"Roland Winkler" <wink...@gnu.org> writes: >> > "John Smith; John Smith, Jr; J. Smith, Esquire" >> >> I guess we have no shortage in such examples requiring something >> like `;' instead of `,'. Besides AKAs / names, we may also have >> >> organization: HAL, Inc.; Smith, Miller & Davis; Company 17 >> >> Yet worse >> >> mail: sm...@example.com; "Smith, John" <smit...@smith.com>; >> jsm...@foo.com > > One proper solution to all this (plus a few other nuisances) could > be an interface for editing BBDB records similar to the widget-based > interface for customizing Emacs user variables.
Or to store the value as a list of strings, and make users loop through each string with RET when they edit the value. Sort of like what happens now when you edit a name that distinguishes between surname and given name. It sounds a bit bothersome, but I think in practice it wouldn't be that difficult. I can't stand the widget system, but that's just one opinion, obviously... E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech _______________________________________________ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
