From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russell Adams Subject: Re: Re: contact management in org-mode? Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:36:40 -0500 Message-ID: <20091029173640.GM28398@thinkpad.adamsinfoserv.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> 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 1N3YvW-000053-Re for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:36:46 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N3YvV-0008VC-Jz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:36:46 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50869 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N3YvV-0008V1-Dt for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:36:45 -0400 Received: from squirtle.drak.net ([72.52.144.201]:44199) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N3YvV-0005Tk-1L for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:36:45 -0400 Received: from 206.180.154.148.adsl.hal-pc.org ([206.180.154.148] helo=localhost) by squirtle.drak.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N3YvM-0004yG-Jz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:36:36 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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 On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 05:00:05PM +0100, Richard Riley wrote: > The lack of sync with google contacts is a real big "minus" for bbdb : > but I still use it over any other emacs solution for contact management. > > Possibly the best solution would be a gnus method that talks to > evolution or google contacts directly? From that way it would be > relatively trivial I guess to re-write as bbdb using bbdb methods. I don't imagine the sync issue ever going away. There's no perfect sync, even in the world of other proprietary OSes. My ideal contact manager at the moment would have: - Text interface (ncurses or emacs) - Open backend - sqlite would be fine, or text tables, vcard/CSV not required - Bonus points for VC compatible - Dynamic field support & mapping - Perfect import/export - Export to CSV should include all fields - Exporting, clearing the DB, and reimporting should result in identical contacts w/ custom fields like nothing ever changed - Row view - Customizable sorting - Customizable visible fields - Flexible searching - Contact view (ie: form) - External methods (ie: mutt query, cli search & dump) Then there may be the ability to later bind such a program to SyncML or another sync library to get rid of the sync issue. My problem is atm nothing like this exists. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Russell Adams RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.com PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ Fingerprint: 1723 D8CA 4280 1EC9 557F 66E8 1154 E018 1160 DCB3