I've used bbdb now for about 5 years and in that time the interactive
bbdb command has never worked well for me. Here is the scenario:
M-x bbdb
Search records matching regexp: rob
bbdb-record-getprop: bbdb: cannot access the name field this way
The string "rob" is just an example. The o
RM> I got the tarball from:
RM>
RM> http://www.waider.ie/hacks/emacs/bbdb/bbdb-2.33.tar.gz
RM>
RM> and ran configure/make (the make didn't work all that well, I can send
RM> a log of the build if you like).
RW> Ah. That would be good, yes.
RW> ... p.s. Linux or BSD?
Well, the ugly truth com
RM> (bbdb-version)
RM> "BBDB version 2.33 ($Date: 2001/05/21 11:36:47 $)"
RW> Hmm, okay. I take it you're downloading and building your own
RW> version, or is someone distributing a developer release in a
RW> package?
I got the tarball from:
http://www.waider.ie/hacks/emacs/bbdb/bbdb-2.33.
RW> On June 15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
RM> Signaling: (error "bbdb: cannot access the name field this way")
RM> signal(error ("bbdb: cannot access the name field this way"))
RM> error("bbdb: cannot access the %s field this way" name)
RM> bbdb-record-getprop(["Doug" "Adamson" ("Douglas Adamson") n
The info node Basic Searching says:
You can list the contents of the database with the command
`M-x bbdb'. You will be prompted for a regular expression, and all
records which match that regexp in the name, company, network address,
or any notes fields will be displayed.
But
