From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: Contacts/Resources/People Date: Fri, 02 May 2014 14:05:12 +0800 Message-ID: <877g64hg13.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34594) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wg6Y8-0003wr-63 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 02 May 2014 02:02:27 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wg6Y0-0000wv-IR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 02 May 2014 02:02:20 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:44115) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wg6Y0-0000wj-B0 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 02 May 2014 02:02:12 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Wg6Xy-0003X7-OZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 02 May 2014 08:02:10 +0200 Received: from 50.56.99.223 ([50.56.99.223]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 02 May 2014 08:02:10 +0200 Received: from eric by 50.56.99.223 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 02 May 2014 08:02:10 +0200 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 Sungmin writes: > I have been using orgmode for the last couple of months, guided by Sasha > Chua's blog, and the material I have found on internet. > Now I am started to be satisfied with my setup. But I there is one thing I > would like to improve. > > I would like to have people as first class citizens. > > I want to easily add people to the appointment. > I want to be able to add people to tasks easily. > I want to track with whom I spend time with. > i want to be able to add people to meeting logs, with professional titles > easily, and other selected contact information easily > I want to be able to mange the contact data centrally,so if I add a person to > a task/appoinment I can easily get to his contact information. > I want to easily look up what I have ongoing with a specific person before I > meet him to remind me if there is anything I should bring up to him. > > Sacha speaks about BBDB but it does not not really seem to do what I want. > Julien Danjou have made contacts.el, might to be a better fit. I'd still recommend taking a closer look at BBDB -- make sure you get version 3. Integration with Org is pretty good: you can add links to BBDB contacts, with completion. I'm knocking the last rough edges of a small package designed to bridge some of the air-gaps between Org, Gnus, and BBDB -- I'll have a usable version done Real Soon Now. Relevant to your use-case, it allows tagging BBDB contacts with Org-type tags, so you can 1) open an Org agenda from the tags of the displayed BBDB contacts; 2) do the inverse of that: pop up a BBDB buffer corresponding to the tags search of the Org agenda; or 3) pop up a BBDB buffer showing all the records linked to from the current heading. A little glue goes a long way... E