Re: [O] bbdb or bbdb3 or org-contacts

2013-02-21 Thread Sriram Karra
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 1:52 PM, David Rogers wrote: > > Also look at ASynK, which can synchronize between Google and bbdb3: > > https://karra-asynk.appspot.com/ > > ASynK also works with BBDB v2 with a small-ish patch that adds timestamp support. As no one is really maintaining BBDB2.x any more t

Re: [O] bbdb or bbdb3 or org-contacts

2013-02-14 Thread Bastien
Hi Greg, Daimrod writes: > I think I haven't been clear, I would like to have write access to the > upstream repository to merge my changes Great -- please send me your public key. > but I will also keep my github > version as a "bleeding edge" version to make it easier to test and > propose c

Re: [O] bbdb or bbdb3 or org-contacts

2013-02-13 Thread Gour
Daimrod writes: > I would love to. I've made some changes to `org-contacts.el' and Joakim > has been very kind to test them, but there is still a lot of room for > improvements (and bugs). Thank you for taking care about org-contacts which makes me inspired to try using it for my Emacs-based con

Re: [O] bbdb or bbdb3 or org-contacts

2013-02-13 Thread Daimrod
Bastien writes: > Hi Greg, > > Daimrod writes: > >> However, I think I'll keep my public repository on github to test new >> features and merge them into upstream when I think they're ready. And if >> people can test them before that, it's even better. > > no problem, don't hesitate to share the

Re: [O] bbdb or bbdb3 or org-contacts

2013-02-13 Thread Bastien
Hi Greg, Daimrod writes: > However, I think I'll keep my public repository on github to test new > features and merge them into upstream when I think they're ready. And if > people can test them before that, it's even better. no problem, don't hesitate to share the patches. Thanks! -- Basti

Re: [O] bbdb or bbdb3 or org-contacts

2013-02-13 Thread Daimrod
Bastien writes: > Hi Grégoire, > > Daimrod writes: > >> See the attached patch files. I still need to need to take into account >> what could be after the cursor > > I've applied the patch against org-contacts.el, thanks for it. Thank you. > Do you want write access to the repo for maintaining

Re: [O] bbdb or bbdb3 or org-contacts

2013-02-13 Thread joakim
Bastien writes: > Hi Grégoire, > > Daimrod writes: > >> See the attached patch files. I still need to need to take into account >> what could be after the cursor > > I've applied the patch against org-contacts.el, thanks for it. > > Do you want write access to the repo for maintaining org-contac

Re: [O] bbdb or bbdb3 or org-contacts

2013-02-13 Thread Bastien
Hi Grégoire, Daimrod writes: > See the attached patch files. I still need to need to take into account > what could be after the cursor I've applied the patch against org-contacts.el, thanks for it. Do you want write access to the repo for maintaining org-contacts.el? > Moreover, `org-contact

Re: [O] bbdb or bbdb3 or org-contacts

2013-02-03 Thread Gour
Dieter Wilhelm writes: > So in summary it is on the safe side to use bbdb for a transition > period Yes. > because neither the maintainability of bbdb3 nor org-contacts seem to be > ensured. Why do you think that maintainability of bbdb3 is not safe? To me looks that bbdb3 is in good swing at

Re: [O] bbdb or bbdb3 or org-contacts

2013-02-03 Thread Dieter Wilhelm
Thank you very much for all the input. So in summary it is on the safe side to use bbdb for a transition period because neither the maintainability of bbdb3 nor org-contacts seem to be ensured. Dieter PS: I hope future developments will bring forth a stable database solution maintained

Re: [O] bbdb or bbdb3 or org-contacts

2013-02-01 Thread Daimrod
joa...@verona.se writes: > Daimrod writes: > >> Bastien writes: >> >>> Hi Dieter, >>> >>> Dieter Wilhelm writes: >>> What do you advise, what is already usable and what is the way ahead, still bbdb or bbdb3 or already org-contacts? >>> >>> BBDB is great. org-contacts.el is too slow w

Re: [O] bbdb or bbdb3 or org-contacts

2013-02-01 Thread joakim
Daimrod writes: > Bastien writes: > >> Hi Dieter, >> >> Dieter Wilhelm writes: >> >>> What do you advise, what is already usable and what is the way >>> ahead, still bbdb or bbdb3 or already org-contacts? >> >> BBDB is great. org-contacts.el is too slow when you have many >> contacts, and it i

Re: [O] bbdb or bbdb3 or org-contacts

2013-01-30 Thread Bastien
Hi Gour, Gour writes: > Bastien writes: > >> BBDB is great. org-contacts.el is too slow when you have many >> contacts, and it is not really maintained anymore. > > Do you find its flexible-enough in comparison with org-contacts when one > wants to add some custom structure? I used org-contac

Re: [O] bbdb or bbdb3 or org-contacts

2013-01-30 Thread Gour
Bastien writes: > BBDB is great. org-contacts.el is too slow when you have many > contacts, and it is not really maintained anymore. Do you find its flexible-enough in comparison with org-contacts when one wants to add some custom structure? Otoh, I'm also worried about org-contact's future ma

Re: [O] bbdb or bbdb3 or org-contacts

2013-01-30 Thread Bastien
Hi Greg, Daimrod writes: >> BBDB is great. org-contacts.el is too slow when you have many >> contacts, and it is not really maintained anymore. > > I've started to use org-contacts.el. I haven't (yet) problem with its > speed but I've improved the completion mecanism which prevented me to > use

Re: [O] bbdb or bbdb3 or org-contacts

2013-01-30 Thread Daimrod
Bastien writes: > Hi Dieter, > > Dieter Wilhelm writes: > >> What do you advise, what is already usable and what is the way >> ahead, still bbdb or bbdb3 or already org-contacts? > > BBDB is great. org-contacts.el is too slow when you have many > contacts, and it is not really maintained anymor

Re: [O] bbdb or bbdb3 or org-contacts

2013-01-30 Thread Bastien
Hi Dieter, Dieter Wilhelm writes: > What do you advise, what is already usable and what is the way > ahead, still bbdb or bbdb3 or already org-contacts? BBDB is great. org-contacts.el is too slow when you have many contacts, and it is not really maintained anymore. Best, -- Bastien

Re: [O] bbdb or bbdb3 or org-contacts

2013-01-28 Thread David Rogers
Dieter Wilhelm writes: > Hi list, > > I just took up again the Gnus newsreader! > Formerly I used it in conjunction with bbdb. > > It would be nice if I had the > possibility to (re)use my contacts > from gmail. > > What do you advise, what is already > usable and what is the way ahead, > still b

[O] bbdb or bbdb3 or org-contacts

2013-01-27 Thread Dieter Wilhelm
Hi list, I just took up again the Gnus newsreader! Formerly I used it in conjunction with bbdb. It would be nice if I had the possibility to (re)use my contacts from gmail. What do you advise, what is already usable and what is the way ahead, still bbdb or bbdb3 or already org-contacts? Thanks