From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gour Subject: Re: OBBDB(3) or org-contacts Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:36:59 +0100 Message-ID: References: <0lobgzh9xi.fsf@wjh.hardakers.net> <20130108205311.53d52a0e@atmarama.noip.me> <87obgsbuyd.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45196) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TufXv-0000mg-VV for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 03:37:38 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TufXk-0000jk-ER for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 03:37:31 -0500 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:45126) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TufXk-0000ii-7Z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 03:37:20 -0500 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TufXw-0006JF-T5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:37:32 +0100 Received: from 93-142-208-161.adsl.net.t-com.hr ([93.142.208.161]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:37:32 +0100 Received: from gour by 93-142-208-161.adsl.net.t-com.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:37:32 +0100 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 On Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:34:58 +1030 Eric S Fraga wrote: > I use bbdb3; never got to grips with org-contacts and I have too > many contacts in any case. No performance issues? > bbdb3 provides a subtle improvement to bbdb2: better more logical key > bindings and less surprising behaviour overall. I like it. Does bbdb3 provide more freedom to have some custom fields in my contacts structure? > Org will interpret the "anniversary" (e.g. birthdays, wedding > anniversary, other dates) field in bbdb entries to bring in > information into the agenda view, if desired. Look at > =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist=. Thank you for that. I wasn't aware of it. > I am a confirmed gnus user. No other email system comes close to > doing what gnus can do. Given the large volume of email I get, > splitting and scoring are essential to survival! Integration with > bbdb is also obviously key for me. I also decided to use Gnus, but, atm, have some problem with its setup. The funny thing is that I use it in the past, but forgot some things in the meantime. :-) Sincerely, Gour -- As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change. http://www.atmarama.net | Hlapicina (Croatia) | GPG: 52B5C810