On , May 22, 2004 at 12:07:13, Kenneth Jacker wrote: > Maybe I need yet *another* cup of coffee, but for the Life of me, I > can't figure out the entry ordering used by bbdb-print (in > emacs-21.2.1). This function -- bound to "P" -- generates a TeX > file which "pretty prints" all or some of the DB entries. > > It starts out with a `B' section with persons whose last names begin > with 'B', followed by similar sections for `C', `H', etc. ... this > is all expected and normal. > > It continues with `L', `M', `N', 'P', and *then* `M', `K', `N', and > so on ... basically bouncing forward and backward through the > alphabet. > > I'm sure it is following its "printing algorithm" ... I just can't > figure out what it is! > > I looked online and in the 'info' pages, but couldn't find an > explanation of the ordering. > > A second mystery: after displaying all records, the created ".tex" > file contains only, maybe, 20% of them. Why are these other entries > not included in the "pretty printing"? > > Can anyone explain this to me? [...]
maybe you BBDB itself is not sorted. Try M-x bbdb-resort-database RET An then bbdb-print again. Robert ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
