ICAL Alarms - can they be automated? Also - color coding ICAL events
A question re alerts - how can I make the default automatically give me 30 minutes notice of an new event, the way one can in Outlook/Entourage??
Another question - can I color code various events in ICAL the way one can in Enttourage (ie, home related are blue, work are green, etc.?
lapt,
But that changes all the events on the calendar, I think. I was trying to get different colors for different kinds of events (ie, work, home, kids, etc)
In that case make separate calendars for (ie, work, home, kids, etc).
How do I set the alarm so it is in effect automatically without my having to do it for each event
A string on your little finger? ...Just kidding.
I do not know of a way to make that happen.
;~)
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I have a very detailed ical calendar for all the family members' activities & would like to view them with a different color per person on one single calendar.
iCal allows you to add multiple calendars (check boxes). Each calendar can have it's own color. Any event added to that calendar will have that color.
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If you want to see all the calendars at once to see where events overlap, etc. you check off all the check boxes and you see all the events at once.
In your scenario you would make 1 calendar for each person. Each calendar can be assigned it's own unique color. When you want to see what everyone is doing you just check off all the check boxes to turn on all the calendars at once so you can see the events all together (Holding down the command key which is the clover leaf or Apple key and then clicking on a check box will turn them all on / off in one shot.)
The "Master" calendar as you say is iCal with all the calendars checked.
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ctcp = "%g$*%n";
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wallop_nick = "%n$*";
wallop_action = "%_ * $*%n ";
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netsplit = "%R$*%n";
netjoin = "%C$*%n";
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names_nick = "[%_$0%_$1-] ";
names_nick_op = "{names_nick $*}";
names_nick_halfop = "{names_nick $*}";
names_nick_voice = "{names_nick $*}";
names_users = "[%g$*%n]";
names_channel = "%G$*%n";
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dccfile = "%_$*%_";
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dccownmsg = "[%r$0%K($1-%K)%n] ";
dccownnick = "%R$*%n";
dccownquerynick = "%_$*%n";
dccownaction = "{action $*}";
dccownaction_target = "{action_core $0}%K:%c$1%n ";
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dccquerynick = "%G$*%n";
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- I want everyone nickname but mine in gray
- I want the join/quit text (... has joined/quit) in gray
- I want the mode (@, +, etc) in yellow
I tried to format the text according irssi site, but without luck.
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pubnick = "%K$*%n";
and this for the quit msg
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mode = "{comment %K$*%n}";
# nick/host is printed (parts, quits, etc.)
channick = "%c$*%n";
chanhost = "{nickhost %c$*%n}";
all without any luck. Also tried to put the format strings outside the curly braces, with the same result. I've been editing the config file for a while now, not sure what other information could you possibly need.
I know it's not a big deal, I stil can use the program with no hassle, but it would really be nice to set the colors like that, to help me distinguish between lines.
Thank you for reading, and sorry for my lousy englishNobody can tell you anything without proper system info or other technical details.
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PLEASE APPLE ADD COLOR TAGGING TO EVENTS!!!
Um, color tagging events has always been a feature of iCal. Go into iCal. In the upper left-hand corner it says "Calendars." Go under "File" and create a new Calendar--iCal will give it a color, but you can change that. If you do this in iCloud, you simply pick "edit" and click on the color, and you've a huge range of choices as to what color you want it to be.
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You create an event, and among the choices you have (date, time, alert, notes) is one that says: "Calendar." It will show the default calendar with it's color, but offer you up and down arrows to pick a different calendar (you can change the default calendar, by the way, under preferences). You use those arrows and pick "John" calendar and the "event" of John being on-shift from 10pm-10am on December 12th appears on the calendar in orange. Create an event and give it the "Susan Off" calendar and her time off will appear in green. Give several events the "appointment" calendar and they'll all be blue (or whatever colors you've picked for these things).
Yes?
Now whether you can sync your iCal to Google and match up the colors is a whole other story. But you can--and have for as long as I can remember---color code your iCal events.
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