On 25 Oct 2006, David Kågedal verbalised: > Reiner Steib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> For this scenario it would be nice to have an option allowing a >> multi-line bbdb file format instead of the one-line-per-person format: > > I'd claim the opposite. The single-line format is ideal for CVS-style > merging, since a multi-line format is very easy to mess up and break > when sorting out the merges. Assuming that field-level changes are > not too common, of course.
If you use bbdb-expire, every record you view (even in autopopups) will get a field updated. But I think the only sane way to merge this sort of thing is some elisp: you need something that understands the structure of sexps. It shouldn't be hard. I'll have a look at it this weekend. -- `When we are born we have plenty of Hydrogen but as we age our Hydrogen pool becomes depleted.' ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
