>>>>> "DG" == David S Goldberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
DG> A look through the manuals indicates that zip codes are either an
DG> integer if "american", which I presumably have set, or a list of
DG> strings if "non-american" which I apparently want to have set
DG> (much as I set bbdb-north-american-phone-numbers-p to nil). But I
DG> can't find any variable or whatever to specify the non-american
DG> zip codes. How do I do this?
>> There isn't one. The way the zip is stored depends on what BBDB
>> (and hence SyncBBDB) sees in the contents of the zip. If it is a
>> string of digits it becomes a single number (and any leading zero's
>> are dropped).
DG> Bummer. But after some thought, I guess I really don't care too
DG> much about the internal representation since I'm not a developer.
DG> What's really bugging me is that the display doesn't zeropad a US
DG> zip of <5 digits (and bbdb *knows* it's a US zip because it chose
DG> the integer internal format). I'll try to come up with a patch.
DG> I'm hoping I just have to add a %05 to a format statement
DG> somewhere.
Well I can tell you where to add the %05 (bbdb.el line: 868):
;; else a number, could be 3 to 5 digits (possible error: assuming
;; no leading zeroes in zip codes)
! (format "%5d" (bbdb-address-zip addr)))))
I never bothered to try and submit it as a patch since the comment
makes it pretty clear that some other country also stores it's zip as
a single number but has a different number of digits than US zips...
So your assertion that BBDB *knows* it's a US zip is false it just
knows that it's a fully numeric zip consisting of a single number.
This is a bit better, but I think we really need a much more
general framework for this stuff. I've already had to add some similar
hacks (in bbdb-address-formatting-alist) to avoid using continental
format for zip+4 stored as two strings :(.
---
(defvar bbdb-default-country "USA"
"Default country to be used when formatting addresses
that lack a country field")
---
(let ((country (downcase (or (bbdb-address-country addr)
bbdb-default-country))))
(if (or (string-equal country "us")
(string-equal country "usa"))
(format "%5d" (bbdb-address-zip addr))
(format "%d" (bbdb-address-zip addr))))
---
Hope this helps anyway...
--
Thomas DeWeese
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"The only difference between theory and practice is
that in theory there isn't any." -- unknown
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