Re: bbdb3 won't stop auto-updating records

2015-04-27 Thread Phil Hudson
que nickname for a mail recipient, or a group name for multiple mail recipients, or possibly both/either. I've just checked, and as I thought, "mail-alias" is an unknown field type which I am asked to define. Before I go ahead, what does "defining" a field type invol

Re: bbdb3 won't stop auto-updating records

2015-04-28 Thread Phil Hudson
On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 at 2:09:26 am BST, Eric Abrahamsen wrote: > Phil Hudson writes: > >> On Mon, 27 Apr 2015 at 5:59:07 pm BST, Glyn Millington >> wrote: >> >>> (add-hook 'message-setup-hook 'bbdb-mail-aliases) >> >> This led me

Re: bbdb3 won't stop auto-updating records

2015-04-28 Thread Phil Hudson
mail-alias systems, one involving .mailrc and the other involving BBDB fields? Or only one? If both, are they somehow integrated/overlapping, or are they independent? -- Phil Hudson http://hudson-it.ddns.net @UWascalWabbit

Re: bbdb3 won't stop auto-updating records

2015-04-28 Thread Phil Hudson
update the doc strings. That seems consistent with the way v3 has tried to rename lots of opaque and unintuitive "legacy" symbol names thus far. Maintainers can then gradually eliminate the "obsolete symbol" compiler warnings over time. Before I (attempt to) code this and

Re: bbdb3 won't stop auto-updating records

2015-04-28 Thread Phil Hudson
On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 at 9:48:56 am BST, Glyn Millington wrote: > Yes. There are two. They are independent. > > But message.el can use either. Got it. Thanks. -- Phil Hudson http://hudson-it.ddns.net @UWascalWabbit PGP/GnuPG ID: 0

Re: bbdb3 won't stop auto-updating records

2015-04-29 Thread Phil Hudson
On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 at 2:35:06 pm BST, Piet van Oostrum wrote: > In BBDB 3.1.2 there is no bbdb-define-all-aliases. It should be > bbdb-mail-aliases, as mentioned in some earlier messages on this list. So the > wiki should be updated. Done. -- Phil Hudson http

Re: Update records in some Gnus groups

2015-04-30 Thread Phil Hudson
imap:INBOX" gnus-newsgroup-name) >> (bbdb-select-message)) >> ((eq major-mode 'message-mode) >> (bbdb-select-message)) >> (t >> 'update))) >> >> ...and it actually takes effect. >> >>

Re: bbdb3 won't stop auto-updating records

2015-04-30 Thread Phil Hudson
"Principle of Least Astonishment". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_astonishment -- Phil Hudson http://hudson-it.ddns.net @UWascalWabbit PGP/GnuPG ID: 0x887DCA63

Re: bbdb3 won't stop auto-updating records

2015-04-30 Thread Phil Hudson
On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 at 10:34:32 am BST, Phil Hudson wrote: > The term "mail alias" itself seems to me to be poorly chosen, bespeaking > an inward-looking, comp-sci-technical, "historical reasons" (IOW no > reason) viewpoint rather than an outward-looking, user- and

Re: Has something happened here

2015-08-11 Thread Phil Hudson
On Wed, 12 Aug 2015 at 5:43:16 am BST, Michael wrote: > I haven't seen any mail on this list for about 2 months. Guess not. I think that's probably a good sign. Could be v3 is now "mature". -- Phil Hudson http://hudson-it.ddns.net @UWascalWabbit

Re: Org capture template to call a BBDB contact

2015-12-08 Thread Phil Hudson
Can't see a way to use bbdb-dial* though. That's more like the do-it-now alternative to this, which is more plan-it-now. -- Phil Hudson http://hudson-it.ddns.net @UWascalWabbit PGP