On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 22:57 +0200, François Revol wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > My name is Philippe Saint-Pierre and I'm want to do a useful > > application for once.. ;-) > > > > So, I want to create a new address book/calendar/todo list app (no > > email client! I will launch BeAM or Mail gladly from my app tho) > > Hmm we already have a contact managment app (People), that is using > Tracker for searching and browsing. You'll likely want to stick to the > People file format for interoperability. > The IM Kit also uses People files: > http://beosimkit.sourceforge.net/ > > You could first try to add an export menu to People, or even better, a > vCard-People translator... This could be a good starting point: http://www.bebits.com/app/2884 Sources are available. > You might want to try using files for events as well, and use indexed > attributes, but it might not scale very well... Using files with attributes would be nice, but is there a standard set of attributes for event files that all apps can comply with (and thus avoid different apps using different attributes for the same purpose)? Cheers, Koki