From: David Bremner Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:11:36 +0000 (+2000) Subject: Re: notmuch emacs mode could be friendlier when the user has never run "notmuch setup" X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5069423d9357b6239b0962a07ff625f2c1c7f25d;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: notmuch emacs mode could be friendlier when the user has never run "notmuch setup" --- diff --git a/09/0fd70a3741aa0bb3ea0acacdd49eab7b00a180 b/09/0fd70a3741aa0bb3ea0acacdd49eab7b00a180 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1742a5cf7 --- /dev/null +++ b/09/0fd70a3741aa0bb3ea0acacdd49eab7b00a180 @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +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 12CD3431FBD + for ; Mon, 27 Jan 2014 05:11:49 -0800 (PST) +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 o9GNV4SjLv9E for ; + Mon, 27 Jan 2014 05:11:41 -0800 (PST) +Received: from yantan.tethera.net (yantan.tethera.net [199.188.72.155]) + (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 66F26431FBC + for ; Mon, 27 Jan 2014 05:11:41 -0800 (PST) +Received: from remotemail by yantan.tethera.net with local (Exim 4.80) + (envelope-from ) + id 1W7lyW-0005nr-AS; Mon, 27 Jan 2014 09:11:40 -0400 +Received: (nullmailer pid 3123 invoked by uid 1000); Mon, 27 Jan 2014 + 13:11:36 -0000 +From: David Bremner +To: Daniel Kahn Gillmor , notmuch + +Subject: Re: notmuch emacs mode could be friendlier when the user has never + run "notmuch setup" +In-Reply-To: <5228989D.8030607@fifthhorseman.net> +References: <5228989D.8030607@fifthhorseman.net> +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.17+53~g3e1d7f6 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.3.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 09:11:36 -0400 +Message-ID: <87d2jdlgc7.fsf@zancas.localnet> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain +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: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:11:49 -0000 + +Daniel Kahn Gillmor writes: + + +> At the very least, the error message could say "please run 'notmuch +> setup' from a shell". + +This is implimented in git commit 1c2f2c960c (with the patch series in +this thread), and will be part of notmuch 0.18. So far I only added the +assert to notmuch-hello (also known as M-x notmuch), but it would be +easy to add to other entry-points if people think it's a good idea. + +> +> The current behavior (notmuch and notmuch-emacs 0.16-1 on debian) is to +> open a *notmuch-hello* buffer that says : +> +> Welcome to notmuch. You have +> +> And in the minibuffer, a message says "notmuch exited with status 1" +>