abook FAQ
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+Q: Can I recall the old value in editor?
+
+A: Yes, use up arrow to recall the old value.
+
+
Q: How to query all addresses when I press 'Q' in mutt?
A: Type "all" to the prompt.
Q: Can I add addresses to the abook addressbook from mutt?
-A: Yes, it is possible starting from abook 0.4.15. See --add-email
+A: Yes, it is possible starting from abook version 0.4.15. See --add-email
command line option and README.
-Q: Does abook support palm addressbooks?
+Q: How can I import my abook entries to my PalmOS addressbook?
+
+A: Export to palmcsv format, and import from there. Several GUI
+ applications such as jpilot can do this, but the simplest way is to
+ use pilot-addresses from the pilot-link package. Just export to
+ addresses.palmcsv, then run this:
+
+ pilot-addresses -d abook -c abook -r addresses.palmcsv
+
+ This will delete everything in the abook category and replace it with
+ the latest information from your abook database. By keeping your
+ abook entries in a separate category, you can continue to add and
+ modify entries in other categories manually, and pilot-addresses will
+ not change or delete them.
+ (This entry was contributed by Jeff Covey)
+
+Q: Can I use abook in UTF-8 terminal emulator?
+
+A: Yes, the version 0.5.2 added a multibyte character support.
+
+ There are currently some issues:
+
+ - Addressbook files must have the same encoding as you use with abook.
+ If you have used abook previously with ISO-8859-1 encoding you can
+ convert the addressbook files with iconv(1). For example:
+
+ $ iconv -f ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8 < ~/.abook/addressbook.old > \
+ ~/.abook/addressbook.new
-A: No, but there are utilities to convert palm addressbooks to ldif
- files. Abook can import ldif files.
+ - Filters will output strings using multibyte representation of the used
+ locale. This is incorrect for (most of) filters. You can again use
+ iconv to convert between encodings. Same goes with input filters. If
+ you use UTF-8 charset the input is expected to be UTF-8 encoded.
-last update: $Date: 2001/10/17 16:31:04 $
+last update: $Date$