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XmAddressBook - A Motif Address Book
Copyright 1994,1995 by Boyd Fletcher and Old Dominion University
Send problems/questions to: [email protected]
DESCRIPTION:
XmAddressbook is a X11/Motif based Addressbook program.
CONVERSION:
To convert old rolo .rolodex.dat files into xmaddressbook.dat files, do the
following:
cd ~/
cp .rolodex.dat .xmaddressbook.dat
xmaddressbook -convert
To convert XmAddressBook 1.0.X files to XmAddressBook 1.1 files, do the following:
cd ~/
cp .xmaddressbook.dat .xmaddressbook.dat.OLD
xmaddressbook -convert1.1 .xmaddressbook.dat.OLD .xmaddressbook.dat
ALTERNATIVE xmaddressbook.dat FILES:
To use another users's xmaddressbook.dat file do the following:
xmaddressbook -user user's_home_directory
For example on many systems the user's home directory is
/home/loginname
RUNNING THE CURSES INTERFACE:
To start the Curses interface, do the following:
xmaddressbook -curses
ADDING A NEW ENTRY:
To add a new entry you must first press the CLEAR button. You are then
free to enter the information and press the ADD button. To cancel the
add press either one of the arrow keys. The add routine automatically
puts the list in alphabetical order.
DELETING AN ENTRY:
Goto the entry you want to delete and press the DELETE button.
UPDATING AN ENTRY:
Goto the entry you want to update, then make your modifications and
press the UPDATE button.
SEARCHING FOR AN ENTRY:
To start a search press the SEARCH button. The search is case
insensitive on the NAME field. The search routine will automatically
wrap if you reach the end of the list.
DUPLICATING AN ENTRY:
To duplicate an entry n times, press the DUPLICATE button. Then enter
the entry number and the number of times to duplicate that entry. Then
press the DUPLICATE button (inside the Duplicate popup).
GOTO AN ENTRY:
To goto an entry, press the GOTO button. Then enter the entry number
followed by GOTO button (inside the Goto popup).
***********
FILE MENU
***********
OPEN ADDRESSBOOK:
To open an alternative address book.
SAVING:
To save select either the SAVE or SAVE & EXIT options from the FILE
menu.
PRINTING:
To print to a printer select the PRINT option from the FILE menu. A popup window
will appear. After making sure that the value for "Print Command:" is correct,
press the PRINT button.
To print to file select the PRINT option fromt he FILE menu. A popup
window will appear. Press the "Output to a File" toggle button. After
making sure that the value for "Filename:" is correct, press the PRINT
button.
***********
MISC MENU
***********
For SEARCH, DUPLICATE, GOTO see above.
SHOW NAME LIST:
This brings up a name list of all the people/things in the
addressbook. You can select an entry in the list and it will be
displayed in viewing area.
SHOW BUSINESS CARD:
This brings up a selected "business card" for the current entry.
It allows easy selecting of all or part of a entry so that
it can be pasted into another program.
SEND MAIL:
Allows you to send mail with the entry's email address. It supports
attachments of ASCII text ONLY!