addrbook

manage contacts with plain text files + sqlite db (they work together).

made by dave @ ratfactor:

• readme
• intro post

commands

• addrbook list: list all contacts
• addrbook add $EMAIL $NAME: both vars optional, can be added in the entry manually. opens in $EDITOR (micro)
• addrbook view $EMAIL_OR_ID: view by email or ID (find through list)
• addrbook edit $EMAIL_OR_ID: open entry in $EDITOR

aerc integration

only works when viewing an email, and that only selects the first sender address if there’s more than one.

• aa: shortcut for addrbook add $EMAIL
• ae: shortcut for addrbook edit $EMAIL
• av: shortcut for addrbook view $EMAIL

misc

file locations

binary & all files: $HOME/.local/addrbook. set in ~/.bashrc

TODO: how do i sync the db… syncthing or git????

things i want from addrbook

it’s just a small ruby script so in theory i can edit it, but i don’t really know SQL??

• when listing entries, i want a column for phone numbers. half of my contacts don’t have emails but do have phone numbers.