Re: [Evolution] Evolution autocompletion

[Srikanth Madugundi <msrikant sun com>]

Sorry for the 'K' confsuion.
$ killev
killing evolution-ldif-importer
killing evolution-vcard-importer
killing evolution-gnomecard-importer
killing gnome-gtkhtml-editor
killing evolution-addressbook
killing evolution-netscape-importer
killing bonobo-moniker-xmldb
killing evolution-alarm-notify
killing evolution
killing evolution-mail
killing wombat
killing evolution-calendar-importer
killing evolution-calendar
killing evolution-pine-importer
killing evolution-elm-importer
killing evolution-executive-summary
$


Then I changed the config.xmldb.
<snip>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<bonobo-config>
  <section path="/Addressbook/Completion">
    <entry name="uri" type="string" value="ldap://localhost:389/dc=abc,dc=com??sub"/>
  </section>
   .
   .
   .
   .
</snip>

is there something that I am missing...

-srikanth

On Mon, 2002-05-27 at 15:22, Paul Hands wrote:
> It sounds like either you didn't do killev first, or it didn't work. It
> must be truly dead before editing that file!
>
> Paul
>
> On Mon, 2002-05-27 at 08:40, Srikanth Madugundi wrote: It doesn't work
> for me. I did the following 
> $ Killev 
>
> open ~/evolution/config.xmldb 
>
> add the following lines under <bonobo-config> suffix 
> <section path="/Addressbook/Completion"> 
> <entry name="uri" type="string" 
> value="ldap://localhost:389/ou=people,o=abc.com??sub"/> 
> </section> 
>
> When I open evolution the above entries in config.xmldb are removed. 
>
> TIA 
> -srikanth 
> On Fri, 2002-05-24 at 21:34, Paul Hands wrote: 
>     Hi,
>     
>     It was broken in a couple of versions, but I now use 1.05.
>     It now works fine for me from our company LDAP server. 
>     
>     I simply added the line 
>     
>     <entry name="uri" type="string"
>     value="ldap://ldap.cadence.com:389/ou=people,o=cadence.com??one"/> 
>     
>     to the config.xmldb file as advised in the knowledge base. 
>     The trick is knowing what the search base (in this
>     case"ou=people,o=cadence.com") and search scope ("one") are - they are
>     company specific, so you need to ask whoever set up your LDAP server. 
>     
>     The way I did it was to set up the LDAP server in other conatcts in the
>     GUI.  Once that was working, I copied the settings to the config.xmldb
>     file as above. 
>     
>     If you really get desperate, you can use Ldapsearch to download a
>     complete LDIF of your LDAP server data and import it into local
>     contacts. Of course, to do that, you need the parameters as before.....
>     
>     HTH,
>     
>     Paul
>     
>     Just in case,here's the text from the knowledge base........
>     
>     How do I make Evolution search my LDAP directory for addresses?  
>     Question   My company has an LDAP server which we use to track people's
>     contact information. I've set up Evolution so it has access to the
>     directory, but when I'm writing an email, it never performs address
>     searches on the LDAP directory. How do I configure this?   Answer   It
>     is possible to change the search path for address lookups in the
>     composer, but it isn't supported by Ximian at at this time. In fact,
>     there isn't a GUI yet, and this solution could change in future versions
>     of Evolution. Follow these instructions:
>     
>         * Exit Evolution and run the following command:
>     
>     $ killev
>     
>         * Add the following line to your ~/evolution/config.xmldb:
>     
>           <section path="/Addressbook/Completion">
>           <entry name="uri" type="string"
>     value="ldap://localhost:389/dc=toshok,dc=org??one"/>
>           </section>
>     
>     NOTE: Change the URL to match the addressbook URL you want to use. With
>     LDAP URLs it has to be formatted using the correct syntax for your
>     system. 
>     
>     
>     On Fri, 2002-05-24 at 13:29, Jean-Eric Cuendet wrote: 
>     > The only thing that is really SURE now:
>     > 
>     > - Nobody knows how to do that...
>     > 
>     > Anyone that have AUTOCOMPLETION *working*?
>     > 
>     > Thanks to share experiences.
>     > -jec
>     > 
>     > PS: Autocompletion means: You have a friend called mike myers bla com ,
>     > type "mik" in the address field and the rest "e myers bla com" is auto
>     > completed so you DON'T HAVE TO TYPE IT!
>     > 
>     > 
>     > 
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Srikanth Madugundi                   srikanth madugundi sun com
Member of Technical Staff                      msrikant sun com
Sun Microsystems                     Hello: 2298989 Extn: 87497
Bangalore, INDIA
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