-.TH ABOOKRC 5 "Jan 2, 2001"
+.TH ABOOKRC 5 "Jun 4, 2003"
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.SH NAME
\fB$HOME/.abook/abookrc\fP \- configuration file for abook address book program
-.SH WARNING
-This man page is not up to date with abook version 0.5. See sample.abookrc
-for abookrc syntax. It can be found on http://abook.sourceforge.net/sample.abookrc .
-Since the version 0.5.0 abookrc is stored in $HOME/abook/.
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the
-.B .abookrc
+.B abookrc
file.
.br
-.B .abookrc
+.B abookrc
is the (optional) configuration file for use with the
.B abook(1)
address book program.
-.B .abookrc
-is stored in a user's $HOME directory. It follows a format of option=value.
+.B abookrc
+is stored in a user's $HOME/.abook directory. It follows a format of
+\(lq\fBset option=value\fP\(rq.
The following information lists each of these options and the values they
may take.
If a variable is not set in
-.B .abookrc
+.B abookrc
, a sensible default, as
listed with the description below, will be used.
Comments in
-.B .abookrc
+.B abookrc
are on lines beginning with '#'.
.SH VARIABLES
\fBuse_ascii_only\fP=[true|false]
This option allows you to force Abook use only ASCII characters. This option is useful if your terminal doesn't support non-ASCII characters. Default is false.
+.TP
+\fBadd_email_prevent_duplicates\fP=[true|false]
+Defines whether to avoid adding addresses already in data. Default is false.
+
.SH SAMPLE CONFIGURATION FILE
.nf
#
# Automatically save database on exit
-autosave=true
+set autosave=true
# Show all email addresses in list
-show_all_emails=true
+set show_all_emails=true
# Screen column for email field to start
-emailpos=25
+set emailpos=25
# Field to be used in the extra column
-extra_column=phone
+set extra_column=phone
# frequently used values:
# -1 disabled
# phone Home Phone
# url URL
#
-extra_alternative=-1
+set extra_alternative=-1
# Screen column for the extra field to start
-extrapos=65
+set extrapos=65
# Command used to start mutt
-mutt_command=mutt
+set mutt_command=mutt
# Return all email addresses to a mutt query
-mutt_return_all_emails=true
+set mutt_return_all_emails=true
# Command used to print
-print_command=lpr
+set print_command=lpr
# Sort files in fileselector (alphabetic order)
-filesel_sort=false
+set filesel_sort=false
# Command used to start the web browser
-www_command=lynx
+set www_command=lynx
# address style [eu|us|uk]
-address_style=eu
+set address_style=eu
# use ASCII characters only
-use_ascii_only=false
+set use_ascii_only=false
+
+# Prevent double entry
+set add_email_prevent_duplicates=false
.fi