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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Request for comments: New address book API
From:       Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-10-16 14:10:00
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On Tuesday 16 October 2001 13:28, Don Sanders wrote:
> On Tuesday 16 October 2001 18:31, Cornelius Schumacher
>
> > > > - Dialog for selecting address book entries, supports
> > > > mouse and keyboard selection, supports automatic name
> > > > completion.
> > >
> > > Sounds interesting (unfortunately didn't look at it
> > > yet) is it functional? Perhaps KMail could reuse it.
> >
> > It is functional. You can test it with the test program
> > testkabcdlg (Use "make check" to build it). Before using
> > it you have to create some entries in the addressbook,
> > either by importing the libkab address book (with
> > kab2kabc) or manually with the GUI frontend in
> > kdepim/kabc/frontend.
>
> I miss a Name field when I import using kab2kabc, perhaps it
> could use the formatted name if the name field is empty.

Where is the name field missing? The select dialog should show the formatted 
name, or if this isn't set, a combination of the detailed name fields, or if 
these are all empty, the vCard NAME field.

The GUI frontend didn't show a name for imported entries, that's true. I have 
fixed this now.

-- 
Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher@kde.org>

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