On Wed, 10 Nov 93 14:13:11 PST,
Jamie Zawinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
Jamie> X-Windows: There's got to be a better way.
Jamie> Roland McGrath wrote:
>
> I agree, and this makes me remember that it would be real nice if bbdb
> would ignore the default area code when you append one to the prompt
> string. It is annoying that when I kill a phone number from some buffer, I
> have to remove `(617) ' from the minibuffer before yanking, or else get a
> bbdb phone parsing error.
Jamie> It seems to me that these are mutually exclusive; either the area code
Jamie> shouldn't be in the default text that you're editing, and the default
Jamie> area code should be inserted after you've finished your edit if you didn't
Jamie> type an area code; or the textual default should be the area code of the
Jamie> last phone number you entered. I think that making the "invisible" default
Jamie> change to match the last number would cause problems. And I think that
Jamie> making BBDB accept input of the form "(415) (510) 123-4567" would be a big
Jamie> mistake.
Jamie> -- Jamie
I for one would vote to see the area code default moved to the prompt
area and out of the input area. Then it should be plugged in if
there's no supplied value.
I don't see why the default value shouldn't be updated on the fly,
though.
R
