21 messages in org.kde.kde-core-develRequest for comments: New address boo...| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Cornelius Schumacher | Oct 13, 2001 1:11 pm | |
| Daniel Molkentin | Oct 13, 2001 1:54 pm | |
| George Staikos | Oct 13, 2001 2:07 pm | |
| Shawn Gordon | Oct 13, 2001 2:24 pm | |
| Daniel Molkentin | Oct 13, 2001 2:30 pm | |
| Alex Zepeda | Oct 13, 2001 2:41 pm | |
| Shawn Gordon | Oct 13, 2001 3:10 pm | |
| Ellis Whitehead | Oct 13, 2001 4:35 pm | |
| Cornelius Schumacher | Oct 14, 2001 2:18 am | |
| Cornelius Schumacher | Oct 14, 2001 2:41 am | |
| Rik Hemsley | Oct 14, 2001 4:42 am | |
| Cornelius Schumacher | Oct 14, 2001 6:22 am | |
| Cornelius Schumacher | Oct 14, 2001 9:31 am | |
| Rik Hemsley | Oct 14, 2001 10:49 am | |
| Cornelius Schumacher | Oct 14, 2001 2:50 pm | |
| Carsten Pfeiffer | Oct 14, 2001 3:10 pm | |
| Don Sanders | Oct 15, 2001 8:02 pm | |
| Cornelius Schumacher | Oct 16, 2001 1:31 am | |
| Don Sanders | Oct 16, 2001 4:28 am | |
| Cornelius Schumacher | Oct 16, 2001 7:09 am | |
| Don Sanders | Oct 16, 2001 4:28 pm |
| Subject: | Request for comments: New address book API | |
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| From: | Cornelius Schumacher (schu...@kde.org) | |
| Date: | Oct 13, 2001 1:11:19 pm | |
| List: | org.kde.kde-core-devel | |
Hi developers,
in kdepim/kabc there is a new address book API for KDE. It is meant as replacement for libkab (in kdelibs/kab). The new API should solve most of the problems of the old one. I propose to do the following:
1.) Fix remaining problems of the new API (I need your input here :-) 2.) Move new API to kdelibs. 3.) Adapt applications to use the new API.
Please have a look at the new API and send me your comments.
Key features of the new API:
- Value based interface, addressbook entry data is implicitly shared. - Address book entries are identified by a unique id, which can be used as a reference. - vCard backend (RFC 2425). - Locking mechanism to support concurrent access to the address book by multiple processes, including notification on change of addressbook by other process. - Dialog for selecting address book entries, supports mouse and keyboard selection, supports automatic name completion. - GUI client for creating, viewing and modifying address book data. This is aimed at developers not end users. - Tool for converting data written with libkab to new format.
Regards, Cornelius
-- Cornelius Schumacher <schu...@kde.org>