From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: BBDB and Org Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 10:02:27 +0800 Message-ID: <87mwg1volo.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <86fvlw1tyf.fsf@freeenv.ad.medctr.ucla.edu> <878urmwhhr.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <86ha6a41ob.fsf@freeenv.ad.medctr.ucla.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53912) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WVtQC-0006vR-QE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Apr 2014 22:00:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WVtQ2-0007pZ-9H for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Apr 2014 21:59:56 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:35551) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WVtQ2-0007pQ-2P for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Apr 2014 21:59:46 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WVtQ1-0007V4-40 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Apr 2014 03:59:45 +0200 Received: from 123.122.39.88 ([123.122.39.88]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 04 Apr 2014 03:59:45 +0200 Received: from eric by 123.122.39.88 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 04 Apr 2014 03:59:45 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Aric Gregson writes: > Eric Abrahamsen writes: > >> I'm also not sure what you mean by "org pulling bbdb away from gnus" -- >> are you running two separate instances of emacs? > > Yes, that is precisely what I am doing. I tend to work in the Emacs > instance running org mode and use the other just for email. Too much > blocking if I do it all in one instance. Plus, previously there were > lots of crashes, but things do appear more stable now. Ah, check the variable bbdb-read-only then -- it's for precisely this situation. If you set it to 't' in the emacs running org, it will prevent clashes (though obviously you won't be able to edit the bbdb file). E