dlume(1)

📦 version 0.2.4, in ubuntu jammy

✨ dlume — bestie's addressbook era ✨

okay so real talk, this is the dlume(1) manual page, and it's genuinely one of the cutest little tools ever. it's a handy and easy to use addressbook, and yes that's literally the official description, i'm not even embellishing 💖

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

dlume

that's it. that's the whole invocation. no flags, no drama, no arguments. she just runs. periodt 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so bestie, let me put you on. the Dlume is a nice, gtk2-based addressbook. like, a genuinely pleasant one. you can easily add, edit and delete records to and from the database — super chill, super intuitive.

and here's the part that lowkey makes her iconic: Dlume does not rely on an outside database. nope. she keeps your contacts stored in XML format, all by herself, no external server needed. self-sufficient queen behavior fr fr 👑

also the Quick-search feature lets you find the entry you need in a comfortable way — no scrolling through 400 contacts like a clown, you just type and she finds it. and if you ever wanna take your data elsewhere, export to CSV and HTML formats is also available. versatile. multi-talented. main character energy.

🦋 OPTIONS 🦋

  • Dlume has no options.

that's not me being lazy, that's genuinely what the manpage says. she needs no options. she simply is. ✨

💜 FILES 💜

here's where she keeps her stuff, bestie. know your paths, know your power 🫶

  • ${prefix}/bin/dlume — the program executable. the girl herself. the moment. 💅
  • $HOME/.dlume/dlume — your user's Dlume configuration. her personal settings, her little diary of preferences.
  • $HOME/.dlume/dlume-data.xml — the addressbook data file. all your contacts live here. protect it with your life 😭
  • $HOME/.dlume/dlume-accels — the keyboard accelerators file. hotkeys, basically. shortcuts, but make it fancy.
  • $HOME/.dlume/*.lock — a lock file containing the PID of whoever is using the dlume database. this file gets removed on a normal exit. but ngl, if she crashes? you gotta delete this file manually. no cap, it will not clean itself up. 💀
⚠️ okay real warning time: that *.lock file is not playing around. normal exit = it disappears on its own. crash = it's staying there and you have to go delete it yourself. don't forget, or you'll be sitting there confused wondering why nothing works 🙈

🌈 OTHER INFO 🌈

back in 2003, the Dlume was available at http://clay.ll.pl/dlume.html. throwback era, vintage internet, we love to see it 🎀

👑 AUTHORS 👑

the legends who made her happen:

  • Tomasz Maka <pasp@ll.pl>
  • Piotr Maka <sill@clay.ll.pl>
  • Maja Kocon <ironya@ll.pl>

and that's the whole vibe check bestie 💖 this page was living its Version 0.2.4 life back on 17 July 2004 — old school, but still absolutely iconic. go forth and organize your contacts, you got this 🦋✨💅

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