diff --git a/kabc/vcardparser/vcardline.cpp b/kabc/vcardparser/vcardline.cpp
index 046b1842c..6b2284f8d 100644
--- a/kabc/vcardparser/vcardline.cpp
+++ b/kabc/vcardparser/vcardline.cpp
@@ -1,115 +1,150 @@
 /*
     This file is part of libkabc.
     Copyright (c) 2003 Tobias Koenig <tokoe@kde.org>
 
     This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
     modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
     License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
     version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
     This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
     Library General Public License for more details.
 
     You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
     along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
     the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
     Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 */
 
 #include "vcardline.h"
 
 using namespace KABC;
 
+class VCardLine::VCardLinePrivate
+{
+  public:
+    QString mGroup;
+};
+
 VCardLine::VCardLine()
+  : d( 0 )
 {
 }
 
 VCardLine::VCardLine( const QString &identifier )
+  : d( 0 )
 {
   mIdentifier = identifier;
 }
 
 VCardLine::VCardLine( const QString &identifier, const QVariant &value )
+  : d( 0 )
 {
   mIdentifier = identifier;
   mValue = value;
 }
 
 VCardLine::VCardLine( const VCardLine& line )
+  : d( 0 )
 {
   mParamMap = line.mParamMap;
   mValue = line.mValue;
   mIdentifier = line.mIdentifier;
 }
 
 VCardLine::~VCardLine()
 {
+  delete d;
 }
 
 VCardLine& VCardLine::operator=( const VCardLine& line )
 {
   if ( &line == this )
     return *this;
 
   mParamMap = line.mParamMap;
   mValue = line.mValue;
   mIdentifier = line.mIdentifier;
 
   return *this;
 }
 
 void VCardLine::setIdentifier( const QString& identifier )
 {
   mIdentifier = identifier;
 }
 
 QString VCardLine::identifier() const
 {
   return mIdentifier;
 }
 
 void VCardLine::setValue( const QVariant& value )
 {
   mValue = value;
 }
 
 QVariant VCardLine::value() const
 {
   return mValue;
 }
 
+void VCardLine::setGroup( const QString& group )
+{
+  if ( !d )
+    d = new VCardLinePrivate();
+
+  d->mGroup = group;
+}
+
+QString VCardLine::group() const
+{
+  if ( d )
+    return d->mGroup;
+  else
+    return QString();
+}
+
+bool VCardLine::hasGroup() const
+{
+  if ( !d )
+    return false;
+  else
+    return d->mGroup.isEmpty();
+}
+
 QStringList VCardLine::parameterList() const
 {
   return mParamMap.keys();
 }
 
 void VCardLine::addParameter( const QString& param, const QString& value )
 {
   QStringList &list = mParamMap[ param ];
   if ( list.findIndex( value ) == -1 ) // not included yet
     list.append( value );
 }
 
 QStringList VCardLine::parameters( const QString& param ) const
 {
   ParamMap::ConstIterator it = mParamMap.find( param );
   if ( it == mParamMap.end() )
     return QStringList();
   else
     return *it;
 }
 
 QString VCardLine::parameter( const QString& param ) const
 {
   ParamMap::ConstIterator it = mParamMap.find( param );
   if ( it == mParamMap.end() )
     return QString::null;
   else {
     if ( (*it).isEmpty() )
       return QString::null;
     else
       return (*it).first();
   }
 }
diff --git a/kabc/vcardparser/vcardline.h b/kabc/vcardparser/vcardline.h
index dd7f54a6e..645b5ff6b 100644
--- a/kabc/vcardparser/vcardline.h
+++ b/kabc/vcardparser/vcardline.h
@@ -1,100 +1,115 @@
 /*
     This file is part of libkabc.
     Copyright (c) 2003 Tobias Koenig <tokoe@kde.org>
 
     This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
     modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
     License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
     version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
     This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
     Library General Public License for more details.
 
     You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
     along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
     the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
     Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 */
 
 #ifndef VCARDLINE_H
 #define VCARDLINE_H
 
 #include <qstringlist.h>
 #include <qvaluelist.h>
 #include <qvariant.h>
 #include <qmap.h>
 #include <qstring.h>
 
 namespace KABC {
 
 class VCardLine
 {
   public:
     typedef QValueList<VCardLine> List;
     typedef QMap<QString, QStringList> ParamMap;
 
     VCardLine();
     VCardLine( const QString &identifier );
     VCardLine( const QString &identifier, const QVariant &value );
     VCardLine( const VCardLine& );
 
     ~VCardLine();
 
     VCardLine& operator=( const VCardLine& );
 
     /**
      * Sets the identifier of this line e.g. UID, FN, CLASS
      */
     void setIdentifier( const QString& identifier );
 
     /**
      * Returns the identifier of this line.
      */
     QString identifier() const;
 
     /**
      * Sets the value of of this line.
      */
     void setValue( const QVariant& value );
 
     /**
      * Returns the value of this line.
      */
     QVariant value() const;
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the group the line belongs to.
+     */
+    void setGroup( const QString& group );
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the group the line belongs to.
+     */
+    QString group() const;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether the line belongs to a group.
+     */
+    bool hasGroup() const;
+
     /**
      * Returns all parameters.
      */
     QStringList parameterList() const;
 
     /**
      * Add a new parameter to the line.
      */
     void addParameter( const QString& param, const QString& value );
 
     /**
      * Returns the values of a special parameter.
      * You can get a list of all parameters with paramList().
      */
     QStringList parameters( const QString& param ) const;
 
     /**
      * Returns only the first value of a special parameter.
      * You can get a list of all parameters with paramList().
      */
     QString parameter( const QString& param ) const;
 
   private:
     ParamMap mParamMap;
     QString mIdentifier;
     QVariant mValue;
 
     class VCardLinePrivate;
     VCardLinePrivate *d;
 };
 
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/kabc/vcardparser/vcardparser.cpp b/kabc/vcardparser/vcardparser.cpp
index 676c8b9d9..b834d6ade 100644
--- a/kabc/vcardparser/vcardparser.cpp
+++ b/kabc/vcardparser/vcardparser.cpp
@@ -1,218 +1,231 @@
 /*
     This file is part of libkabc.
     Copyright (c) 2003 Tobias Koenig <tokoe@kde.org>
 
     This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
     modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
     License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
     version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
     This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
     Library General Public License for more details.
 
     You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
     along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
     the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
     Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 */
 
 #include <qregexp.h>
 
 #include <kmdcodec.h>
 
 #include "vcardparser.h"
 
 #define FOLD_WIDTH 75
 
 using namespace KABC;
 
 VCardParser::VCardParser()
 {
 }
 
 VCardParser::~VCardParser()
 {
 }
 
 VCard::List VCardParser::parseVCards( const QString& text )
 {
+  static QRegExp sep( "[\x0d\x0a]" );
+
   VCard currentVCard;
   VCard::List vCardList;
   QString currentLine;
 
-  QStringList lines = QStringList::split( QRegExp( "[\x0d\x0a]" ), text );
+  QStringList lines = QStringList::split( sep, text );
   QStringList::Iterator it;
 
   bool inVCard = false;
   for ( it = lines.begin(); it != lines.end(); ++it ) {
 
     if ( (*it).isEmpty() ) // empty line
       continue;
 
     if ( (*it)[ 0 ] == ' ' || (*it)[ 0 ] == '\t' ) { // folded line => append to previous
       currentLine += (*it).remove( 0, 1 );
       continue;
     } else {
       if ( inVCard && !currentLine.isEmpty() ) { // now parse the line
         int colon = currentLine.find( ':' );
         if ( colon == -1 ) { // invalid line
           currentLine = (*it);
           continue;
         }
 
         VCardLine vCardLine;
-        QString key = currentLine.left( colon ).stripWhiteSpace();
+        const QString key = currentLine.left( colon ).stripWhiteSpace();
         QString value = currentLine.mid( colon + 1 );
 
         QStringList params = QStringList::split( ';', key );
-        vCardLine.setIdentifier( params[0] );
+
+        // check for group
+        if ( params[0].find( '.' ) != -1 ) {
+          const QStringList groupList = QStringList::split( '.', params[0] );
+          vCardLine.setGroup( groupList[0] );
+          vCardLine.setIdentifier( groupList[1] );
+        } else
+          vCardLine.setIdentifier( params[0] );
+
         if ( params.count() > 1 ) { // find all parameters
           for ( uint i = 1; i < params.count(); ++i ) {
             QStringList pair = QStringList::split( '=', params[i] );
             if ( pair.size() == 1 ) {
               // correct the fucking 2.1 'standard'
               if ( pair[0].lower() == "quoted-printable" ) {
                 pair[0] = "encoding";
                 pair[1] = "quoted-printable";
               } else if ( pair[0].lower() == "base64" ) {
                 pair[0] = "encoding";
                 pair[1] = "base64";
               } else {
                 pair.prepend( "type" );
               }
             }
             //This is pretty much a faster pair[1].contains( ',' )...
             if ( pair[1].find( ',' ) != -1 ) { // parameter in type=x,y,z format
-              QStringList args = QStringList::split( ',', pair[ 1 ] );
+              const QStringList args = QStringList::split( ',', pair[ 1 ] );
               for ( uint j = 0; j < args.count(); ++j )
                 vCardLine.addParameter( pair[0].lower(), args[j] );
             } else
               vCardLine.addParameter( pair[0].lower(), pair[1] );
           }
         }
 
         params = vCardLine.parameterList();
         if ( params.findIndex( "encoding" ) != -1 ) { // have to decode the data
           QByteArray input, output;
           input = value.local8Bit();
           if ( vCardLine.parameter( "encoding" ).lower() == "b" ||
                vCardLine.parameter( "encoding" ).lower() == "base64" )
             KCodecs::base64Decode( input, output );
           else if ( vCardLine.parameter( "encoding" ).lower() == "quoted-printable" )
             KCodecs::quotedPrintableDecode( input, output );
 
           if ( vCardLine.parameter( "charset" ).lower() == "utf-8" ) {
             vCardLine.setValue( QString::fromUtf8( output.data(), output.size() ) );
           } else {
             vCardLine.setValue( output );
           }
         } else if ( vCardLine.parameter( "charset" ).lower() == "utf-8" ) {
           vCardLine.setValue( QString::fromUtf8( value.ascii() ) );
         } else
           vCardLine.setValue( value.replace( "\\n", "\n" ) );
 
         currentVCard.addLine( vCardLine );
       }
 
       // we do not save the start and end tag as vcardline
       if ( (*it).lower().startsWith( "begin:vcard" ) ) {
         inVCard = true;
         currentLine.setLength( 0 );
         currentVCard.clear(); // flush vcard
         continue;
       }
 
       if ( (*it).lower().startsWith( "end:vcard" ) ) {
         inVCard = false;
         vCardList.append( currentVCard );
         currentLine.setLength( 0 );
         currentVCard.clear(); // flush vcard
         continue;
       }
 
       currentLine = (*it);
     }
   }
 
   return vCardList;
 }
 
 QString VCardParser::createVCards( const VCard::List& list )
 {
   QString text;
   QString textLine;
   QString encodingType;
   QStringList idents;
   QStringList params;
   QStringList values;
   QStringList::ConstIterator identIt;
   QStringList::Iterator paramIt;
   QStringList::Iterator valueIt;
 
   VCardLine::List lines;
   VCardLine::List::Iterator lineIt;
   VCard::List::ConstIterator cardIt;
 
   bool hasEncoding;
 
   text.reserve( list.size() * 300 ); // reserve memory to be more efficient
 
   // iterate over the cards
   for ( cardIt = list.begin(); cardIt != list.end(); ++cardIt ) {
     text.append( "BEGIN:VCARD\r\n" );
 
     idents = (*cardIt).identifiers();
     for ( identIt = idents.begin(); identIt != idents.end(); ++identIt ) {
       lines = (*cardIt).lines( (*identIt) );
 
       // iterate over the lines
       for ( lineIt = lines.begin(); lineIt != lines.end(); ++lineIt ) {
         if ( !(*lineIt).value().asString().isEmpty() ) {
-          textLine = (*lineIt).identifier();
+          if ( (*lineIt).hasGroup() )
+            textLine = (*lineIt).group() + "." + (*lineIt).identifier();
+          else
+            textLine = (*lineIt).identifier();
 
           params = (*lineIt).parameterList();
           hasEncoding = false;
           if ( params.count() > 0 ) { // we have parameters
             for ( paramIt = params.begin(); paramIt != params.end(); ++paramIt ) {
               if ( (*paramIt) == "encoding" ) {
                 hasEncoding = true;
                 encodingType = (*lineIt).parameter( "encoding" ).lower();
               }
 
               values = (*lineIt).parameters( *paramIt );
               for ( valueIt = values.begin(); valueIt != values.end(); ++valueIt ) {
                 textLine.append( ";" + (*paramIt).upper() );
                 if ( !(*valueIt).isEmpty() )
                   textLine.append( "=" + (*valueIt) );
               }
             }
           }
 
           if ( hasEncoding ) { // have to encode the data
             QByteArray input, output;
             input = (*lineIt).value().toByteArray();
             if ( encodingType == "b" )
               KCodecs::base64Encode( input, output );
             else if ( encodingType == "quoted-printable" )
               KCodecs::quotedPrintableEncode( input, output );
             textLine.append( ":" + QString( output ) );
           } else
             textLine.append( ":" + (*lineIt).value().asString().replace( "\n", "\\n" ) );
 
           if ( textLine.length() > FOLD_WIDTH ) { // we have to fold the line
             for ( uint i = 0; i <= ( textLine.length() / FOLD_WIDTH ); ++i )
               text.append( ( i == 0 ? "" : " " ) + textLine.mid( i * FOLD_WIDTH, FOLD_WIDTH ) + "\r\n" );
           } else
             text.append( textLine + "\r\n" );
         }
       }
     }
 
     text.append( "END:VCARD\r\n" );
     text.append( "\r\n" );
   }
 
   return text;
 }