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 1040A431FCF for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:01:24 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 2.438 X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.438 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[DNS_FROM_AHBL_RHSBL=2.438] 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 BSusi5MHf8n4 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:01:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx.xen14.node3324.gplhost.com (gitolite.debian.net [87.98.215.224]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED9B0431FC9 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:01:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from remotemail by mx.xen14.node3324.gplhost.com with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YDe13-0008CI-5M; Tue, 20 Jan 2015 18:59:05 +0000 Received: (nullmailer pid 23070 invoked by uid 1000); Tue, 20 Jan 2015 18:58:51 -0000 From: David Bremner To: Tomi Ollila , notmuch@notmuchmail.org, Jani Nikula Subject: Re: [DRAFT PATCH v2] modified notmuch-emacs-mua v2 In-Reply-To: <1421776424-24304-1-git-send-email-tomi.ollila@iki.fi> References: <1421598115-4889-1-git-send-email-david@tethera.net> <1421776424-24304-1-git-send-email-tomi.ollila@iki.fi> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.19+27~g29ffde4 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.4.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 19:58:51 +0100 Message-ID: <87ppa9xor8.fsf@maritornes.cs.unb.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: tomi.ollila@iki.fi 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, 20 Jan 2015 19:01:24 -0000 Tomi Ollila writes: > This is second draft patch of (first being) > > id:1405026779-29966-1-git-send-email-tomi.ollila@iki.fi > > I saw potential problem with only supporting emacsclient(1) in > the version David sent: > id:1421598115-4889-1-git-send-email-david@tethera.net > > (no emacs server running and no tty -- new X client not started) > I don't understand what use case is failing for you. I think I tested all 4 combinations of DISPLAY set and unset and emacs server running and not running. Do you somehow want to run the notmuch-emacs-mua script from a process not attached to a terminal (from cron?). > In case emacsclient(1) is used and no --no-window-system, '-c' arg is > given to emacsclient like in the version David sent. > > (this means that if emacs is not running on X, user may get this message: > "emacsclient: could not get terminal name" -- we need to document user > to give -nw (--no-window-system) option then) As I wrote above, I'm missing what the tradeoff is. The version I sent works fine (at least for me) in the case where DISPLAY is not set and --no-window-system is not given (i.e. it's implied if DISPLAY is not set). d