Re: [Evolution] gnome-pilot conduits and Evolution profiles

[Guillaume Lecanu <Guillaume lya fr>]

Le lundi 27 février 2006 à 05:26 -0500, Veerapuram Varadhan a écrit :
> On Sat, 2006-02-25 at 16:04 +0000, Guillaume Lecanu  wrote:
> > Le vendredi 24 f=C3=A9vrier 2006 =C3=A0 15:18 +0100, Guillaume Lecanu
> a =
> =C3=A9crit :
> > > Hi,
> > >=20
> > > Thanks a lot for your works on Evolution, I love this app ! :D
> > >=20
> > > I have try gnome-pilot with your evolution conduits, this works
> > > great.
> > > But I have recently decided to make a second profile under Evolution
> > > for my business.
> > > Like this, calendar, tasks & contacts could specify if it's for my
> > > "Personnal" profile or my "Business" profile.
> > >=20
> > > It's really usefull, but this not seems to be supported into your
> > > gnome-pilot conduits.
> > > You have a list of Evolution profiles but we could choose only one
> > > profile at the same time.
> > >=20
> > > So, each time I need to switch in my gnome-pilot all Evolution
> > > conduits :
> > > Action: "copy to pilot" / Category: "Business"
> > > and after hotsync I need to change to :
> > > Action: "copy to pilot" / Category: "Personnal"
> > > and hotsync again
> > >=20
> > > It's really not simple to use... :-(
> > >=20
> > > Have you planned to make a system to choose an action for each
> > > profiles ?
> > >=20
> > > So, I currently searching a trick to make this possible more easily.
> > > I have an idea but this not working at 100%.
> > >=20
> > > In the /usr/share/gnome-pilot/conduits/ folder, I have make a copy
> > > of the e-address-2.4.conduit to e-address-2.4-Business.conduit
> > > In this file, I have change :
> > > - the conduit id=3D"e_calendar_conduit" to
> > > id=3D"e_calendar_conduit_business"
> > > - the name value "ECalendar" to "ECalendar Business"
> > > - and adapted the description
> > > Like this I have in gnome-pilot a new ECalendar conduit, in the
> > > first I choose :
> > > * Conduits Actions :
> > > --- Action : Copy to Pilot=20
> > > --- Unique Action : None
> > > * Conduits Parameters :
> > > --- Sync with :  Personnal (my Evolution personnal profile)
> > > --- Sync Private Records : [X]
> > > --- Split Multi-Day Events : [X]
> > >=20
> > > And in the second ECalendar conduit :
> > > * Conduits Actions :
> > > --- Action : Copy to Pilot=20
> > > --- Unique Action : None
> > > * Conduits Parameters :
> > > --- Sync with :  Business (my Evolution business profile)
> > > --- Sync Private Records : [X]
> > > --- Split Multi-Day Events : [X]
> > >=20
> > > When I close gnome-pilot and looking in the config file into
> > > ~/.gnome2/gnome-pilot.d/
> > > I can see a new file "e-calendar-conduit-business"
> > > But in this file, there is *only* the "Conduits Actions" properties.
> > > Where is the properties of the "Conduits Parameters" ?=20

> A nice trick.  However, I think by "Category" you mean "Calendar", isn't
> it?
Yes, the Calendar profile (Business / Personnal)

>   Anyway, both the conduits in turn use the same file (since, both
> are calendar conduits and whose business logic are same) to write
> configuration. This is why you are seeing the most-recent configuration
> being selected for both the conduits
Argh, so my trick couldn't works.. :'(

> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D201167 is a more related bug
> to what you seem to be trying with evolution + pilot.  Category syncing
> for calendar and contacts are yet to be done.
Ok thanks for the link !

> > Is anyone know who have developped the gnome-pilot conduits please
> ?=20
> > I'll try to send a direct email because on the list nobody seems to
> > know this part of Evolution.
> >=20
> We have two-day weekends, hope that answers why you didn't receive any
> *immediate* reply. ;-)
Ooops sorry :-) 
Good works guys, and thanks you again !

> HTH,
>
> V. Varadhan
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