[Gpe-list] idea for gpe gnokii utility

[Graham Cobb]

On Wednesday 06 February 2008 02:57:41 Andres Vargas - zodman wrote:
> the idea is use the gnokii is the interface to syncronize data from gpe
> to the phone and viceversa. Writing on sqlite db of gpe.

Whatever you do, do not access the sqlite database directly: use libeventdb, 
libcontactsdb, etc.  I would recommend you also use libmimedir-gnome and 
libgpevtype for the import/export -- I have done some work in improving that 
and there are a few more bugs to fix -- you may as well get the benefit as 
well!

Alternatively, you could just use gpesyncd to handle the import and export for 
you.  You can run it in a subprocess and pipe data to and from it to handle 
import and export.

> some utility like multisync but without opensync.

Personally I am not sure this approach is worth it.  I am working on having 
opensync available for the maemo platform.  Opensync (and multisync) work and 
the gpe and file plugins work.  The syncml plugin builds but I haven't 
started testing it yet.  

The advantage of using Opensync is that all the rest of the plugins can be 
ported as well an you will be able to sync with Google, with EDS (maybe), 
with non-Nokia phones, etc.

> It can be a gpesuite of nokia  ( like pcsuite of nokia ) phones jejejeje

One advantage of using gnokii may be that you could also access things that 
opensync doesn't handle (SMS/MMS messages?  applications?). I don't know what 
gnokii can handle.

> **** NOTE ****
> on gpe-calendar i can import calendar.txt an get the list of vcal.
>
>
> But with gpe-contacts i cannot do it.
> error is it:
> import_vcard : Error reading card file /home/zodman/contactos: syntax
> error (missing value delimiter)!

Can you please log a bug report in the GPE bugzilla and attach the card file 
which doesn't work?  I am interested in fixing any import/export problem 
because all the sync mechanisms benefit.

Graham