> Perhaps there should be a standard string-match-loose which is used for
> potentially-approximate matches like this and which has a > double handful of
> configuration options and tweaks that can be fiddled with by prefixes in the
> search string.
In my opinion, i think it is a kind of "abbr
> believe, was concerned
> that typing Chinese names can be cumbersome so that he wanted an
> ascii-based shortcut.
Yes, This is my main focus...
Nearly every contacts manager in China have this feature.--
On Tue Jun 2 2015 Roland Winkler wrote:
> Any approximate search will give you yet more matches than what you
> get otherwise. So it might not always simplify life if you have a
> large BBDB file.
The examples at the bottom of lisp/soundex.el illustrate this quite
well.
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On Mon Jun 1 2015 Barak A. Pearlmutter wrote:
> To put a slightly different perspective on this, I have a sizable
> bbdb file, and sometimes I can't find someone because I'm spelling
> their name wrong. Maybe Steven vs Stephen. The classic way to deal
> with this is to do a SOUNDEX search, or one o
On Sun May 31 2015 Feng Shu wrote:
> I just use `pyim-hanzi2pinyin' function, which do such work:
>
> "你好 BBDB" -> "nihao BBDB"
>
> so, what I want to do is like this, for example:
> 1. I have a contact record, which name is "你好 BBDB"
> 2. If use `string-match', I need type "你好" to search this
"Roland Winkler" writes:
> On Sat May 30 2015 Feng Shu wrote:
>> This patch make `string-match' used by `bbdb-search'
>> customizable. I use this feature to search Chinese contacts names with
>> pinyin. this is a very useful feature for CJK users.
>
> ...I am surprised: what is the purpose of rep
On Sat May 30 2015 Feng Shu wrote:
> This patch make `string-match' used by `bbdb-search'
> customizable. I use this feature to search Chinese contacts names with
> pinyin. this is a very useful feature for CJK users.
...I am surprised: what is the purpose of replacing string-match
with something
Hello:
This patch make `string-match' used by `bbdb-search'
customizable. I use this feature to search Chinese contacts names with
pinyin. this is a very useful feature for CJK users.
Suggest merge to master, thanks!
0001-bbdb-search-make-string-match-customizable.patch
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