From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: org-bbdb-anniversaries gives error 'bad sexp' Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:32:47 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87wrht82iw.fsf@gmx.co.uk> <19919.63774.257976.613699@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <87k4drew8z.fsf@fastmail.fm> <87liy6vitg.fsf@fastmail.fm> <87mxhmfwqd.fsf@nzebook.haselwarter.org> <87lix529x6.fsf@fastmail.fm> <87boy14siq.fsf@nzebook.haselwarter.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:52950) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWr9K-0003po-BE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:32:55 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWr9I-00052r-Sk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:32:54 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f41.google.com ([209.85.215.41]:65395) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWr9I-00052g-Fv for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:32:52 -0400 Received: by ewy9 with SMTP id 9so213703ewy.0 for ; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:32:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87boy14siq.fsf@nzebook.haselwarter.org> 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: Philipp Haselwarter Cc: Matt Lundin , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net On Jun 13, 2011, at 6:15 PM, Philipp Haselwarter wrote: > thanks, got it working now (with some fiddling). > > looks like `calendar-date-style' is not honored /at all/, if you don't > use YYYY-MM-DD format (as stated in the org-bbdb.el header, admittedly), > it just blows up in your face :) While I think the org-bbdb code could be made more forgiving, I strongly feel that calendar-date-style is an evil variable, especially if it is applied to input. One should never rely on it. my 5c. - Carsten