Re: [Patch] [Part 0/3] Support for Osmo address book

[Jack <ostroffjh users sourceforge net>]

On 2016.11.10 23:26, Peter Bloomfield wrote:
> On 11/10/2016 11:01:00 PM Thu, Jack wrote:
> > On 2016.11.10 20:08, Peter Bloomfield wrote:
> > > On 11/10/2016 07:25:15 PM Thu, Jack wrote:
> > > ...
> > > > It compiles just fine, and runs.  However, the import dialogs to  
> > > > read any of my existing files (vcard or ical) doesn't seem to have  
> > > > any way to see hidden (dot) files, so unless I rename or link  
> > > > .kde4 (or wherever I have those files) I can't import them.  Am I  
> > > > missing something in the dialog, or is it just something they  
> > > > never thought of?
> > >
> > > ??? On my box, the import dialog seems to want a CSV file--are we  
> > > looking at the same thing?
> > The default filter for contacts does start as .csv, but even if you  
> > change the dropdown to all files, there is no way I can see for it  
> > to include "hidden" directories (starting with a dot).  That is  
> > (hopefully) simply some parameter they haven't passed to whatever  
> > actual file find dialog they are calling.  For finding a calendar  
> > file, the filter starts as .ics (I think) but again, the issue is  
> > not really the files, it's the folders, and all my contacts and  
> > calendar files are under ~/.kde4.
>
> OK, yes...that looks like a GtkFileChooser, which has a  
> set-show-hidden function that is not being used. Adding a  
> toggle-button to show hidden files would be a nice UI touch.

Well, I figured out how to make that change, and then realized it won't  
help me anyway - it still doesn't import vcard.  I'll have to find a  
vcard to csv tool first.  (They do have an enhancement request for that  
already, though.)

Jack