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+Subject: [PATCH] emacs: Leave blank subjects alone by default.\r
+Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 21:30:16 +0000\r
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+Add `notmuch-blank-subject' to control how empty or whitespace only\r
+subjects are treated. The default behaviour is to leave them\r
+alone. The user can choose a string to use as a replacement.\r
+\r
+Modify code that cannot handle blank subjects to use a fixed string.\r
+---\r
+ emacs/notmuch-lib.el | 20 +++++++++++++++++---\r
+ emacs/notmuch-print.el | 4 ++--\r
+ emacs/notmuch-show.el | 2 +-\r
+ emacs/notmuch.el | 4 ++--\r
+ 4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)\r
+\r
+diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-lib.el b/emacs/notmuch-lib.el\r
+index d315f76..2edc868 100644\r
+--- a/emacs/notmuch-lib.el\r
++++ b/emacs/notmuch-lib.el\r
+@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@\r
+ :type 'boolean\r
+ :group 'notmuch-search)\r
+ \r
++(defcustom notmuch-blank-subject nil\r
++ "How should subjects that are empty or whitespace only be\r
++treated?"\r
++ :type '(choice (const :tag "Leave them alone" nil)\r
++ (string :tag "Replacement string" "[No Subject]"))\r
++ :group 'notmuch)\r
++\r
+ ;;\r
+ \r
+ (defvar notmuch-search-history nil\r
+@@ -133,13 +140,20 @@ the user hasn't set this variable with the old or new value."\r
+ (interactive)\r
+ (kill-buffer (current-buffer)))\r
+ \r
+-(defun notmuch-prettify-subject (subject)\r
++(defun notmuch-pretty-non-empty-subject (subject)\r
++ (let ((subject (notmuch-pretty-subject subject)))\r
++ (if (string-match "^[ \t]*$" subject)\r
++ "no subject"\r
++ subject)))\r
++\r
++(defun notmuch-pretty-subject (subject)\r
+ ;; This function is used by `notmuch-search-process-filter' which\r
+ ;; requires that we not disrupt its' matching state.\r
+ (save-match-data\r
+- (if (and subject\r
++ (if (and (stringp notmuch-blank-subject)\r
++ subject\r
+ (string-match "^[ \t]*$" subject))\r
+- "[No Subject]"\r
++ notmuch-blank-subject\r
+ subject)))\r
+ \r
+ ;;\r
+diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-print.el b/emacs/notmuch-print.el\r
+index 6653d97..dda082a 100644\r
+--- a/emacs/notmuch-print.el\r
++++ b/emacs/notmuch-print.el\r
+@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Optional OUTPUT allows passing a list of flags to muttprint."\r
+ \r
+ (defun notmuch-print-ps-print (msg)\r
+ "Print a message buffer using the ps-print package."\r
+- (let ((subject (notmuch-prettify-subject\r
++ (let ((subject (notmuch-pretty-non-empty-subject\r
+ (plist-get (notmuch-show-get-prop :headers msg) :Subject))))\r
+ (rename-buffer subject t)\r
+ (ps-print-buffer)))\r
+@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Optional OUTPUT allows passing a list of flags to muttprint."\r
+ (defun notmuch-print-ps-print/evince (msg)\r
+ "Preview a message buffer using ps-print and evince."\r
+ (let ((ps-file (make-temp-file "notmuch"))\r
+- (subject (notmuch-prettify-subject\r
++ (subject (notmuch-pretty-non-empty-subject\r
+ (plist-get (notmuch-show-get-prop :headers msg) :Subject))))\r
+ (rename-buffer subject t)\r
+ (ps-print-buffer ps-file)\r
+diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-show.el b/emacs/notmuch-show.el\r
+index 7469e2e..4a23cc2 100644\r
+--- a/emacs/notmuch-show.el\r
++++ b/emacs/notmuch-show.el\r
+@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ Some useful entries are:\r
+ (notmuch-show-get-prop :depth))\r
+ \r
+ (defun notmuch-show-get-pretty-subject ()\r
+- (notmuch-prettify-subject (notmuch-show-get-subject)))\r
++ (notmuch-pretty-subject (notmuch-show-get-subject)))\r
+ \r
+ (defun notmuch-show-set-tags (tags)\r
+ "Set the tags of the current message."\r
+diff --git a/emacs/notmuch.el b/emacs/notmuch.el\r
+index cd04ffd..aab6946 100644\r
+--- a/emacs/notmuch.el\r
++++ b/emacs/notmuch.el\r
+@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ Complete list of currently available key bindings:\r
+ "Display the currently selected thread."\r
+ (interactive "P")\r
+ (let ((thread-id (notmuch-search-find-thread-id))\r
+- (subject (notmuch-prettify-subject (notmuch-search-find-subject))))\r
++ (subject (notmuch-pretty-non-empty-subject (notmuch-search-find-subject))))\r
+ (if (> (length thread-id) 0)\r
+ (notmuch-show thread-id\r
+ (current-buffer)\r
+@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ non-authors is found, assume that all of the authors match."\r
+ (insert (concat "Error: Unexpected output from notmuch search:\n" (substring string line (match-beginning 1)) "\n")))\r
+ (let ((beg (point)))\r
+ (notmuch-search-show-result date count authors\r
+- (notmuch-prettify-subject subject) tags)\r
++ (notmuch-pretty-subject subject) tags)\r
+ (notmuch-search-color-line beg (point) tag-list)\r
+ (put-text-property beg (point) 'notmuch-search-thread-id thread-id)\r
+ (put-text-property beg (point) 'notmuch-search-authors authors)\r
+-- \r
+1.7.8.3\r
+\r