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# imag - [imag-pim.org](https://imag-pim.org)
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`imag` is a commandline personal information management suite.
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**This application is in early development. There are _some_ things that work,
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but we do not consider anything stable or usable at this moment. Feel free to
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play around anyways.**
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## Goal / What is imag?
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Our (long-term) goal is to
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> Create a fast, scriptable, commandline first, plain-text-only
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> suite of tools to cover all aspects of personal information management.
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Yes, imag is a rather ambitious project as it tries to reimplement functionality
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for several "personal information management aspects". It is a hobby project,
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keep that in mind. We try to use standards like vcard, icalendar and others
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wherever possible.
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Have a look at [the documentation](./doc/) for some more words on this.
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## Building/Running
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Here is how to try `imag` out.
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`imag` is a _suite/collection_ of tools (like git, for example) and you can
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build them individually.
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All subdirectories prefixed with "`libimag"` are libraries.
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All subdirectories prefixed with `"imag-"` are binaries and compiling them will
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give you a commandline application.
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### Building
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We use `cargo` for building all crates in this repository.
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Make sure to use a recent `cargo`, at least one with workspace support.
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Building all crates works with `cargo build --all`, building individual crates
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by specifying the `--manifest-path` flag to cargo.
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### Running
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After you build the module you want to play with, you can simply call the binary
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itself with the `--help` flag, to get some help what the module is capable of.
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If you installed the module, you can either call `imag-<modulename>` (if the
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install-directory is in your `$PATH`), or install the `imag` binary to call
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`imag <modulename>` (also if everything is in your `$PATH`).
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Call `imag --help` to see which modules are found and can be used.
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Call `imag --versions` to print the versions of all modules.
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## Example usage
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As imag is a big and complex project, we cannot show all tools of the suite
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here. But to give you some idea, here's an example:
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```bash
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# Lets initialize imag
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imag init
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# Recursively import vcf files
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imag contact import /home/user/contacts
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# Create a contact (vcf) in the private collection
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imag contact create --file /home/user/contacts/private
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# Add a diary entry
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imag diary -p private create
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# Uh, I forgot something in a diary entry, select one (or multiple) and edit it
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# use the `fzf` tool here (not a part of imag) to select from the IDs
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imag diary -p private list | fzf -m | imag edit
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# Link a contact to the diary entry
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imag link diary/private/2018/01/01/00:00:00 contact/bc222298-casf-40a4-bda1-50aa980a68c9
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# Annotate a contact with some notes
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imag annotate add contact/bc222298-casf-40a4-bda1-50aa980a68c9 contact-notes
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# Write down some notes named "pineapple"
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imag notes create "pineapple"
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# Where was that contact again?
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imag grep Eva # also possible with `imag contact find Eva`
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# Okay, we need to add some imag-internal notes to that contact
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imag grep Eva -l | imag edit
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# Now save our work
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imag git add . # "imag-git" simply calls git in the imag store
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imag git commit -m 'Commit message'
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```
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## Staying up-to-date
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We have a [official website for imag](https://imag-pim.org), where I post
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[release notes](https://imag-pim.org/releases/) and monthly(ish) updates what's
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happening in the source tree ([RSS here](https://imag-pim.org/index.xml)).
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We also have a [mailinglist](https://imag-pim.org/mailinglist/) where I post
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updates and where discussion and questions are encouraged.
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## Documentation
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We have some documentation in [the ./doc subtree](./doc/)
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which can be compiled to PDF or a website using pandoc.
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It might not be up to date, though.
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Developer documentation for the last release is available
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[on docs.rs](https://docs.rs/releases/search?query=imag).
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## Please contribute!
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We are looking for contributors!
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Feel free to open issues (by writing to
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[the mailinglist](https://imag-pim.org/mailinglist/))
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for asking questions, suggesting features or other things!
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Also have a look at [the CONTRIBUTING.md file](./CONTRIBUTING.md)!
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## Contact
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Feel free to join our new IRC channel at freenode: #imag
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or our [mailinglist](https://imag-pim.org/mailinglist/).
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## License
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We chose to distribute this software under terms of GNU LGPLv2.1.
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