On Friday, December 1, 2006 at 17:18:00, Thomas Gerds wrote:
>
> 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.
You got the idea, but it is not `bbdb-complete-name' which
must/should be modified, it is full of trap and when ever
one tries to modify/fix it bugs are likely to slip in ...
`bbdb-hash-record' must be modified, e.g.
Index: bbdb.el
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/bbdb/bbdb/lisp/bbdb.el,v
retrieving revision 1.230
diff -u -r1.230 bbdb.el
--- bbdb.el 9 Oct 2006 22:57:28 -0000 1.230
+++ bbdb.el 15 Dec 2006 18:32:59 -0000
@@ -2147,11 +2147,14 @@
"Insert the record in the appropriate hashtables. This must be called
while the .bbdb buffer is selected."
(let ((name (bbdb-record-name-1 record)) ; faster version
+ (lastname (bbdb-record-lastname record))
(company (bbdb-record-company record))
(aka (bbdb-record-aka record))
(net (bbdb-record-net record)))
(if (> (length name) 0)
(bbdb-puthash (downcase name) record bbdb-hashtable))
+ (if (> (length lastname) 0)
+ (bbdb-puthash (downcase lastname) record bbdb-hashtable))
(if (> (length company) 0)
(bbdb-puthash (downcase company) record bbdb-hashtable))
(while aka
Bye Robert
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