X-Git-Url: https://git.deb.at/w?p=pkg%2Fabook.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=e739b53527b74ed9e9f7e3fa6b76b646952bd7e3;hp=c3b3fca2391705f25539de6cfe1d45e9a7614a7d;hb=HEAD;hpb=455d1aa1b7f6a5e6ceee4acf25f180cd0cd7dd18 diff --git a/README b/README index c3b3fca..e739b53 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -6,29 +6,28 @@ Abook is an addressbook program with mutt mail client support. COMPILATION -To compile abook you must have ncurses developement libraries installed. +To compile abook you must have ncurses development libraries installed. 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. +required. Please note that other readline implementations don't work. 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 +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) +Linux (distributions with moderately new GNU ncurses and GNU readline libraries + should work) Darwin -Solaris 2.4 -Solaris 2.5 -Solaris 2.6 -FreeBSD 3.3 (newer versions should be OK) +Solaris +FreeBSD OpenBSD -NetBSD (reportedly requires ncurses to work properly) +NetBSD +GNU/Hurd AIX 3.2.5 HPUX Irix 6.5 DEC alpha ? -GNU/Hurd INSTALLATION @@ -44,9 +43,16 @@ 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. +It's also recommended to set pipe_decode variable in mutt configuration. See the mutt manual for details. +Abook can also convert from/to mutt alias files and a number of other formats. +Mutt groups are fully supported. + +UPGRADING FROM VERSION 0.5 + +See RELEASE_NOTES . + UPGRADING FROM VERSION 0.4 You must import your abook 0.4 addressbook file because it is stored @@ -71,8 +77,8 @@ LICENSE All files in this distribution are released under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE. See COPYING for details. -CONTACT AUTHOR +CONTACT AUTHORS -Send bugreports, fixes, wishes etc. to Jaakko Heinonen - or use the mailing list. +Send bugreports, fixes, wishes etc. to abook mailing list: +https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/abook-devel