On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 09:48:16AM +0100, Uwe Jochum wrote: > Hi all, > > has someone tried "forms" for the purpose of contact management? See: > > http://sunsite.ualberta.ca/Documentation/Gnu/emacs-21.1/html_chapter/forms_frame.html > > Best, > > Uwe
Given the discussion about a "simple" database, it struck me that I might just use properties and column mode. Dynamic fields and views, hotlinks, VC, text file... --- #+COLUMNS: %20ITEM %10Company %14WorkPhone %15WorkEmail * Smith, Bob :WORK: :PROPERTIES: :Title: Chief Decider :Company: Boodle Bits :WorkEmail: d...@1332.com :WorkAddress: 1234 Waddle Lane :WorkCity: Anywhere :WorkState: TX :WorkZip: 080384 :WorkPhone: 281-555-1212 :WorkCell: :WorkFax: :HomeEmail: :HomeAddress: :HomeCity: :HomeState: :HomeZip: :HomePhone: :HomeCell: :HomeFax: :END: Bob's note here, neatly folded. --- Now, I know this won't give me synchronization. Unfortunately I think that's a lost cause currently, I just want a way to find a contact. Fast finding on the CLI? awk 'BEGIN {RS="\n\n\\* " ; IGNORECASE=1} /chief/ {print $0}' Contacts.org I can even adapt that to give me emails for mutt. Yes there's no way to push this to CSV and back, but I could write something in an hour in Perl to do so. (feature idea! Export column-view as csv...) I thought I'd post here for feedback prior to committing my contacts to this format. Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Russell Adams rlad...@adamsinfoserv.com PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ Fingerprint: 1723 D8CA 4280 1EC9 557F 66E8 1154 E018 1160 DCB3 _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode