Khalkhi framework 0.2.2

[friedrich kossebau]

Name: Khalkhi framework
Version: 0.2.2
Type: Groupware/PIM
Depend: KDE 3.5.x
License: LGPL
More Info:
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=54450

Description:
 Formerly known as Contacts framework:

Khalkhi (say [χalχi]) is a plugin-based
framework for (the properties of) entries in the
KDE Addressbook and services upon them. It
consists of two libs, libkhalkhicore and
libkhalkhigui, and a control center module.

The framework models an addressbook entry, like a
person or organization, as a list of property
types, with no, one or more items of a type for
each entry. There are three types of services for
a property (e.g. email address):
 * action service (e.g. send email)
 * data action service (e.g. send file per email,
like from drag'n'drop)
 * status service (e.g. number of unread emails in
assigned folder)
 
 The tarball includes a lot of services for the
most common properties:
 * birthday: copy date; has birthday
 * im address: chat with; send message; send file;
online status
 * email address: send email; copy address; send
files/urls;
 open assigned folders in KMail; unread emails in
assigned KMail folder
 * homepage: open; copy url; 
 * blog feed url: copy
 * phone number: make call; send fax; send SMS;
copy number;
 * postal address: open in Google Maps; copy
address
 * note: copy note

(Partial) translations in: da, de, el, es, ja, nl,
pt, pt_BR, sk, sv (thanks to the translators).

Examples for programs using the framework are a
cards server and a Kicker applet, which are
available as seperate packages:
 http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=54451

http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=54452

Please see also
http://frinring.wordpress.com/2006/07/05/framework-for-contacts-and-services-slowly-getting-shapes/

Developers, you are welcome to try to create own
services! Have a look at the folder
"services/example"
 
If you want to build directly from KDE's
repository:
svn co
svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/playground/pim/
-N
cd pim
svn up khalkhi
svn up khalkhiapplet
svn up khalkhicards
svn co
svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/KDE/3.5/kde-common/admin
make -f Makefile.cvs
./configure
make
su -c "make install"

PS: Packagers are welcome :)

Changelog:
 since 0.2.1 of Contacts framework:
* rename to Khalkhi
* adding namespace Khalkhi
* streamlining API terms and file names
* add ABI flag to plugins
* add eventsrc for status changes