(message "No messages matched the query!")
nil))))
+(defun notmuch-show--build-queries (thread context)
+ "Return a list of queries to try for this search.
+
+THREAD and CONTEXT are both strings, though CONTEXT may be nil.
+When CONTEXT is not nil, the first query is the conjunction of it
+and THREAD. The next query is THREAD alone, and serves as a
+fallback if the prior matches no messages."
+ (let (queries)
+ (push (list thread) queries)
+ (if context (push (list thread "and (" context ")") queries))
+ queries))
+
(defun notmuch-show--build-buffer (&optional state)
"Display messages matching the current buffer context.
first relevant message.
If no messages match the query return NIL."
- (let* ((basic-args (list notmuch-show-thread-id))
- (args (if notmuch-show-query-context
- (append (list "\'") basic-args
- (list "and (" notmuch-show-query-context ")\'"))
- (append (list "\'") basic-args (list "\'"))))
- (cli-args (cons "--exclude=false"
+ (let* ((cli-args (cons "--exclude=false"
(when notmuch-show-elide-non-matching-messages
(list "--entire-thread=false"))))
-
- (forest (or (notmuch-query-get-threads (append cli-args args))
- ;; If a query context reduced the number of
- ;; results to zero, try again without it.
- (and notmuch-show-query-context
- (notmuch-query-get-threads (append cli-args basic-args)))))
-
+ (queries (notmuch-show--build-queries
+ notmuch-show-thread-id notmuch-show-query-context))
+ (forest nil)
;; Must be reset every time we are going to start inserting
;; messages into the buffer.
(notmuch-show-previous-subject ""))
-
+ ;; Use results from the first query that returns some.
+ (while (and (not forest) queries)
+ (setq forest (notmuch-query-get-threads
+ (append cli-args (list "'") (car queries) (list "'"))))
+ (setq queries (cdr queries)))
(when forest
(notmuch-show-insert-forest forest)