Kde-pim/pi 2.0.16 Release

[jesizmi]

The trick for Autrix (  ) is to fix stuff without having the whole playcard castle crumble around him.
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And he's doing a f** good job at it.

j.

[Flandry]

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Are you sure it's not something silly like selectin an alarm sound that no longer exists since you re-flashed Cacko?
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The alarm applet checks if the sound file exists.
If the specified file does not exists it's using the default system alarm sound.
Such that you get always some sound on an alarm.

z.
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Drat, i was hoping that was the easy fix.  You would have to go and prevent such silly errors like that, wouldn't you?

Not long before i updated to the new Cacko and the new version of the PIMs, i finally converted all of my old Palm PIM data and created one huge ical file.  It was a convoluted and laborious process, and i wonder if it introduced some data or structure that KO/Pi doesn't like.  Is there a way i can "clean" the ical file to make it safe for KO/Pi?

It is possible the flash went poorly, because i've had some problems with other programs.  The thing is, all of the problems started when i started trying to use alarms.  I do wonder if there might be some kind of synergistic evil plot between kino and ko/pi, though.  They both have their quirks.

I tried qpealarmclock before reflashing, and found that it screwed up things, so i was trying to stay away from it this time around.  If it works fine for you in combination with KO/Pi, maybe i'll try installing that, instead.  I just thought it would be nice to consolidate the number of programs being used.

Thanks for your feedback Z(A)utrix and ev1l.  I think i'll have to reflash and reinstall the newest versions, and see what happens.  I'm ready for my Z to be reliable again.

[tovarish]

I dont know if this is for a reason or just an oversight. I sync my zaurus with outlook and pim/pi with sharp dtm. This works very well indeed excelt for a small irritating matter for me. My contact's mobile numbers come up as home mobile in the sharp contacts and kapi but kapi cannot show home mobile in the list view.

It would be nice if you could include home mobile as a candidate field for the list view.

thanks
tovarish

[ev1l]

I tried qpealarmclock before reflashing, and found that it screwed up things, so i was trying to stay away from it this time around.  If it works fine for you in combination with KO/Pi, maybe i'll try installing that, instead.  I just thought it would be nice to consolidate the number of programs being used.

Thanks for your feedback Z(A)utrix and ev1l.  I think i'll have to reflash and reinstall the newest versions, and see what happens.  I'm ready for my Z to be reliable again.
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I have some weird version with nice icons (not the one one maslovsky's site). I can email it to you if you'd like. Doesn't like orientation switching while it is open too much, but otherwise works fine.
I also had a bad flash once, it was very irritating. Nothing worked properly, I kept getting random cashes. Bah. Do you use Kino? I find that it messes with pretty much everything.

It would be nice if you could include home mobile as a candidate field for the list view.

We are currently arguing over email about field names and stuff like that. I'll tell more when Lutz has made up his mind. (Basically he's saying we shouldn't modify contacts without the user choosing to, it makes sense, but not always). The original problem is that the 2 apps use different default fields for the same kind of phone number.

[ashikase]

I recently switched to KA/PI for my contacts as it does a fair job at reading/producing vCard files which are compatible with my cell phone.

Just a couple requests:

- when importing a vCard, if the listed category (business, family, etc.) doesn't already exist in KA/PI, it should be automatically created.

- it would be nice if email addresses could be classified in the same manner as phone numbers; for example, on my phone, an email address can be listed as 'public', 'mobile', 'home', 'school', and 'business'

- it would also be nice if KA/PI had a way of storing/editing unrecognized vCard fields; for example, my phone produces some extra fields such as 'X-GNO' and 'X-REDUCTION'. I would like to be able to import a vCard from my phone, edit it, and export it back without losing any extra information.

If any of these things have been requested already, I apologize - I admittedly did not read the entire backlog of this thread ^^;

- ashikase
- anpachi, gifu, japan

[ashikase]

Just ran into an apparent bug: somewhere between version 2.0.6 and 2.0.23 the ability to import vCards containing Japanese text was lost. In 2.0.23 and up, when importing a vCard containing kanji (even ones created by KA/PI), any fields with kanji either don't show up, or show up as question marks.

As I have a lot of Japanese contacts, this is kind of important to me. From looking at the CVS, I noticed that the vcardparser files have changed since 2.0.6, though I don't know if that is where the problem lies.

A fix for this would be greatly appreciated. m(__)m

- ashikase
- anpachi, gifu, japan

[ev1l]

I recently switched to KA/PI for my contacts as it does a fair job at reading/producing vCard files which are compatible with my cell phone.

Yay a new user. All our work pays off at last!

Just a couple requests:

Grumble grumble. Talked too fast again

- when importing a vCard, if the listed category (business, family, etc.) doesn't already exist in KA/PI, it should be automatically created.

There's an option for that!
Settings - Manage New Categories.
It defaults to "Add categories to the list", so if that doesn't work there's is a bug, and we will squash it, oh yes we will.

- it would be nice if email addresses could be classified in the same manner as phone numbers; for example, on my phone, an email address can be listed as 'public', 'mobile', 'home', 'school', and 'business'

I'll discuss that with zautrix. I'm writing the new Phone nuber editing behaviour now, might as well do the addresses as well. In the Old World the domain name is usually a good indication of what kind of address you're dealing with, but I don't know if that's true in  Rising-Sun land as well.

it would also be nice if KA/PI had a way of storing/editing unrecognized vCard fields; for example, my phone produces some extra fields such as 'X-GNO' and 'X-REDUCTION'. I would like to be able to import a vCard from my phone, edit it, and export it back without losing any extra information.

I thought that was the present behaviour. Have you actually tried it?

As I have a lot of Japanese contacts, this is kind of important to me. From looking at the CVS, I noticed that the vcardparser files have changed since 2.0.6, though I don't know if that is where the problem lies.

I'll tell z in the next batch of emails.
In the mean time, you can stop signing your posts, we already know who you are

[zautrix]

It would be nice if you could include home mobile as a candidate field for the list view.

thanks
tovarish
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Thanks for reporting.
Yes, that is missing.
Will be in next version.

z.

[zautrix]

Just ran into an apparent bug: somewhere between version 2.0.6 and 2.0.23 the ability to import vCards containing Japanese text was lost. In 2.0.23 and up, when importing a vCard containing kanji (even ones created by KA/PI), any fields with kanji either don't show up, or show up as question marks.

As I have a lot of Japanese contacts, this is kind of important to me. From looking at the CVS, I noticed that the vcardparser files have changed since 2.0.6, though I don't know if that is where the problem lies.

A fix for this would be greatly appreciated. m(__)m

- ashikase
- anpachi, gifu, japan
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Thanks for reporting.

I'll try to fix it.

z.

[zautrix]

I recently switched to KA/PI for my contacts as it does a fair job at reading/producing vCard files which are compatible with my cell phone.

Just a couple requests:

- when importing a vCard, if the listed category (business, family, etc.) doesn't already exist in KA/PI, it should be automatically created.

You can do it manually. But after an import it should be done automatically.
I will change it to do it automatically after an import.
I do it not automatically at startup because that would be too slowon the Z.

- it would also be nice if KA/PI had a way of storing/editing unrecognized vCard fields; for example, my phone produces some extra fields such as 'X-GNO' and 'X-REDUCTION'. I would like to be able to import a vCard from my phone, edit it, and export it back without losing any extra information.

That should work already . Does it not?

z.

[ashikase]

There's an option for that!
Settings - Manage New Categories.
It defaults to "Add categories to the list", so if that doesn't work there's is a bug, and we will squash it, oh yes we will.

The option is set, but it doesn't seem to work.

- it would also be nice if KA/PI had a way of storing/editing unrecognized vCard fields; for example, my phone produces some extra fields such as 'X-GNO' and 'X-REDUCTION'. I would like to be able to import a vCard from my phone, edit it, and export it back without losing any extra information.

That should work already . Does it not?

Oops, you're right, the info is indeed saved. However, there doesn't seem to be any way to edit these extra fields from within KA/PI - a simple table with <key,value> pairs would be enough.

Really, though, the only extra field that I'd like to be able to edit is the SORT-STRING field. For Japanese names, the SORT-STRING field doubles as the Phonetic Pronunciation field; i.e. it allows you to provide the phonetic pronunciation (typically in half-width katakana) for names containing Kanji (or for English names that the Japanese user doesn't know how to pronounce).

Grumble grumble. Talked too fast again

Don't get me wrong, the program is great. I'm just greedy.

- ashikase
- anpachi, gifu, japan

(Sorry, I always needlessly sign my posts, emails, etc.)

[ev1l]

There's an option for that!
Settings - Manage New Categories.
It defaults to "Add categories to the list", so if that doesn't work there's is a bug, and we will squash it, oh yes we will.

The option is set, but it doesn't seem to work.

That's a bug then. If you don't mind, could you send the vCard to me so I can test whether it's reproducible and then forward it to z. Maybe can take a look at it directly.

- it would also be nice if KA/PI had a way of storing/editing unrecognized vCard fields; for example, my phone produces some extra fields such as 'X-GNO' and 'X-REDUCTION'. I would like to be able to import a vCard from my phone, edit it, and export it back without losing any extra information.

That should work already . Does it not?

Oops, you're right, the info is indeed saved. However, there doesn't seem to be any way to edit these extra fields from within KA/PI - a simple table with <key,value> pairs would be enough.

Should be easy enough to add an extra tab, provided you can tell what the extra fields are before you load them.

[ev1l]

Really, though, the only extra field that I'd like to be able to edit is the SORT-STRING field. For Japanese names, the SORT-STRING field doubles as the Phonetic Pronunciation field; i.e. it allows you to provide the phonetic pronunciation (typically in half-width katakana) for names containing Kanji (or for English names that the Japanese user doesn't know how to pronounce).

I don't know the gritty details of vCard parsing. Z can probably elaborate.

Don't get me wrong, the program is great. I'm just greedy.

That's quite OK. I never would have caught the broken multibit encoding since I never use it.

(Sorry, I always needlessly sign my posts, emails, etc.)

That's fine, it's just a bit redundant given anyone can just shift their gaze 5 cm to the left and see your name

[slocaus]

I think I have a new buglet in 2.0.25 that was not in 2.0.23 (missed .24, you guys are fast!).

The "OK" hardware button will not handle / stop an alarm.  The "Cancel" button will suspend for the indicated time period.  I have to press the "OK" button on the touch screen and it works.

Note this is with a SL-5500, old tkc ROM.

Thank you!

[zautrix]

There's an option for that!
Settings - Manage New Categories.
It defaults to "Add categories to the list", so if that doesn't work there's is a bug, and we will squash it, oh yes we will.

The option is set, but it doesn't seem to work.

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What option?
What are you doing?
It works for me.

There is a new version available with fixed vcard import for Japaneese.

Please test this and let me know if it is  not working.

z.