From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/8479 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thomas Gerds Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: Searching BBDB by mail-alias Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:47:24 +0100 Message-ID: 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 1167932481 5887 80.91.229.12 (4 Jan 2007 17:41:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 17:41:21 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 04 18:41:18 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 1H2Wab-00044T-0P for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:41:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H2Waa-0003AR-Fk for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:41:16 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsgate.cistron.nl!xs4all!amsnews11.chello.com!uio.no!quimby.gnus.org!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-Lines: 44 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: rembrandt.fdm.uni-freiburg.de Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1167929241 16288 132.230.97.3 (4 Jan 2007 16:47:21 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 16:47:21 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) XEmacs/21.5-b27 (linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZcJlm4S4ggs9MuYrmCXe/bVf9I8= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:78663 Original-To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org 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:8479 Archived-At: 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)) best, tomy "Charles philip Chan" writes: > On 4 Jan 2007, sebyte@smolny.plus.com wrote: > >> does anyone know of a way to tell BBDB to list just those entries > with >> the 'family' mail-alias? > > Yes. use bbdb-query which I can't seem find on the Internet > anymore. Since my Usenet nost does not allow attachments, I will send > you a copy privately. > > Charles > > -- > # Basic IBM dingbats, some of which will never have a purpose clear > # to mankind > linux-2.4.0/drivers/char/cp437.uni -- very nice signature