stardiviner <numbch...@gmail.com> writes: > I try to define custom faces to be applied in variable =bbdb-name-face-alist= > for > variant field names. > > Here is my try: > > #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp > ;;; define variant faces for variant xfields > > ;; TODO: improve it > (setq bbdb-name-face-alist '((mail . bbdb-field-mail) > (mail-alias . bbdb-field-mail-alias))) > > (defface bbdb-field-mail > '((t (:inherit bbdb-field-name :foreground "green yellow"))) > "Face used for BBDB fields." > :group 'bbdb-faces) > > (defface bbdb-field-mail-alias > '((t (:inherit bbdb-field-name :foreground "yellow"))) > "Face used for BBDB fields." > :group 'bbdb-faces) > #+END_SRC > > > But this seems does not work. > I checked the docstring of =bbdb-name-face-alist=.
I think this is just a misunderstanding about what `bbdb-name-face-alist' does. It *only* provides font-locking for the actual name of the record, not the other fields. You give the record an xfield called 'name-face, and the *value* of that field points to one of the keys of `bbdb-name-face-alist'. Then the specified face is used to format the name of the record, none of its other fields. HTH, Eric > Description about the ~KEY~. > > #+BEGIN_QUOTE > the xfield name-face of this record should have the value KEY. > The value of name-face may also be a face which is then used directly. > If none of these schemes succeeds, the face `bbdb-name' is used. > #+END_QUOTE > > I think maybe I do not have the ~KEY~ (like ~mail~, ~mail-alias~) defined. > > So How to defined those key automatically based on the BBDB database? > > If it's not what I'm thinking. Then what it is? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and > search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck > Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code > search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds > _______________________________________________ > bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info > BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
