From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: org-contacts from bbdb: a starting solution Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:46:50 +0000 Message-ID: <87pqq0ms7p.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=57690 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PxHrA-0003is-Eh for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:47:09 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PxHr5-0000oO-1m for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:47:08 -0500 Received: from vscane-a2.ucl.ac.uk ([144.82.108.42]:54032) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PxHr4-0000lG-Ty for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:47:03 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Wes Hardaker's message of "Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:51:38 -0800") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Wes Hardaker Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Wes Hardaker writes: > I finally decided to take a wack at a bbdb to org-contacts converter. > I'm attaching the file below. It should prompt for a file and > insert all your existing bbdb records into the file using the formats > and fields that I decided was appropriate ;-) Thanks. This seems to work well. I convert >400 records and they seem to come through fine; well, for the fields you thought appropriate, of course... Are you intending to extend your code for not-so-appropriate fields? If so, I definitely would like to see the addresses converted and it would be quite useful to have the notes converted entry text for the org entry (i.e. not a property). Thanks again, eric -- : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.50.1 : using Org-mode version 7.4 (release_7.4.645.g3887.dirty)