>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Widhopf-Fenk <bbdb(a)robf.de&gt; writes: >> > >> > But only the simple email address causes the problems I described. >> > >> > John_Doe(a)mail.com >> > >> > >> > Can please somebody confirm this? >> >> Please try the attached patch which fixes this for me. >> >> Snarfing was done in the buffer " *BBDB snarf*" which was >> actually empty when entering the while loop you identified >> and thus the was noch char at point ... >> >> If it gets a +1 from Waider I try commit ;-) Robert> It is in CVS now. Robert> Robert there is a problem with the patch, it works well in a mail buffer, but

take say a lisp buffer and mark the email address of the author again John_Doe(a)mail.com and I obtain an error, which I attach: Another point bbdb-snarf for emails at point still do not work? Uwe Brauer Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil) string-match("\\W+\\([Xx]\\|[Ee]xt\\.?\\)\\W*[-0-9]+\\'" nil) bbdb-divide-name(nil) bbdb-merge-interactively(nil nil (&quot;oub(a)mat.ucm.es&quot;) nil nil nil) bbdb-snarf-region(79 93) call-interactively(bbdb-snarf-region) recursive-edit() byte-code("..." [buffer-read-only noninteractive debugger-buffer middlestart debugger-args debugger-batch-max-lines pop-to-buffer debugger-mode debugger-setup-buffer count-lines 2 "...\n" message buffer-string kill-emacs debug backtrace-debug 3 t debugger-reenable "" nil recursive-edit standard-output] 3) debug(error (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)) string-match("\\W+\\([Xx]\\|[Ee]xt\\.?\\)\\W*[-0-9]+\\'" nil) bbdb-divide-name(nil) bbdb-merge-interactively(nil nil (&quot;oub(a)mat.ucm.es&quot;) nil nil nil) bbdb-snarf-region(1 15) eval((bbdb-snarf-region (region-beginning) (region-end))) edit-and-eval-command("Redo: " (switch-to-buffer "*scratch*") (command-history . 1)) repeat-complex-command(1) call-interactively(repeat-complex-command)