From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: ANN: org-vcard. Export/import vCards. Backwards-compatible with org-contacts.el. Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 00:21:59 +0800 Message-ID: <87fvh9r3ko.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <87iombd79r.fsf@gmail.com> <871tsunhav.fsf@atmarama.net> <87r40toqvo.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57084) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XF3ue-0002E0-1Y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 12:18:11 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XF3uW-0008L2-Gy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 12:18:03 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:40341) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XF3uW-0008Km-B4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 12:17:56 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XF3uP-0002db-OW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 18:17:49 +0200 Received: from 111.199.148.47 ([111.199.148.47]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 18:17:49 +0200 Received: from eric by 111.199.148.47 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 18:17:49 +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 Alexis writes: > Gour writes: > >> what do you think about BBDB-v3? Many people like it, but I must admit >> I haven't take closer look at it? > > i haven't tried using BBDB-v3, only BBDB-v2, several years ago. i found > the latter, hm, 'clunky'. (Similar to how, until the advent of mu4e, i > found no Emacs-based MUA with maildir support which i found as usable as > Mutt.) And iirc, part of the problem might have been lack of (full) > support for Australian phone numbers and/or postcodes, which at the time > i really didn't want to wrestle with. > > In any case, org-contacts.el has nowwhetted my appetite for an Org-based > contacts solution - given the slogan "Your life in plain text", contacts > management certainly seems to me to fall within Org's remit. :-) > >> 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? > > i've just had a quick scan through the BBDB-v3 source, and > superficially, it looks like the properties are hard-coded. If by properties you mean arbitrary key-value data, BBDB does indeed support that -- properties are known as "fields", and "xfields" are user-designated fields. Labels and values can be arbitrarily designated by the user, and with a bit of coding you can format them in unusual ways, or have them "do things". > Regarding syncing, the BBDB page on SourceForge suggests that existing > support for this might be rather limited - i only see mention of > PalmPilot syncing. i would certainly be interested to know if anyone's > created CardDAV support for BBDB - given that Google Contacts can be > accessed via CardDAV, and given (what i imagine to be) the large number > of people syncing their Android phone's contacts with Google Contacts, > such support might well be in demand! > >> I wish you all the best hoping org-mode users will find decent solution >> for handling contacts soon. > > Thank you! i'm hoping my ongoing work with org-vcard might eventually > contribute towards this. :-) > > > Alexis.