On 24 Apr 2014, Eric Abrahamsen wrote: > "Roland Winkler" <wink...@gnu.org> writes: > >> On Thu Apr 24 2014 Eric Abrahamsen wrote: >>> I'm trying to create a custom xfield for records that is a list, not >>> a string. So far as I can tell, it's only possible for xfield values >>> to be strings. Is that correct? Is it possible to circumvent this at >>> the moment? >> >> By default, the values ox xfields should be strings. Nonetheless, >> there are various ways to go beyond that: >> >> - bbdb-record-xfield-intern returns the interned value (i.e., a >> symbol) of an xfield LABEL >> >> - bbdb-record-xfield-split splits the value as a list of strings. >> (See the source code of BBDB for how these functions are used in >> various places.) >> >> - If you want to go beyond the constraint that the stored values of >> an xfield should be strings, this requires more of an effort. >> You need to define functions bbdb-display-XFIELD-LAYOUT and >> bbdb-read-xfield-XFIELD, plus possibly modifications elsewhere. >> I have not tried that myself as I did not find it necessary for >> anything I wanted to do with BBDB. >> >> The problem is that then your bbdb-file can be handled only if >> your customizations are first properly loaded. This can make >> debugging more difficult. >> >> Roland > > Thanks for this! Very useful starting places. Something I've wanted to > do for a long time is make an xfield that stores pointers to the N > most recently received mails (in Gnus) from the record in question. I > don't necessarily expect it will work, but I wanted to give it a shot. >
In BBDB v2 there was a function that allowed the storing of Subject lines and information about the mail client. I don't yet remember its name/the names. But that could be a start? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform _______________________________________________ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
