[kdepim-users] kaddressbook 4.4 - contacts

[Kishore]

On Friday 19 March 2010 01:20:13 Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Thursday 18 March 2010 18:50:05 Kishore wrote:
> > On Thursday 18 March 2010 16:05:03 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 17 March 2010 18:56:06 Art Alexion wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 6:38 AM, Anne Wilson <annew at kde.org> wrote:
> > > > > On Saturday 13 March 2010 22:51:03 Art Alexion wrote:
> > > > >> On Wednesday 10 March 2010 00:36:39 Sergio Monteiro Basto wrote:
> > > > >> > When I am composing one email and press select and I see
> > > > >> > contacts , personal contacts, and can't see the new address
> > > > >> > book. is this correct , or kmail is not update ?
> > > > >> 
> > > > >> I am having the same problem with Kubutu 9.10 and kaddressbook
> > > > >> 4.4.1/kmail 1.13.1
> > > > > 
> > > > > Have you tried starting kaddressbook as described in
> > > > > http://userbase.kde.org/Akonadi#I_can.27t_see_any_details_in_my_Add
> > > > > re ss _B ook ?
> > > > 
> > > > Not applicable as I only run kmail and kaddressbook as stand alone
> > > > apps all of the time.
> > > 
> > > Hmm - must be one of the kubuntu specials, then, I think.  Certainly I
> > > can see the entries in all my addressbooks.
> > 
> > Actually the problem here is that kaddressbook is ported to akonadi while
> > kmail is not yet. Hence, if you have your contacts in an akonadi-only
> > resource (such as "Personal Contacts" which are stored in
> > ~/.local/share/contacts) you will not be abloe to see those ids from
> > kmail.
> 
> I can.

Yes. But you still have a vcard based file resource setup in Akonadi. Right?

> > For compatibility with kmail for the time being make sure that your
> > contacts are stored in a "KDE address book" resource for a file at
> > ~/.kde/share/apps/kabc/std.vcf
> > 
> > You can create this resource from akonadi configuration module in system
> > settings if not already present.
> 
> Yes, new addresses should be added to std.vcf.  Akonadi will cache them in
> ~/.local/share/contacts  A 'from the horse's mouth' explanation of what and
> where things are is at http://userbase.kde.org/Akonadi_and_AddressBook
> 
> Anne

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Cheers!
Kishore
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