From: Sam Roberts <sroberts@...>
Date: 2006-04-12T03:35:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Vpim::Vcard Line Breaks

On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 02:29:50AM +0900, Ben Reubenstein wrote:
> I am using the Ruby Vpim library to create Vcards.  I am having
> trouble getting my address entries to format correctly when the
> resulting VCF file is loaded into an address book.  Is there a special
> character to create a break line in the address field?  Many of the
> addresses in my data include multiple line addresses and they are
> being forced into one line.

Hi Ben,

Lets move this conversation over to vpim-talk, so we don't take up the
attention of the entire ruby world. :-)

Here's an example of encoding a multiline street with vpim-0.360:

% cat ex_multiline.rb
require 'vpim/vcard'

card = Vpim::Vcard::Maker.make2 do |maker|
  maker.add_name do |name|
    name.prefix = 'Dr.'
    name.given = 'Jimmy'
    name.family = 'Death'
  end

  maker.add_addr do |addr|
    addr.preferred = true
    addr.location = 'work'
    addr.street = "12 Last Row,\n13th Section"
    addr.locality = 'City of Lost Children'
    addr.country = 'Cinema'
  end
end

puts card

card = Vpim::Vcard.decode(card.to_s).first

puts "---"
puts card.address.street
puts "---"

% ruby -I ../lib -w ex_multiline.rb
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
N:Death;Jimmy;;Dr.;
FN:Dr. Jimmy Death
ADR;TYPE=work,pref:;;12 Last Row,\n13th Section;City of Lost Children;;;Cin
 ema
END:VCARD
---
12 Last Row,
13th Section
---

So, I think it works.

If a card encoded like this doesn't import correctly into your address book
app, I'd like to see a card exported from your address book program that has
newlines in the address fields, to see how it thinks things should be done.

Also, the code you use to encode the address and the version of Vpim you are
using would be helpful, and an example of a card you've encoded.

Cheers,
Sam