Other GNU Emacs tips

If you use the http://diamondcard.us/ SIP service, you can send SMSes from GNU Emacs's BBDB via this service at a fraction of a cost of a normal mobile phone SMS.

To use the BBDB interface from GNU Emacs:

1. Install the diamondsms.el Elisp package
2. Download http://sumoudou.org/elisp/bbdb-diamondcard/bbdb-diamondcard.el
3. Add the following to your ~/.emacs file

   (add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/bbdb-diamondcard.el") ;; for example: (add-to-list 'load-path "~/elisp/bbdb-diamondcard" (require 'bbdb-diamondcard)

To send an SMS from BBDB:

1. Go to the contact you wish to send the SMS to.
2. Position the point (cursor) on the phone number you wish to send the SMS to.

3. x

   You will be asked for the SMS text.

You can have the numbers stored in the BBDB database in any format, with leading pluses, with dashes or spaces in them. The package will format the number to be acceptable to diamondcard.us and will send the SMS through.

After sending a note will be added to the contacts memo field automatically with the date, time, and SMS text. Great for keeping automatic records.

Version history:
Current http://sumoudou.org/elisp/bbdb-diamondcard/bbdb-diamondcard-0.3.el
http://sumoudou.org/elisp/bbdb-diamondcard/bbdb-diamondcard-0.2.el