opensync sounds excellent. Is the sync two way? I've been actively using Google calendar. On my phones, I sync using goosync which is a syncml service... Seems like opensync locally on the N800 or 770 could start to get us somewhere serious if data can also flow back upstream. On 1/2On 1/22/07, Graham Cobb <g+770 at cobb.uk.net> wrote: > On Sunday 21 January 2007 12:29, Tim Ashman wrote: > > I'm struggling with getting my palm addressbook into my n800. I've > > exported the palm address book into one file of vcards. I'm looking for a > > way to import all of them into GPE, however GPE only seems to support > > import one at a time, not a good choice when I have over 500 or so. > > You are probably best posting this to the GPE mailing list > gpe-list at linuxtogo.org (see http://linuxtogo.org/mailman/listinfo/gpe-list ). > You are right that there should be an easy way to do this, particularly for a > one-time import (for ongoing synchronisation Opensync is the right answer, > see below). > > > 1. When I install libgpevtype-0.17 gpesyncd will work but then the > > contacts app will not start anymore. I then have to uninstall libgpevtype > > after uninstalling contacts and calendars. > > You need to have the correct version of gpesyncd for the version of > gpe-calendar and gpe-contacts: some major changes happened to the database > format and also to the library usage. The versions in SVN are consistent but > unfortunately, as the necessary packages are spread across two repositories > it is hard to be sure that they are correctly synchronised. > > > 2. With gpesyncd installed I can get the command options to work however > > I'm at a lost as to how to correctly use them. I haven't been able to find > > any documentation. > > There is always the code! :-) If you plan to use it locally (for example, > from a script), invoke gpesyncd with no command line options. The useful > commands are then "uidlist vcard" (which lists the ids of all currently > loaded cards), "get vcard <id>" and "add vcard BEGIN:VCARD". Note that in > the add command the BEGIN:VCARD must follow on the same line and gpesyncd > will read more lines until it finds the matching END:VCARD. > > gpesyncd will only load one VCARD with each ADD command. If you have multiple > cards to load you need to split them into separate commands (just insert "ad into separate commands (just insert "ad into separate commands (just insert "ad > vcard " before each BEGIN:VCARD). If gpesyncd reports errors loading any of > your vcards I would be interested to hear -- preferably by entering a report > in the GPE bugzilla http://bugs.linuxtogo.org/ > > > So doesn't anyone have a process laid out for importing multiple vcards > > into the GPE apps. > > Actually I would use Opensync. The GPE plug-in knows how to work with > gpesyncd. You can even run Opensync locally on the N800 (actually, I have > only tested on the 770) if you want. > > I mentioned the 770 port of Opensync on the mailing list last week but the > message was lost in the mailing list problems. Here is an extract from that > message: > > I have ported Opensync to the 770 (see > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php? thread_id=31244769&forum_id=44498 > for the announcement on the opensync-devel list). It needs more work > but I have the framework, GPE, file and syncml plugins working (syncml > works with bluetooth but not tested with USB). > > I have not (yet) ported the EDS or Google Calendar plugins. Note that I > was unable to get the python support to build but I will try it again with > the recently announced Python 2.5 when I get a chance. If anyone else > wants to work either on more plugins or on re-instating the python support > please let me know. > > I am currently working on a problem getting a full sync (of my 600 or more > items) between GPE and my Nokia 6230i phone working on the 770. I can do > smaller syncs but I am concentrating on getting this full-scale sync > working before going back to porting more of opensync. > > Graham > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users at maemo.org > https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > maemo-users at maemo.org > https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > maemo-users at maemo.org > https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > nathan Greene m 917.560.3000 AIM / iChat - atmasphere gtalk / jabber - jonathangreene at gmail.com Gizmo - JonathanGreene blog - http://www.atmasphere.net/wp
