`m', the new minibuffer prompts and bbdb

`m', the new minibuffer prompts and bbdb

[Kai Grossjohann]

Dear all,

please excuse me if this is a FAQ.  I have just installed sgnus-0.26
and I see that there are new minibuffer prompts in gnus-*-mail
(whatever is called by `m').  What do I do to bind TAB and M-TAB to
bbdb-complete-name in this case?

The name of the keymap or the right hook would be enough information,
of course.

Thanks a lot in advance, and a Happy New Year to all.
        kai
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Re: `m', the new minibuffer prompts and bbdb

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Kai Grossjohann <grossjoh@charly.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> writes:

> I have just installed sgnus-0.26
> and I see that there are new minibuffer prompts in gnus-*-mail
> (whatever is called by `m').  What do I do to bind TAB and M-TAB to
> bbdb-complete-name in this case?
> 
> The name of the keymap or the right hook would be enough information,
> of course.

I've just used `read-string', so `minibuffer-local-map' is the keymap
in effect, I think.

-- 
   Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen * larsi@ifi.uio.no
      (a red leaf that falls from the purple tree)

Re: `m', the new minibuffer prompts and bbdb

[Kai Grossjohann]

>>>>> On 03 Jan 1996 10:39:11 +0100, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
>>>>> <larsi@ifi.uio.no> said:

>>>>> Kai Grossjohann <grossjoh@charly.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> writes:

  Kai> I have just installed sgnus-0.26 and I see that there are new
  Kai> minibuffer prompts in gnus-*-mail (whatever is called by
  Kai> `m'). [...]

  Lars> I've just used `read-string', so `minibuffer-local-map' is the keymap
  Lars> in effect, I think.

Dear Lars,

please use read-from-minibuffer and give it an explicit keymap (which
could be (copy-keymap minibuffer-local-map) if you like).  This way,
BBDB aficionados like myself can rebind TAB to mean
bbdb-complete-name.  Or would the correct way of doing this be to
fiddle with minibuffer-completion-table or somesuch?

tia,
        kai
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Re: `m', the new minibuffer prompts and bbdb

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Kai Grossjohann <grossjoh@ls6.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> writes:

> please use read-from-minibuffer and give it an explicit keymap (which
> could be (copy-keymap minibuffer-local-map) if you like). 

Is that necessary?  I use `read-string' throughout Gnus, and haven't
used `read-from-minibuffer' anywhere...

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Re: `m', the new minibuffer prompts and bbdb

[Per Abrahamsen]

>>>>> "KG" == Kai Grossjohann <grossjoh@ls6.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> writes:

KG> please use read-from-minibuffer and give it an explicit keymap (which
KG> could be (copy-keymap minibuffer-local-map) if you like). 

>>>>> "LMI" == Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no> writes:

LMI> Is that necessary?  I use `read-string' throughout Gnus, and haven't
LMI> used `read-from-minibuffer' anywhere...

You could also use:

Lisp> (defvar gnus-mail-adddress-map minibuffer-local-map
Lisp>   "Keymap used for prompting for a mail address.")

Lisp>   (let ((minibuffer-local-map gnus-mail-adddress-map))
Lisp>      (read-string 

Alternatively, the bbdb people could use:

Lisp> (defvar bbdb-mail-adddress-map (copy-keymap minibuffer-local-map)
Lisp>   "Keymap used for prompting for a mail address.")

Lisp> (defadvice <name of gnus function> (around use-bbdb)
Lisp>    "Consult BBDB when prompting."
Lisp>    (let ((minibuffer-local-map bbdb-mail-adddress-map))
Lisp>       ad-do-it))

In which case you don't need to do anything.

[ All untested ]