-----Original Message----- From: Milan Crha <mc...@redhat.com> > the CSV format is worse than the vCard format, because the vCard format > holds any detail, while the CSV is only that what the developers think > is important. The vCard is a standardized format, while CSV is just > about plain text lines of some data. You will not get the same if you > export your address book from one evolution into a CSV and import it to > a different evolution, while you get the same if you use vCard. It's > not only about evolution, any vCard-capable address book can read the > vCard-s, just because the format is standardized.
From: Andre Klapper <ak...@gmx.net> > Because CSV is a horrible unstructured (random field names, random > field delimiters) error-prone (random field delimiters, no charset > encoding information) "format" that nobody should ever use when vCard > or ical/ics is available. Hi Milan and Andre Thanks a lot for the background information I did not know before. This helps to understand the situation better. I agree that the csv is not ideal and especially if you would like to transfer all data vCard is superior. And I think Evolution should continue to support vCard-export, but what I asked is whether csv-export could be added to the GUI of evolution as a choice when exporting the addressbook. This would make it easier for people e.g. who are afraid of the command line. Sometimes you need a csv-file, e.g. for a certain application or to have a addressbook chart rather than a list like in the vCard-format. The tools I have used so far were not helpful to convert vCard-data in a usable csv-format. As the tool evolution-addressbook-export is already there, why not add it to the GUI so newbies can find and use it easily? Thanks for considering it! _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
