[kde-linux] [kdepim-users] Kontact Kwestions

[Anne Wilson]

On Saturday 25 Aug 2007, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> On 25/08/07, Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Hi, Dotan.  Do you have any anniversaries defined?  If not, and you are
> > starting from scratch, add them in the calendar, and set the Category to
> > Anniversary.  You may find it helpful to customise colours, too.
> >
> > Anne
>
> Thanks, Anne. I have hundreds of anniversaries defined, as I have
> moved my contacts from a Dell Axim PDA that has been in use for years
> (sturdy device, horrible OS).
>
> I have found that setting Summary options does not have any effect
> until after KDE is restarted: even refreshing the Summary page, or
> closing and reopening Kontact, does not update my options. Now that I
> have reset X in an unrelated project, I see that I do have
> anniversaries in Summary. Thanks. And I'll see about colour
> customization, as you suggest.
>
> Other questions, though:
>
> I can browse the list of contacts with up/down arrows, 

You can also use characters to make it jump to the first entry of that 
character.

> but I cannot 
> open contacts with either Space nor Enter. How does one open a contact
> with the keyboard?
>
There doesn't seem to be a keyboard shortcut defined.  Maybe you need to 
define one in kcontrol?

> I cannot save an edited contact with either Enter nor CTRL-Enter.
> Rather, I must tab down to the OK button and click it. This is time
> consuming for keyboard users, and problematic as the tab gets stuck in
> the Note field. Can this be configured to CTRL-Enter, like Send in
> Kmail?
>
The only way I know of saving using only the keyboard is to use multiple tabs 
until you reach OK, then Enter.  Very slow.  You could try configuring a 
shortcut, but I think it will have to be a discreet one - I don't think you 
will be able to use CTRL-Enter if that already has a definition.  Could be 
wrong, though :-)

> Can one configure the Weather panel to display the next 'n' days of
> forecast?
>
That I don't know.  I never found one.  I don't even have kweather in kontact 
at the moment.  I lost it when I updated to KDE 3.5.7.

> How does one add a city to the Weather panel that is not in the
> default list of cities?
>
I'm not sure you can.  I use Forecastfox Enhanced under Firefox for that.  Not 
only do they seem to have a great many locations, but you can define 
multiple 'profiles' and switch between them at will.  It would be nice to 
have that ability in kontact :-)

> Both my laptop running Kontact and my Nokia cellphone have bluetooth
> capabilities. Can I configure Kontact to dial my Nokia phone for me,
> by clicking the phone number? Will I need bluez for this? I've googled
> around but I cannot find out how to do this.
>
> I have added the Hebrew calender plugin to Kontact. How can I add
> birthdays and anniversaries in the Hebrew date? Better yet, can
> Kontact do the conversion automatically, and display the dates on my
> calendar?
>
> Should I start different threads for each question? I certainly don't
> want to spam the list. I appreciate everybody's help and patience with
> me as I grow accustomed to Kontact.
>
Those last ones are rather specialised.  I'd definitely put them on a separate 
thread, to draw the notice of someone who already uses a Hebrew calendar.

Anne
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