Re: setting bbdb-file-coding-system
On Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 23:06:28, Reiner Steib wrote: > On Wed, Apr 16 2008, William Xu wrote: > > > (defcustom bbdb-file-coding-system > > (bbdb-eval-when (fboundp 'coding-system-p) > > > (cond ((apply 'coding-system-p '(utf-8-emacs)) > > BTW, why such an obscure way of writing (coding-system-p > 'utf-8-emacs)? To avoid a warning about an unbound coding-system-p function during byte compilation. Robert - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
Re: setting bbdb-file-coding-system
Robert Widhopf-Fenk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 13:17:38, William Xu wrote: >> Hi, people ! >> >> Why this awkward constraint for bbdb-file-coding-system? I can't >> read its docs. > > You refer to that it does not occur in the info file? I search "bbdb-file-" in bbdb info, but got nothing? >> It says "should not changed by users", > > You can mess up your ~/.bbdb when changing it while not > visiting the file. This is what the warning refers to. > Well do it, but make a backup of ~/.bbdb first. Looks like if I simply close ".bbdb" buffer first, then set this variable, there is no problem. -- William http://williamxu.net9.org - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
Re: setting bbdb-file-coding-system
On Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 13:17:38, William Xu wrote: > Hi, people ! > > Why this awkward constraint for bbdb-file-coding-system? I can't > read its docs. You refer to that it does not occur in the info file? > It says "should not changed by users", You can mess up your ~/.bbdb when changing it while not visiting the file. This is what the warning refers to. > but since > it's a defcustom, describe-variable will tell you "You can customize > this variable." Basically, what I want to do is change the coding > system to utf-8, so that the file could be saved correctly. Well do it, but make a backup of ~/.bbdb first. Bye Robert - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
Re: setting bbdb-file-coding-system
On Wed, Apr 16 2008, William Xu wrote: > (defcustom bbdb-file-coding-system > (bbdb-eval-when (fboundp 'coding-system-p) > (cond ((apply 'coding-system-p '(utf-8-emacs)) BTW, why such an obscure way of writing (coding-system-p 'utf-8-emacs)? >'utf-8-emacs) > (t 'iso-8859-1))) Bye, Reiner. -- ,,, (o o) ---ooO-(_)-Ooo--- | PGP key available | http://rsteib.home.pages.de/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
