Re: address book blues

[Peter Bloomfield <peterbloomfield bellsouth net>]

On 05/06/2005 04:10:17 AM, Uroš Golja wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm just starting to use balsa and I'm wondering how do I  
> add/edit/erase contacts in the address book. I'd like do create  
> some frequently used mailing lists as well. As far as I can  
> tell, the address book support in balsa is very minimal. Do I  
> need some external tools to edit the LDIF file? If so, where  
> can I get them (I've been unable to find any). Do I really need  
> to set-up a (local) LDAP server just to get the above-mentioned  
> functionality?

For vcard address books, there's gnomecard (part of gnome-pim).   
I have an ancient gtk+-1.2 version, and a gtk+-2.0 version from  
cvs--Sebastian Rittau is keeping cvs up to date (currently  
requires gtk >= 2.4).  But it doesn't handle LDIFs--anyone know  
of a good tool?

Peter