From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russell Adams Subject: Re: Re: contact management in org-mode? Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:26:07 -0500 Message-ID: <20091031032607.GG23167@thinkpad.adamsinfoserv.com> References: <878wfoc5ao.fsf@cuma.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <87iqerzvm2.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> <20091025023410.GK2357@thinkpad.adamsinfoserv.com> <87pr86tywd.wl%ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> <87zl7arynb.fsf@dynapse.com> <20091029173640.GM28398@thinkpad.adamsinfoserv.com> <7bef1f890910291300o2e063d58h9d620278a6472032@mail.gmail.com> <20091031031059.GF23167@thinkpad.adamsinfoserv.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 1N44bW-00039q-0G for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:26:14 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N44bV-00039Q-Gi for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:26:13 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56162 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N44bV-00039L-ES for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:26:13 -0400 Received: from squirtle.drak.net ([72.52.144.201]:49991) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N44bV-0008AL-3t for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:26:13 -0400 Received: from 206.180.154.148.adsl.hal-pc.org ([206.180.154.148] helo=localhost) by squirtle.drak.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N44bH-0004nu-H3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:25:59 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091031031059.GF23167@thinkpad.adamsinfoserv.com> 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > Now, I know this won't give me synchronization. Unfortunately I think > that's a lost cause currently, I just want a way to find a contact. > > Fast finding on the CLI? > > awk 'BEGIN {RS="\n\n\\* " ; IGNORECASE=1} /chief/ {print $0}' Contacts.org > > I can even adapt that to give me emails for mutt. > > Yes there's no way to push this to CSV and back, but I could write > something in an hour in Perl to do so. (feature idea! Export > column-view as csv...) > > I thought I'd post here for feedback prior to committing my contacts > to this format. Looking into this some more, export is really easy. I can just use a dynamic block to store column view in whatever format I choose, and export then search & replace ',' for '|'. That is minimal effort! Sparse searches in column view, hierarchy organization, etc. I'm trying to find a problem here. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Russell Adams RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.com PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ Fingerprint: 1723 D8CA 4280 1EC9 557F 66E8 1154 E018 1160 DCB3