Re: [SyncEvolution] new command line options: import/export

On Fri, 2010-06-11 at 04:22 +0100, Zhu, Yongsheng wrote: > Yeah, this idea is good to me and I think it's very useful because we support many backends, which give > us the power to access different kinds of data storage. > > Some questions or concerns here: > 1. > > --print-items shows all existing items using one line per item using > > the format "<luid>: <short description>". > It is good enough to show all items. But what if we want to see a full description of one item? > Is it possible to add an option like this "--print-item <config> <source> <luid>? What would be a long description of an item in this case? Is exporting it completely to stdout perhaps sufficient? That already works with --export - <config> <source> <luid> Speaking of description, there's a problem implementing this. My intention was to use the same code which also runs as part of logging add/update operations during a sync. This code reads certain fields from the Synthesis field list of the item (SUMMARY of event/task, FN/N of contact, first line of note).

> 3. > Another thing is that what if we want to delete an item? > A possible solution is to use a '--update' option with an empty item to replace the existing one. > But I think a warning is needed to notify users. This is indeed an obvious gap in the proposal. I suggest to add a dedicated --delete operation.