GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 309073
No way to import a vCard from nautilus
Last modified: 2013-09-10 14:04:09 UTC
Evolution does not set itself up as a handler for the text/directory mime-type (the mime-type for vCards). Use case: 1. Somebody beams their business card to my laptop (unimportant step, I could have downloaded it, saved it, etc.) 2. Double-click the file to import it in Evolution 3. Nothing happens. It should show me the vCard as it does when opening one in Evolution, and ask me whether I want to import it if it's not already existing.
Some of my users where used to directly open vcards from Web sites (for example yellow pages directories), this is not possible because of this bug.
just FYI, there is a ./addressbook/tools/evolution-addressbook-import.c that could probably do that but see bug #428328 before bringing it back to life (I'd gladly do the autofoo part if somebody provides a patch for the GOption stuff).
(In reply to comment #2) > just FYI, there is a ./addressbook/tools/evolution-addressbook-import.c that > could probably do that but see bug #428328 before bringing it back to life (I'd > gladly do the autofoo part if somebody provides a patch for the GOption stuff). The GOption port is easy. The problem is that it doesn't match the requirements. We'd need to be able to merge the contacts if they already exist, like Evo does, and potentially decline adding the person's details to the address book (or be able to change them before adding them).
That's probably the ultimate goal but we could simply start by what already exists + a check to test if the contact already exists and add the rest later. If possible I'd like that to be in 2.12. If somebody can do the whole thing in time, then I'd be more than happy :) btw, would what you propose mean that we need to move the contact-editor dialog to libedataserverui or duplicating it (simplified) would be fine ?
(In reply to comment #4) <snip> > btw, would what you propose mean that we need to move the contact-editor dialog > to libedataserverui or duplicating it (simplified) would be fine ? It would be better if it was the same UI in Evo and the tool.
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 517125 ***