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From: Bastien <bzg@altern.org>
To: news1142@Karl-Voit.at
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Org-contacts and where to store address
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:32:29 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8762lwgwg2.fsf@altern.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2011-08-06T18-34-28@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> (Karl Voit's message of "Sat, 6 Aug 2011 18:40:31 +0200")

Hi Karl,

Karl Voit <devnull@Karl-Voit.at> writes:

> I am writing an Python-script that converts my old jPilot contact
> information to Org-mode. I chose Org-contacts[1] because it seems to
> me that this will be a widely used format.
>
> In my old format, the address field is a multi-line field similar
> to:
>
>     ,----[ example ]
>     | Street Name 42
>     | 0815 City
>     | Country
>     `----
>
> I am using property values for EMAIL, HOMEPHONE, WORKPHONE, PHONE,
> MOBILE, FAX, TITLE, and COMPANY.
>
> Is there a good way of adding the (multi line) address to the
> PROPERTY drawer or should I put the address in the notes right below
> the drawers?

I'd suggest reformatting the multi-lines address into a single-line
string. 

> PS: Empty properties are not mentioned in the Org-mode manual. Do
> they cause any trouble? 

Not that I'm aware of.

Thanks for letting us know about your progress!

Best,

-- 
 Bastien

  reply	other threads:[~2011-08-17 10:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-08-06 16:40 Org-contacts and where to store address Karl Voit
2011-08-17 10:32 ` Bastien [this message]
2011-08-17 16:26   ` Karl Voit

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