From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Shutko Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Diary Usage Poll (WAS) Re: enhanced diary mode? Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 22:07:59 GMT Organization: Optimum Online Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87vg3dj90t.fsf@wesley.springies.com> References: <87lm4bas08.fsf@at_ipipan.waw.pl> <87d6pmxcia.fsf@wesley.springies.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1036448829 29696 80.91.224.249 (4 Nov 2002 22:27:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 22:27:09 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 188pgW-0007iO-00 for ; Mon, 04 Nov 2002 23:27:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 188pdj-0001vx-00; Mon, 04 Nov 2002 17:24:11 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-hub.siol.net!newsfeeds-atl2!newsfeeds-atl1.usenetserver.com!news.webusenet.com!news01.optonline.net!news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.3.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Original-Lines: 43 Cancel-Lock: sha1:xLRgZkO7XNwJoAVVVP9HcoQulTc= Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.47.114.19 Original-X-Trace: news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net 1036447679 24.47.114.19 (Mon, 04 Nov 2002 17:07:59 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 17:07:59 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:106739 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:3293 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:3293 David Masterson writes: > Could you be a bit more specific as to why? Isn't there a BBDB to > Palm synchronizer out there (somewhere...)? Few reasons: * I am near my laptop nearly all the time. I had stopped carrying around my Palm when I wasn't, since it was generally a pain. * I was sick of the lack of coordination with the programs I normally use. For example, I was keeping a second addressbook in bbdb to be able to mail people easily. I also was keeping a second copy of phone numbers in my cell phone. * There is a SyncBBDB, but it only works with PilotManager. I switched from PilotManager long ago because I hated it. ISTR some stability issues, which may have been corrected, but certainly it didn't sync well with any calendar programs I liked. * I disliked the limitations of the Palm calendar. When I found myself running M-x holidays to update the Palm, I figured I needed to change. Now, I do everything within Emacs. When I need info and am away from my computer, I carry a small Circa[1] and a fountain pen. I can print my calendar into pages sized for the notebook. I haven't bothered with BBDB info yet, although it's on the list, since my phone has all that stuff. (Still no way to sync the phone.) Otherwise, I don't carry anything around, and I don't feel bad about having this piece of electronics I never actually use. (Instead, I gave it to my mom.) Anything the Emacs solutions don't do that I want, I just fix. Makes it happy that way. Footnotes: [1] http://www.levenger.com, sorry, couldn't figure out the deep link. -- Alan Shutko - In a variety of flavors! "I dunno how you guys walk around with those things." (Elaine)