From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/8484 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sebastian Tennant Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: Searching BBDB by mail-alias Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:52:56 +0200 Message-ID: <877iw1n9cn.fsf@dellboy.lap.top> References: <87hcv6n4q7.fsf@MagnumOpus.khem> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1167987141 2294 80.91.229.12 (5 Jan 2007 08:52:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 08:52:21 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 05 09:52:19 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1H2ko9-0001vm-W3 for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Jan 2007 09:52:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H2ko9-0004jD-1U for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:52:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H2ko4-0004iV-GK for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:52:08 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H2ko2-0004hm-LW for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:52:07 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H2ko2-0004hj-GR for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:52:06 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1H2ko2-0000s0-1J for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:52:06 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1H2kns-00040D-CE for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Jan 2007 09:51:56 +0100 Original-Received: from 81.214.124.82 ([81.214.124.82]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 05 Jan 2007 09:51:56 +0100 Original-Received: from sebyte by 81.214.124.82 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 05 Jan 2007 09:51:56 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-Lines: 24 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.214.124.82 User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.90 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:7c0wVUAxNf7xgGFgaRjpk50es80= X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:8484 Archived-At: Quoth Thomas Gerds : > hi, > > here is some code that allows you to search all fields for which there > is no special search utility. for example, > > M-x bbdb-field RET > mail-alias RET > . RET > > lists all records that have a mail-alias. > > (defun bbdb-field (field string elidep) > "Display all entries in the BBDB matching the regexp STRING in the field field." > (interactive "xField where to search : \nsRegular Expression for Search: \nP") > (let* ((target (cons field string)) > (bbdb-elided-display (bbdb-grovel-elide-arg elidep)) > (recs (bbdb-search (bbdb-records) nil nil nil target))) > (bbdb-display-records recs) > recs)) Many thanks Thomas. Your code works a treat. Sebastian