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convert an ics file (exported from web calendar) as textual diary

1) download the ics file

  • sudo apt install python3-pip
  • sudo pip3 install ics
  • create the bash executable file, like this
se avete google

#!/bin/bash

wget -O diario.ics https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/[remote path]/basic.ics

se avete nextcloud

wget -O diario.ics https://ecloud.global/remote.php/dav/calendars/[vostra user(ad esempio la mail]/personal/?export –user=[il vostro user, come prima]–password=[la vostra password]

2) convert the ics to md

afterwards, after downloading the ics file (in the following example “personal.ics”) you have to concert it to a md file. You can use a code like the folowing, in a python file (we call here “convert-ics.py”) located or linked in the same folder of ics file:

from ics import Calendar

md_template = """
## {name} - {start}
{desc}
{location} 
_{categ}_"""

with open("personal.ics") as f:
   cal = Calendar(f.read())

print("# Diario")
for e in sorted(cal.events):
    print(md_template.format(start=e.begin.strftime("%Y-%m-%e"), name=e.name, 
                             desc=e.description, location=e.location, 
                             categ=e.categories))

and then 

python3 convert-ics.py > /[local-path]/local-file.md

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embed database data in odt file

 the problem

In odt it is possible to insert some database data as fields in a odt file, but when you change data in phpmyadmin I get
1) a correct update in the data source view above the text,
2) not in the odt file (body: where
are the fields): the fields texts remain unchanged, even after doing the
command “update fields” (both from menu and from keyboard: F9, or
shift+ctrl+F9).

a solution

A workaround is to use insert – section to insert a part of a php file via localhost.

  1. you will see in your odt file the content of the (section=div, of the) php file, as in the picture following:
    image description
  2. insert -> section -> link -> file name “http://localhost/[path]/[filename].php” -> section (the “id” name you have chosen in php file, i.g. inserting a <div id=”biblio”>[php/mysql code]</div> the section name will “biblio”)

Of course, you must previously

  • activate a php/mysql server in local
  • and possibly have some knowledge of html/php source code.
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avidemux too slow

It’s better use (one of) the following codecs for encoding

  • x264
  • libavcodec MPEG-1/MPEG-2
  • libavcodec MPEG-4
  • Xvid 

so Avidemux will be able to optizmize the CPU usage and will be much faster. And the CPU temperature will be lower.
Cfr.here.

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share (embedding) text between odt documents (librewriter)

Impossible use cross-reference or dde-link for more than a paragraph.
So the only way (to share more than a paragraph) are sections:

  1. define the area you want share in the file A as a bookmark;
  2. in the file B insert -> section -> as link – choose the file and the bookmark
  3. the text boormarked in A will be visible in B

n.b.
It is not necessary a master document.

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problems with “locale”

In case of problems with locale (i.g. autokey not starting, or a file with non-latin characters not opening) you can try these commands

  • export LC_ALL=”en_US.UTF-8″
  • export LC_CTYPE=”en_US.UTF-8
  • sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
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calculate age from year of birth

There are two ways:

via php

## 2. in php
You can also use php code, as in the following way
(inspired from this page (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3776682/php-calculate-age), and _slighty modified_: 

    $dob =”$row[anno_nascita]”;
    $age = date_diff(date_create($dob), date_create(‘now’))->y;
    echo “age: $age years
“;

via mysql in phpmyadmin

1.do this sql query:
     select *,year(CURDATE())-year(anno_nascita) age from studenti__classi; 
2. save the result as view
3. and so you will have, in the view, the age (of your students, i.g.) that can work in LibreBase (to connect with that view).