Return-Path: X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3E88431FAF for ; Wed, 2 May 2012 13:41:52 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[none] autolearn=disabled Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id CDVM28SOb7yb for ; Wed, 2 May 2012 13:41:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp1.kolej.mff.cuni.cz (smtp1.kolej.mff.cuni.cz [78.128.192.10]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EA9D2431FAE for ; Wed, 2 May 2012 13:41:51 -0700 (PDT) X-Envelope-From: anton@khirnov.net Received: from daenerys.khirnov.net (zohar.kolej.mff.cuni.cz [78.128.198.199]) by smtp1.kolej.mff.cuni.cz (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q42KfmeY083794; Wed, 2 May 2012 22:41:49 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from anton@khirnov.net) Received: from daenerys.khirnov.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by daenerys.khirnov.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8719E121840; Wed, 2 May 2012 22:41:48 +0200 (CEST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: notmuch-vimpy Message-ID: <20120502204148.4214.85824@daenerys.khirnov.net> Date: Wed, 02 May 2012 22:41:48 +0200 References: To: Felipe Contreras , notmuch@notmuchmail.org In-Reply-To: From: Anton Khirnov Subject: Re: [ANN] New awesome vim plug-in using Ruby bindings X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 May 2012 20:41:52 -0000 On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:12:32 +0300, Felipe Contreras wrote: > Hi, > = > I've never been particularly happy with the code of the vim plug-in, > but it sort of did the job, after some fixes, and has been working > great so far for most of my needs even though it's clearly very rough > on the edges. > = > However, I'm recently in need of been able to read HTML mails, and > just trying to add that code was a nightmare, so I decided to look for > alternatives, including Anton's Python vim plug-in (which is nice, but > doesn't have support for that), and even learning emacs, to use what > most people here use (but it turns out the HTML messages don't work > correctly there either). I also tried the various mutt+notmuch > options, and none fit the bill. > = > So, since I'm a big fan of Ruby, I decided to try my luck writing a > plug-in from scratch. It took me one weekend, but I'm pretty happy > with the result. This plug-in has already essentially all the > functionality of the current one, but it's much, *much* simpler (only > 600) lines of code. > = > And in addition has many more features: > = > * Gradual searches; you don't have to wait for the whole search to finis= h, > sort of like the 'less' command How did you do that? When I tried to do this in my version, I got hit by vim not being threadsafe. -- = Anton Khirnov