From: Gour <gour@atmarama.net>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: ANN: org-vcard. Export/import vCards. Backwards-compatible with org-contacts.el.
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 10:39:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871tsunhav.fsf@atmarama.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87iombd79r.fsf@gmail.com
Alexis <flexibeast@gmail.com> writes:
> i don't think that's a dumb question at all!
Good. ;)
> My original motivation for developing org-vcard was to create part of a
> pipeline for synchronising contacts between Org and my smartphone.
That would be great!!
> (b) (i) i feel org-contacts.el, as it stands, is too inflexible. It's only
> aware of a relatively small number of properties, and extending this
> requires directly messing around in the org-contacts.el code. i feel
> that this has made it difficult to expand the list of properties
> available, as it basically requires everyone to agree on exactly what
> properties to add, and how.
I agree, but let me ask you what do you think about BBDB-v3? Many people
like it, but I must admit I haven't take closer look at it?
However, I wonder whether it's flexible enough to define one's own
properties of format of one's contact data and what about syncing?
> (b) (ii) Further to (b) (i), i feel people should be able to define
> their own properties, in their preferred language, without having to
> write code for this.
That's noble feature, indeed.
> (b) (iii) More generally, previous discussions on this topic on this
> list have convinced me that it's folly to expect everyone to agree on a
> single style for contacts in Org, and that what is needed is a system
> that can easily accommodate the development of new contact styles,
> potentially allowing an ecosystem/marketplace of styles to develop, with
> particularly popular styles being considered for inclusion by default in
> the system.
Sound very good and it seems it's obvious that such nice app as org-mode
needs some improvement in the way how the contacts are handled.
> Given all the above, yes, i would like to see org-vcard become the basis
> for an "Org contacts NG" system. (Which, to answer Feng Shu's question,
> would mean that the 'tree' style would be available by default in such a
> system.) Whether to actually take this approach, however, is something
> i'll let the community decide. :-)
I wish you all the best hoping org-mode users will find decent solution
for handling contacts soon.
Sincerely,
Gour
--
An intelligent person does not take part in the sources of misery,
which are due to contact with the material senses. O son of Kuntī,
such pleasures have a beginning and an end, and so the wise man does
not delight in them.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-06 8:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-02 1:12 ANN: org-vcard. Export/import vCards. Backwards-compatible with org-contacts.el Alexis
2014-08-06 8:39 ` Gour [this message]
2014-08-06 9:54 ` Alexis
2014-08-06 16:21 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-08-06 16:28 ` Alexis
2014-08-06 16:44 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-08-06 17:21 ` Charles Philip Chan
2014-08-07 7:34 ` Alexis
2014-08-18 19:03 ` Eric S Fraga
2015-01-21 8:58 ` Gour
2015-01-21 10:24 ` Rasmus
2015-01-21 12:07 ` Gour
2015-01-21 12:16 ` Rasmus
2015-01-21 13:03 ` Gour
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2014-08-03 23:23 Alexis
2014-07-31 22:32 Alexis
2014-08-01 5:15 ` Feng Shu
2014-08-01 6:01 ` Gour
2014-08-03 5:53 ` Feng Shu
2014-08-03 22:37 ` Feng Shu
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