On Fri, 25 May 2012 14:45:26 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 04:17:52PM +0000, Camaleón wrote: >> On Fri, 25 May 2012 11:39:08 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: >> >> > I am planning to put a vast array of handwritten notes into some kind >> > of order. Notes include names and associated information - >> > addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, spouse's name, childrens' >> > names, boat names, birthdays, misc information. >> > >> > An elaborate address book? An apt-cache search addressbook found >> > several programs. rubric seemed the closest to meeting my needs but >> > there was an installation problem: >> > >> > Unpacking replacement rubrica ... (...) >> > it wont work. >> >> It "won't" work or it "does not" work? I mean, despite the warning, can >> you run the application? :-? >> > I meant the application will not run.
What's the output when you launch it from command line? If it does not work, you can report it. >> > Any suggestions of other programs to consider? >> >> I use Thunderbird's addressbook to manage my contacts which can easily >> handled (importing/exporting) by means of LDIF format. But if search >> for a standalone application, how about "dlume"? Although I can't find >> the site of the project, maybe it has been discontinued? :-? >> > I did checkout dlume which has multiple fields for phone numbers, email > addresses and url's but much of my information would have to be dumped > in the notes field. Address books are not usually well suited for "extended" notes (even Thunderbird's has a "small" notes field), well... Oulook did a good job in this regard :-) Anyway, beyond the integrated address books of the big PIM managers (Thunderbird, Evolution and Kmail) I don't know of any standalone, off- line and GUI based application though I would like to see a java-based one... Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jpqc11$dh7$7...@dough.gmane.org