I found a solution for this. I replaced the mail-extr.el{,c} from
bbdb-1.50 with those from XEmacs 19.13. I did the same for
mail-abbrevs.el{,c} while I was at it. Works great now....
--eric
p.s. the .bbdb *is* interchangeable between Emacsen, of course....
about "interchangeable Emacsen?," Eric D. Hendrickson said:
> I'm contemplating switching to XEmacs, but when I try to start up VM I get
> the following error (see below). When I then try to return to VM with FSF
> Emacs, I get an error about a corrupted .bbdb. Is the .bbdb file not
> interchangeable between Emacsen? I got this same error when I tried to
> start up (ding) Gnus under XEmacs....
>
> thanks,
> --eric
>
> Signalling: (wrong-type-argument listp :-pos)
> mail-extract-address-components("[EMAIL PROTECTED]")
> bbdb/vm-update-record(nil)
> bbdb/vm-pop-up-bbdb-buffer(nil)
> bbdb/vm-update-record()
> run-hooks(vm-select-message-hook)
> vm-run-message-hook([[#<marker at 3400884 in vm-inbox> #<marker at 3400938 in
>vm-inbox> #<marker at 3401414 in vm-inbox> #<marker at 3401480 in vm-inbox> #<marker
>at 3402070 in vm-inbox> #<marker at 3402071 in vm-inbox>] ["645" "645" nil nil nil
><<>> <-- From_ "644" #<buffer "vm-inbox"> nil nil nil nil nil nil] [t nil nil nil nil
>nil nil nil nil] [nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil "^From:" nil nil
>nil nil nil nil nil] [nil <v> nil nil nil]] vm-select-message-hook)
> vm-preview-current-message()
> byte-code("@ !?B @ !+ *Z .H
> \n\" L !+MN \"*AO !.;\n+H\n!.QB TU \"V ! .
> @,B)TY \"+) qZ [ ,\ _=? - [ ?-ab \" .#.
> command-execute(vm t)
> execute-extended-command(nil)
> call-interactively(execute-extended-command)
>
>
> --
> The unfacts, did we have them, are too
> imprecisely few to warrant out certitude.
>
> Eric D. Hendrickson Damnit! I can't stop the heterocyclic declination!
> Central Computing Services University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA
> <a href="http://www.umn.edu/~edh">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a> 612/626-7761
>
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A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
Eric D. Hendrickson Damnit! I can't stop the heterocyclic declination!
Central Computing Services University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA
<a href="http://www.umn.edu/~edh">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a> 612/626-7761
