From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Uwe Jochum Subject: Re: contact management in org-mode? Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:48:16 +0100 Message-ID: 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N3nA7-0001wU-I6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:48:47 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N3nA2-0001qa-0K for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:48:46 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34098 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N3nA1-0001qK-Pa for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:48:41 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:43655) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N3nA1-00069C-Bo for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:48:41 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1N3n9y-0006ws-E8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:48:38 +0100 Received: from b42.ub.uni-konstanz.de ([134.34.200.72]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:48:38 +0100 Received: from uwe.jochum by b42.ub.uni-konstanz.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:48:38 +0100 In-Reply-To: <7bef1f890910291300o2e063d58h9d620278a6472032@mail.gmail.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 Hi all, has someone tried "forms" for the purpose of contact management? See: http://sunsite.ualberta.ca/Documentation/Gnu/emacs-21.1/html_chapter/forms_frame.html Best, Uwe Alan E. Davis schrieb am 29.10.2009 21:00: > I'll mention EDB, emacs data base, here, even though I haven't used it > for several years. > > http://gnuvola.org/software/edb/ > > It's available on many GNU/Linux distros, as a package. It is for > Gentoo, and perhaps for Debian/Ubuntu as well. > > It is extensible/programmable, so that various interfaces could perhaps > be possible. I spent a little time years ago setting up an Addresses > database, with output formats to automatically set up a LaTeX header for > each marked address. It was a bit klunky, to be sure, but it worked > REALLY well, and it worked the way I wanted it to. > > It's an old piece of software. I tried it lately with my address DB, > with Emacs 23, so it may just still work fine. > > In the examples directory, above, are a rolodex database, possibly > somewhat similar to what I had going, and some other examples. There > has been some relatively recent effort into maintaining EDB. > > I write this not as a programmer, but a user, just to point to something > that has worked well for me in the past. > > Alan Davis > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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