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List:       suse-kde
Subject:    Re: [opensuse-kde] All my Contacts have disappeared in KDE4
From:       "David Jarvie" <lists () astrojar ! org ! uk>
Date:       2010-10-27 8:16:20
Message-ID: 9dc1b070565b2103fa8dd0e3329d5476.squirrel () www ! sensical ! net
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On Tue, October 26, 2010 11:29 pm, Bob Williams wrote:
> On Tuesday 26 Oct 2010 23:16:20 phanisvara das wrote:
>> [darn, again i sent this reply to the original poster accidentally,
>> instead of to the list. think i have to drop opera and switch over to
>> knode...]
>>
>> On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 03:32:27 +0530, Bob Williams
>>
>> <linux@barrowhillfarm.org.uk> wrote:
>> > Actually, ~/.kde4/share/apps/kabc/std.vcf appears to be exactly the
>> file
>> > I'm looking for. Opening it in an editor shows it to be a text file
>> > containing all my contacts, each entry starting with
>> > BEGIN:VCARD
>> > and ending with
>> > END:VCARD
>> > But Kontact/KAddressbook seems to have forgotten how to open the file
>>
>> try adding it to your "KDE resources" via KDE systemsettings. you'll
>> find
>> these 'resources' under 'personal information' in the first line, if you
>> view systemsettings in icon view.
>
> Aha! In the Contacts window, some time ago I had hidden the resources
> pane, as
> I only use one address book and it uses screen space. Sliding it open
> again
> revealed my Address Book, together with several other choices including
> two
> entries called Personal Contacts, and five versions of std.vcf. I guess I
> must have added those in my attempts to get it working earlier today.
>
> Many thanks for your help.

See http://userbase.kde.org/KAddressBook_4.4 for more details, following
the links within that page if necessary.

-- 
David Jarvie.

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