[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       kde-pim
Subject:    Re: [Kopete-devel] Re: [Kde-pim] KAddressBook changes
From:       Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-07-23 21:19:25
[Download RAW message or body]

On Monday 22 July 2002 18:29, Tobias Koenig wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 04:09:05PM +0200, Cornelius Schumacher wrote:
> > On Monday 22 July 2002 15:53, Tobias Koenig wrote:
>
> > > Yeah, but the custom fields are not flexible enough...
> > > We could extend the custom fields to allow tables, but we
> > > couldn't save these values in vCard format then. :(
> >
> > Why not? You can map a table to a number of custom entries.
>
> You mean something like X-IMAddress1:nickname,server
> X-IMAddress2:.... Hmm, a bit hackish...

Yes, but certainly possible. KAddressBook of KDE 2 used to put allmost 
all its data in a single custom entry with this method.

> > But that's not what I was proposing. I think there should be an API
> > for accessing IM information, but it shouldn't be part of
> > Addressee. How it is stored is not very important. It can use
> > custom entries of the standard addressbook or an extra file or
> > store the data to an XML file, whatever. The only important thing
> > is that it keeps a reference to the entry in the standard
> > addressbook, so that it's possible to associate the IM information
> > with the already existing addressbook entry.
>
> What do you mean with 'reference'? The unique id of the addressee?

Yes.

-- 
Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher@kde.org>
_______________________________________________
kde-pim mailing list
kde-pim@mail.kde.org
http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-pim
kde-pim home page at http://pim.kde.org/
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]