On Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:29:32 -0400 Brett Presnell <presn...@stat.ufl.edu> wrote:
BP> In spite of my need for this functionality, I'm not sure how wise it BP> would be to devote a great deal of effort to direct conversion of the BP> new bbdb record format to vcard. It sounds like Ted Zlatanov has BP> thought about these issues pretty carefully, and his idea of BP> synchronizing against server with a neutral data format would negate the BP> need for any direct bbdb to vcard or other formats. BP> Ted mentioned that he would welcome help with this work. Ted, if you're BP> reading this, I'm afraid that I have neither the time nor the expertise BP> to do much more than cheer loudly from the sidelines (if I had more BP> time, I would try to develop the expertise). However, if you need BP> someone to help with testing I can probably manage that. OK, thanks. When it's not vaporware I'll post it on the BBDB list and ask for testers. BP> It would be great to get the diary/calendar in there too. (Hey, I can BP> dream, right?) I'm currently using icalendar.el to export, but BP> importing is just too tricky. Export pretty much covers me anyway, but BP> it's a nuisance because the process isn't fully automatic. (Someone at BP> google developed something to "synch" with google calendar, and I tried BP> it out, but it took my carefully edited emacs diary and make a giant BP> mess of it. I never could figure out a way to avoid this, so I don't BP> use it. And yes, I did make a backup first.) BP> These days I mainly export my bbdb and diary information to my google BP> account, and from there it's not too hard to synch the information on my BP> google account with my current cell phone (presumably this would be BP> fairly automatic for someone with an android phone, but I woulnd't know BP> about that). But anything new that independently gets into the phone BP> and/or google, I have to remember to type by hand into bbdb and diary. The synchronization mechanism will be general, so any kind of data will be easy to synchronize, including diary and calendar entries. But I personally only want Gnus and BBDB synchronization, so that's what will probably show up first. Ted ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forrester Wave Report - Recovery time is now measured in hours and minutes not days. Key insights are discussed in the 2010 Forrester Wave Report as part of an in-depth evaluation of disaster recovery service providers. Forrester found the best-in-class provider in terms of services and vision. Read this report now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/ibm-webcastpromo _______________________________________________ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
