Re: [Evolution] Extract a list of names and birthdays & anniversaries out of Evolution

2015-07-28 Thread theapplepie
On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 2:38 pm From: Milan Crha > nobody got to it yet, > see: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=258920 Wow, for more than 10 years. Maybe it is too complicated. I will add a comment to the bug, maybe somebody will have mercy on this bug. ___

Re: [Evolution] Extract a list of names and birthdays & anniversaries out of Evolution

2015-07-27 Thread Milan Crha
On Tue, 2015-07-28 at 01:52 -0400, theapple...@differentmail.com wrote: > As the tool evolution-addressbook-export is already there, why not > add it to the GUI so newbies can find and use it easily? Hi, nobody got to it yet, see: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=258920

Re: [Evolution] Extract a list of names and birthdays & anniversaries out of Evolution

2015-07-27 Thread theapplepie
-Original Message- From: Adam Tauno Williams > It should be possible to write a Python script to grab the data you are > interested from EDS and write it to a file. If you are interested in > such a solution I am willing to take a stab at it. If you are scripting-handy the Python module

Re: [Evolution] Extract a list of names and birthdays & anniversaries out of Evolution

2015-07-27 Thread theapplepie
-Original Message- From: Milan Crha > 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

Re: [Evolution] Extract a list of names and birthdays & anniversaries out of Evolution

2015-07-27 Thread Andre Klapper
On Mon, 2015-07-27 at 08:47 -0400, theapple...@differentmail.com wrote: > Why is the option to export to > csv not included in the GUI of evolution? Because CSV is a horrible unstructured (random field names, random field delimiters) error-prone (random field delimiters, no charset encoding inform

Re: [Evolution] Extract a list of names and birthdays & anniversaries out of Evolution

2015-07-27 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Mon, 2015-07-27 at 08:47 -0400, theapple...@differentmail.com wrote: > Hi Milan > Thanks a lot! The tool also works on Ubuntu 14.04, although it is in > a slightly different folder, command example: > /usr/lib/evolution/3.10/evolution-addressbook-export --format=csv > –output=/home/.../myconta

Re: [Evolution] Extract a list of names and birthdays & anniversaries out of Evolution

2015-07-27 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Fri, 2015-07-24 at 10:59 -0400, theapple...@differentmail.com wrote: > Does anybody know how to extract a list of names and birthdays & > anniversaries out of Evolution? > I tried to export the address book as vcf and then convert it in a > list, but did not succeed. I searched the internet for

Re: [Evolution] Extract a list of names and birthdays & anniversaries out of Evolution

2015-07-27 Thread Milan Crha
On Mon, 2015-07-27 at 08:47 -0400, theapple...@differentmail.com wrote: > A question from a programming layman: Why is the option to export to > csv not included in the GUI of evolution? Could this be added in a > future version? > I think the csv-format is more common today. Hi, the CSV f

Re: [Evolution] Extract a list of names and birthdays & anniversaries out of Evolution

2015-07-27 Thread theapplepie
: Re: [Evolution] Extract a list of names and birthdays & anniversaries out of Evolution On Fri, 2015-07-24 at 10:59 -0400, Dan wrote: > Does anybody know how to extract a list of names and birthdays & > anniversaries out of > Evolution? > I tried to export the address book as

Re: [Evolution] Extract a list of names and birthdays & anniversaries out of Evolution

2015-07-26 Thread Milan Crha
On Fri, 2015-07-24 at 10:59 -0400, theapple...@differentmail.com wrote: > Does anybody know how to extract a list of names and birthdays & > anniversaries out of > Evolution? > I tried to export the address book as vcf and then convert it in a > list, but did not succeed. Hi, the vCard fo

[Evolution] Extract a list of names and birthdays & anniversaries out of Evolution

2015-07-24 Thread theapplepie
Hi! Does anybody know how to extract a list of names and birthdays & anniversaries out of Evolution? I tried to export the address book as vcf and then convert it in a list, but did not succeed. I searched the internet for a solution without success. I wonder whether it is possible, e.g. through L