Re: [PATCH] How to improve the mail handling workflow?

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+From: Jameson Rollins <jrollins@finestructure.net>\r
+To: Matthieu Lemerre <racin@free.fr>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: [PATCH] How to improve the mail handling workflow?\r
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+On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:23:58 +0100, Matthieu Lemerre <racin@free.fr> wrote:\r
+> The emacs interface to notmuch gets in my way in at least several\r
+> manners:\r
+\r
+Hi, Matthieu.  Here are some of the things I've done to deal with\r
+similar issues:\r
+\r
+>  - I often find myself hitting the spacebar too much, which ends up with\r
+>    some of my new messages being removed from all of their tags, which\r
+>    make them very difficult to find. I don't think the spacebar should\r
+>    remove the inbox tag at all. It should only change the unread tag.\r
+\r
+I agree that the function currently bound to space bar is annoying.  I\r
+am actually in the middle of preparing a patch to fix this.  I think\r
+that space should just scroll through the open messages.  I don't want\r
+it to archive anything, or pop out of the currently viewed thread.  I\r
+think this function is too aggressive as is.\r
+\r
+>  - It does not provide a command for deleting mails. We were several\r
+>    people who provided patches to add a 'd' keybinding to support\r
+>    deletion. I provided a complex patch for that (that added "and not\r
+>    tag:deleted" to all requests", but I now think that just adding a\r
+>    "deleted" tag and removing the "inbox" tag would be sufficient).\r
+\r
+I agree that some built-in support for handling "deleted" tags is called\r
+for, but in the mean time it's very easy to make your own custom\r
+functions to drop into your emacs config.  I have the following:\r
+\r
+(define-key notmuch-search-mode-map "d"\r
+  (lambda ()\r
+    "delete thread and advance"\r
+    (interactive)\r
+    (notmuch-search-add-tag "deleted")\r
+    (forward-line)))\r
+\r
+(define-key notmuch-show-mode-map "d"\r
+  (lambda ()\r
+    "delete current message and advance"\r
+    (interactive)\r
+    (notmuch-show-add-tag "deleted")\r
+    (notmuch-show-next-open-message-or-pop)))\r
+\r
+(define-key notmuch-search-mode-map "u"\r
+  (lambda ()\r
+    "undelete thread"\r
+    (interactive)\r
+    (notmuch-search-remove-tag "deleted")))\r
+\r
+(define-key notmuch-show-mode-map "u"\r
+  (lambda ()\r
+    "undelete current message"\r
+    (interactive)\r
+    (notmuch-show-remove-tag "deleted")))\r
+\r
+I do *not* think that adding the "deleted" tag should remove the inbox\r
+tag.  If you want to view your inbox without seeing the deleted\r
+messages, then just use the search "tag:inbox and not tag:deleted".\r
+\r
+>  - Processing mails which do not have any automatically added tag is\r
+>    boring, because I need to press several keys to archive them: "+" to\r
+>    add a tag, and then "a". If I forget about +, then my mail is\r
+>    impossible to find.\r
+\r
+Again, I achieve archiving with some simple custom functions:\r
+\r
+(define-key notmuch-search-mode-map "a"\r
+  (lambda ()\r
+    "archive thread and advance"\r
+    (interactive)\r
+    (notmuch-search-remove-tag "inbox")\r
+    (notmuch-search-remove-tag "unread")\r
+    (forward-line)))\r
+\r
+(define-key notmuch-show-mode-map "a"\r
+  (lambda ()\r
+    "archive current message and advance"\r
+    (interactive)\r
+    (notmuch-show-remove-tag "inbox")\r
+    (notmuch-show-next-open-message-or-pop)))\r
+\r
+(define-key notmuch-show-mode-map "i"\r
+  (lambda ()\r
+    "add current message to inbox"\r
+    (interactive)\r
+    (notmuch-show-add-tag "inbox")))\r
+\r
+jamie.\r
+\r
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