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LIBKABC - new address book API for KDE
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PURPOSE:
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libtdeabc provides an API for address book data. This can be used by all KDE
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application using data of this type, e.g. KAddressBook, KMail, KOrganizer,
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KPilot etc. It is meant as replacement for libkab (in tdebase/kab).
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FEATURES:
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- Value based interface, addressbook entry data is implicitly shared.
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- Address book entries are identified by a unique id.
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- vCard backend (RFC 2425 / RFC 2426).
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- Locking mechanism to support concurrent access to the address book by
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multiple processes.
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- Notification on change of addressbook by other process.
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- Dialog for selecting address book entries, supports mouse and keyboard
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selection, supports automatic name completion.
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- GUI client for viewing, modifying address book data. This is aimed at
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developers not end users.
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- Tool for converting data, written with libkab, to libtdeabc format.
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- Multiple backends (resources) for storing entries e.g. LDAP
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AUTHOR: Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher@kde.org>
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LICENCE: LPGL
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DATE: 13 Oct 2001
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