On Wed, 06 Apr 2011 05:57:31 -0400 Brett Presnell <presn...@stat.ufl.edu> wrote:
BP> Have to agree with this. I'm a long-time user of BBDB, but it has BP> always been frustrating (and basically impossible) to try to sync BP> information between BBDB and other contact database (essentially only BP> BBDB to "other" is practical; true syncing just doesn't work). BP> I think that the argument in the past against changing BBDB's "database" BP> format, has always been that emacs parsing of a more generic BP> vcard/cvs/XML format would be too slow. FWIW I have a registry.el in Gnus and Emacs which can do the BBDB storage in a more portable way. It works with free-form data and can index it dynamically for very fast in-memory searches using hashtables. It can also save and restore the database very quickly using EIEIO persistence. I also plan to add "cloud" sync support to BBDB 3.x and Gnus so they can be synchronized against a server and provide a neutral format, probably XML and JSON in addition to the native Emacs format. The sync server would take care of the conversions between formats. This is vaporware at this point but I will get to it sometime this millenium. If you are interested in helping let me know. Ted ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev _______________________________________________ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
