From e24b5ffb5d61c5f1ffffe2cbece9987680f9df45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Malin Freeborn <malinfreeborn@posteo.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:32:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] rewrite calcurse imports

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 data/calcurse_import.sh | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 data/calcurse_import.sh

diff --git a/data/calcurse.md b/data/calcurse.md
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----
-title: calcurse
-tags: 
-- data
-- calendar
-- daylight savings
----
-
-## Setup
-
-The UK government keeps an `ics` file with clock.
-
-```sh
-wget https://www.gov.uk/when-do-the-clocks-change/united-kingdom.ics
-calcurse -i united-kingdom.ics
-```
-
diff --git a/data/calcurse_import.sh b/data/calcurse_import.sh
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+---
+title: Import an ICS file into calcurse
+tags: 
+- data
+- calendar
+- daylight savings
+requires:
+- calcurse
+---
+
+## Setup
+
+The UK government keeps an `ics` file with clock.
+
+```sh
+wget https://www.gov.uk/when-do-the-clocks-change/united-kingdom.ics
+calcurse -i united-kingdom.ics
+```
+
+If you already have some of these events, and don't want duplicates, import the events into a temporary file.
+
+
+```sh
+TMP=$(mktemp)
+curl -s "$1" | calcurse -q -i - -c "$TMP"
+```
+
+Then search for new lines in the new calendar file to put into your appointments file.
+
+```sh
+CALDATA=~/.local/share/calcurse/apts
+grep -vf "$CALDATA" "$TMP" >> "$CALDATA"
+rm $TMP
+```