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From: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>
To: "Alan E. Davis" <lngndvs@gmail.com>
Cc: org-mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: EDB and org?
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:59:48 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87skfa9qfv.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7bef1f890908291542r6762808h97f04838c8df0206@mail.gmail.com> (Alan E. Davis's message of "Sun\, 30 Aug 2009 08\:42\:00 +1000")

"Alan E. Davis" <lngndvs@gmail.com> writes:

> This may be a stretch, in fact I am quite sure it is.  I am surprized
> that I have never seen a reference to EDB (Emacs Data Base) on the
> list, or elsewhere, with reference to org-mode.  I had an elaborate
> scheme at one time to keep my addresses in EDB, and output templates
> to set up a latex letter, with multiple recipients if so desired, and
> of course multiple letters. 
>
> I'm not sure how, but it occurs to me that org mode and EDB have some
> common threads of this kind.  I have tried to implement an address
> book/contact system using properties, but it was very clumsy, at least
> in the way I did it.
>
> Has anyone done ANYTHING interesting using EDB with org-mode?

EDB?  What's that??  I've never heard of it before.

I just use bbdb for my addressbook and that works great for me.

-Bernt

  reply	other threads:[~2009-08-29 23:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-08-29 22:42 EDB and org? Alan E. Davis
2009-08-29 22:59 ` Bernt Hansen [this message]
2009-08-29 23:57   ` Samuel Wales

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