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