Contacts
Languages and libraries
domain-specific language
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1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Docs: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Lovely idea and a good effort
From 2 comments
i think this is lovely … one idea would be to build a raku Grammar for your language (which would be also ~23 lines I suppose) … that way you could make raku Contact objects and…
librasteve on HNFor ideas, personally I manage my contacts in two separate entities because I still have to find a way to merge two different worlds: - on desktop my contacts are org-mode notes,…
kkfx on HN
Objections
Integration with other apps is hard unless they explicitly support the format
From 2 comments
Yes, but any other app need to explicitly integrate it, and it the biggest issue in modern software. Let's imaging such project is an Emacs package, you do not need any change…
kkfx on HNFor ideas, personally I manage my contacts in two separate entities because I still have to find a way to merge two different worlds: - on desktop my contacts are org-mode notes,…
kkfx on HN
Does not account for vCard or real-world multiple phones and emails
From 1 comment
Obvious question: how does it relate to vCard, which is the standard way of describing contacts? The examples shown are too simplistic for real world use: how do I specify…
zvr on HN
Requests
Add a vCard export
From 1 comment
Obvious question: how does it relate to vCard, which is the standard way of describing contacts? The examples shown are too simplistic for real world use: how do I specify…
zvr on HN
Add a Raku grammar and Contact objects
From 1 comment
i think this is lovely … one idea would be to build a raku Grammar for your language (which would be also ~23 lines I suppose) … that way you could make raku Contact objects and…
librasteve on HN
Questions
How does it relate to vCard?
From 1 comment
Obvious question: how does it relate to vCard, which is the standard way of describing contacts? The examples shown are too simplistic for real world use: how do I specify…
zvr on HN
How are multiple phones and emails specified?
From 1 comment
Obvious question: how does it relate to vCard, which is the standard way of describing contacts? The examples shown are too simplistic for real world use: how do I specify…
zvr on HN
Alternatives named
vCard
From 1 comment
Obvious question: how does it relate to vCard, which is the standard way of describing contacts? The examples shown are too simplistic for real world use: how do I specify…
zvr on HN
DavX and Davis CardDAV setups with org-mode notes
From 1 comment
For ideas, personally I manage my contacts in two separate entities because I still have to find a way to merge two different worlds: - on desktop my contacts are org-mode notes,…
kkfx on HN