Steven Arntson <ste...@stevenarntson.com> writes: > Glyn Millington <glyn.milling...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Steven Arntson <ste...@stevenarntson.com> writes: >> >>> My previous issues with BBDB suddenly not working are resolved, thanks >>> to this list! And I'm now persevering into the world of linking my BBDB >>> anniversaries fields with my org-agenda. >>> >>> I've got a diary.org file set up, which I added to my agenda files. I >>> added the following lines to diary.org: >>> >>> * Anniversaries >>> #+CATEGORY: Anniv >>> %%(org-bbdb-anniversaries) >>> >>> However, when I try to bring up my org-agenda now (M-x org-agenda >>> a), the message I receive is: >>> >>> Bad sexp at line 13 in /home/steven/diary.org: (org-bbdb-anniversaries) >>> >>> Line #13 is the final line in the excerpt above. Does anyone know why >>> I'm getting this error? >> >> Ok - here's an even wilder guess than last time! >> >> I read this in org-bbdb.el >> >> ,---- >> | ;; It also implements an interface (based on Ivar Rummelhoff's >> | ;; bbdb-anniv.el) for those org-mode users, who do not use the diary >> | ;; but who do want to include the anniversaries stored in the BBDB >> | ;; into the org-agenda. If you already include the `diary' into the >> | ;; agenda, you might want to prefer to include the anniversaries in >> | ;; the diary using bbdb-anniv.el. >> `---- >> >> ie there are two possible ways of doing this depending on whether you >> use the emacs >> diary/calendar system or not. >> >> And I noticed that in the slice of your config you posted in your last >> query that you have a call to bbdb-anniv. >> >> And I wonder if the two ways clash if you use 'em together! Haven't got >> time or talent to probe this properly. >> >> You could try commenting out the bbdb-anniv stuff and see that works. >> >> You could try commenting out %%(org-bbdb-anniversaries) and see if that >> works. I'm betting it will :-) >> >> atb >> >> Glyn >> >> >> > Glyn, > > You are batting 1000! That was exactly the problem. I commented out the > line from my diary.org file, and it now works perfectly.
Splendid! > > It's an odd thing about emacs that I search around and encounter > different ideas, which I cobble together. Sometimes my still-developing > emacs literacy level is insufficient to perceive that I'm combining > different approaches. Part of me wishes the process were more > straightforward, but I've also learned a lot by futzing around that I > wouldn't have otherwise. I think it's a net gain. As a fellow futzer I can only agree! atb Glyn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft _______________________________________________ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
