This geeklet requires MacRuby. There is a package installer on macruby.org for 10.6
This script accesses the shared system events calendar (the one iCal uses) directly, making the events in a given range of dates available directly in the script as objects. The output can be customized as much as is possible with ruby. The included output and formatting is very basic, and could be extended greatly.
For information on the attributes that are available on the event objects, see the Apple reference pages below:
The first contains properties like title, notes, and the even UID, the second describes properties for the time and recurrence.
#!/usr/local/bin/macruby
framework 'calendarstore'
# This required MacRuby to be installed.
# A package installer for 10.6+ is available at http://www.macruby.org/
# Period is the number of days (including today) to include in the list.
# The default is three days.
period = (3 * 3600 * 24)
range = Time.local(Time.now.year, Time.now.mon, Time.now.day)..(Time.local(Time.now.year, Time.now.mon, Time.now.day) + period)
predicate = CalCalendarStore.eventPredicateWithStartDate(NSDate.dateWithString(range.begin.to_s), endDate:NSDate.dateWithString(range.end.to_s), calendars:CalCalendarStore.defaultCalendarStore.calendars)
day_cache = nil
# All formatting done here is intended to be RIGHT JUSTIFIED.
# Inside the block everything except #timeIntervalSince1970 is normal ruby,
# so it should be pretty easy for many people to change around.
CalCalendarStore.defaultCalendarStore.eventsWithPredicate(predicate).each do |event|
started_at = Time.at(event.startDate.timeIntervalSince1970)
print "n" + started_at.strftime("%A %B %d").upcase + "n" if started_at.day != day_cache
print "→" if started_at < Time.now
print "⚠ " if (Time.now - started_at < (3600 * 5)) && (Time.now - started_at > 0)
print event.title
print " (#{event.location})" if event.location
print (event.isAllDay ? " ∞" : started_at.strftime(" %R"))
print "n"
day_cache = started_at.day
end
I will almost definitely be updating this as I think of better ideas, so watch the comments for updates or a more permanent place to track changes.</p>
