From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#35261: 26.1; EBDB Documentation Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 17:00:45 -0700 Message-ID: <87k1fpeeaa.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <87r2a5nyn1.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87a7gronz1.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87r2a1k665.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87zhonf3zs.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="256071"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: "35261@debbugs.gnu.org" <35261@debbugs.gnu.org>, 35261-done@debbugs.gnu.org To: David Masterson Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 20 02:01:22 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hHdRZ-0014TU-Ck for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 02:01:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34641 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hHdRY-0008AN-8W for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Apr 2019 20:01:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:54997) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hHdRH-000889-Mg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Apr 2019 20:01:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hHdRG-0000Uy-7G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Apr 2019 20:01:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:59678) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hHdRG-0000Un-47 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Apr 2019 20:01:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hHdRG-0004wA-1G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Apr 2019 20:01:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eric Abrahamsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 00:01:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 35261 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 35261-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B35261.155571845818959 (code B ref 35261); Sat, 20 Apr 2019 00:01:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 35261) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Apr 2019 00:00:58 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44989 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hHdRC-0004vi-52 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 19 Apr 2019 20:00:58 -0400 Original-Received: from ericabrahamsen.net ([52.70.2.18]:45044 helo=mail.ericabrahamsen.net) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hHdR8-0004vH-4Q; Fri, 19 Apr 2019 20:00:54 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (97-113-45-104.tukw.qwest.net [97.113.45.104]) (Authenticated sender: eric@ericabrahamsen.net) by mail.ericabrahamsen.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4C500FA027; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 00:00:47 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: (David Masterson's message of "Fri, 19 Apr 2019 22:31:51 +0000") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:157876 Archived-At: On 04/19/19 22:31 PM, David Masterson wrote: > Eric Abrahamsen writes: > >> On 04/17/19 03:41 AM, David Masterson wrote: > >>> Beyond this, I can see that lots of documentation (and, I assume, >>> functionality) is still needed: >>> >>> 1. Installation details of EBDB and related tools. >>> 2. Details on what type of records a database is composed of. >>> 3. Details on the fields of a record. >>> 4. Details on the type of a field. >>> 5. Import/Export functionality >>> 6. Hooks for add-ons >>> >>> * By 'details', I mean some Emacs Elisp and not just English to give us >>> real reference information. >> >> EBDB is only just stabilizing (the export stuff went through some big >> refactoring just recently) and I'm a little hesitant to lay all this >> stuff out in the manual. One of the long-term goals is definitely to >> make EBDB programmable and integratable with other packages, but I'm >> dragging my feet a little bit until I'm more confident that the API >> won't change. It'll get there, though. > > Okay. Mostly consider #1 with: > > * Installation as a package (and via savanah?) > * How to get help if needed (bug reports) > * Other packages to install/Use (Org and Gnus) > > A primer as applies to EBDB for #2, #3, and #4 would be nice. Done! Thanks for all the suggestions. Eric