Re: PimConverter - addressbook export to CSV - CSV backend creation

Thanks for your effort.
I can look into and patch.
Will do if someone else doesnt get to it first.



On Saturday 15 July 2006 11:56, Marcos "Japa" Umino wrote:
> Hello opie-devs
>
> This is my first attempt submitting code, so if I did something wrong,
> go ahead and tell me (but please tell me what I did wrong) so I can
> try to fix.
>
> I generated these files using 'cvs diff -Nau' against opie HEAD tag.
>
> Basically what I implemented is a little backend working only for
> addressbook to do CSV export (or pimbackend's save() function), so we
> can export addressbook data to CSV, useful to send to your
> friend/secretary/manager non-vcard supporting contacts program.
> (Namely microsoft outlook)
>
> I'll implement CSV export for datebook and todo, and import from CSV
> too, that is, if you have no objections to it.
>
> It's primary use, as I see it, is for users migrating from Outlook
> based PDAs, like Windows Mobile iPaqs. I know from personal experience
> that once migration to linux on pda has started, the first concern is
> fast conversion of PIM data, and setting up opensync and syncing isn't
> exactly fast or easy. (for the beginner)
>
> It was necessary to create a new Rules.Make entry, as I designed
> everything as a new TEXT_BACKEND option. This way I hope text support
> will only be added if the distro maintainer finds it useful at all.
>
> Since this is my first adventure submitting code, I may have forgotten
> to modify some changelog-like file, IIRC, I haven't found any such
> file.
>
> Sorry for the long post, if you have any sort of criticism to make,
> please do, I want to do it right.
>
> Marcos "Thejapa" Umino

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