Re: iCalendar support: reply to invitations, sync to org

[Jan Tatarik <jan.tatarik@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Apr 03 2013, Adam Sjøgren wrote:

> Some ideas for improvements:

>  * In Gnus I can't see that I have Accepted/Tentative'd/Declined an
>    invitation. This would be nice to display - maybe by adding a custom
>    header? Also the A'nswered mark could be set?

This is doable, all the supporting functions are already in place.

>  * The reply sent is displayed in Outlook with my signature as an
>    attached file. Maybe the emails generated should simply exclude the
>    signature by default?

I will look into this, I don't use signatures so I never noticed this
one.

>  * My colleague then canceled the meeting, but the cancel notification
>    was shown with "Accept"-, "Tentative"-, and "Decline"-buttons, rather
>    than the "Remove from calendar"-button (or no button) I expected.

Shooting from the waist now, but I think even CANCEL events can require
RSVP, hence the accept button.

Did the 'Sync to org' button show? This should keep the org event in
your agenda, but set the timestamp to inactive ([] instead of <>).

>  * Maybe add menu items and keyboard shortcuts for Accept, Tentative,
>    Decline?

Will do.

> I have to repeat: This is great!!

It's been bothering me for so long I got tired of waiting for somebody
else to fix it...