Re: [BBDB] Changelog 2010-04-10

2011-04-22 Thread Leo
On 2011-04-22 04:39 +0800, Ted Zlatanov wrote: Oh, I see, you want to have a general record category and then filter on that category. Don't call it export-class though. It's just class or category I think. That should be trivial and we can even offer completion based on the categories

What's the intention of the DEGREE field?

2011-04-22 Thread Leo
Hello, As stated in the subject line. I still find the firstname + lastname + degree not able to cover some use cases. For example: Professor Sir (Robert) Brian Heap CBE FRS. vCard has N type that has: surname, given name, additional, prefix, suffix which is more accommodating. Leo

Re: BBDB beginners guide?

2011-04-22 Thread Bernd Wachter
Brett Presnell presn...@stat.ufl.edu writes: Leo sdl@gmail.com writes: On 2011-04-06 15:22 +0800, Didier Verna wrote: Not everybody agrees with this necessarily. I'm using BBDB much more often on my computers than anywhere else and I'm happy to update them manually from time to time

Re: What's the intention of the DEGREE field?

2011-04-22 Thread Roland Winkler
On Fri Apr 22 2011 Leo wrote: As stated in the subject line. Good catch! The degree field is possibly not named in the best way. For me, the motivation has been in academics (which is a significant part of my bbdb database). Yet I could envision other uses, too. I still find the firstname +

Re: What's the intention of the DEGREE field?

2011-04-22 Thread Leo
On 2011-04-22 23:36 +0800, Roland Winkler wrote: All these thought are not 100% mature and final. Suggestions welcome! From a different perspective, I want to add that if someone doesn't care about this field, he or she can completely ignore it and should never notice that it is available.

Re: What's the intention of the DEGREE field?

2011-04-22 Thread Sam Steingold
* Leo fqy@tznvy.pbz [2011-04-23 03:46:05 +0800]: On 2011-04-22 23:36 +0800, Roland Winkler wrote: All these thought are not 100% mature and final. Suggestions welcome! From a different perspective, I want to add that if someone doesn't care about this field, he or she can completely

Re: What's the intention of the DEGREE field?

2011-04-22 Thread Leo
On 2011-04-23 03:52 +0800, Sam Steingold wrote: there can be only one prefix but many suffixes, right? I suggest keeping them in a list where first is the prefix and rest are the suffixes, so that simple records without any prefixes suffixes will have just nil there. There can be many

TAB should move from field to field

2011-04-22 Thread Leo
Hello, I have one suggestion. I think making TAB move from field to field is useful. For example, in the following record, assume point at `R'ichard, TAB could move from R - F - m - n - next record Richard Stallman - FSF mail: r...@gnu.org notes: The best hacker,

Re: What's the intention of the DEGREE field?

2011-04-22 Thread Roland Winkler
On Sat Apr 23 2011 Leo wrote: On 2011-04-23 03:52 +0800, Sam Steingold wrote: there can be only one prefix but many suffixes, right? I suggest keeping them in a list where first is the prefix and rest are the suffixes, so that simple records without any prefixes suffixes will have just