get bbdb entry from org-agenda

get bbdb entry from org-agenda

[Rares Vernica]

Hello,

I am using org-bbdb to add the anniversaries of my bbdb contacts to
org-agenda.

When I select an anniversary in org-agenda, my .org file that
contains (org-bbdb-anniversaries) shows up. Is it possible to show up
the bbdb entry for that name instead?

Thanks.

Re: get bbdb entry from org-agenda

[Carsten Dominik]

Hmmm, that would be nice, but I don't know how to do this.

Thomas, could you add a text property to the anniversary string that
contains enough information about the origin of this entry,
for example a [[bbdb:...]] link or so?

- Carsten

On May 30, 2008, at 1:20 AM, Rares Vernica wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am using org-bbdb to add the anniversaries of my bbdb contacts to
> org-agenda.
>
> When I select an anniversary in org-agenda, my .org file that
> contains (org-bbdb-anniversaries) shows up. Is it possible to show up
> the bbdb entry for that name instead?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
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Re: get bbdb entry from org-agenda

[Thomas Baumann]

Hi,

the display of bbdb-anniversaries can be customized to use a function to
insert a link to bbdb:

M-x customize-option org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist

and then add/change


(("birthday" lambda
  (name years suffix)
  (concat "Birthday: [[bbdb:" name "][" name " ("
          (number-to-string years)
          suffix ")]]"))
 ("wedding" lambda
  (name years suffix)
  (concat "[[bbdb:" name "][" name "'s "
          (number-to-string years)
          suffix " wedding anniversary]]")))

If one doesn't like to use a function, an alternative would be

(("birthday" . "Birthday: [[bbdb:%s]] (%d%s)")
 ("wedding" . "[[bbdb:%s]]'s %d%s wedding anniversary"))

but this leaves the agenda with bbdb:Name links.

I don't think I know how to make <TAB> jump to the bbdb-buffer
instead to the org-file

Ciao
Thomas

PS. Carsten should we make the function the default behaviour?

Re: Re: get bbdb entry from org-agenda

[Carsten Dominik]

Hi Thomas,

this is excellent, thank you very much!  Sorry that it took so long.   
I am making this the default.

- Carsten

On May 30, 2008, at 7:28 PM, Thomas Baumann wrote:

> Hi,
>
> the display of bbdb-anniversaries can be customized to use a  
> function to
> insert a link to bbdb:
>
> M-x customize-option org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist
>
> and then add/change
>
>
> (("birthday" lambda
>  (name years suffix)
>  (concat "Birthday: [[bbdb:" name "][" name " ("
>          (number-to-string years)
>          suffix ")]]"))
> ("wedding" lambda
>  (name years suffix)
>  (concat "[[bbdb:" name "][" name "'s "
>          (number-to-string years)
>          suffix " wedding anniversary]]")))
>
> If one doesn't like to use a function, an alternative would be
>
> (("birthday" . "Birthday: [[bbdb:%s]] (%d%s)")
> ("wedding" . "[[bbdb:%s]]'s %d%s wedding anniversary"))
>
> but this leaves the agenda with bbdb:Name links.
>
> I don't think I know how to make <TAB> jump to the bbdb-buffer
> instead to the org-file
>
> Ciao
> Thomas
>
> PS. Carsten should we make the function the default behaviour?
>
>
>
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Re: get bbdb entry from org-agenda

[Carsten Dominik]

On May 30, 2008, at 1:20 AM, Rares Vernica wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am using org-bbdb to add the anniversaries of my bbdb contacts to
> org-agenda.
>
> When I select an anniversary in org-agenda, my .org file that
> contains (org-bbdb-anniversaries) shows up. Is it possible to show up
> the bbdb entry for that name instead?

Hi Rares,

this works not, thanks to a patch from Thomas Baumann.  It is in the  
latest GIT release.

- Carsten