add $name.vcf to a new book? #12
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For the first question, let me first say that I am just guessing, but I believe you actually have to commit the .vcf file to the git repository. When the code saves a contact, it appears the following happens: def save_contact(contact)
@disk.save_contact(contact)
add("#{contact.id}.vcf")
commit("save_contact(#{contact.id})")
endSo, for your case, I'd move the files into ~/contacts and then try: $ git add .
$ git commit -m "Imported contacts"EDIT: I tested the above and it seemed to work fine. For your second question, you need to run the commands verbatim. No need to replace the [address book] with anything. $ echo "[address book]" > ~/.pplconfig
$ echo path = "`pwd`" >> ~/.pplconfig |
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i'm not sure what i'm doing wrong... [crunchbang5010:storge] ~ $ rm -fr contacts/ I executed the other commands from the second question as well, thanks. |
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The only thing I can think of is that you need to make sure that the configuration in ~/.pplconfig is pointed to the correct directory. $ cat ~/.pplconfigMine outputs: [address book]
path = /Users/tsr/Documents/contactsMake sure that your's points to your desired contacts folder. Hope that helps! |
[crunchbang5010:storge] ~ $ cat ~/.pplconfig ...yep, it points to there. maybe those contacts are doomed and i have to start over. that would make me sad. ...wait, does this have to be run in contacts/ or ~/? echo "[address book]" > ~/.pplconfig ...i thought as a .config file, those would be run in ~/$user. maybe that would confuse it if run in the wrong place? |
You have to run this in your This is because that When I tried to imitate the steps you described - ppl init ~/contacts, copy *.vcf files, commit manually - I actually made this exact mistake. As a result, The output of
You might as well delete this, it doesn't do anything. I'll delete the unused constant referring to it for now: there's currently no repository-level configuration in place. It's something we'll probably want one day but for now there is none. |
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thank you very much. that worked! all the contacts are integrated now. |
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It's working? So glad to hear that! |
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Okay, I'm gonna close this now. This isn't the first time that this whole For starters, I think it's time to start a "configuration section" in the documentation. With a page each for things like the address book path, there ought to be enough space to explain things in proper detail. |
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...maybe just direct as hell. $ echo "[address book]" > ~/.pplconfig type exactly this while in your contacts directory it's what my thick skull needed ;) |
first question: is there a way i can move contacts made in the wrong dir to the address book?
i made a mistake and entered about 50 contacts outside of my address book. i tried to move all the $name.vcf into ~/contacts and tried 'ppl ls' but it listed only the two contacts i had in there previously.
second question: what goes in this [bracket] below?
i tried to do this:
but at my next attempt to create a contact, this happened:
...on balance, the first question matters more to me, since it was a lesson learned to be in the right directory the first time. but knowing the second question will save me in the future.
thanks again.
~storge
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