From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: gregory@dynapse.com (Gregory J. Grubbs) Subject: Re: contact management in org-mode? Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:38:06 -0600 Message-ID: <87vdhvjz81.fsf@dynapse.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> <20091031032607.GG23167@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 1N4GyM-0008VS-Lz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:38:38 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N4GyI-0008Su-00 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:38:38 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33124 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N4GyH-0008Se-QU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:38:33 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:48812) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N4GyH-0001gw-8h for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:38:33 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1N4GyF-0005bY-Ic for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:38:31 +0100 Received: from 76.74.124.198 ([76.74.124.198]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:38:31 +0100 Received: from gregory by 76.74.124.198 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:38:31 +0100 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 org-mode may attain self-hosting status before Clojure does! -Greg (after writing some elisp to translate my BBDB entries into property-laden org-mode entries) Russell Adams writes: >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode