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+On Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:58:04 +0400, Dmitry Kurochkin <dmitry.kurochkin@gmail.com> wrote:\r
+> Hi Mark.\r
+> \r
+> I am not sure I like this solution. My concerns are:\r
+> \r
+> * New option looks too complex, too specific.\r
+> \r
+> * There are more aspects of notmuch reply behavior which users would\r
+> like to change (e.g. which part to quote). If we add an option for\r
+> each, we complicate both nomtuch show UI and code.\r
+> \r
+> The problem is that notmuch show output format is too limiting. Instead\r
+> of providing myriad of options for tweaking notmuch show text format\r
+> behavior, we should add JSON format for notmuch reply similar to nomtuch\r
+> show. That would allow notmuch reply to produce structured output with\r
+> required additional information, which should be enough for users to\r
+> construct whatever reply they want.\r
+> \r
+> In this particular case, notmuch reply JSON format could have\r
+> "from-source" attribute that would indicate how it was guessed.\r
+> \r
+> Now the best part. Not so long ago, Adam (in Cc) provided a patch for\r
+> improving nomtuch reply for HTML-only emails. At first he added an\r
+> option for notmuch reply, like you did for from-guessing. I suggested\r
+> him to implement it based on the JSON format instead and he did. AFAIK\r
+> the latest version of his patches is [1]. I did not look at the code\r
+> though. It seems that it is waiting for more review.\r
+> \r
+> So, instead of adding more nomtuch show options, I think a better\r
+> solution is to work with Adam to get the notmuch reply JSON format to\r
+> master and then fix the from-guessing issue by adding an attribute to\r
+> notmuch reply JSON format.\r
+\r
+Yes I think you are quite right: this would be a better solution\r
+(particularly as Adam has already done all the hard work!)\r
+\r
+Many thanks\r
+\r
+Mark\r