Adrian Aichner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thomas Gerds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I would like that `bbdb-complete-name' completes also by last >> names. googling the topic suggested that one could add the last name >> of each entry to the AKA field. however, the following does not seem >> to work: > > Thomas, have you read the documentation of variable > bbdb-completion-type > and tried to change completion behavior this way?
yes! the problem is the following: I want to write an email whose bbdb name is `Adrian Aichner' however I forgot the first name and start writing `Aic' then press tab (which finally calls bbdb-complete-name) since the full-name is `Adrian Aichner' the string `Aic' is not found. I see two possible solutions: 1. modify the function bbdb-complete-name such that the hashtable which currently is obtained by calling bbdb-hashtable is also includes the lastnames. 2. modify the search pattern, however this would lead to a completely different behaviour, more similar to `iswitchb'. > > How do you use below function? > I call it interactively from xemacs: M-x bbdb-last-name-to-aka RET > (setq bbdb-complete-name-allow-cycling t) may also be useful if you >have not done so yet. yes, I have this variable set to non-nil thanks for your help! thomas > > > Hope this helps! > > Adrian > >> >> (defun bbdb-last-name-to-aka () >> (interactive) >> (let* ((bbdb-recs (bbdb-records)) >> rec old-aka new-aka lastname) >> (while (setq rec (car bbdb-recs)) >> (setq lastname (bbdb-record-lastname rec) >> old-aka (bbdb-record-aka rec)) >> (if (or (string= lastname "" ) >> (member lastname old-aka)) nil >> (setq new-aka >> (cons lastname old-aka)) >> (bbdb-record-set-aka >> rec new-aka)) >> ; (bbdb-save-db t t) >> (setq bbdb-recs (cdr bbdb-recs) >> count (+ count 1))))) >> >> thanks for a solution ... >> >> tomy > > -- > Adrian Aichner > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.xemacs.org/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to > share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info > BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/ -- ><(((*> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
