Anne Wilson wrote:
I sent back into Kontact today and tried to edit a group.
This time it didn't crash (not sure if there has been updates since I
last tried). It said 3 contacts didn't exist any more, but I could
add a new one. I checked some time later and it was still there.
Did you say you are on 4.7.x? I'd certainly update if that is so.
Not all is solved, but much is improved.
I'm actually running kdepim-4.8.2-1.fc16.i686
I'm just testing kontact again.
No, sadly, when I add a contact to a group
it remains there for just 6 seconds.
I added the contact by double-clicking on the group.
This brings up a window with a blue strip near the top,
with Name and EMail over it,
If I click on this strip under Name a white space opens.
I type in the name of one of the contacts in the address book,
and the contact's email is filled in automatically.
I click on OK at the bottom of the window,
and the name and address appear in the group window to the right.
This entry disappears after 6 seconds, as I said.
I see there is a change to the file .kde/share/apps/kabs/distlists -
a number is added after the group in question.
But this number is not the UID of the contact.
I should say I find the changes to Kontact/KAddressBook -
in particular the facility to add different kinds of contact lists,
Google Contacts, LDAP Contacts and local contacts -
very exciting, suggesting that kdepim is moving towards an ideal solution.
The fact remains that this particular part of the solution
does not work for me at the moment.
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