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diff --git a/kabc/README b/kabc/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4aa9a063e --- /dev/null +++ b/kabc/README @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +LIBKABC - new address book API for KDE + +PURPOSE: + +libkabc provides an API for address book data. This can be used by all KDE +application using data of this type, e.g. KAddressBook, KMail, KOrganizer, +KPilot etc. It is meant as replacement for libkab (in kdebase/kab). + +FEATURES: + +- Value based interface, addressbook entry data is implicitly shared. +- Address book entries are identified by a unique id. +- vCard backend (RFC 2425 / RFC 2426). +- Locking mechanism to support concurrent access to the address book by + multiple processes. +- Notification on change of addressbook by other process. +- Dialog for selecting address book entries, supports mouse and keyboard + selection, supports automatic name completion. +- GUI client for viewing, modifying address book data. This is aimed at + developers not end users. +- Tool for converting data, written with libkab, to libkabc format. +- Multiple backends (resources) for storing entries e.g. LDAP + +AUTHOR: Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher@kde.org> + +LICENCE: LPGL + +DATE: 13 Oct 2001 |