From: Tomi Valkeinen Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 12:39:59 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Re: notmuch-lib questions and observations X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=37cf6f3a93279fb2a1c95965751f6bb985899db1;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: notmuch-lib questions and observations --- diff --git a/13/4a6a1c747c9d2484cd530abda5e0f34c7f1056 b/13/4a6a1c747c9d2484cd530abda5e0f34c7f1056 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cb400ba59 --- /dev/null +++ b/13/4a6a1c747c9d2484cd530abda5e0f34c7f1056 @@ -0,0 +1,182 @@ +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 39611431FBF + for ; Tue, 19 Nov 2013 04:40:32 -0800 (PST) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.699 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.699 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, + RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] 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 Y0BH+nfC8Cnj for ; + Tue, 19 Nov 2013 04:40:08 -0800 (PST) +Received: from mail-lb0-f180.google.com (mail-lb0-f180.google.com + [209.85.217.180]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 91D96431FBC + for ; Tue, 19 Nov 2013 04:40:08 -0800 (PST) +Received: by mail-lb0-f180.google.com with SMTP id w6so2532651lbh.39 + for ; Tue, 19 Nov 2013 04:40:04 -0800 (PST) +DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; + h=sender:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject + :references:in-reply-to:content-type; + bh=Y2pzQekBi6H7thor2D/iNVHkMUzKVPGYE9sLSx/8Mf4=; + b=ux9Z4rZtyjWJ77FzTC7oJgQGg3DV4zf8sKI3aD4UOtuRca4agsaxqrXs23m/QzeQRq + OZZYhCMQLSHOrfQr/HwD3jTbYnKZmNQcC7HQNJIUE5RkpL9EmsrYA08JINDAuPsxxZJe + DbA2QLLL6XWiaX9dzWIlGuvUKGnb3HncYefybIp8AcMvIsG/SY20crLY7SG3cCyYq4Fd + ekrhqtKXoGb3JbD3QAh9FTtvrnycFiHEqrNcfY/6MjIqBJr00rSrsD4L7nuu3SjXnHV0 + EBCKgf0ftwCXpa1s+0d5KekrMiMSuFqTcOdlDwT+OO4ygvbwoQxoQptTx6lzxvZPcwiy + hB+Q== +X-Received: by 10.112.73.3 with SMTP id h3mr18029116lbv.4.1384864802092; + Tue, 19 Nov 2013 04:40:02 -0800 (PST) +Received: from [192.168.1.3] (a91-156-160-115.elisa-laajakaista.fi. + [91.156.160.115]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id + xc10sm15735270lbb.6.2013.11.19.04.39.59 for + (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); + Tue, 19 Nov 2013 04:40:00 -0800 (PST) +Sender: Tomi Valkeinen +Message-ID: <528B5C1F.4050908@iki.fi> +Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:39:59 +0200 +From: Tomi Valkeinen +User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; + rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.1.0 +MIME-Version: 1.0 +To: Jani Nikula , notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: notmuch-lib questions and observations +References: <528A26F4.3040006@iki.fi> <87bo1gio9c.fsf@nikula.org> +In-Reply-To: <87bo1gio9c.fsf@nikula.org> +X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 +Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; + protocol="application/pgp-signature"; + boundary="oxINwwJVIHxoqmI1oHjGuBQ3Al986pbba" +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: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 12:40:32 -0000 + +This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) +--oxINwwJVIHxoqmI1oHjGuBQ3Al986pbba +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 +Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable + +On 2013-11-19 14:12, Jani Nikula wrote: +> On Mon, 18 Nov 2013, Tomi Valkeinen wrote: +>> Hi, +>> +>> I found out about notmuch quite recently, and now I've been tinkering +>> with it, prototyping a GUI client. I have some questions and observati= +ons: +>=20 +> Hello Tomi, glad you've found notmuch too! ;) + +Well, I'm still using Thunderbird... ;) + +>> 3. +>> +>> How is a client using notmuch supposed to find out there are new +>> messages, and which messages are new? +>=20 +> 'notmuch new' tags any new messages it finds with tags specified in +> new.tags config option (man notmuch-config), "inbox" and "unread" by +> default. Some people like to change that to "new", and run a post-new +> hook (man notmuch-hooks) that looks at messages matching tag:new, +> retagging as desired. +>=20 +>> My current thought is to make 'notmuch new' run a script that tags the= + +>> messages, and make it add a 'new-gui' or such tag to all new messages.= + +>> The client would then periodically make a query for that tag, and at t= +he +>> same time remove the tag for any returned messages. +>=20 +> As said, 'notmuch new' does that, and it can also run a script for you.= + + +I think I wasn't very clear on what I meant. I was thinking about the +behavior that graphical mail clients have: they periodically refresh the +emails, showing new ones if there are any, and they'll show some icon or +such which tells the user this email is "new" (which could mean received +in the last periodic refresh). + +So with notmuch, the client would somehow need to know that there has +been changes in the database, and then know which emails are new. + +For the former, I have no good idea as there doesn't seem to be any way +to find out the db was changed since the last open. For the latter, I +guess the tagging method I mentioned above should work. + +If the xapian document id was available, I believe it could also be used +for the latter, as it should always be increasing. + +>> 5. +>> +>> This one is just a vague thought that came to my mind. At the moment +>> notmuch hides Xapian totally behind notmuch's interface, which probabl= +y +>> makes things simpler (and gives a nice C API), but also (afaik) preven= +ts +>> using Xapian features that are not at the moment supported in the +>> notmuch API. +>> +>> I wonder how would an approach work where notmuch would be a bit more +>> like a helper library, allowing full use of Xapian's features but maki= +ng +>> it simple to manage notmuch database. So, for example, when making a +>> query, you'd create a Xapian query with notmuch, and then use Xapian t= +o +>> run the query. +>> +>> I don't have anything clear in mind, and obviously Xapian being C++ +>> might make the whole idea unimplementable. +>=20 +> I think the database implementation has been abstracted on purpose, so +> we could, at least in theory, switch from xapian to something else. I +> don't know how feasible that would be though. I think Austin has +> experimented with that. + +Ah, a valid point, I didn't think of that. + + Tomi + + + +--oxINwwJVIHxoqmI1oHjGuBQ3Al986pbba +Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" +Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature +Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" + +-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- +Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) +Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ + +iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJSi1wfAAoJEPo9qoy8lh71+UUP/j6LEk8MvjGaLXzx9Wm1x2DI +PqFtZH/dFXjKwYOi4PJjVTmJdocCR+O0e+V3CijjufsZubANSoHYLt+OLXBuCmoW +lfpZ5t8SLe/JNErCwJaQTjtyUeAfiPlmc/6uiui1sFaktmC3Gs5CbHlyEBoclSah +M2XXFedYcAg7IUTzTJLy6ML1GiCakJpFSMnI5MPnc5Lper/mGZ56B3Sp4kT4FzKu +c7+XnbItzcBJBf4pRM2AwBly3Ha1i2B6OaKfn4mn+6sWwoXYJtUqxqND72H00B6+ +ok2OpYzojLMSVwN3iXDG54oOkBrisSkiqLlWyqnuvy9ZaIGEr0s3A2QTQzD+d69J +X8YpolAP919difctmFDEVizoOXartpQDO+Sn9nwmZX05PwZcPlA51qWMiQdgYQwK +7EvwLfvAbYEFPR7FCuC2ar45DQguGANDW0+5M1RU1wF22V5XqO9svSxGWF3T/vjH +M+NFf2M9vvF9FkCaHHF6CowVr7eIMlSKQwhwvTQSgLwxEu0ZCbRLnTMMr3pL9gYC +3WJ6EepSUimunQT8g5uBXKaXUOk9Dhbt+f/HCDyVy1x3bNrp3J2zAJsJsTf92s6D +cRrNxO3uu1dX65q4lJDR0Ll1Iit0Zfsf2rM5FUGoIiLGY5Fuwo3tsveb3nfyNsCQ +pfqN+B2DpF3FIjXWVyR2 +=zxrZ +-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- + +--oxINwwJVIHxoqmI1oHjGuBQ3Al986pbba--