From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Memnon Anon Subject: Re: org-bbdb: help Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:38:28 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <87r61kg9um.fsf@mean.albasani.net> References: <8763iy6rbw.fsf@mean.albasani.net> <6037.1235636786@gamaville.dokosmarshall.org> <87tz6h2l9d.fsf@mean.albasani.net> <9191.1235668468@alphaville.usa.hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lcnxk-000103-Cl for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:40:12 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lcnxg-0000uj-HP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:40:09 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44533 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lcnxg-0000tR-AU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:40:08 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:51800 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Lcnxe-0004h6-WC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:40:07 -0500 Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Lcnxa-0005Yh-PU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:40:02 +0000 Received: from e178242072.adsl.alicedsl.de ([85.178.242.72]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:40:02 +0000 Received: from gegendosenfleisch by e178242072.adsl.alicedsl.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:40:02 +0000 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Carsten Dominik writes: > Do we need to improve the documentation in org-bbdb.el? Can someone > please suggest an improvement? I can describe my approach to things like this: Being no lisper, I usually try to find a working example that basically does what I want. Then I try-and-error tweak it, till it works. For creating new records, I found these: Append a birthday field: http://sachachua.com/wp/2008/07/20/emacs-bbdb-modifying-the-record-creation-process/ German modifications to the cration process: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/BbdbCreateRecord And it works so far. But I got no clue, how the bbdb really works :(. But I think Birthdays should be in there, and not in a separate org file. Searching through http://orgmode.org/org.html, the monolithic org documentation for org-bbdb, I only find this line: Thomas Baumann wrote org-bbdb.el and org-mhe.el. And the manual (for very good reasons: Excellent!) is the first place I have a look at. Having a look at the faq, I find a page for diary integration, but org-bbdb is not mentioned there, either (afaik). Google was no help, so there seems to me there is only the documentation in org-bbdb.el, which is, I am sure, enough for everyone who knows lisp and the bbdb... Still, a faq-page, maybe dedicated to "Interaction with other modes", might help: This could include remember, diary and bbdb integration. Now, there is only Appointments/Diary. And I think mentioning it in the manual somewhere (maybe with a link to the faq page) would be great. I found out about org-bbdb.el only by reading this list closely. Nur meine 0.02 cent ;) And again, thanks for org-mode ;)!