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Re: Updated eudcb-mab.el
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Danie Roux |
Subject: |
Re: Updated eudcb-mab.el |
Date: |
Wed, 18 Feb 2015 21:56:16 +0200 |
Hi Thomas,
Please find attached a new version and a sql file.
Thomas Fitzsimmons <address@hidden> writes:
> Danie Roux <address@hidden> writes:
>> I've updated eudcb-mab.el to directly query the contacts database,
>> instead of using an external application.
>
> It looks like you're still relying on an external application, sqlite3,
> instead of "contacts", right?
Yes, thank you for picking that up. By external I meant "no additional
software".
> It probably makes sense to change eudcb-mab in the way you're
> suggesting rather than providing a new backend eudcb-mab-sqlite,
> right?
Yes.
> Is this patch backward compatible with the "contacts" format? If not,
> do you have a sense for how common the "contacts" format is these
> days? Would it make sense to obsolete the contacts format and support
> only the sqlite3 format in Emacs 25?
That would be my suggestion. I have no feel for how many people use the
"contacts" external application. This should be a seamless change
because it was never possible to set the location or the format to the
"contacts" application
>> Please find the changed version attached.
>
> Are you able to provide a test database file with example data and a
> test procedure for using it for completion? That would be a useful
> addition. I haven't been able to test the MAB backend myself because I
> don't have access to a Mac OS or GNUstep system.
Please find attached an anonymized and stripped contacts.sql file to be
used:
$ sqlite3 /tmp/test-contacts.db < contacts.sql
And:
(setq eudc-contacts-file "/tmp/test-contacts.db")
(eudc-set-server "dummy" 'mab t)
In a scratch buffer: (eudc-mab-sqlite3-dump-mac-addressbook)
Searching for "Richard" or "Anton" should be interesting:
(eudc-query-form)
> Do you have a copyright assignment on file?
No. I'm not in the US. Do I just email copyright-clerk@ ?
--
Danie Roux
eudcb-mab.el
Description: application/emacs-lisp
contacts.sql
Description: Binary data