From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: kaustuv Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re::Emacs Forms mode. Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 01:31:30 -0800 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: kaustuv@stanford.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044610424 11750 80.91.224.249 (7 Feb 2003 09:33:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 09:33:44 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18h4tD-00033N-00 for ; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 10:33:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18h4uw-0005XX-00 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 04:35:30 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!crayt3e.Stanford.EDU!kaustuv Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 59 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: crayt3e.stanford.edu Original-X-Trace: news.Stanford.EDU 1044610452 1944 128.12.137.134 (7 Feb 2003 09:34:12 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: news@news.stanford.edu Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:109904 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:6409 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:6409 hi, I am trying to use emacs forms mode to create an addressbook. However I am unable to enter the data in it. The moment I open a new recoed by C-c C-o I get a screen as i expect, but for the fact that when i press tab to move to fields to enter data in the them it simply takes me to the end of this record. Is there some way instead of pressing tab to goto the desired fiels and enter data? Also I noted if the fields in concern had already data in them (for e.g. after I modified the data file manually) I could not only go to those fields by pressing tab but also enter data by modifyin what was written there. I am adding my address.el below. Can someone suggest what is going wrong? ;; This is my custom build address book format specification ;; Use M-x forms-mode in this file to enter forms ;; C-c C-o to enter new record *after* the present one (i.e. forms inserts ;; after is true) (setq forms-file "address.txt") (setq forms-number-of-fields 9) (setq forms-read-only nil) (setq forms-field-sep ":") (setq forms-insert-after t) (setq forms-format-list (list "====== address ======\n\n" "Last name : " 1 "\n\n" "First name : " 2 "\n\n" "Nick name : " 3 "\n\n" "Street : " 4 "\n\n" "City : " 5 "\n\n" "ZIP : " 6 "\n\n" "Country : " 7 "\n\n" "Email Primary:" 8 "\n\n" "Email Secondary:" 9 "\n\n" "\n")) bye -- ******************************************************************************* Office:- * Residence: * Kaustuv * Kaustuv Dept of Geophysics * 126, Blackwelder Court, Mitchell Building, Room 454 * Apartment No. L6F, Stanford University * Escondido Village, Stanford. * Stanford University, CA-94305 * Stanford, CA - 94305 United States of America * United States of America Ph: (650) 725-1331 * Ph: (650) 497-5776 Email: kaustuv@stanford.edu kaustuv@iitbombay.org *******************************************************************************