The problem is some sort of inconsistency. When I did bbdb-create "notes" was proposed, so it looks like some default field --- this is all the more true that there is some bbdb-search-notes command. But then when I do bbdb-insert-field notes was not in the list of fields for completion.
Now that I have created some record with notes, this is no longer the case (ie bbdb-insert-field proposes notes for completion, which masks the issue). Vincent. > Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 21:52:50 -0600 > From: wink...@gnu.org > To: vincent....@hotmail.fr > CC: bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: notes field edition > > On Fri Dec 27 2013 Vincent Belaïche wrote: >>>From this info node: >> >> http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/bbdb.html#SEC33 >> >> I can read: >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ; >> >> (bbdb-edit-notes) A shortcut for editing the notes field. >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> but there is no longer any bbdb-edit-notes function. >> >> When one create a new record "notes" is proposed for filling it > > I believe these things date back to old times when the notes field > was the only field of its kind, that is, the user could not define > new fields. - Even with BBDB 2 there was nothing special anymore > about the notes field. Maybe a user prefers to put such things into > a field foo? So I'd like to avoid such hard-coded solutions, this > should be customizable. (Isn't this what all BBDB is about?) Now I > am thinking about a user variable, which holds a cons pair, kind of > similar to bbdb-mua-update-interactive-p. The car is the field to > edit when the command is used without a prefix, and the cdr is the > field to edit when called with a prefix. And if one of these is > `all-fields' the user can enter the field to edit. > > I guess a similar thing should be done with the commands in > bbdb-mua.el, which also contain hard-coded references to the notes > field. > >> but when you try to add notes afterwards there is no such field >> name prompting: neither the `;' shortcut is available, nor the >> bbdb-insert-field will propose `notes' like a field. > > The latter is not correct (at least for me): when bbdb-insert-field > asks for the field to insert, this offers completion, and it > includes all fields known in your BBDB session. So if at least one > of your records has a notes field, `notes' is included in the list > of completions provided by bbdb-insert-field. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
