How does Gnus handle vCard?

How does Gnus handle vCard?

[Leo]

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Dear Gnus Developers,

Gnus/5.130000 Emacs/23.0.50 (20071101) Fedora 8 (gnu/linux)

Every now and then I receive emails with vcard attachment. Gnus simply
just doesn't display them. Is vcard discouraged in exchange of contacts?

I tried to attach a buffer with vcard data, however Gnus failed to
recognize the type as "text/x-vcard", is this a bug?

[I have attached a vcard in this post]

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begin:vcard
version:3.0
fn:Richard Stallman
n:Stallman;Richard;;;
nickname:Richard M. Stallman
org:FSF
note:The best hacker\, founder of GNU
email;type=internet:rms@gnu.org
end:vcard

Re: How does Gnus handle vCard?

[Andrew J. Cosgriff]

Leo wrote :

> Dear Gnus Developers,
>
> Gnus/5.130000 Emacs/23.0.50 (20071101) Fedora 8 (gnu/linux)
>
> Every now and then I receive emails with vcard attachment. Gnus simply
> just doesn't display them. Is vcard discouraged in exchange of contacts?

Go and get vcard.el from
http://www.splode.com/users/friedman/software/emacs-lisp/ - 
once you load it, Gnus should magically display your vcard.

> [I have attached a vcard in this post]

So you did. Here's what I see, after loading vcard.el and doing a M-g on
the article:

> +--------------------------------+
> | Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
> | FSF                            |
> +--------------------------------+

Enjoy,
 Cos (who can't believe it was 9 years ago that he wrote that tm-vcard
 hack. how time flies!)
-- 
 http://andrew.j.cosgriff.name/ | exterminate all rational thought!

Re: How does Gnus handle vCard?

[Leo]

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for your prompt reply and help.

On 2007-11-19 10:38 +0000, Andrew J. Cosgriff wrote:
> Leo wrote :
>
>> Dear Gnus Developers,
>>
>> Gnus/5.130000 Emacs/23.0.50 (20071101) Fedora 8 (gnu/linux)
>>
>> Every now and then I receive emails with vcard attachment. Gnus simply
>> just doesn't display them. Is vcard discouraged in exchange of contacts?
>
> Go and get vcard.el from
> http://www.splode.com/users/friedman/software/emacs-lisp/ - 
> once you load it, Gnus should magically display your vcard.

vcard.el is loaded in my ~/.emacs. However I am using the vcard.el from
Jemarch the author of addressbook.el.

http://es.gnu.org/~jemarch/downloads/addressbook/vcard.el

>> [I have attached a vcard in this post]
>
> So you did. Here's what I see, after loading vcard.el and doing a M-g on
> the article:
>
>> +--------------------------------+
>> | Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
>> | FSF                            |
>> +--------------------------------+

I am still seeing nothing for vCard attachment.

>
> Enjoy,
>  Cos (who can't believe it was 9 years ago that he wrote that tm-vcard
>  hack. how time flies!)

Indeed and Gnus remains as my only mailer. I hope it can cope with new
technology and standards.

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Re: How does Gnus handle vCard?

[Tassilo Horn]

Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com> writes:

>> Go and get vcard.el from
>> http://www.splode.com/users/friedman/software/emacs-lisp/ - 
>> once you load it, Gnus should magically display your vcard.
>
> vcard.el is loaded in my ~/.emacs. However I am using the vcard.el
> from Jemarch the author of addressbook.el.
>
> http://es.gnu.org/~jemarch/downloads/addressbook/vcard.el

In gnus/contrib is the right vcard.el.  So there's no need to fetch it
somewhere else.

Bye,
Tassilo

Re: How does Gnus handle vCard?

[Andrew J. Cosgriff]

Tassilo Horn wrote :

> Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com> writes:
>> vcard.el is loaded in my ~/.emacs. However I am using the vcard.el
>> from Jemarch the author of addressbook.el.
>>
>> http://es.gnu.org/~jemarch/downloads/addressbook/vcard.el
>
> In gnus/contrib is the right vcard.el.  So there's no need to fetch it
> somewhere else.

Ah. Apologies (it's been a while - i'm just getting back into Gnus - 4
years using a Mac and I've been feeling spiriturally bereft. Thankfully,
most of my old Gnus config still works :).

Anyway, I'd suggest you try the older version, Leo. When I load the
newer one you mention, all I see is a nice little empty box:

> +--+
> |  |
> +--+

You might want to ask the addressbook.el maintainer - Jose E. Marchesi -
if he can provide some further wisdom on this? (I'll see if I can have a
look at why the new vcard.el's not behaving, but I might not have time
until the weekend.)

> Indeed and Gnus remains as my only mailer. I hope it can cope with new
> technology and standards.

vcards are way old, man. Aren't all the cool kids playing with
microformats (eg. hcard) now?

cheers,
 cos.
-- 
 http://andrew.j.cosgriff.name/ | a long way from home

Re: How does Gnus handle vCard?

[Leo]

On 2007-11-19 21:12 +0000, Andrew J. Cosgriff wrote:
> Anyway, I'd suggest you try the older version, Leo. When I load the
> newer one you mention, all I see is a nice little empty box:
>
>> +--+
>> |  |
>> +--+

I tried the old version. Indeed it works. However it is displayed as:

    -- 
    Richard Stallman <(type=internet rms@gnu.org)>
    FSF


How to make it displayed inside a box?

Best,
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Re: How does Gnus handle vCard?

[Andrew J. Cosgriff]

Leo wrote :

> I tried the old version. Indeed it works. However it is displayed as:
>
>     -- 
>     Richard Stallman <(type=internet rms@gnu.org)>
>     FSF
>
>
> How to make it displayed inside a box?

That appears to be a feature of the vcard.el at
http://www.splode.com/users/friedman/software/emacs-lisp/

I notice Tassilo just posted a patch, here, to add boxing to the one in
gnus/contrib.

Cheers,
 Cos
-- 
 http://andrew.j.cosgriff.name/ | or something

Re: How does Gnus handle vCard?

[Leo]

On 2007-11-19 23:28 +0000, Andrew J. Cosgriff wrote:
> Leo wrote :
>
>> I tried the old version. Indeed it works. However it is displayed as:
>>
>>     -- 
>>     Richard Stallman <(type=internet rms@gnu.org)>
>>     FSF
>>
>>
>> How to make it displayed inside a box?
>
> That appears to be a feature of the vcard.el at
> http://www.splode.com/users/friedman/software/emacs-lisp/

Thanks. it works now.

>
> I notice Tassilo just posted a patch, here, to add boxing to the one
>in
> gnus/contrib.
>
> Cheers,
>  Cos

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Re: How does Gnus handle vCard?

[Tassilo Horn]

Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com> writes:

Hi Leo,

>>> How to make it displayed inside a box?
>>
>> That appears to be a feature of the vcard.el at
>> http://www.splode.com/users/friedman/software/emacs-lisp/
>
> Thanks. it works now.

This version from Noah's homepage is included in No Gnus now.

Bye,
Tassilo