Dear Iain, thanks a lot indeed again! I tried the different versions:
- Integrating Google Contacts works after some trouble with the OAuth authorization. Although using Google Contacts is comfortable, I have a love-hate relationship with Google. Most of Googles products work great, but I am also concerned about privacy and monopolies. Additional problems: The formatting of names is not uniform (e.g. "Dr. Duck (Ducktales)", vs. "Dra Minnie Mouse") and one needs to be online for using the Contacts. - Abook is a really neat and simple ncurses program. I exported the contacts of my LDAP server in LDIF format an importing it into Abook was a one-liner. The TAB completion works fine, just in the 'C' menu, not the name, but the shortened email address is displayed. Maybe a little bug? The only real disadvantage: The address book is not synced with the LDAP server. Nevertheless, I can use my manually maintained 100+ contacts. - Unfortunately, it seems that you cannot use both, Google Contacts and Abook at the same time (when using both configurations, only the second was displayed). - The sup contacts.txt seems practical, but I don't want to start an additional contacts database. Conclusions: For now, I use the Abook address book. For the future, I need to invent a practical solution to keep Abook and the LDAP server synchronized. Best regards, Robert Excerpts from Iain Parris's message of 2020-07-16 20:46:00 +0100: > Hi Robert, > > Excerpts from Robert Winkler's message of 2020-07-16 08:15:56 -0700: > > Hi, I already got extensive contact lists (>1,000) in various formats and > > run a manually maintained list on an LDAP server for the really important > > contacts. > > > > How can I easily use or import contacts for the To: CC: and BCC: fields? > > General contacts usage is: > > - Global keybinding "C" - list contacts. > > - To specify a recipient (To/Cc/Bcc): when prompted to enter the > recipient (e.g., after pressing "c" for "compose"), start typing, > then press "tab" for suggestions. > > - In thread-view-mode, press "i" to be prompted to add to Sup's > contacts list, with an optional alias. > > The contacts are sourced from file ~/.sup/contacts.txt, and from calling > the "extra-contact-addresses" hook. > > So you have two main options. > > (1) ~/.sup/contacts.txt > > - Sup's built-in contacts file is ~/.sup/contacts.txt > > - This is written/read when Sup stops/starts, so make sure to quit > Sup before editing it manually. > > - File format is one contact per line, with an optional alias. > > - Each line is in format like: > > alias: Person Name <[email protected]> > > - "alias" is optional, and if omitted, then the line will look like: > > : Another Person <[email protected]> > > - If you converted your contacts into this style, then you could > create your own contacts.txt file, and Sup would use it. > > (2) extra-contact-addresses hook > > - This hook takes no input, and returns an array of email address > strings that Sup is then aware of for tab-completion. > > - So you could alternatively write this hook to call any external > program, and return in the format expected by Sup. > > - Two examples with "goobook" (for Google Account contacts) and > "abook" (a general contact manager program that runs in the > terminal) are here: > <https://github.com/sup-heliotrope/sup/wiki/External-contacts-search>. > > - So if (for example) you chose "abook", then you could use any > method to import your contacts into "abook", and then use the Sup > hook to make Sup aware of abook's contacts. > > - abook is able to import ldif, so may be a natural choice. Further > reading on abook: > > <https://hund0b1.gitlab.io/2018/06/25/abook-a-ncurses-adress-book-program.html>. > > For other general information about Sup's contact lists, see also: > <https://sup-heliotrope.github.io/community/sup-talk/msg00965.html>. > > Kind regards, > Iain > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Sup email client" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/supmua/1595009536-sup-8144%40rob-Lenovo-Y720-15IKB.
