Re: [Evolution-hackers] using LDAP as addressbook with search filter

["Karl H. Beckers" <karl h beckers gmx net>]

Sivaiah Nallagatla wrote:

> [...]
>
> > I would like to be able to configure one addressbook with
> > the total view and one with a filter like
> > l=*GERMANY*
> >    
> Which version of evolution you are suing ?
> If all such ldap enrries are under a particular container like germany
> you can achieve this by setting up two books with different search bases
>  
exactly ... that's what I don't have. All the users are in the same 
container, just have
different qualifiers which I would like to filter. And I would be able 
to do that if I could
specify an LDAP URL directly, like:
ldap://someserver:port/ou=people,o=myorg???(|(l=*GERMANY*)(l=AUSTRIA))
for another interesting example.

> > This would also allow me to synch my palm against this partial
> > view.
> >
> > While it seems to be possible to hack ldap URLs into gconf for
> > mail address completion, the config XML for the address books as
> > such don't seem to support this.
> >    
>
> If you are using 1.5 you need not do this, just mark that book for auto
> completion in tools->settings
> Thanks,
> Siva
>  
OKeyyyyy, and that gives me what?
Not sure I made myself understood here. I was just trying to make the 
point that I
had looked at the gconf settings and found the settings for 
autocompletion there
which are mostly LDAP URLs where the configs for the addressbooks apparently
store all the GUI entry fields in their own XML attribute instead of 
combining them
into LDAP URLs, which a user might tweak with a text editor ....

Thanks for your help,

Karl.