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List:       kde-pim
Subject:    Re: KDE address book handling
From:       "Robert D. Williams" <rwilliams () jrc-utah ! com>
Date:       2000-10-29 4:28:55
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On Saturday 28 October 2000 06:52 pm, Rik Hemsley wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Oct 2000 00:42:18 +0200
>
> Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher@kde.org> wrote:
> > What's the current status of the KDE address book stuff. I know that
> > there is libkab as interface to the address book and kab and abbrowser
> > as clients to edit data in the address book. Is there anything else,
> > which is operational?
>
> Not yet...
>
> > Are vCards handled?
>
> No, but they will be.
>
> > What are the plans for the future? Will there be an addressbook KPart?
> > And will there be support for things like LDAP?
>
> Yes, and yes.
>
> Empath and a new addressbook are the two major things I'm working on now.
> It'll be a while before they get useful, but the results will be worth
> the (not-too-long-I-hope) wait.
>
> kaddressbook will be talked to via DCOP, using a proper interface. I'm
> working on the interface now, but it may change a few times while I work
> out whether it's right or not. I'll check in some of my work on it soon
> and see what others think. I'm not going to do it all in private and then
> drop it on you, don't worry :)
>

This sounds very good, but will it work with the current addressbook (kab)?  
Will these new features be added to kab?  I sure would like to have only one 
addressbook database.

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Robert Williams       rwilliams@jrc-utah.com
Jarob Consulting      rwilliams@kde.org
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