Re: combining BBDB databases?

1994-02-28 Thread Jamie Zawinski
Eric D. Hendrickson wrote: > > Is there a way to merge BBDB databases? Nope. > Up until today, I have been receiving e-mail on one system, and other > mail on another system. Each with their own BBDB database. You are, as they say, out of luck. > When I try to simply concatenate them (after r

re: nicknames and middle names with BBDB

1994-02-28 Thread boris
Jack Vinson (jv) writes: jv: 1) Substitute common nicknames when it cannot find the name given [...] jv: 2) Ignore middle names/initials when attempting to match names. I notice that as long as the email addresses match, getting a message from Abe B. Cee when only Abe Bee Cee doesn't seem to ph

Re: nicknames and middle names with BBDB

1994-02-28 Thread Jack Repenning
Jack Vinson just wrote: 1) Substitute common nicknames when it cannot find the name given by the user. This might be an alist "bbdb-common-nicks-alist" with '((Michael . Mike) (Janet . Jane) ...) Please, anyone who tackles this - *do* make it an alist (and allow ma

combining BBDB databases?

1994-02-28 Thread Eric D. Hendrickson
Is there a way to merge BBDB databases? I checked the info index for "merge" and "duplicate", no luck. Up until today, I have been receiving e-mail on one system, and other mail on another system. Each with their own BBDB database. However, the Emacs 19 on the former system is buggy, and so I

nicknames and middle names with BBDB

1994-02-28 Thread vinson
After being frustrated a few times when looking for my friend Chris Geib in the database and realizing that he is Christopher, I stuck "Chris Geib" into the AKA. Then the same thing happened with my friend Barry D. Reich when I looked for Barry Reich. I wonder how difficult it is for BBDB to do

Re: BBDB and Supercite

1994-02-28 Thread Richard Stanton
> "tt" == Tom Tromey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: tt> Appended is the code I use to interface Supercite and BBDB. I tt> originally sent this to the Supercite list (somewhat arbitrarily), but tt> I've been informed that it is rather low-volume, and perhaps more tt> people on th

BBDB and Supercite

1994-02-28 Thread Tom Tromey
Appended is the code I use to interface Supercite and BBDB. I originally sent this to the Supercite list (somewhat arbitrarily), but I've been informed that it is rather low-volume, and perhaps more people on the BBDB list would be interested. Here's how I install it: * Add "bbdb-attribution" t