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37 Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:42:21 -0500
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38 From: Austin Clements <amdragon@MIT.EDU>
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39 To: Dmitry Kurochkin <dmitry.kurochkin@gmail.com>
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40 Subject: Re: [PATCH] emacs: support "notmuch new" as a notmuch-poll-script
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81 Quoth Dmitry Kurochkin on Dec 12 at 2:21 pm:
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82 > On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:15:44 +0200, Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi> wrote:
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83 > > On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:31:03 -0500, Austin Clements <amdragon@MIT.EDU> wrote:
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85 > > > So here's another idea, prefaced with a rant.
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87 > > > It's bothered me for a long time that notmuch-emacs didn't just know
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88 > > > by default how to check for new mail. What MUA doesn't know how to
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89 > > > check for new mail? Why does a new user of notmuch have to tell it
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90 > > > how to check for new mail? Of course, this *had* to be configured
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91 > > > before because everyone had their own way of checking for new mail.
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92 > > > Hooks eliminate this unnecessary flexibility and make "notmuch new"
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93 > > > the one true way to check for new mail---as it ought to be---and in
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94 > > > turn make the notmuch-poll-script variable obsolete.
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96 > > > So, what about changing the default "" setting of notmuch-poll-script
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97 > > > from meaning "do nothing and be useless" to meaning "run notmuch new
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98 > > > (using notmuch-command)"? It will then automatically do the right
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99 > > > thing for new users, while still being backward-compatible and
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100 > > > allowing an escape hatch for bizarre situations.
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104 > > So, it could work like this:
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106 > > (defun notmuch-poll ()
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107 > > "FIX DOCSTRING"
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109 > > (if (stringp notmuch notmuch-poll-script)
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110 > > (if (string= notmuch-poll-script "")
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111 > > (call-process notmuch-command nil nil nil "new")
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112 > > (call-process notmuch-poll-script))))
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114 > > I.e. in case notmuch-poll-script == nil, (or not string)
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115 > > do nothing. In case notmuch-poll-script == "" execute notmuch new
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116 > > and if notmuch-poll-script is string with content execute that.
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119 > I think the following scheme would be slightly better and more
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122 > * nil - run "notmuch new", the new default
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123 > * "" - do nothing
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124 > * "script" - run script
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