X-Git-Url: https://git.deb.at/w?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=ffe2de92b2592b0426cf0b2588a9e1fc18ffdbb6;hb=d221d25b88339fca6be0d015555aa2eb14321195;hp=a46abe16fa7fcf73e0c1ef19708fe6f1a35bd870;hpb=e3c65ac83eb7cf8848fbc17ff95ba729cc235363;p=pkg%2Fabook.git diff --git a/README b/README index a46abe1..ffe2de9 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - ABOOK by JH + ABOOK by JH ----- Abook is an addressbook program with mutt mail client support. @@ -7,39 +7,54 @@ Abook is an addressbook program with mutt mail client support. COMPILATION To compile abook you must have ncurses developement libraries installed. -Starting from version 0.4.10 abook is know to compile with the native curses -library of SUN Solaris and OpenBSD. +Starting from version 0.4.10 abook is known to compile with the native curses +library of SUN Solaris and OpenBSD. Since version 0.5.0 GNU readline is +required. -If you compile with --enable-debug flag you should run abook like this: -abook 2> debug or abook 2> /dev/null. Abook has been compiled and tested -successfully on following platforms: (NOTE: All versions of abook haven't -been tested on all platforms.) +If you compile with --enable-debug flag you should redirect standard error +to somewhere. (for example abook 2> debug or abook 2> /dev/null. Abook has +been compiled and tested successfully on following platforms: +(NOTE: All versions of abook haven't been tested on all platforms.) Linux (Debian GNU/Linux 2.1/2.2, RedHat 6.x) Solaris 2.4 Solaris 2.5 Solaris 2.6 -FreeBSD 3.3 (newer versions should work) +FreeBSD 3.3 (newer versions should be OK) OpenBSD NetBSD (reportedly requires ncurses to work properly) AIX 3.2.5 -DEC alpha ? +HPUX Irix 6.5 +DEC alpha ? +GNU/Hurd INSTALLATION See INSTALL for detailed instructions. -If you want to use abook with mutt you should add following line to your +If you want to use abook with mutt you should add following lines to your ~/.muttrc or to the systemwide /etc/Muttrc file. set query_command="abook --mutt-query '%s'" +macro pager A |'abook --add-email'\n + +After this you can make queries from mutt using the query command ('Q') +and add sender e-mail addresses to the addressbook from pager using 'A' +command. (Of course you can choose another keybinding if you like.) + +It's also recommeded to set pipe_decode variable in mutt configuration. +See the mutt manual for details. + +UPGRADING FROM VERSION 0.4 -After this you can make queries from mutt using the query command ( Q ). +You must import your abook 0.4 addressbook file because it is stored +to a different location. Configuration file is now located to $HOME/.abook/ +directory and it's called abookrc . (without leading dot) NOTES -If your language specific characters doesn't work correctly make sure +If your language specific characters don't work correctly make sure that your locale configuration has been done properly. (On Linux you must set at least LC_CTYPE environment variable) @@ -57,7 +72,6 @@ See COPYING for details. CONTACT AUTHOR -Send bugreports, fixes, wishes etc. to Jaakko Heinonen -or preferably use the mailing list. (See http://abook.sourceforge.net/ for -details) +Send bugreports, fixes, wishes etc. to Jaakko Heinonen + or use the mailing list.