Re: BBDB failed to handle what it considers duplicates

2012-10-13 Thread Leo
On 2012-10-14 00:46 +0800, Roland Winkler wrote: > See bbdb-allow-duplicates. > > I guess it is fair to say that this variable was introduced long ago > not as a bug, but as a feature. Depending on circumstances, it could > be more likely that duplicate entries inadvertently refer to the > same per

Re: Address completion question

2012-10-13 Thread Roland Winkler
On Sat Oct 13 2012 Alan Schmitt wrote: > "Roland Winkler" writes: > > > Which version of emacs are you using? bbdb-complete-mail uses some > > code for popping up a completion window that only works with GNU > > Emacs 24. I want to replace it with something that works also with > > GNU Emacs 23.

Re: Address completion question

2012-10-13 Thread Alan Schmitt
"Roland Winkler" writes: > Which version of emacs are you using? bbdb-complete-mail uses some > code for popping up a completion window that only works with GNU > Emacs 24. I want to replace it with something that works also with > GNU Emacs 23. But this is still on my to-do list. I'm on 24.2 (h

Re: Address completion question

2012-10-13 Thread Roland Winkler
On Sat Oct 13 2012 Alan Schmitt wrote: > When I try to complete and address and several match, after "tab" I get > a window with all the possible matches. If I hit "tab" again I get the > following message > > # is not a live window > > where ... is a number, and the window is closed. The only ti

Address completion question

2012-10-13 Thread Alan Schmitt
Hello, When I try to complete and address and several match, after "tab" I get a window with all the possible matches. If I hit "tab" again I get the following message # is not a live window where ... is a number, and the window is closed. The only time I can complete an address is when there is

Re: BBDB failed to handle what it considers duplicates

2012-10-13 Thread Roland Winkler
On Sun Oct 14 2012 Leo wrote: > Yes, it is related. The way BBDB3 handles duplicates is pretty bad. Try > to create two records with the same name. It throws an error in emacs > -q. See bbdb-allow-duplicates. I guess it is fair to say that this variable was introduced long ago not as a bug, but

Re: BBDB failed to handle what it considers duplicates

2012-10-13 Thread Leo
On 2012-10-13 19:57 +0800, Roland Winkler wrote: > Can you please be more specific? Under what circumstances did BBDB > what, which now it does not do anymore? Create a bbdb db with two duplicate records and each has an email. Try completing emails in gnus or whatever mailer. Type a substring th

Re: Some small improvements

2012-10-13 Thread Roland Winkler
On Sat Oct 13 2012 Leo wrote: > On 2012-09-11 09:21 +0800, Roland Winkler wrote: > > Thanks. I need to check these more carefully > > Any update on this? I am sorry, I am rather busy with other things till end of the month. I cannot do anything big with BBDB till then. Roland --

Re: BBDB failed to handle what it considers duplicates

2012-10-13 Thread Roland Winkler
On Sat Oct 13 2012 Leo wrote: > I just noticed BBDB no longer completes some emails because they are > part of a record that BBDB considers a duplicate. > > This change is annoying and has caused me a lot of trouble sending > emails to wrong recipients. Can you please be more specific? Under what

Re: Some small improvements

2012-10-13 Thread Leo
On 2012-09-11 09:21 +0800, Roland Winkler wrote: > Thanks. I need to check these more carefully Any update on this? Leo -- Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app pe

BBDB failed to handle what it considers duplicates

2012-10-13 Thread Leo
Hi there, I just noticed BBDB no longer completes some emails because they are part of a record that BBDB considers a duplicate. This change is annoying and has caused me a lot of trouble sending emails to wrong recipients. BTW, I personally think not having a UID field is a bad design from the