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;;; As per email to bbdb-info list from Len Trigg <len@netvalue.net>
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;;; http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=hbr60bfmvt.wl%25len@netvalue.net.nz
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;;; Useful name canonicalizer; consider inclusion in main package.
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(defun bbdb-canonicalize-name-hook-lt (name)
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"Function used to canonicalize the full names of bbdb entries."
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;; (message (format "canonicalize name %s" name))
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;; strip extra quotes (Some MS mailer likes "'full name'")
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((string-match "\\`[`'\"]\\(.*\\)[`'\"]\\'" name)
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(bbdb-match-substring name 1))
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;; replace multiple whitespace with single
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((string-match "[ \f\t\n\r\v]\\{2,\\}" name)
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(replace-match " " nil t name))
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;; remove anything in round brackets, e.g.: "Firstname Surname (E-mail)"
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((string-match "[ ]+(.*)" name)
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(replace-match "" nil t name))
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;; strip leading whitespace (this is a bug in std11 libs?)
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((string-match "\\`[ \t]+\\(.*\\)" name)
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(bbdb-match-substring name 1))
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;; strip trailing whitespace
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((string-match "\\(.*\\)[ ]+\\'" name)
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(bbdb-match-substring name 1))
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((string-match "\\`Dr\\.? \\(.*\\)" name)
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(bbdb-match-substring name 1))
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;; person and person -> person & person
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((string-match "\\`\\(\\w+\\) and \\(\\w.+\\)\\'" name)
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(concat (bbdb-match-substring name 1) " & " (bbdb-match-substring name 2)))
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;; Surname, Firstname -> Firstname Surname
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((string-match "\\`\\(\\w.+\\), \\(\\w.+\\)\\'" name)
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(concat (bbdb-match-substring name 2) " " (bbdb-match-substring name 1)))
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;; Sometimes get an email address in the name part. Map the username to a name: <Name@domain> -> Name
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((string-match "\\`<\\(.*\\)@.*\\'" name)
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(bbdb-match-substring name 1))
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;; replace name without any whitespace with empty; I don't want bbdb names containing only a single name
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((string-match "\\`\\(\\w+\\)\\'" name)
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;;(message (format "Eliding name %s" name))
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