From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/31758 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: [bbdb]Give me a break.. Date: 12 Jul 2000 07:29:12 -0700 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035168133 15925 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 02:42:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 02:42:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org Return-Path: Original-Received: from fisher.math.uh.edu (fisher.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.35]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF462D051E for ; Wed, 12 Jul 2000 10:31:48 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (lists@Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by fisher.math.uh.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id JAC05034; Wed, 12 Jul 2000 09:31:40 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Wed, 12 Jul 2000 09:30:29 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from mailhost.sclp.com (postfix@sclp3.sclp.com [204.252.123.139]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA04212 for ; Wed, 12 Jul 2000 09:30:20 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from mail.networkone.net (mail.networkone.net [209.144.112.75]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 15C77D051E for ; Wed, 12 Jul 2000 10:30:53 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: (qmail 29575 invoked from network); 12 Jul 2000 14:30:51 -0000 Original-Received: from adsl-117-113.ln.networkone.net (HELO reader.ptw.com) (209.144.117.113) by mail.networkone.net with SMTP; 12 Jul 2000 14:30:51 -0000 Original-Received: (from reader@localhost) by reader.ptw.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id HAA27850; Wed, 12 Jul 2000 07:30:49 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: reader.ptw.com: reader set sender to reader@newsguy.com using -f Original-To: bbdb-info@xemacs.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.0807 (Gnus v5.8.7) Emacs/20.5 Original-Lines: 39 Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:31758 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:31758 [posted to bbdb list and ding list because of the many knowledgable bbdb users on ding] I've updated from bbdb-2.00.06 in an effort to get clear away from bbdb's nasty habit of gabbing incessantly about mismatched names. I've reset: (setq bbdb-quiet-about-name-mismatches t) from t to nil / nil to t approximately 572 times : ). bbdb refuses to just shut up. So upgraded to bbdb-2.2 Still the incessant blabber but worse, if I try to search for something by pressing: M-x bbdb and giving a string I only get: Wrong type argument: stringp, 49 This is after saying yes to the initial prompt that asks if I want to update my database to the new format. Fortunately I saved the original .bbdb so can return to the old format. I'm retreating to 2.00 but would like some code that silences bbdbs blabbering. I don't want to know about mismatched names, mismatched addresses or any kind of mismatch. Nor when or what bbdb is `frobnicating', or any other of bbdb's (hyper) activities unless I ask about it. I don't want a pause when opening messages as bbdb makes corrections it thinks I need. I want to make that decision. Bbdb is over active in my opinion and a constant source of aggravation with various pauses etc. The defaults should be resounding silence unless a variable like: `bbdb-nag-me-until-I-would-rather-set-my-hair-on-fire-than-start-bbdb' Is set to `t' by the user.