[kdepim-users] Unable to create new address book

[Andras Mantia]

O. Sinclair wrote:

> On 25/11/11 23:46, Thomas Taylor wrote:
>> On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:18:56 +0100
>> Thomas Olsen<thomas at tanghus.net>  wrote:
>>
>>> On Thursday 24 November 2011 00:17 Thomas Taylor wrote:
>>>> Hi all;
>>>> I haven't been able to create a new address book (not folder under
>>>> personal) in Kontact-contacts. Reported as bug 287395.
>>>>
>>>> When in the contacts section and select "file>  new>  addressbook" it
>>>> displays a dialog box with some pre-defined choices but no way to enter
>>>> a unique name.
>>>
>>> You have to select a resource type and then configure it. If you want a
>>> new address book you can select VCard Directory, select the folder you
>>> want to contain the address book (you can create a new folder from the
>>> dialog) and click OK.
>>> It will then have a name like 'akonadi_vcarddir_resource_0'. Right click
>>> on the new resource, select 'Folder properties' and change the name.
>>>
>>> Or select VCard File, select to the folder where you want the address
>>> book to reside, enter the *file name* of the address book eg.
>>> 'addressbook.vcf' (can be a non-existent file), click OK and enter
>>> Display name.
>>>
>>> If this solves your problem remember to update the bug report.
>>>
>>
>> Thanks Thomas, wish that information had been included in the help
>> function.  I was able ro create the new address book with your help.
>>
> As a bit of a rant - the documentation of KDE and KDEPIM is in sad
> state. KDE 3.5 is fairly well documented but I do not feel like walking
> down the Trinity project path.

Documentation is something where user could contribute relatively easy. 
Both Help documentation and user wiki (userbase.kde.org) contribution is 
possible.
 Any help in this area is welcome.

Andras
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