From: Jani Nikula Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 16:17:44 +0000 (+0300) Subject: Re: notmuch.el: controlling what does and doesn't get expanded in searches X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5caa0708cb3763b9558599cd9a239d965e51dee9;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: notmuch.el: controlling what does and doesn't get expanded in searches --- diff --git a/70/a24d4504db8847c1e8c5e86bdbd9e4c9560454 b/70/a24d4504db8847c1e8c5e86bdbd9e4c9560454 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0792abc4a --- /dev/null +++ b/70/a24d4504db8847c1e8c5e86bdbd9e4c9560454 @@ -0,0 +1,115 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B9556DE02AF + for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2016 09:19:19 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.571 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.571 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.149, + DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, + RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01] autolearn=disabled +Received: from arlo.cworth.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (arlo.cworth.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id V8ajJIy1By28 for ; + Thu, 4 Aug 2016 09:19:10 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from mail-wm0-f48.google.com (mail-wm0-f48.google.com + [74.125.82.48]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0D6FC6DE01EE for + ; Thu, 4 Aug 2016 09:19:10 -0700 (PDT) +Received: by mail-wm0-f48.google.com with SMTP id p129so3361287wmp.0 + for ; Thu, 04 Aug 2016 09:19:09 -0700 (PDT) +DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; + d=nikula-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; + h=from:to:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date:message-id + :mime-version; bh=/MVgxaiqDhzuxIje0iSDaNyP5r8LlljwkiUeBoktjzw=; + b=Ph7KdoWVrQFooxASd0B3pZRWbUKBSVCNpVnPFOP53ciD3uf+pktnTPkn93C/iltjyo + JaGszuXiSZLVOX+RjgU7WnXBKL/s8vy8YwQLNNNqnWS7MbV4ush21dAeQgd2rtZXUvup + mazgJwCjHCwgIfoThFvRVEfLL1CbEz9U+7iZU53Fh78K9C5J/UQiDKjBjoRaQ36dwRyz + 68ndQCWFDxWlil+TQEfbtUdpNrRTbSVJiF+wCO5T3VQg/wc2aCW/8N2z6QcNvL8dElfq + HCLzhtN+E8lVTbdoR5QGa31LRFu65yNuYaGyHNKveopEhHvFQzY2DwkN5dhTjKMDhftJ + XWnw== +X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; + d=1e100.net; s=20130820; + h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:references + :user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version; + bh=/MVgxaiqDhzuxIje0iSDaNyP5r8LlljwkiUeBoktjzw=; + b=DgOyXHosRWhl3Iaj8O72POugbPmtOhdH6dwzrSX32pdph65NRl6NRN+bFI6SB2q31B + VSi/5ljluaDkLUkTIQVvw+fR2NLO6JeHE1keAaBsymT/yoUx1lX02xYLrJp0gGvA2Ohj + BgZwU+kiifnqzRTCP6jZKigLJ2BPOdrAjNYAcCmIG381DYfYD30tlHex6iXvjJmJObkp + Zx2pG/a0wxo+QqHxtA6N+rnfwRsF2M7fIpU2Bj8607cimq6d72l5A1dWiLVxI66xfsHd + crtZqra7Sd6MW+4K5qO62KvrKD7M89U+6O3pgDzL8fc41Y72++dams/L/68sdKl4dlkH + kzsw== +X-Gm-Message-State: + AEkoouslAZhgjCbHXzAZh8UHpZY+iMDYktRUm7itjc2L5YW1MGlPmvlH0eS8DLM5Hz7Y3A== +X-Received: by 10.28.238.88 with SMTP id m85mr70933087wmh.92.1470327548446; + Thu, 04 Aug 2016 09:19:08 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from localhost (mobile-access-bcee5c-212.dhcp.inet.fi. + [188.238.92.212]) + by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id s6sm13559495wjm.25.2016.08.04.09.19.07 + (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); + Thu, 04 Aug 2016 09:19:07 -0700 (PDT) +From: Jani Nikula +To: Matt Armstrong , notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: notmuch.el: controlling what does and doesn't get expanded in + searches +In-Reply-To: +References: +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.22+35~g6a833a6 (https://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.4.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2016 19:17:44 +0300 +Message-ID: <87a8gsv787.fsf@nikula.org> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 +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: Thu, 04 Aug 2016 16:19:19 -0000 + +On Thu, 04 Aug 2016, Matt Armstrong wrote: +> This question pertains to notmuch built from recent git HEAD, using +> notmuch.el in show mode (i.e. not tree mode). +> +> I sometimes read a thread with a bunch of messages and notmuch.el +> collapses a bunch of them (even if unread and the search matches tags +> in every message). I can't figure out the heuristic notmuch is +> applying here. + +The idea is that all the messages matching the query are expanded, the +others collapsed. Each expanded message must fully match the query. The +unread or inbox tags are not special in this regard. + +I am not saying this is ideal, but this is how it's supposed to +work. (Indeed I'd personally like to define e.g. saved search specific +tags or queries to use for deciding which messages to expand.) + +> In particular, pressing SPC does not seem to navigate to the collapsed +> messages (again, even if they are unread). + +SPC and n and p are supposed to navigate expanded messages only. N and P +navigate all messages (but do not expand by default). Again, the tags +the messages have do not matter. You can manually expand/collapse +messages, and that'll affect the navigation. + +> Worst case: only the first messages is initially expanded and all +> subsequent are collapsed. I press SPC and the cursor goes to the end of +> search results. SPC again all the entire thread is archived. +> +> This behavior has caused me to accidentally skip messages. First step +> for me is understanding what is going on so I can fix it. + +Yes, let's first check that notmuch behaves as it is expected, and then +figure out how to improve it. + +BR, +Jani.