Re: name for list of notes fields

2012-08-18 Thread Leo
On 2012-08-19 00:36 +0800, Roland Winkler wrote: > I guess `x' is really just a prefix -- for what? I'd prefer a more > mnemonic name here. Fair enough though using 'x' to mean extension is not uncommon. For example, in emacs, we have a few libs: files-x, dired-x etc. Leo --

Re: name for list of notes fields

2012-08-18 Thread Mark Diekhans
Roland Winkler writes: > I guess `x' is really just a prefix -- for what? I'd prefer a more > mnemonic name here. The X- prefix is a convention sometimes used to indicate it's an application-specific `eXtension' to some standard. This is common in mail headers, for instance your mail contains th

Re: BBDB V3 Home page at: http://www.nongnu.org/bbdb/

2012-08-18 Thread Roland Winkler
On Thu Aug 16 2012 Sriram Karra wrote: > I think it is time we start putting together some stuff for a > proper "Official BBDB v3 Page". Savannah provides for a project > home page at the above URL. I can helpĀ set something up, perhaps > in some community editable format (tiddlywiki, for e.g.) or >

Re: name for list of notes fields

2012-08-18 Thread Roland Winkler
On Fri Aug 17 2012 Leo wrote: > Would you be OK with 'x'? I got the idea from vcard where custom > fields are prefixed with x-. I guess `x' is really just a prefix -- for what? I'd prefer a more mnemonic name here. Roland --