From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alexis Subject: Re: ANN: org-vcard. Export/import vCards. Backwards-compatible with org-contacts.el. Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:54:20 +1000 Message-ID: <87r40toqvo.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87iombd79r.fsf@gmail.com> <871tsunhav.fsf@atmarama.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55354) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XEyR1-0001Ea-Dv for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 06:27:16 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XEyQs-0001iC-5T for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 06:27:07 -0400 Received: from mail-pd0-x235.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c02::235]:61492) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XEyQr-0001i8-U4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 06:26:58 -0400 Received: by mail-pd0-f181.google.com with SMTP id g10so3037293pdj.26 for ; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 03:26:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (ppp118-209-47-36.lns20.mel4.internode.on.net. [118.209.47.36]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id xo10sm794086pbc.36.2014.08.06.03.26.54 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 06 Aug 2014 03:26:55 -0700 (PDT) In-reply-to: <871tsunhav.fsf@atmarama.net> 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 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. 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.