From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Strey Subject: Re: phone links... Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 16:07:31 +0200 Message-ID: <20130408140731.GF659@strey.biz> References: <5156228C.4010400@sift.info> <871uaq7aqy.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <515E3938.2030202@sift.info> <20130408103832.GE659@strey.biz> <5162BC78.7010509@sift.info> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:60290) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UPCjV-00013G-4O for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:07:47 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UPCjO-0002QB-Oe for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:07:41 -0400 Received: from mx1.supremebox.com ([198.23.53.39]:46112) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UPCjO-0002Py-LI for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:07:34 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5162BC78.7010509@sift.info> 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 Cc: "Robert P. Goldman" On Mo, Apr 08, 2013 at 07:47:52 -0500, Robert Goldman wrote: > Michael Strey wrote: [...] > > What about integrating these few functions into org-contacts? > > I am very reluctant to do this. > > I don't use org-contacts at all, but I *do* like to have phone numbers > in my TODO items. Actually, I do not use org-contacts either but I use an org file as contact data base that follows the conventions defined in org-contacts. Nevertheless, I would like to be able to use some of the newer functions of org-contacts, namely the VCard export. Currently org-phone.el as well as my org-dial.el are incompatible with org-contacts. The only idea behind my proposal was to make the contributors of both packages aware of each other. > I think we can get an appropriate combination by having org-phone be > free-standing, and simply let the org-contacts user adopt them if s/he > likes. Yes, of course, with some persuading. > Related question: if the org-contact entries are *known* to be phone > numbers (keyed by the field), why not automagically treat those values > as phone numbers, instead of requiring them to be phone links (which add > cruft to the files)? And similarly for EMAIL. > > I.e., why not simply have: > > #+BEGIN_SRC org > * Surname, Name > :PROPERTIES: > :EMAIL: foo@bar.com > :PHONE: +49 351 4129535; +49 176 6626196 > :END: > #+END_SRC > ? That would be convenient indeed. But considering the given syntax rules for links in org-mode, I'm not sure whether I really would like it. Too much magic can be confusing. Moreover that would create a dependency between org-contacts and org-phone. Org-contacts would require org-phone in order to work as intended, thus creating a strong argument for my proposal of merging both packages. Regards -- Michael Strey www.strey.biz