From: Lele Gaifax Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:45:47 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Re: Address completion in Emacs X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=74a0fc63bc0d0383f8218aadc82323c399f50fa7;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: Address completion in Emacs --- diff --git a/7b/e2b298d946832ec83171a42646e42bdb82ebc4 b/7b/e2b298d946832ec83171a42646e42bdb82ebc4 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f301dbb76 --- /dev/null +++ b/7b/e2b298d946832ec83171a42646e42bdb82ebc4 @@ -0,0 +1,95 @@ +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 3BCE2431FD5 + for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 04:46:06 -0800 (PST) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: 0.165 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.165 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO=0.865] + 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 AxP1P0+WebkA for ; + Fri, 12 Dec 2014 04:46:02 -0800 (PST) +Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) + (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 39979431FBC + for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 04:46:02 -0800 (PST) +Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) + (envelope-from ) id 1XzPbc-00024c-Hh + for notmuch@notmuchmail.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 13:46:00 +0100 +Received: from 151.62.31.98 ([151.62.31.98]) + by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) + id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 + for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 13:46:00 +0100 +Received: from lele by 151.62.31.98 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) + id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 + for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 13:46:00 +0100 +X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ +To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +From: Lele Gaifax +Subject: Re: Address completion in Emacs +Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 13:45:47 +0100 +Organization: Nautilus Entertainments +Lines: 31 +Message-ID: <87vblh829w.fsf@nautilus.nautilus> +References: <87d27p9t0f.fsf@nautilus.nautilus> + +Mime-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 +Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit +X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org +X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.62.31.98 +User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) +Cancel-Lock: sha1:M+qUkDsKo+eGtsKOP90Fwz2yvE4= +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: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:46:06 -0000 + +David Edmondson writes: + +> On Fri, Dec 12 2014, Lele Gaifax wrote: +>> Wouldn't it be more "correct" to pass the unchanged `options' list and +>> the "real" `orig' text as `initial-input' to the customizable function +>> instead? +> +> Would I then have to press TAB twice to get the first result? + +No, why? The customizable `notmuch-address-selection-function' would be +free to pass (car options) as the initial-input of `completing-read', if +needed. When using `ido-completing-read', the first option is +pre-selected, so a RET confirms that. + +>> I understand that it may be undesiderable to break existing +>> configurations by rectifying the arguments in that way, and in such case +>> could we change the `initial-input' argument name to better reflect the +>> fact that it actually contains one possible candidate instead? +> +> From the perspective of `notmuch-address-selection-function', it _is_ +> the `initial-input', as that is what is presented to the user. + +IMHO no, it's not: what it receives as `initial-input' is not what the +user actually wrote, but rather just the (somewhat arbitrary) first +candidate address found by `notmuch-address-command'. + +thanks&bye, lele. +-- +nickname: Lele Gaifax | Quando vivrò di quello che ho pensato ieri +real: Emanuele Gaifas | comincerò ad aver paura di chi mi copia. +lele@metapensiero.it | -- Fortunato Depero, 1929. +