• counsel-bbdb (v0.0.4) Quick search&input email from [[https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CategoryBbdb][BBDB]] database based on Emacs API =completing-read=.

• Install Place =counsel-bbdb.el= on your =load-path=, and add below setup:

  +begin_src elisp

  (require 'counsel-bbdb)

  +end_src

Or just install it through [[http://melpa.org][melpa]].

• Usage =M-x counsel-bbdb-complete-mail= to input email address.

=M-x counsel-bbdb-reload= to reload contacts from BBDB database.

=M-x counsel-bbdb-expand-mail-alias= to expand mail alias.

Mail alias is also called "Contact Group" or "Address Book Group" in other email clients.

• Tips Insert multiple mail address For example, after =C-u M-x counsel-bbdb-complete-mail=, you can press =C-M-n= to input multiple mail address. Customize the inserted mail address You can set =counsel-bbdb-customized-insert= to insert mail in your own way,

  +begin_src elisp

  (setq counsel-bbdb-customized-insert (lambda (r append-comma) (let* ((family-name (nth 1 r)) (given-name (nth 2 r)) (display-name (nth 3 r)) (mail (nth 4 r)))) (insert (format "%s:%s:%s:%s%s" given-name family-name display-name mail (if append-comma ", " " ")))))

+end_src

• Bug Report Check [[https://github.com/redguardtoo/counsel-bbdb]].

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