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[Charles Kerr <charles.kerr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim, this would be a great change if we have a clean way to do it. In
order to support more apps, indicator-datetime would need:

1. a way to launch the calendar to a specific date. If you double-click
on a date in the menu's calendar widget, $calendar-app is invoked with
command-line arguments to go to that date.

2. it to be compatible with an EDS backend; otherwise a user would open
the calendar app and not see the same events that are being shown in the
indicator

So maybe it makes more sense to consider "should we add support for app
X" rather than "should we allow all calendar apps." Do you have an X in
mind? (Is Geary still looking at calendar integration?)

On the other hand, just thinking out loud, maybe we could get indicator-
datetime the information it needs (eg, how to launch the calendar to a
specific day or to specific appointment) by adding something to the
apps' .desktop files?


** Changed in: indicator-datetime (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1308296

Title:
  Allow for other calendar applications to register with Unity calendar
  indicator

Status in “indicator-datetime” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  It appears that Unity's calendar indicator (in the global menu, right-
  side of the screen) is hardwired to launch Evolution if an event is
  selected.  In System Settings, the only checkbox relevant to this is
  to show "Coming events from Evolution Calendar".

  It'd be nice if instead the Unity calendar indicator would launch the
  user's chosen default calendar application.

  I'm not suggesting that the calendar indicator quit using Evolution
  Data Server for calendar information, just which application is
  launched in response to a user event.

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