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30 From: Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org>
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31 To: Dmitry Kurochkin <dmitry.kurochkin@gmail.com>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org
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32 Subject: Re: [PATCH] emacs: support "notmuch new" as a notmuch-poll-script
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59 On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:00:45 +0400, Dmitry Kurochkin <dmitry.kurochkin@gmail.com> wrote:
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60 > On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:48:20 +0200, Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org> wrote:
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61 > > Let notmuch-poll-script be a function as well as a string. Make default
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62 > > value nil instead of an empty string, but allow "" for backwards
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63 > > compatibility. Add a notmuch poll function to call "notmuch new" using the
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64 > > configured notmuch-command.
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66 > > This allows taking better advantage of the "notmuch new" hooks from emacs
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67 > > without intermediate scripts.
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70 > I was just thinking about working on this myself :)
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74 > I think a better solution would be to allow running a command with
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75 > arguments. Creating a elisp function just to run a command with some
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76 > parameters feels wrong. This way we would have to add another function
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77 > each time we want to add another argument.
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79 One thing to take into account is running "notmuch new" using
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80 notmuch-command, and make that happen with one click in custom.
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82 > Function support for notmuch-poll-script seems like a useful feature on
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85 I just did this quickly to scratch my own itches, so to speak. My elisp
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86 is not that great, so I really wouldn't mind if you wanted to continue
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87 from here and make it your own. It'll be a while before I have the time
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88 to (figure out how to) do this properly anyway. But up to you, really.
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98 > > Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org>
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100 > > emacs/notmuch.el | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
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101 > > 1 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
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103 > > diff --git a/emacs/notmuch.el b/emacs/notmuch.el
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104 > > index 8936149..6c7e800 100644
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105 > > --- a/emacs/notmuch.el
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106 > > +++ b/emacs/notmuch.el
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107 > > @@ -965,28 +965,48 @@ same relative position within the new buffer."
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108 > > (notmuch-search query oldest-first target-thread target-line continuation)
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109 > > (goto-char (point-min))))
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111 > > -(defcustom notmuch-poll-script ""
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112 > > - "An external script to incorporate new mail into the notmuch database.
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113 > > +(defcustom notmuch-poll-script nil
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114 > > + "A script or a function to incorporate new mail into the notmuch database.
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116 > > -If this variable is non empty, then it should name a script to be
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117 > > -invoked by `notmuch-search-poll-and-refresh-view' and
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118 > > -`notmuch-hello-poll-and-update' (each have a default keybinding
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119 > > -of 'G'). The script could do any of the following depending on
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120 > > +This variable can be set to a function or the name of an external
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121 > > +script to be invoked by `notmuch-search-poll-and-refresh-view'
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122 > > +and `notmuch-hello-poll-and-update' (each have a default
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123 > > +keybinding of 'G'). Set to nil to do nothing.
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125 > > +The function or script could do any of the following depending on
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126 > > the user's needs:
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128 > > 1. Invoke a program to transfer mail to the local mail store
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129 > > 2. Invoke \"notmuch new\" to incorporate the new mail
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130 > > -3. Invoke one or more \"notmuch tag\" commands to classify the mail"
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131 > > - :type 'string
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132 > > +3. Invoke one or more \"notmuch tag\" commands to classify the mail
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134 > > +You can also choose to use \"notmuch new\" through the provided
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135 > > +`notmuch-poll-script-notmuch-new' function, and have the
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136 > > +\"notmuch new\" hooks perform the actions above."
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137 > > + :type '(choice (const :tag "Not set" nil)
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138 > > + (const :tag "Notmuch new" notmuch-poll-script-notmuch-new)
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139 > > + (function :tag "Custom function"
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140 > > + :value notmuch-poll-script-notmuch-new)
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141 > > + (string :tag "Custom script"))
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142 > > :group 'notmuch)
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144 > > +(defun notmuch-poll-script-notmuch-new ()
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145 > > + "Run \"notmuch new\"."
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146 > > + (call-process notmuch-command nil nil nil "new"))
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148 > > (defun notmuch-poll ()
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149 > > - "Run external script to import mail.
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150 > > + "Run external script or call a function to import mail.
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152 > > -Invokes `notmuch-poll-script' if it is not set to an empty string."
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153 > > +Invokes `notmuch-poll-script', which can be a function or the
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154 > > +name of an external script. Does nothing if `notmuch-poll-script'
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155 > > +is nil or an empty string."
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157 > > - (if (not (string= notmuch-poll-script ""))
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158 > > - (call-process notmuch-poll-script nil nil)))
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160 > > + ((stringp notmuch-poll-script)
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161 > > + (if (not (string= notmuch-poll-script "")) ;; for backwards compatibility
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162 > > + (call-process notmuch-poll-script nil nil)))
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163 > > + ((functionp notmuch-poll-script)
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164 > > + (funcall notmuch-poll-script))))
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166 > > (defun notmuch-search-poll-and-refresh-view ()
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167 > > "Invoke `notmuch-poll' to import mail, then refresh the current view."
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171 > > _______________________________________________
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172 > > notmuch mailing list
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173 > > notmuch@notmuchmail.org
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174 > > http://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch
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