\input texinfo.tex @c %**start of header @setfilename ../info/eudc @settitle Emacs Unified Directory Client (EUDC) Manual @iftex @afourpaper @end iftex @c %**end of header @footnotestyle end @ifinfo @dircategory Emacs @direntry * EUDC: (eudc). A client for directory servers (LDAP, PH) @end direntry This file documents EUDC v1.30b EUDC is part of Emacs. EUDC is the Emacs Unified Directory Client, a common interface to directory servers using various protocols such as LDAP or the CCSO white pages directory system (PH/QI) Copyright 1998, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU Manual'', and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License'' in the Emacs manual. (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.'' This document is part of a collection distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License. If you want to distribute this document separately from the collection, you can do so by adding a copy of the license to the document, as described in section 6 of the license. @end ifinfo @titlepage @title{EUDC Manual} @subtitle{The Emacs Unified Directory Client} @author by Oscar Figueiredo @code{1.30b} @page @vskip 0pt plus 1fill Copyright @copyright{} 1998, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU Manual'', and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License'' in the Emacs manual. (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.'' This document is part of a collection distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License. If you want to distribute this document separately from the collection, you can do so by adding a copy of the license to the document, as described in section 6 of the license. @end titlepage @ifinfo @node Top, Overview, (dir), (dir) @comment node-name, next, previous, up This manual documents EUDC v1.30b, the Emacs Unified Directory Client. A common interface to directory servers using various protocols such as LDAP or the CCSO white pages directory system (PH/QI) @end ifinfo @menu * Overview:: Summary of EUDC features * Installation:: How to install EUDC * Usage:: The various usage possibilities explained * Credits:: Who's done what * Variables Index:: @end menu @node Overview, Installation, Top, Top @comment node-name, next, previous, up @chapter Overview EUDC, the Emacs Unified Directory Client, provides a common user interface to access directory servers using different directory protocols. Currently supported back-ends are: @itemize @bullet @item LDAP, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol @item CCSO PH/QI @item BBDB, Big Brother's Insiduous Database @end itemize The main features of the EUDC interface are: @itemize @bullet @item Queries using a customizable form @item Inline query expansion (for instance you can expand a name to an email address in a mail message buffer using a server as an address book) @item Multiple servers can be tried in turn until a match is found for an inline query @item Fast minibuffer queries for email addresses and phone numbers @item Interface to BBDB to let you insert server records into your own BBDB database (@pxref{Top,,BBDB,bbdb,BBDB Manual}) @end itemize @menu * LDAP:: What is LDAP ? * CCSO PH/QI:: What is CCSO, PH, QI ? * BBDB:: What is BBDB ? @end menu @node LDAP, CCSO PH/QI, Overview, Overview @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section LDAP LDAP, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, is a communication protocol for directory applications defined in RFC 1777. Quoted from RFC 1777: @quotation [LDAP] is designed to provide access to the X.500 Directory while not incurring the resource requirements of the Directory Access Protocol (DAP). This protocol is specifically targeted at simple management applications and browser applications that provide simple read/write interactive access to the X.500 Directory, and is intended to be a complement to the DAP itself. @end quotation LDAP servers usually store (but are not limited to) information about people such as their name, phone number, email address, office location, etc@enddots{} More information about LDAP can be found at @url{http://www.openldap.org/} EUDC requires external support to access LDAP directory servers (@pxref{LDAP Requirements}) @node CCSO PH/QI, BBDB, LDAP, Overview @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section CCSO PH/QI The Central Computing Services Office (CCSO) of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) created and freely distributes a directory system that is currently in use in more than 300 organizations around the world. The system records information about people such as their address, phone number, email, academic information or any other details it was configured to. The system consists of two parts: a database server traditionally called @samp{qi} and a command-line client called @samp{ph}. @url{ftp://uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/packages/ph} is the main distribution site. @url{http://www.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/ph/lookup?Query=.} provides a listing of the active @samp{qi} servers. The original command-line @samp{ph} client that comes with the @samp{ph/qi} distribution provides additional features like the possibility to communicate with the server in login-mode which makes it possible to change records in the database. This is not implemented in EUDC. @node BBDB, , CCSO PH/QI, Overview @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section BBDB BBDB is the Big Brother's Insiduous Database, a package for Emacs originally written by Jamie Zawinski which provides rolodex-like database functionality featuring tight integration with the Emacs mail and news readers. It is often used as an enhanced email address book. EUDC considers BBDB as a directory server backend just like LDAP or PH/QI servers though BBDB has no client/server protocol and thus always resides locally on your machine. The point in this is not to offer an alternate way to query your BBDB database (BBDB itself provides much more flexible ways to do that) but rather to offer an interface to your local directory that is consistent with the interface to external directories (LDAP, PH/QI). This is particularly interesting when performing queries on multiple servers. EUDC also offers a means to insert results from directory queries into your own local BBDB (@pxref{Creating BBDB Records}) @node Installation, Usage, Overview, Top @comment node-name, next, previous, up @chapter Installation Add the following to your @file{.emacs} init file: @lisp (require 'eudc) @end lisp This will install EUDC at startup. After installing EUDC you will find (the next time you launch Emacs) a new @code{Directory Search} submenu in the @samp{Tools} menu that will give you access to EUDC. You may also find it useful to add the following to your @file{.emacs} initialization file to add a shortcut for email address expansion in email composition buffers (@pxref{Inline Query Expansion}) @lisp (eval-after-load "message" '(define-key message-mode-map [(control ?c) (tab)] 'eudc-expand-inline)) (eval-after-load "sendmail" '(define-key mail-mode-map [(control ?c) (tab)] 'eudc-expand-inline)) @end lisp @menu * LDAP Requirements:: EUDC needs external support for LDAP @end menu @node LDAP Requirements, , Installation, Installation @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section LDAP Requirements LDAP support is added by means of @file{ldap.el} which is part of Emacs. @file{ldap.el} needs an external command line utility named @file{ldapsearch} which is available as part of LDAP toolkits. above. @itemize @bullet @item Open LDAP Libraries (@url{http://www.openldap.org/}) @item University of Michigan's LDAP Client software (@url{http://www.umich.edu/~dirsvcs/ldap/}) @end itemize @node Usage, Credits, Installation, Top @comment node-name, next, previous, up @chapter Usage This chapter describes the usage of EUDC. Most functions and customization options are available through the @samp{Directory Search} submenu of the @samp{Tools} submenu. @menu * Querying Servers:: How queries are performed and handled * Query Form:: How to use and customize the query form * Display of Query Results:: Controlling how query results are presented * Inline Query Expansion:: How to use and customize inline queries * The Server Hotlist:: How to use and manage the server hotlist * Multi-server Queries:: How to query multiple servers sucessively * Creating BBDB Records:: How to insert query results into your BBDB * Server/Protocol Locals:: Customizing on a per server/protocol basis @end menu @node Querying Servers, Query Form, Usage, Usage @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Querying Servers EUDC's basic functionality is to let you query a directory server and return the results back to you. There are several things you may want to customize in this process. @menu * Selecting a Server:: The first thing to do * Return Attributes:: Configuring what the server should return * Duplicate Attributes:: What to do when records have duplicate attributes @end menu @node Selecting a Server, Return Attributes, Querying Servers, Querying Servers @subsection Selecting a Server Before doing any query you will need to set the directory server. You need to specify the name of the host machine running the server software and the protocol to use. If you do not set the server in any fashion, EUDC will ask you for one when you make your first query. You can set the server by selecting one from your hotlist of servers (@pxref{The Server Hotlist}) available in the @samp{Server} submenu or by selecting @samp{New Server} in that same menu. LDAP servers generally require some configuration before you can perform queries on them. In particular, the @dfn{search base} must be configured. If the server you select has no configured search base then EUDC will propose you to configure it at this point. A customization buffer will be displayed where you can edit the search base and other parameters for the server. @defvar eudc-server The name or IP address of the remote directory server. A TCP port number may be specified by appending a colon and a number to the name of the server. You will not need this unless your server runs on a port other than the default (which depends on the protocol). If the directory server resides on your own computer (which is the case if you use the BBDB backend) then `localhost' is a reasonable value but it will be ignored anyway. @end defvar @defvar eudc-protocol The directory protocol to use to query the server. Currently supported protocols in this version of EUDC are @code{ph}, @code{ldap} and @code{bbdb}. @end defvar @deffn Command eudc-set-server This command accessible from @samp{Server} submenu lets you specify a new directory server and protocol. @end deffn @node Return Attributes, Duplicate Attributes, Selecting a Server, Querying Servers @subsection Return Attributes Directory servers may be configured to return a default set of attributes for each record matching a query if the query specifies none. The variable @code{eudc-default-return-attributes} controls the return attributes you want to see, if different from the server defaults. @defvar eudc-default-return-attributes A list of the default attributes to extract from directory entries. If set to the symbol @code{all} then all available attributes are returned. A value of @code{nil}, the default, means to return the default attributes as configured in the server. @end defvar The server may return several matching records to a query. Some of the records may however not contain all the attributes you requested. You can discard those records. @defopt eudc-strict-return-matches If non-@code{nil}, entries that do not contain all the requested return attributes are ignored. Default is @code{t}. @end defopt @node Duplicate Attributes, , Return Attributes, Querying Servers @subsection Duplicate Attributes Directory standards may authorize different instances of the same attribute in a record. For instance the record of a person may contain several email fields containing different email addresses. When using a QI directory server this is difficult to distinguish from attributes having multi-line values such as the postal address that may contain a line for the street and another one for the zip code and city name. In both cases, EUDC will consider the attribute duplicated. EUDC has several methods to deal with duplicated attributes. The available methods are: @table @code @item list Makes a list with the different values of the duplicate attribute. The record is returned with only one instance of the attribute with a list of all the different values as a value. This is the default method that is used to handle duplicate fields for which no other method has been specified. @item first Discards all the duplicate values of the field keeping only the first one. @item concat Concatenates the different values using a newline as a separator. The record keeps only one instance of the field the value of which is a single multi-line string. @item duplicate Duplicates the whole record into as many instances as there are different values for the field. This is the default for the email field. Thus a record containing 3 different email addresses is duplicated into three different records each having a single email address. This is particularly useful in combination with @code{select} as the method to handle multiple matches in inline expansion queries (@pxref{Inline Query Expansion}) because you are presented with the 3 addresses in a selection buffer @end table Because a method may not be applicable to all fields, the variable @code{eudc-duplicate-attribute-handling-method} lets you specify either a default method for all fields or a method for each individual field. @defvar eudc-duplicate-attribute-handling-method A method to handle entries containing duplicate attributes. This is either an alist @code{(@var{attr} . @var{method})} or a symbol @var{method}. The alist form of the variable associates a method to an individual attribute name, the second form specifies a method applicable to all attribute names. Available methods are: @code{list}, @code{first}, @code{concat}, @code{duplicate} (see above). Defaults to @code{list}. @end defvar @node Query Form, Display of Query Results, Querying Servers, Usage @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Query Form The simplest way to query your directory server is to use the query form. You display the query form with the @samp{Query with Form} menu item or by invoking the command @kbd{M-x eudc-query-form}. The attribute names presented in this form are defined by the @code{eudc-query-form-attributes} variable (unless a non-@code{nil} argument is supplied to @code{eudc-query-form}). Since the different directory protocols to which EUDC interfaces may use different names for equivalent attributes, EUDC defines its own set of attribute names and a mapping between these names and their protocol-specific equivalent through the variable @code{eudc-protocol-attributes-translation-alist}. Names currently defined by EUDC are @code{name}, @code{firstname}, @code{email} and @code{phone}. @defvar eudc-query-form-attributes A list of attributes presented in the query form. Attribute names in this list should be either EUDC attribute names or valid attribute names. You can get a list of valid attribute names for the current protocol with the @samp{List Valid Attribute Names} menu item or the @kbd{M-x eudc-get-attribute-list} command. Defaults to @code{name}, @code{email} and @code{phone}. @end defvar @deffn Command eudc-query-form get-fields-from-server Display a form to query the directory server. If given a non-@code{nil} argument the function first queries the server for the existing fields and displays a corresponding form. Not all protocols may support a non-@code{nil} argument here. @end deffn Since the names of the fields may not be explicit enough or adapted to be directly displayed as prompt strings in the form, the variable @code{eudc-user-attribute-names-alist} lets you define more explicit names for directory attribute names. This variable is ignored if @code{eudc-use-raw-directory-names} is non-@code{nil}. @defvar eudc-user-attribute-names-alist This is an alist of user-defined names for the directory attributes used in query/response forms. Prompt strings for attributes that are not in this alist are derived by splitting the attribute name at underscores and capitalizing the individual words. @end defvar @defvar eudc-use-raw-directory-names If non-@code{nil}, use attributes names as defined in the directory. Otherwise, directory query/response forms display the user attribute names defined in @code{eudc-user-attribute-names-alist}. @end defvar @node Display of Query Results, Inline Query Expansion, Query Form, Usage @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Display of Query Results Upon successful completion of a form query, EUDC will display a buffer containing the results of the query. The fields that are returned for each record are controlled by @code{eudc-default-return-attributes} (@pxref{Return Attributes}). The display of each individual field can be performed by an arbitrary function which allows specific processing for binary values like images or audio samples as well as values with computer semantics like URLs. @defvar eudc-attribute-display-method-alist An alist specifying methods to display attribute values. Each member of the list is of the form @code{(@var{name} . @var{func})} where @var{name} is a lowercased string naming a directory attribute (translated according to @code{eudc-user-attribute-names-alist} if @code{eudc-use-raw-directory-names} is non-nil) and @var{func} a function that will be passed the corresponding attribute values for display. @end defvar This variable has protocol-local definitions (see @pxref{Server/Protocol Locals}). For instance, it is defined as follows for LDAP: @lisp (eudc-protocol-set 'eudc-attribute-display-method-alist '(("jpegphoto" . eudc-display-jpeg-inline) ("labeledurl" . eudc-display-url) ("audio" . eudc-display-sound) ("labeledurl" . eudc-display-url) ("url" . eudc-display-url)) 'ldap) @end lisp EUDC provides a set of built-in functions to display binary value types: @defun eudc-display-generic-binary data Display a button for unidentified binary @var{data}. @end defun @defun eudc-display-url url Display URL and make it clickable. @end defun @defun eudc-display-sound data Display a button to play the sound @var{data}. @end defun @defun eudc-display-jpeg-inline data Display the JPEG @var{data} inline at point if possible. @end defun @defun eudc-display-jpeg-as-button data Display a button for the JPEG @var{data}. @end defun Right-clicking on a binary value button pops up a contextual menu with options to process the value. Among these are saving the attribute value to a file or sending it to an external viewer command. External viewers should expect the value on their standard input and should display it or perform arbitrary processing on it. Messages sent to standard output are discarded. External viewers are listed in the variable @code{eudc-external-viewers} which you can customize. @defvar eudc-external-viewers This is a list of viewer program specifications. Each specification is a list whose first element is a string naming the viewer for unique identification, the second element is the executable program which should be invoked and the following elements are arguments that should be passed to the program. @end defvar @node Inline Query Expansion, The Server Hotlist, Display of Query Results, Usage @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Inline Query Expansion Inline query expansion is a powerful method to get completion from your directory server. The most common usage is for expanding names to email addresses in mail message buffers. The expansion is performed by the command @kbd{M-x eudc-expand-inline} which is available from the @samp{Directory Search} menu but can also be conveniently bound to a key shortcut (@pxref{Installation}) The operation is controlled by the variables @code{eudc-inline-expansion-format}, @code{eudc-inline-query-format}, @code{eudc-expanding-overwrites-query} and @code{eudc-multiple-match-handling-method}. If the query fails for a server, other servers may be tried successively until one of them finds a match (@pxref{Multi-server Queries}). @deffn Command eudc-expand-inline replace-p Query the server and expand the query string before point. The query string consists of the buffer substring from the point back to the preceding comma, colon or beginning of line. @code{eudc-inline-query-format} controls how individual words are mapped onto directory attribute names. After querying the server for the given string, the expansion specified by @code{eudc-inline-expansion-format} is inserted in the buffer at point. If @var{replace-p} is @code{t} then this expansion replaces the query string in the buffer. If @code{eudc-expanding-overwrites-query} is non-@code{nil} then the meaning of @var{replace-p} is negated. @end deffn @defvar eudc-inline-query-format Format of an inline expansion query. This is actually a list of @var{format}s. A @var{format} is a list of one or more EUDC attribute names. A @var{format} applies if it contains as many attributes as individual words in the inline query string. If several @var{format}s apply then they are tried in order until a match is found. If @code{nil} all the words will be mapped onto the default server/protocol attribute name (generally @code{name}). For instance, use the following @lisp (setq eudc-inline-query-format '((name) (firstname) (firstname name))) @end lisp to indicate that single word expansion queries are to be considered as surnames and if no match is found then they should be tried as first names. Inline queries consisting of two words are considered as consisting of a first name followed by a surname. If the query consists of more than two words, then the first one is considered as the first name and the remaining words are all considered as surname constituents. @var{format}s are in fact not limited to EUDC attribute names, you can use server or protocol specific names in them. It may be safer if you do so, to set the variable @code{eudc-inline-query-format} in a protocol or server local fashion (see @pxref{Server/Protocol Locals}). For instance you could use the following to match up to three words against the @code{cn} attribute of LDAP servers: @lisp (eudc-protocol-set 'eudc-inline-query-format '((cn) (cn cn) (cn cn cn)) 'ldap) @end lisp @end defvar @defvar eudc-inline-expansion-format This variable lets you control exactly what is inserted into the buffer upon an inline expansion request. It is a list whose first element is a string passed to @code{format}. Remaining elements are symbols corresponding to directory attribute names. The corresponding attribute values are passed as additional arguments to @code{format}. Default is @code{("%s" email)} but you may want to consider a value like @code{("%s <%s>" name email)} @end defvar @defvar eudc-multiple-match-handling-method This variable controls what to do when multiple entries match a query for an inline expansion. Possible values are: @table @code @item first The first match is considered as being the only one, the others are discarded. @item select A selection buffer pops up where you can choose a particular match. This is the default value of the variable. @item all The expansion uses all records successively @item abort An error is signaled. The expansion aborts. @end table Defaults to @code{select} @end defvar @node The Server Hotlist, Multi-server Queries, Inline Query Expansion, Usage @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section The Server Hotlist EUDC lets you maintain a list of frequently used servers so that you can easily switch from one to another. This hotlist appears in the @samp{Server} submenu. You select a server in this list by clicking on its name. You can add the current server to the list with the command @kbd{M-x eudc-bookmark-current-server}. The list is contained in the variable @code{eudc-server-hotlist} which is stored in and retrieved from the file designated by @code{eudc-options-file}. EUDC also provides a facility to edit the hotlist interactively (@pxref{The Hotlist Edit Buffer}). The hotlist is also used to make queries on multiple servers successively (@pxref{Multi-server Queries}). The order in which the servers are tried is the order they appear in the hotlist, therefore it is important to sort the hotlist appropriately. @deffn Command eudc-bookmark-server server Add @var{server} to the hotlist of servers @end deffn @deffn Command eudc-bookmark-current-server Add the current server to the hotlist of servers @end deffn @defvar eudc-options-file The name of a file where EUDC stores its internal variables (the hotlist and the current server). EUDC will try to load that file upon initialization so, if you choose a file name different from the defaults @file{~/.eudc-options}, be sure to set this variable to the appropriate value @emph{before} EUDC is itself loaded. @end defvar @menu * The Hotlist Edit Buffer:: An interactive hotlist editing facility @end menu @node The Hotlist Edit Buffer, , The Server Hotlist, The Server Hotlist @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection The Hotlist Edit Buffer The hotlist edit buffer offers a means to manage a list of frequently used servers. Commands are available in the context pop-up menu generally bound to the right mouse button. Those commands also have equivalent keybindings. @deffn Command eudc-hotlist-add-server Bound to @kbd{a}. Add a new server to the hotlist on the line after point @end deffn @deffn Command eudc-hotlist-delete-server Bound to @kbd{d}. Delete the server on the line point is on @end deffn @deffn Command eudc-hotlist-select-server Bound to @kbd{s}. Select the server the point is on as the current directory server for the next queries @end deffn @deffn Command eudc-hotlist-transpose-servers Bound to @kbd{t}. Bubble up the server the point is on to the top of the list @end deffn @deffn Command eudc-hotlist-quit-edit Bound to @kbd{q}. Save the changes and quit the hotlist edit buffer. Use @kbd{x} or @kbd{M-x kill-buffer} to exit without saving. @end deffn @node Multi-server Queries, Creating BBDB Records, The Server Hotlist, Usage @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Multi-server Queries When using inline query expansion (@pxref{Inline Query Expansion}), EUDC can try to query successively a sequence of directory servers until one of them successfully finds a match for the query. @defvar eudc-inline-expansion-servers This variable controls which servers are tried and in which order when trying to perform an inline query. Possible values are: @table @code @item current-server Only the current directory server is tried @item hotlist The servers in the hotlist are tried in order until one finds a match for the query or `eudc-max-servers-to-query' is reached @item server-then-hotlist The current server then the servers in the hotlist are tried in the order they appear in the hotlist until one of them finds a match or `eudc-max-servers-to-query' is reached. This is the default. @end table @end defvar @defvar eudc-max-servers-to-query This variable indicates the maximum number of servers to query when performing a multi-server query. The default, @code{nil}, indicates that all available servers should be tried. @end defvar @node Creating BBDB Records, Server/Protocol Locals, Multi-server Queries, Usage @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Creating BBDB Records With EUDC, you can automatically create BBDB records (@pxref{Top,,BBDB,bbdb,BBDB Manual}) from records you get from a directory server. You do this by moving point to the appropriate record in a query result display buffer and invoking the command @kbd{M-x eudc-insert-record-at-point-into-bbdb} with the keyboard binding @kbd{b} @footnote{This keybinding does not actually call @code{eudc-insert-record-at-point-into-bbdb} but uses @code{eudc-try-bbdb-insert} instead.}, or with the menu. EUDC cannot update an existing BBDB record and will signal an error if you try to insert a record matching an existing one. It is also possible to export to BBDB the whole batch of records contained in the directory query result with the command @kbd{M-x eudc-batch-export-records-to-bbdb}. Because directory systems may not enforce a strict record format, local server installations may use different attribute names and have different ways to organize the information. Furthermore BBDB has its own record structure. For these reasons converting a record from its external directory format to the BBDB format is a highly customizable process. @defvar eudc-bbdb-conversion-alist The value of this variable should be a symbol naming an alist defining a mapping between BBDB field names onto directory attribute names records. This is a protocol-local variable and is initialized upon protocol switch (@pxref{Server/Protocol Locals}) The alist is made of cells of the form @code{(@var{bbdb-field} . @var{spec-or-list})}. @var{bbdb-field} is the name of a field that must be defined in your BBDB environment (standard field names are @code{name}, @code{company}, @code{net}, @code{phone}, @code{address} and @code{notes}). @var{spec-or-list} is either a single mapping specification or a list of mapping specifications. Lists of mapping specifications are valid for the @code{phone} and @code{address} BBDB fields only. @var{spec}s are actually s-expressions which are evaluated as follows: @table @asis @item a string evaluates to itself @item a symbol evaluates to the symbol value. Symbols corresponding to directory attribute names present in the record evaluate to the value of the field in the record @item a form is evaluated as a function. The argument list may contain attribute names which evaluate to the corresponding values in the record. The form evaluation should return something appropriate for the particular @var{bbdb-field} (see @code{bbdb-create-internal}). @code{eudc-bbdbify-phone} and @code{eudc-bbdbify-address} are provided as convenience functions to parse phones and addresses. @end table @end defvar The default value of the PH-specific value of that variable is @code{eudc-ph-bbdb-conversion-alist}: @lisp ((name . name) (net . email) (address . (eudc-bbdbify-address address "Address")) (phone . ((eudc-bbdbify-phone phone "Phone") (eudc-bbdbify-phone office_phone "Office Phone")))) @end lisp This means that: @itemize @bullet @item the @code{name} field of the BBDB record gets its value from the @code{name} attribute of the directory record @item the @code{net} field of the BBDB record gets its value from the @code{email} attribute of the directory record @item the @code{address} field of the BBDB record is obtained by parsing the @code{address} attribute of the directory record with the function @code{eudc-bbdbify-address} @item two @code{phone} fields are created (when possible) in the BBDB record. The first one has @cite{Phone} for location and its value is obtained by parsing the @code{phone} attribute of the PH/QI record with the function @code{eudc-bbdbify-phone}. The second one has @cite{Office Phone} for location its value is obtained by parsing the @code{office_phone} attribute of the PH/QI record with the function @code{eudc-bbdbify-phone}. @end itemize @defun eudc-bbdbify-phone phone location This is a convenience function provided for use in @code{eudc-bbdb-conversion-alist}. It parses @var{phone} into a vector compatible with @code{bbdb-create-internal}. @var{phone} is either a string supposedly containing a phone number or a list of such strings which are concatenated. @var{location} is used as the phone location for BBDB. @end defun @defun eudc-bbdbify-address addr location This is a convenience function provided for use in @code{eudc-bbdb-conversion-alist}. It parses @var{addr} into a vector compatible with @code{bbdb-create-internal}. @var{addr} should be an address string of no more than four lines or a list of lines. The last line is searched for the zip code, city and state name. @var{location} is used as the phone location for BBDB. @end defun Note that only a subset of the attributes you selected with @code{eudc-default-return-attributes} and that are actually displayed may actually be inserted as part of the newly created BBDB record. @node Server/Protocol Locals, , Creating BBDB Records, Usage @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Server/Protocol Locals EUDC can be customized independently for each server or directory protocol. All variables can be given local bindings that are activated when a particular server and/or protocol becomes active. This is much like buffer-local bindings but on a per server or per protocol basis. @menu * Manipulating local bindings:: Functions to set and query local bindings @end menu @node Manipulating local bindings, , Server/Protocol Locals, Server/Protocol Locals @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection Manipulating local bindings EUDC offers functions that let you set and query variables on a per server or per protocol basis. The following predicates allow you to test the existence of server/protocol local bindings for a particular variable. @defun eudc-server-local-variable-p var Return non-@code{nil} if @var{var} has server-local bindings @end defun @defun eudc-protocol-local-variable-p var Return non-@code{nil} if @var{var} has protocol-local bindings @end defun The following functions allow you to set the value of a variable with various degrees of localness. @defun eudc-default-set var val Set the EUDC default value of @var{var} to @var{val}. The current binding of @var{var} (if local to the current server or protocol) is not changed. @end defun @defun eudc-protocol-set var val &optional protocol Set the binding of @var{var} local to @var{protocol} to @var{val}. If omitted, @var{protocol} defaults to the current value of @code{eudc-protocol}. The current binding of @var{var} is changed only if @var{protocol} is omitted. @end defun @defun eudc-server-set var val &optional server Set the binding of @var{var} local to @var{server} to @var{val}. If omitted, @var{server} defaults to the current value of @code{eudc-server}. The current binding of @var{var} is changed only if @var{server} is omitted. @end defun @defun eudc-set var val Set the most local (server, protocol or default) binding of @var{var} to @var{val}. The current binding of @var{var} is also set to @var{val}. @end defun The following variables allow you to query the various bindings of a variable (local or non-local). @defun eudc-variable-default-value var Return the default binding of @var{var} (outside of a particular server or protocol local binding). Return @code{unbound} if @var{var} has no EUDC default value. @end defun @defun eudc-variable-protocol-value var &optional protocol Return the value of @var{var} local to @var{protocol}. Return @code{unbound} if @var{var} has no value local to @var{protocol}. @var{protocol} defaults to @code{eudc-protocol}. @end defun @defun eudc-variable-server-value var [server] Return the value of @var{var} local to @var{server}. Return @code{unbound} if @var{var} has no value local to @var{server}. @var{server} defaults to @code{eudc-server}. @end defun Changing a protocol-local or server-local value of a variable has no effect on its current value. The following command is used to synchronize the current values of variables with their local values given the current @code{eudc-server} and @code{eudc-protocol}: @defun eudc-update-local-variables Update all EUDC variables according to their local settings. @end defun @node Credits, Variables Index, Usage, Top @comment node-name, next, previous, up @chapter Credits EUDC was written by Oscar Figueiredo based on @file{ph.el} by the same author. Thanks to Soren Dayton for his suggestions, his enthusiasm and his help in testing and proofreading the code and docs of @file{ph.el}. @node Variables Index, , Credits, Top @comment node-name, next, previous, up @unnumbered Variables Index @printindex vr @setchapternewpage odd @contents @bye