wiki/wiki/linux/khal.md

# Khal

`khal` is a calendar you can use in your terminal.
To sync calendars you'll need `vdirsyncer` aswell.

## Setup

### Arch-Linux

- `pacman -S khal vdirsyncer` - Install needed packages

### Configuration

- To configure vdirsyncer edit a file in `~/.config/vdirsyncer/config`.

```
[general]
status_path = "~/.cache/vdirsyncer/status"

#calendar
[pair private_calendar]
a = "private_calendar_local"
b = "private_calendar_remote"
collections = ["from a", "from b"]
metadata = ["color"]

[storage private_calendar_local]
type = "filesystem"
path = "~/.local/share/pim/calendars/private_calendar"
fileext = ".ics"

[storage private_calendar_remote]
type = "caldav"
url = "https://<url>"
auth = "basic"
username = "<username>"
password = "<password>"

```

- `vdirsyncer discober && vdirsyncer metasync` - After that initialize vdirsyncer.
- `vdirsyncer sync` - Synchronize your data (put it in a crontab to run periodically)
- Edit the `~/.config/khal/config`
	-	Insert the following lines
```
[calendars]

[[calendars]]
path = ~/.local/share/pim/calendars/*/*
type = discover
```