Re: bbdb missing autoloads
Steve Youngs <youngs(a)xemacs.org> writes:
,----[ from bbdb.info... ]
| The simplest way to configure the BBDB is to include the following
| forms in your Emacs configuration file:
|
| `(require 'bbdb)'
| `(bbdb-initialize)'
|
| Note: The forms above replace the autoloads needed for previous
| versions of the BBDB.
`----
Looks like the BBDB folks deliberately removed the autoload.
I think previously they suggested that you put a long list of
(autoload bbd-XXX 'bbdb)
forms in your .emacs and that is what they replaced.
I think the solution of putting an autoload cookie into the bbdb file
is better as it also removes the need for the (require 'bbdb) and more
importantly it will be backwards compatible with the old XEmacs
package, i.e. people who omitted the require won't get bitten by
upgrading to the new package.
Also I would suspect the bbdb people wouldn't mind putting the
autoload cookie into the bbdb.el file.
I don't
mind putting it back into the XEmacs package version if that's what
people want. And they can give me good reason to do so.
the above is my best shot... :-)
Gunnar