[ale] Can you point me in a good direction

[Dow Hurst]

Walter,
I am running RedHat 9 with KDE 3.1-12.  The Kaddressbook is version 3.1.  I 
find that if I add a contact filling every slot with info that:

I must do File Save to keep it.

When the program is closed and reopened, that the info is displayed for all 
entries in the display window but that the editor window only shows the 
default numbers relating to drop down menu value for the phone entries.  What 
I mean is that Home, Work, and Mobile are the defaults for the editor to 
display.  I have to manually change the drop down to WorkFax to show in the 
editor the WorkFax number.  However, the main display does show all values.

I don't really see the problem, however it is an extra move to select the 
WorkFax entry in the editor.  But, since you've got it displayed in the main 
window it isn't a big deal.

You'd need to add a box for the WorkFax in the editor or edit the 
~/.kde/share/config/kaddressbookrc file if possible to change the dropdown 
menus default entry values.  I don't know if that is possible as my rc file 
doesn't show a values for the editor pane.
Dow


Walter Sams wrote:
> not really a "Linux" question  but... :)
> 
> I am having trouble with the KDE address book.  The phone number 
> boxes in the contact edit screen do not seem to "stick" when 
> I put a number in. IE  if I assign a number to fax and using the drop
> down list for placing the numbers tell a box to display the 
> fax number and save it, I find that when I close the program and
> come back to that contact, the phone number will not be in the
> box where I put it.  It is still stored in the phone number list
> just not on the main contact edit screen.  
> 
> I tried contacting the KDE help line at kde.org, but so far 
> no one has been able to respond.  
> 
> Can anyone suggest possible cures or another kde  help list to turn to?
> Is there an online source of documentation for kde that is better than 
> the help files that pop up from the help line?
> 
> we use kde 3.1.0 on a mandrake 9.1 os
> 
> Thank you
> Walter Sams
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