From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Karl Voit Subject: Re: BBDB(3) or org-contacts Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:29:21 +0100 Message-ID: <2013-01-11T12-23-20@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> References: <876237slcc.wl%n142857@gmail.com> <20130108211408.GC943@strey.biz> Reply-To: news1142@Karl-Voit.at Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:38254) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ttcnx-0006CJ-2l for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 06:29:51 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ttcnt-0001mZ-2B for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 06:29:45 -0500 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:57780) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ttcns-0001mQ-Rm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 06:29:40 -0500 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ttco7-0005EB-9S for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:29:55 +0100 Received: from mail.michael-prokop.at ([88.198.6.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:29:55 +0100 Received: from news1142 by mail.michael-prokop.at with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:29:55 +0100 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org * Michael Strey wrote: > On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 05:14:43PM +0100, Daniel Clemente wrote: > > [...] > >> Therefore I use its infrastructre (because I like it) but I don't run its code. I'll explain myself: >> I keep this structure in an .org file: >> ** John von Neumann :mathematic: >> :PROPERTIES: >> :EMAIL: john@neumann.com >> :END: >> - some info > > 1+ > > I've more than 1000 contacts 1012 at my side. No speed issues so far. > and this system works well and with > reasonable speed. For integration with mutt, I use Karl Voit's lbdb > module for org-contact [fn:1]. To be fair, the perl-script did not originate from me. lbdb works like charm. With the script mentioned, I can query any kind of (sub-)string of a contact. This is quite nice since I can query things like «vacation2012» or «orgmode» to get contacts. > I've defined a set of properties derived from the VCard specification > and like Daniel, I have a Capture template to create new organisations > and contacts below them. You might also want to read: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/47478/ -- Karl Voit