications" but mine never work.
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