El 2022-10-09 05:40, Jean Louis escribió: > But I can as well edit my contacts by using external tools and > exchange information with other software. > > Do you wish to share your contacts? That is easy, one can simple send > the full file to somebody. > > By followed the thought patterns described one shall understand that > contacts may be separated from single mode (Org) and separated from > single software (Emacs) and that it will not minimize or limit you but > rather widen the capacities and usefulness for human.
This is a great summary about the use of database to hold information. But it requires experience configuring databases for end-users. It could work if the database was set up by someone else or if the fields were easy to define by the end-user by some kind of interface. On the other hand, there is a movement to use plain text for everything. I know you disagree. But here is some information about accounting this way: https://plaintextaccounting.org I learned a lot of elisp by reading your long explanation about how to construct a contact database directly on Emacs 29 without adding anything else. Thank you very much!
