From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Roland Winkler" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.bbdb.user Subject: Re: eudc conversion to bbdb (in bbdb3.1.2?) Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 15:50:32 -0600 Message-ID: <14504.26518.995080.22098@gargle.gargle.HOWL> References: <82mvuffcyc.fsf@jobim-via-gmail.com> <45822.7509.289752.22092@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <64327.51692.240507.22095@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <63075.53241.611090.22096@gargle.gargle.HOWL> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1448229110 1462 80.91.229.3 (22 Nov 2015 21:51:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 21:51:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bbdb , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Barak A. Pearlmutter" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 22 22:51:34 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1a0cXT-0002Ba-3D for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2015 22:51:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57648 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0cXS-0000TY-LN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2015 16:51:14 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38398) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0cXG-0000TT-RG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2015 16:51:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0cXG-0005Ae-1j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2015 16:51:02 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:50159) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0cXF-0005Aa-VQ; Sun, 22 Nov 2015 16:51:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [2602:30a:2e52:d720:611e:d7c3:7cbe:ef67] (port=58423 helo=regnitz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1a0cXF-0001UP-Fy; Sun, 22 Nov 2015 16:51:01 -0500 In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:195073 gmane.emacs.bbdb.user:4120 Archived-At: On Sun Nov 22 2015 Barak A. Pearlmutter wrote: > Part of the motivation of making a stable and nice API is that > people might find other unanticipated uses. Letting my imagination > run wild: integration with spelling correction to make it correct > names, There is actually already bbdb-ispell.el for this very purpose. > or a minor mode to insert hyperlinks on names when in a major mode > (like markdown or latex or texinfo or text) that supports > hyperlinks. Good idea! (I appreciate this brainstorming and encourage others to contribute as it gives an idea what kind of problems an API could cover.)