RE: [Evolution] Feature Request

[Garrett Mickelson <garrett penguincomputing com>]

To get the Visor USB to work requires a bit of kernel tweaking. Start by
getting the 2.4.2 kernel, then search around on the web for the USB
howtos and Visor howtos. You'll find a wealth of info.

Garrett Mickelson


On 15 Mar 2001 12:32:39 -0300, García, Edgardo wrote:
> To Garrett:
> So how did you sync your visor?
>
> To anyone:
>  I can't make it work with my palm IIIxe. The conduits don't even show up in
> control panel. If I run them on an xterm they just display aborting... [\n]
> Aborted.
> Is there any env variable to make them display something more helpfull??
>
> Thanks
>
>
> > -----Mensaje original-----
> > De: Garrett Mickelson [SMTP:garrett penguincomputing com]
> > Enviado el: Jueves, 15 de Marzo de 2001 12:13 p.m.
> > Para:       evolution ximian com
> > Asunto:     [Evolution] Feature Request
> >
> > Hey all,
> > I have been struck with a dilemma. I got the pilot conduits to work with
> > my handspring visor, and managed to sync. The problem though is that I
> > had duplicate names with differing information between Evolution and the
> > visor, so now I have multiple entries for the same person. The problem
> > with Evolution is that I can't seem to find a way to select multiple
> > contacts and delete them all at once. Trying this in table view using
> > the Ctrl key for multiple selections locked Evolution up. Is there a way
> > to do this? Is this something that can be looked into so that it may one
> > day be functional? Maybe as well, have the option to turn off the
> > confirmation dialog box when you go to delete a single record, as that
> > would speed it up a bit as well.
> > I'm not sure who is responsible for the conduits themselves, be it the
> > Evo team or another, so I'll post my idea here. It would be something
> > fantastic if the conduits had intelligent syncing. For example, during
> > the sync process, if you have the above mentioned situation, then a
> > dialog box would pop up saying something to the effect of: "You seem to
> > have differing entries for the same individual: <Last Name>, <First
> > Name>. What action would you like performed?" The radio buttons would
> > be: Merge Contacts into One Record, Replace Evolution Contact, Replace
> > Handheld Contact, Add Both Contacts. At the bottom have a Next button
> > and a Cancel button.
> >
> > Comments, Flames, Burns, and Bright Ideas accepted with a grin....
> >
> > Garrett Mickelson
> >
> >
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> > Garrett Mickelson               Systems Engineer
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> >
> >
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