By the way: happy new year 2014 and many thanks for BBDB v3. Vincent.
---------------------------------------- > From: vincent....@hotmail.fr > To: wink...@gnu.org > CC: bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: notes field edition > Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 14:57:53 +0100 > > The problem is some sort of inconsistency. When I did bbdb-create "notes" was > proposed, so it looks like some default field --- this is all the more true > that there is some bbdb-search-notes command. But then when I do > bbdb-insert-field notes was not in the list of fields for completion. > > Now that I have created some record with notes, this is no longer the case > (ie bbdb-insert-field proposes notes for completion, which masks the issue). > > Vincent. > > > >> Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 21:52:50 -0600 >> From: wink...@gnu.org >> To: vincent....@hotmail.fr >> CC: bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: RE: notes field edition >> >> On Fri Dec 27 2013 Vincent Belaïche wrote: >>>>From this info node: >>> >>> http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/bbdb.html#SEC33 >>> >>> I can read: >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ; >>> >>> (bbdb-edit-notes) A shortcut for editing the notes field. >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> but there is no longer any bbdb-edit-notes function. >>> >>> When one create a new record "notes" is proposed for filling it >> >> I believe these things date back to old times when the notes field >> was the only field of its kind, that is, the user could not define >> new fields. - Even with BBDB 2 there was nothing special anymore >> about the notes field. Maybe a user prefers to put such things into >> a field foo? So I'd like to avoid such hard-coded solutions, this >> should be customizable. (Isn't this what all BBDB is about?) Now I >> am thinking about a user variable, which holds a cons pair, kind of >> similar to bbdb-mua-update-interactive-p. The car is the field to >> edit when the command is used without a prefix, and the cdr is the >> field to edit when called with a prefix. And if one of these is >> `all-fields' the user can enter the field to edit. >> >> I guess a similar thing should be done with the commands in >> bbdb-mua.el, which also contain hard-coded references to the notes >> field. >> >>> but when you try to add notes afterwards there is no such field >>> name prompting: neither the `;' shortcut is available, nor the >>> bbdb-insert-field will propose `notes' like a field. >> >> The latter is not correct (at least for me): when bbdb-insert-field >> asks for the field to insert, this offers completion, and it >> includes all fields known in your BBDB session. So if at least one >> of your records has a notes field, `notes' is included in the list >> of completions provided by bbdb-insert-field. >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
