You could build something pretty easily using Perl with either Wx or
Tk as the GUI interface. Then you just create the entry fields that you
want (search, add, edit, etc...). Great thing is, then you could make
them work together with the same dataset (your txt file).
For many years, I have maintained a simple text file list of contact
names, phone numbers, addresses, and other miscellaneous information
-- a single line for each entry. That file now has more than 3,000
names and phone numbers.
To find/retrieve a phone number, I have used a simple shell script
with grep. While this has worked fine from the Linux command line,
and it gives instantaneous results, I have often wondered and
sometimes searched for a utility app that could do the same thing.
I do not want a multiple function contact and calendar app, but I
would like something with a *very simple* gui that I could access
from an icon on the desktop or panel; and I'd also like something
that would work on both my Linux boxes and also for my wife on her
windblows laptop.
The way my old shell script works is I just type: phone<E> on the
command line, and then press<S> for select, enter the name or part
of a phone number, and all entries that match the select criteria
display. With the current method, I open the file in a text editor
to add new entries or make changes. But it would be nice to have the
option to press<A> to append a new, one-line text entry. Leave it
to the user to make the entry in the same format as the rest of the
text file.
Anyone know of an existing *simple* app or utility that can do this
on both Linux and windblow?
Below a sample of the way my text file looks now when I search for
"library":
(Yes, I know the area code following the phone number is a bit
strange, but this goes waaaay back to when I first used this for
just a few dozen local phone numbers; and for a number of practical
reasons, I have opted to not reformat the entire text file.)
644-3300 #480 Mesa Express Library PO Box 1466 Mesa 95211
644-3182 #480 Mesa Library or 3184 or reference desk 3164
644-3569 #480 Mesa Library Brynn Burton, Suprv Librarian
644-2207 #480 Mesa Library main branch
262-4636 #602 PhoenixPublicLibrary.org -or- phxlib.org
644-2472 #480 Mesa Library Technology
644-2732 #480 Mesa Library Interlibrary Loan office
644-3182 #480 MesaLibrary.org
707-2100 #202 Library of Congress info
386-4648 #206 Seattle Library directory info center
543-0741 #206 University of Washington Engineering Library
651-7072 #360 Sno-Isle Library
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