>>>>> "Andy" == Andy Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

    Andy> Howdy,

    Andy>         A simple question, I hope.  Quite frequently I'm
    Andy>         composing a message and I realize I want to add a
    Andy>         recipient to the "To" or "CC" field.  I find the
    Andy>         address using bbdb, but I don't want to use the "m"
    Andy>         key from bbdb mode (i.e. bbdb-send-mail) to get the
    Andy>         new address because that will begin a new mail
    Andy>         message.

    Andy>         On the other hand, I can't just go copy the address
    Andy>         into the kill ring either.  It's as if both
    Andy>         copy-region-as-kill and kill-region are disbled in
    Andy>         bbdb mode.  Why might this be so is a puzzling
    Andy>         question to this outsider.

    Andy>         Anyway, what is the way to copy text from a bbdb
    Andy>         buffer to the kill ring?  Am I missing something
    Andy>         that should be blindingly obvious?

A typical use of bbdb from a message compoition buffer is this:

M-TAB (bbdb-complete-name)

Being on Windows, I have to use ESC-TAB instead.

Hope this helps,

Adrian

    Andy>         FYI, I'm using bbdb version 2.2 under GNU emacs
    Andy>         20.7.1.  Also, I really appreciate having this
    Andy>         software available--thanks to all the developers!

    Andy>         Thanks,
    Andy>                 Andy

    Andy> -- 
    Andy> Andy Jacobson

    Andy> [EMAIL PROTECTED]     

    Andy> Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
    Andy> Sayre Hall, Forrestal Campus
    Andy> Princeton University
    Andy> PO Box CN710 Princeton, NJ 08554 USA

    Andy> Tel: 609/258-5260  Fax: 609/258-2850

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