Version: unspecified (using KDE 4.7.1) OS: Linux I happen to have both file and directory based address books, and since the migration, none of them list contents. If I re-add the directory directly in Kaddressbook and then right click and choose 'folder properties' it lists '18 objects' and a few K in size, but clicking it does not list anyone in the middle pane. Kmail address auto-completion therefore doesn't work Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: try to see my addressbook Actual Results: no one there Expected Results: everyone there OS: Linux (i686) release 3.0.0-12-generic Compiler: gcc
There appears to be an almost unnoticeable tick box next to the name of the addressbook, ticking this makes the content show up, but I still don't have auto complete in KMail.
Please make sure nepomuk is running. There are problems with autocompletion in kmail composer KDE 4.8, but if you are using KDE 4.7 it should work afaik.
*Nepomuk* ? Why do I need 100meg of SQL server just to do autocomplete ?!?
Nepomuk facilitates quite a bit more than autocompletion (aka the semantic desktop). In KDE we like that functionality and and integration, so we build on tools for that - and use them. An eksample of how you benefit from the address book is utilized through nepomuk is entering a contact name in krunner (with the nepomuk plugin enabled): Apart from the offer to mail or conntact that person, you also get a list of mails to and from him, and documents or files related to him will show up. Nepomuk could also be used to store relations between contacts, for example familiy relations, in a very organized way. There are tons of possibilities. Nepomuk also does not harm you, as long as it runs quietly in the background.
I don't need or want any of the (other) features it provides. It does harm me, because it sucks battery, CPU and RAM on my laptop.
AFAIK there's a fallback by now for non-nepomuk users.