Alex Schroeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When you use C-u M-x bbdb RET dan RET you will get the matching > entries in "elided" form -- one line per entry. It works by > temporarily switching bbdb-display-layout, but I must confess I > didn't quite understand how it picked the layout to use instead.
AFAICT it simply uses the "one-line" format. To configure, see ,----[ C-h v bbdb-display-layout-alist RET ] | bbdb-display-layout-alist's value is shown below. | | Documentation: | *An alist describing each display layout. | The format of an element is (LAYOUT-NAME OPTION-ALIST). | | By default there are four different layout types used by BBDB, which are | `one-line', `multi-line', `pop-up-multi-line' (used for pop-ups) and | `full-multi-line' (showing all fields of a record). | | OPTION-ALIST specifies the options for the layout. Valid options are: | | ------- Availability -------- | Format one-line multi-line default if unset | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | (toggle . BOOL) + + nil | (order . FIELD-LIST) + + '(phones ...) | (omit . FIELD-LIST) + + nil | (name-end . INTEGER) + - 40 | (indentation . INTEGER) - + 14 | (primary . BOOL) - + nil | (test . SEXP) + + nil | | - toggle: controls if this layout is included when toggeling the display layout | - order: defines a user specific order for the fields, where `t' is a place | holder for all remaining fields | - omit: is a list of fields which should not be displayed or `t' to exclude all | fields except those listed in the order option | - name-end: sets the column where the name should end in one-line layout. | - indentation: sets the level of indentation for multi-line display. | - primary: controls wether only the primary net is shown or all are shown. | - test: a lisp expression controlling wether the record is to be displayed. | | When you add a new layout FOO, you can write a corresponding layout | function bbdb-format-record-layout-FOO. If you do not write your own | layout function, the multi-line layout will be used. | | You can customize this variable. | | Defined in `bbdb'. | | Value: | ((one-line | (order phones mail-alias net notes) | (name-end . 24) | (toggle . t)) | (multi-line | (omit creation-date timestamp) | (toggle . t)) | (pop-up-multi-line) | (full-multi-line)) `---- Greetings, Jochen -- Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG -- Abteilung Molekülphysik Faradayweg 4-6 (C1.03) D-14195 Berlin phone: +49-30-84135686 fax: +49-30-84135892 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idU88&alloc_id065&op=click _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
