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(bbdb.info)BBDB Mode
BBDB Mode ========= Functions bound to keys in BBDB Mode ------------------------------------ When the `*BBDB*' buffer is active (either summoned by one of the commands in the previous section [Note: The BBDB.] or by your mail or news program), a variety of commands become available for database manipulation. Some of the commands listed below take numeric arguments. These arguments can be generated by entering the number before pressing the key(s) corresponding to the desired command. The output (if any) of the listed commands will be displayed in the `*BBDB*' buffer, and can be navigated through using the usual cursor motion commands. `e' (`bbdb-edit-current-field') Edit the field on the current line. If the cursor is in the middle of a multi-line field, such as an address or comments section, then the entire field is edited, not just the current line. `;' (`bbdb-edit-notes') A shortcut for editing the NOTES field. `d, C-k' (`bbdb-delete-current-field-or-record') Delete the field on the current line. If the current line is the first line of a record, the BBDB will, after prompting the user, delete the entire record from the database. This may also be applied to multiple records at once by `*'. `C-o' (`bbdb-insert-new-field') Inserts a new field into the current record. You are prompted (with completion) for the type of field to insert (phone, address, notes, etc); if the string you type is not a known field type, you will be asked whether to add a new field with the entered name of type `notes'. If you are inserting a new phone-number field, you can control whether it is a North American or European phone number by providing a prefix argument. A prefix arg of `^U' means it's to be a euronumber, and any other prefix arg means it's to be a a structured North American number. If no prefix argument is supplied, the style used is controlled by the variable `bbdb-north-american-phone-numbers-p'. `C-x C-t' (`bbdb-transpose-fields') This is like the `transpose-lines' command, but it is for BBDB fields. If the cursor is on a field of a BBDB record, that field and the previous field will be transposed. With non-zero numeric argument ARG, the previous field is moved past ARG fields. With argument 0, the field indicated by point is interchanged with the one indicated by mark. Both fields must be in the same record, and must be of the same basic type (that is, you can use this command to change the order in which phone-number fields are listed, but you can't use it to make an address appear before a phone number; the order of field types is fixed.) `n, p' (`bbdb-next-record', `bbdb-prev-record') Move to the next and previous displayed record, respectively. `t' (`bbdb-toggle-records-display-layout') Toggles the display layout of a record. With a numeric argument of 0, the current record will be made displayed in one line layout; with any other argument, the current record will be shown in multi-line layout. If `*t' is used instead of simply `t', then the state of all records will be changed instead of just the one at point. In this case, a numeric argument of 0 means that all records will unconditionally be made one-line layout; any other numeric argument means that all of the records will unconditionally be shown expanded; and no numeric argument means that the records are made to be in the opposite state of the record under point. `T' (`bbdb-display-record-completely') Show all the fields of the current record. The display layout `full-multi-line' is used for this. `o' (`bbdb-omit-record') Removes the current record from the display, but does not delete it from the database; it merely makes it seem as if the most recent search had not matched this record. With a numeric argument, omit the next N records. With a negative argument, go backwards. `m' (`bbdb-send-mail') Begin composing mail to the person represented by the current record. The first email address is used. Normally, the mail-sending package which is used is determined by which mail-reading package is loaded; that is, if MH-E is loaded, then `mh-send' will be used; if VM is loaded, then `vm-mail' is used; if message is loaded, then it is used; otherwise, `mail' is used. You can override this by setting the variable `bbdb-send-mail-style' to one of the symbols `vm', `mh', `message', or `mail'. If `*m' is used instead of simply `m', then mail will be sent to all of the folks listed in the `*BBDB*' buffer instead of just the person under point. This function does not at present use the facility provided by `compose-mail' and `mail-user-agent'. In a future version of the BBDB, it will. `s, C-x C-s' (`bbdb-save-db') Saves the BBDB file to disk. `r' (`bbdb-refile-record') Merge the current record into some other record; that is, delete the record under point after copying all of the data within it into some other record. this is useful if you realize that somehow a redundant record has gotten into the database, and you want to merge it with another. If both records have names and/or companies, you are asked which to use. Phone numbers, addresses, and network addresses are simply concatenated. The first record is the record under the point; the second is prompted for. Completion behavior is as dictated by the variable `bbdb-completion-type'. `M-d' (`bbdb-dial') This command will attempt to dial the phone number currently at point, or if point is at the start of a record, the first phone number in the record. An extension, if present, is disregarded. The method of dialling is controlled by `bbdb-modem-dial'. If this variable is nil, the BBDB will play touchtones corresponding to the number to be dialled. Otherwise, this variable is treated as a modem command string to be prepended to the number prior to feeding it to `bbdb-modem-device'. The BBDB plays touchtones using `bbdb-sound-player' to play the sounds and the elements of `bbdb-sound-files' as the audio to be played. The first ten elements of `bbdb-sound-files' correspond to the touchtones for the digits `0' to `9', while the eleventh and twelfth elements correspond to `#' and `*' respectively. The default configuration assumes a Solaris[tm] installation with the demonstration sound files in `/usr/demo/SOUND/sounds'. The actual number dialled depends on the following variables: `bbdb-dial-local-prefix-alist' This is a list of (SEXPR REPLACEMENT) pairs. SEXPR is evaluated to produce a regular expression which is then applied to the number. If it matches, whatever it matches is replaced by REPLACEMENT. The match and replace is performed using each item in the list that matches, in sequence, so that the output from one item may become input to another. The default value for this variable is to remove `(bbdb-default-area-code)' (i.e. the value of that variable, in parenthesis) from the start of the number to be dialled. Note: If this procedure produces a transformed number then no further modifications (such as prefix additions, below) will be made to the number before dialling. Using a prefix argument to `bbdb-dial' disables the processing of this variable. The other modifiers, below, are not affected by this. `bbdb-dial-local-prefix' If the number to be dialled starts with a zero, it is deemed to be a local number, and `bbdb-dial-local-prefix' is prepended to it (see note above concerning `bbdb-dial-local-prefix-alist' processing, however). `bbdb-dial-long-distance-prefix' If the number to be dialled starts with a plus sign (+), it is deemed to be a long distance number, and `bbdb-dial-long-distance-prefix' is prepended to it (see note above concerning `bbdb-dial-local-prefix-alist' processing, however). `f' (`bbdb-finger') This command fingers the network address of a BBDB record. If this command is executed from the `*BBDB*' buffer, it fingers the network address of the record which is at point; otherwise, it prompts in the minibuffer (with completion) for a user to finger. With a numeric prefix argument, it fingers the Nth network address of the current record; with a prefix argument of `^U', it fingers all of them. The `*finger*' buffer is filled asynchronously, meaning that you don't have to wait around for it to finish; but fingering another user before the first finger has finished could have unpredictable results. If this command is executed from the `*BBDB*' buffer, it may be prefixed with `*' (as in `*f' instead of simply `f'), meaning to finger all of the users currently listed instead of just the one under point. The numeric prefix argument has the same interpretation. You can define a special network address to "finger" by defining a field `finger-host'. The name of the field to be fingered can be changed by setting `bbdb-finger-host-field'. `q' (`bbdb-bury-buffer') Hides the `*BBDB*' buffer. Note: This command does not kill the `*BBDB*' buffer. `?' (`bbdb-help') This displays a one-line help message in the minibuffer, showing some of the most common bbdb-mode commands. `i' (`bbdb-info') This documentation is displayed. Please note that either `bbdb' or `bbdb.info' must be installed in one of the info directories known to Emacs for this command to work. `bbdb-info-file' If this documentation is not installed in the standard Info directory, then you should set this variable to the name of the texinfo-formatted version of this file; the `bbdb-info' command will use this file instead. `W' (`bbdb-www') Displays the Web page listed in the `www' field of the current record. Note: Using Web Browsers. `P' (`bbdb-print') Creates a TeX file that contains a pretty-printed version of BBDB records. If prefixed by `*', only the records currently displayed will print. Note: bbdb-print. `h' Moves point to another window via the `other-window' function. `c' (`bbdb-create') Create a new database record from information supplied by the user. `C' (`bbdb-changed') Display all records that have been changed since the last time the database was saved. `b' (`bbdb') Begin a new database search. The results of the new search will be displayed in place of the results of the old search. `S a, S c, S o, S n' (`bbdb-net', `bbdb-company', `bbdb-notes', `bbdb-name') Begin a new database search. This search will be limited to the net address, company, notes, or name fields, respectively, of database records. Note: Basic Searching. for more details. `*' `bbdb-append-records' will make the next display/search command to append its results to the BBDB buffer instead of replacing its content. With an prefix arg (C-u) toggle between always append and no append. With an prefix arg that is a positive number append will be enabled for that many times. With any other argument append will be enabled once." Other database manipulation functions ------------------------------------- `bbdb-kill-older' If called interactively (or with a single argument - a date in `yyyy-mm-dd' format), it will kill all records that were last modified before the given date as determined by the `timestamp' field. Note: Predefined Hooks. If called non-interactively with a date (in `yyyy-mm-dd' format), a comparison function and an action function, the comparison function is applied to the `timestamp' field of all records, and the action function applied to those for whom the comparison function returns true. If `nil' is supplied as the comparison function, `string-lessp' is used.
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