Re: xfield with non-string value?
On Fri Apr 25 2014 Eric Abrahamsen wrote: It wouldn't be hard to store information about a *single* message: you could concatenate message id, subject, group name, and whatever else into a single string, if necessary. But to be really useful, I was hoping to get a value like: '(((234234 323423) Message subject 87k3aelq1m@ericabrahamsen.net gnus:org-syntax-link) ((657465 234232) Other subject 87y4z0l0xi@talktalk.net gnus:org-syntax-link)) I've got the easy part done: collecting this information in a notice hook and getting ready to do an xfield save -- but that's where it gets difficult! Give me a few days to look into this. Maybe it is not too difficult to store such things as is. Roland -- Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform ___ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
Re: xfield with non-string value?
On Thu Apr 24 2014 Eric Abrahamsen wrote: I'm trying to create a custom xfield for records that is a list, not a string. So far as I can tell, it's only possible for xfield values to be strings. Is that correct? Is it possible to circumvent this at the moment? By default, the values ox xfields should be strings. Nonetheless, there are various ways to go beyond that: - bbdb-record-xfield-intern returns the interned value (i.e., a symbol) of an xfield LABEL - bbdb-record-xfield-split splits the value as a list of strings. (See the source code of BBDB for how these functions are used in various places.) - If you want to go beyond the constraint that the stored values of an xfield should be strings, this requires more of an effort. You need to define functions bbdb-display-XFIELD-LAYOUT and bbdb-read-xfield-XFIELD, plus possibly modifications elsewhere. I have not tried that myself as I did not find it necessary for anything I wanted to do with BBDB. The problem is that then your bbdb-file can be handled only if your customizations are first properly loaded. This can make debugging more difficult. Roland -- Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform ___ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
Re: xfield with non-string value?
Roland Winkler wink...@gnu.org writes: On Thu Apr 24 2014 Eric Abrahamsen wrote: I'm trying to create a custom xfield for records that is a list, not a string. So far as I can tell, it's only possible for xfield values to be strings. Is that correct? Is it possible to circumvent this at the moment? By default, the values ox xfields should be strings. Nonetheless, there are various ways to go beyond that: - bbdb-record-xfield-intern returns the interned value (i.e., a symbol) of an xfield LABEL - bbdb-record-xfield-split splits the value as a list of strings. (See the source code of BBDB for how these functions are used in various places.) - If you want to go beyond the constraint that the stored values of an xfield should be strings, this requires more of an effort. You need to define functions bbdb-display-XFIELD-LAYOUT and bbdb-read-xfield-XFIELD, plus possibly modifications elsewhere. I have not tried that myself as I did not find it necessary for anything I wanted to do with BBDB. The problem is that then your bbdb-file can be handled only if your customizations are first properly loaded. This can make debugging more difficult. Roland Thanks for this! Very useful starting places. Something I've wanted to do for a long time is make an xfield that stores pointers to the N most recently received mails (in Gnus) from the record in question. I don't necessarily expect it will work, but I wanted to give it a shot. Thanks again, Eric -- Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform ___ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
Re: xfield with non-string value?
On 24 Apr 2014, Eric Abrahamsen wrote: Roland Winkler wink...@gnu.org writes: On Thu Apr 24 2014 Eric Abrahamsen wrote: I'm trying to create a custom xfield for records that is a list, not a string. So far as I can tell, it's only possible for xfield values to be strings. Is that correct? Is it possible to circumvent this at the moment? By default, the values ox xfields should be strings. Nonetheless, there are various ways to go beyond that: - bbdb-record-xfield-intern returns the interned value (i.e., a symbol) of an xfield LABEL - bbdb-record-xfield-split splits the value as a list of strings. (See the source code of BBDB for how these functions are used in various places.) - If you want to go beyond the constraint that the stored values of an xfield should be strings, this requires more of an effort. You need to define functions bbdb-display-XFIELD-LAYOUT and bbdb-read-xfield-XFIELD, plus possibly modifications elsewhere. I have not tried that myself as I did not find it necessary for anything I wanted to do with BBDB. The problem is that then your bbdb-file can be handled only if your customizations are first properly loaded. This can make debugging more difficult. Roland Thanks for this! Very useful starting places. Something I've wanted to do for a long time is make an xfield that stores pointers to the N most recently received mails (in Gnus) from the record in question. I don't necessarily expect it will work, but I wanted to give it a shot. In BBDB v2 there was a function that allowed the storing of Subject lines and information about the mail client. I don't yet remember its name/the names. But that could be a start? -- Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform ___ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
Re: xfield with non-string value?
Gijs Hillenius g...@hillenius.net writes: On 24 Apr 2014, Eric Abrahamsen wrote: Roland Winkler wink...@gnu.org writes: On Thu Apr 24 2014 Eric Abrahamsen wrote: I'm trying to create a custom xfield for records that is a list, not a string. So far as I can tell, it's only possible for xfield values to be strings. Is that correct? Is it possible to circumvent this at the moment? By default, the values ox xfields should be strings. Nonetheless, there are various ways to go beyond that: - bbdb-record-xfield-intern returns the interned value (i.e., a symbol) of an xfield LABEL - bbdb-record-xfield-split splits the value as a list of strings. (See the source code of BBDB for how these functions are used in various places.) - If you want to go beyond the constraint that the stored values of an xfield should be strings, this requires more of an effort. You need to define functions bbdb-display-XFIELD-LAYOUT and bbdb-read-xfield-XFIELD, plus possibly modifications elsewhere. I have not tried that myself as I did not find it necessary for anything I wanted to do with BBDB. The problem is that then your bbdb-file can be handled only if your customizations are first properly loaded. This can make debugging more difficult. Roland Thanks for this! Very useful starting places. Something I've wanted to do for a long time is make an xfield that stores pointers to the N most recently received mails (in Gnus) from the record in question. I don't necessarily expect it will work, but I wanted to give it a shot. In BBDB v2 there was a function that allowed the storing of Subject lines and information about the mail client. I don't yet remember its name/the names. But that could be a start? It wouldn't be hard to store information about a *single* message: you could concatenate message id, subject, group name, and whatever else into a single string, if necessary. But to be really useful, I was hoping to get a value like: '(((234234 323423) Message subject 87k3aelq1m@ericabrahamsen.net gnus:org-syntax-link) ((657465 234232) Other subject 87y4z0l0xi@talktalk.net gnus:org-syntax-link)) I've got the easy part done: collecting this information in a notice hook and getting ready to do an xfield save -- but that's where it gets difficult! Eric -- Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform ___ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
