Variable: mail-extr-full-name-prefixes

mail-extr-full-name-prefixes is a customizable variable defined in mail-extr.el.gz.

Value

"\\(Prof\\|D[Rr]\\|Mrs?\\|Rev\\|Rabbi\\|SysOp\\|LCDR\\)\\.?[    \n]"

Documentation

Matches prefixes to the full name that identify a person's position.

These are stripped from the full name because they do not contribute to uniquely identifying the person.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/mail/mail-extr.el.gz
;; Matches a leading title that is not part of the name (does not
;; contribute to uniquely identifying the person).
(defcustom mail-extr-full-name-prefixes
  "\\(Prof\\|D[Rr]\\|Mrs?\\|Rev\\|Rabbi\\|SysOp\\|LCDR\\)\\.?[ \t\n]"
  "Matches prefixes to the full name that identify a person's position.
These are stripped from the full name because they do not contribute to
uniquely identifying the person."
  :type 'regexp)