Re: Bug in BBDB3 for wanderlust

[Greg Bognar]

Ah yes, you're absolutely correct.  So it seems even if there was no bug, I
would not have gotten this to work?

I think it just goes to show what a lot of people have complained about: BBDB3
is great, but the lack of decent documentation makes it a nightmare to set up.

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On Sat 21 Sep 2019 at 16:07 N. Jackson wrote:
> 
> At 14:18 -0400 on Saturday 2019-09-21, Greg Bognar wrote:
> >
> > Unfortunately, I don't notice any difference after applying the patch.  My 
> > bbdb
> > settings are:
> >
> > (bbdb-initialize 'wl)
> > (bbdb-mua-auto-update-init 'wl)
> > (load "~/.emacs.d/filters") ;; Filters for BBDB
> > (setq bbdb-mua-update-interactive-p '(query . create)
> >       bbdb-update-records-p 'query
> >       bbdb-mua-auto-update-p 'search)
> > (setq bbdb-file "~/.emacs.d/bbdb"
> >       bbdb-mua-pop-up-window-size 2
> >       bbdb-layout 'one-line
> >       bbdb-pop-up-window-size 5
> >       bbdb-complete-mail-allow-cycling t)
> > (add-hook 'bbdb-notice-mail-hook 'bbdb-auto-notes)
> >
> > When I open an email from an address that's in my database, I do get a 
> > pop-up
> > window with the record.  When the email is from an address that's not in the
> > database, nothing seems to happen; I don't get queried about adding it.  
> > (That
> > was the desired behavior.)
> 
> Sorry to jump in in the middle of the conversation, but for the
> behaviour your want do you not need
> 
>   (setq bbdb-mua-auto-update-p 'query)
> 
> ?
> 
> From the doc string:
> 
>   bbdb-mua-auto-update-p is a variable defined in `bbdb.el'.
>   Its value is `bbdb-select-message'
> 
>   Documentation:
>   How `bbdb-mua-auto-update' updates BBDB records automatically.
> 
>   Allowed values are (here ADDRESS is an email address found in a message):
>    nil          Do nothing.
>    search       Search for existing records matching ADDRESS.
>    update       Search for existing records matching ADDRESS;
>                   update name and mail field if necessary.
>    query        Search for existing records matching ADDRESS;
>                   query for creation of a new record if the record does not 
> exist.
>    create or t  Search for existing records matching ADDRESS;
>                   create a new record if it does not yet exist.
>    a function   This functions will be called with no arguments.
>                   It should return one of the above values.
>                   For an example, see `bbdb-select-message' with
>                   `bbdb-mua-update-records-p', `bbdb-accept-message-alist'
>                   and `bbdb-ignore-message-alist'.
> 
> Regards,
> N.
>