Re: [BBDBv3] some questions about BBDBv3

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

stardiviner <numbchild@gmail.com> writes:

> * Question 1:
>
> Where is the mailing list of BBDB now?
>
> I found the mailing list in Source-Forge is abandoned.
> And the ML in http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/bbdb/ is not open.
>
> So where to ask question about BBDB?

There is a gmane group for bbdb: gmane.emacs.bbdb.user  That seems to be
where most of the discussion goes on.

> * Question 2:
>
> How to create BBDB field like ~phone~ which has different types label, and can
> have many values separated with comma?
>
> Or can I just register a new field in BBDB init file like custom new filed ?

I'm not sure I understand you correctly, but you can just create
arbitrary new fields, and each one has its own label. This won't create
a *single* type with multiple labels, just multiple types, each with its
own label (not sure there's a difference). You can use commas or
semi-colons as separators, by default -- see `bbdb-default-separator'

> * Question 3:
>
> How to show contact avatar in BBDBv3?
>
> I know it seems about x-fields or somethings else, But I still don't know how to
> setup it after did some Google search, and a little BBDB source code dive in (I
> only know a little about Emacs Lisp).
>
> Please show me an detail steps to tell me how to setup this. Thanks very much.

I haven't ever done this before, but look at the docstrings for
`bbdb-image', `bbdb-image-path', and `bbdb-image-suffixes'.

It looks like you set `bbdb-image-path' to the directory where you're
going to keep images, and then put images in there.

Then set `bbdb-image' either to the symbol name of an xfield that holds
each contact's image file name, or else name/lf-name/fl-name if you want
to use the contact's name as a filename. Or a function that returns the
image name from the contact.

Anyway, take a look at those docstrings, give it a shot, and report
problems back to the bbdb group.

HTH,
Eric