Re: Names list into Pilot?

[Gary.Foster@Corp (Gary D. Foster)]

>>>>> "Roger" == Roger De Salis <roger@NewZealand> writes:

    >>
    >> Nice, but I'm sure the Michael was asking what I've been
    >> asking: how do get I phone numbers, names, etc. into my Address
    >> book, not just into a Memo.
    >>
    >> I'm trying to figure out what, besides my flat grep file, I
    >> want to use on Unix to store names and addresses, so that I can
    >> then write a conduit for it.  So far the only thing I've really
    >> come up with is xrolo.  Anyone else use anything on Unix that
    >> has similar functionality to Pilot's Address book so that one
    >> could translate data back and forth?

    Roger> I also used to used xrolo.

    Roger> One solution is to use a product called ActionManager,
    Roger> which was written by a gentleman who used to work for Sun
    Roger> consulting.  It has nameslist integration as an example of
    Roger> how deeply it is integrated with the Sun world. OpenLook
    Roger> Xview application.

I have a perl script that converts between bbdb, xrolo, yrolo, and
nameslist format as well.

I think between all the people on this list, we've got enough tools
already written that we could/should be able to put together one hell
of a PIM package.

-- Gary F.
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