Ping? On Mi, 2011-01-05 at 14:43 +0000, Patrick Ohly wrote: > On Mi, 2011-01-05 at 14:20 +0000, Chris G wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 02:27:36PM +0100, Patrick Ohly wrote: > > > In your case, what kind of sorting would you like and what happens > > > instead? > > > > > One of the main issues is simply that depending (I presume) on where the > > data originated sometimes names are sorted by first name (as if the > > whole name is one field) and sometimes they are sorted (as I expect) by > > family name. > > > > E.g. if I enter "Chris Green" into the name field of a new entry in > > Evolution it automatically assumes that the *last* name I enter is the > > family name and it appears in the File Under box as "Green, Chris". > > So in other words, all contacts, regardless how they were created, > should have "<last name>, <first name>" as sort key? That can be > achieved in the "convert for Evolution" script fragment. > > It has to be Evolution specific, because some other software might have > other conventions. > > It might also be useful to make it user-configurable, because some users > might carefully override the suggested "file-as" string such that first > name comes first. > > > Another issue is what happens to multiple phone numbers, if an entry has > > (for example) two or three 'Home' phone numbers what does Syncevolution > > do with them? > > SyncEvolution should just pass them through. > > Does the phone throw away numbers? >
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