From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: jmcbray@carcosa.net (Jason F. McBrayer) Subject: Re: Column view questions Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:42:19 -0400 Message-ID: References: <46940F27.10202@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I8i4x-0001Oa-6N for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:42:27 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I8i4v-0001JI-C4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:42:26 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I8i4v-0001Ib-4i for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:42:25 -0400 Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.33]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I8i4u-0001KY-IW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:42:24 -0400 In-Reply-To: <46940F27.10202@gmail.com> (Daniel J. Sinder's message of "Tue\, 10 Jul 2007 15\:58\:47 -0700") 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: "Daniel J. Sinder" Cc: emacs-orgmode "Daniel J. Sinder" writes: > PROPERTIES and column view are fantastic! Thanks Carsten. > > I already have visions of moving my address book into org. I've set > my sights on finally learning Elisp by writing a vCard-to-org > function (and the reverse). > > How well does generating column view scale for hundreds of headlines? You'd be better off moving your address book into bbdb (no need to abuse org for the purpose when there's already a perfectly good emacs tool for the purpose). We really need a good vCard-to-bbdb (and the reverse) converter, though. -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Jason F. McBrayer jmcbray@carcosa.net | | If someone conquers a thousand times a thousand others in | | battle, and someone else conquers himself, the latter one | | is the greatest of all conquerors. --- The Dhammapada |