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Using BBDB

To view your BBDB records enter "M-x bbdb RET RET", this will open up bbdb's contacts. If some of the following commands fail to work with the error message, try toggling read-only-mode via "M-x read-only-mode". Otherwise, type in these commands to do stuff with bbdb.

  • c create a new record
  • n,p move to the next or previous displayed record, respectively
  • a add a new mail alias to the current record
  • C-k If point is on the the name of this person, then C-k will delete the record. If point is on a field of the record,
  • then point will delete that field from the record.
  • i insert a new field into this record. ie: insert a phone number.