1 Notmuch 0.21 (UNRELEASED)
2 =========================
7 The use of absolute paths is now enforced when calling notmuch_database_{open, create}
10 Notmuch 0.20.1 (2015-06-01)
11 ===========================
16 Work around apparent gdb bug on arm64
18 Notmuch 0.20 (2015-05-31)
19 =========================
21 Command-Line Interface
22 ----------------------
24 There is a new `mimetype:` search prefix
26 The new `mimetype:` search prefix allows searching for the
27 content-type of attachments, which is now indexed. See the
28 `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for details.
30 Path to gpg is now configurable
32 On systems with multiple versions of gpg, you can tell
33 notmuch which one to use by setting `crypto.gpg_path`
38 Avoid rendering large text attachements.
40 Improved rendering of CID references in HTML.
45 Vim client now respects excluded tags.
50 Support messages without Message-IDs.
55 Undeprecate single message mboxes
57 It seems more trouble to remove this feature than expected, so
58 `notmuch new` will no longer nag about mboxes with a single message.
60 New error logging facility
62 Clients should call `notmuch_database_status_string` to retrieve
63 output formerly printed to stderr.
65 Several bug fixes related to stale iterators
67 New status code returning API for n_query_search_{messages,thread}
69 Fix for library `install_name` on Mac OS X
71 Fix for rounding of seconds
76 Sphinx is now mandatory to build docs
78 Support for using rst2man in place of sphinx to build the
79 docmumentation has been removed.
81 Improved notmuch-search-terms.7
83 The man page `notmuch-search-terms(7)` has been extended, merging
84 some material from the relicensed wiki.
89 `notmuch-deliver` is removed. As far as we know, all functionality
90 previously provided by `notmuch-deliver` should now be provided by
91 `notmuch insert`, provided by the main notmuch binary.
96 `nmbug-status` now only matches local branches when reading
97 `status-config.json` from the `config` branch of the `NMBGIT`
98 repository. To help new users running `nmbug-status`, `nmbug clone`
99 now creates a local `config` branch tracking `origin/config`. Folks
100 who use `nmbug-status` with an in-Git config (i.e. you don't use the
101 `--config` option) who already have `NMBGIT` set up are encouraged to
104 git checkout config origin/config
106 in their `NMBGIT` repository (usually `~/.nmbug`).
108 Notmuch 0.19 (2014-11-14)
109 =========================
114 This release improves the reliability of `notmuch dump` and the error
115 handling for `notmuch insert`. The new `notmuch address` command is
116 intended to make searching for email addresses more convenient. At the
117 library level the revised handling of missing messages fixes at least
118 one bug in threading. The release also includes several interface
119 improvements to the emacs interface, most notably the ability to bind
120 keyboard shortcuts to saved searches.
122 Command-Line Interface
123 ----------------------
125 Stopped `notmuch dump` failing if someone writes to the database
127 The dump command now takes the write lock when running. This
128 prevents other processes from writing to the database during the
129 dump which would cause the dump to fail. Note, if another notmuch
130 process already has the write lock the dump will not start, so
131 script callers should still check the return value.
133 `notmuch insert` requires succesful message indexing for success status
135 Previously the `notmuch insert` subcommand indicated success even if
136 the message indexing failed, as long as the message was delivered to
137 file system. This could have lead to delivered messages missing
138 tags, etc. `notmuch insert` is now more strict, also requiring
139 succesful indexing for success status. Use the new `--keep` option
140 to revert to the old behaviour (keeping the delivered message file
141 and returning success even if indexing fails).
143 `notmuch insert` has gained support for `post-insert` hook
145 The new `post-insert` hook is run after message delivery, similar to
146 `post-new`. There's also a new option `notmuch insert --no-hooks` to
147 skip the hook. See the notmuch-hooks(1) man page for details.
149 `notmuch deliver` is deprecated
151 With this release we believe that `notmuch insert` has reached
152 parity with `notmuch deliver`. We recommend that all users of
153 `notmuch deliver` switch to `notmuch insert` as the former is
154 currently unmaintained.
156 `notmuch search` now supports `--duplicate=N` option with `--output=messages`
158 Complementing the `notmuch search --duplicate=N --output=files`
159 options, the new `--duplicate=N --output=messages` combination
160 limits output of message IDs to messages matching search terms that
161 have at least `N` files associated with them.
163 Added `notmuch address` subcommand
165 This new subcommand searches for messages matching the given search
166 terms, and prints the addresses from them. Duplicate addresses are
167 filtered out. The `--output` option controls which of the following
168 information is printed: sender addresses, recipient addresses and
169 count of duplicate addresses.
174 Use the `j` key to access saved searches from anywhere in notmuch
176 `j` is now globally bound to `notmuch-jump`, which provides fast,
177 interactive keyboard shortcuts to saved searches. For example,
178 with the default saved searches `j i` from anywhere in notmuch will
181 Improved handling of the unread tag
183 Notmuch now marks an open message read (i.e., removes the unread
184 tag) if point enters the message at any time in a show buffer
185 regardless of how point got there (mouse click, cursor command, page
186 up/down, notmuch commands such as n,N etc). This fixes various
187 anomalies or bugs in the previous handling. Additionally it is
188 possible to customize the mark read handling by setting
189 `notmuch-show-mark-read-function` to a custom function.
191 Expanded default saved search settings
193 The default saved searches now include several more common searches,
194 as well as shortcut keys for `notmuch-jump`.
196 Improved `q` binding in notmuch buffers
198 `q` will now bury rather than kill a notmuch search, show or tree
199 buffer if there are multiple windows showing the buffer. If only a
200 single window is showing the buffer, it is killed.
202 `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link-alist` now supports functions
204 Some list archives may use a more complicated scheme for referring
205 to messages than just concatenated URL and message ID. For example,
206 patchwork requires a query to translate message ID to a patchwork
207 patch ID. `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link-alist` now supports
208 functions to better cover such cases. See the help documentation for
209 the variable for details.
214 Introduced database version 3 with support for "database features."
216 Features are independent aspects of the database schema.
217 Representing these independently of the database version number will
218 let us evolve the database format faster and more incrementally,
219 while maintaining better forwards and backwards compatibility.
221 Library users are no longer required to call `notmuch_database_upgrade`
223 Previously, library users were required to call
224 `notmuch_database_needs_upgrade` and `notmuch_database_upgrade`
225 before using a writable database. Even the CLI didn't get this
226 right, and it is no longer required. Now, individual APIs may
227 return `NOTMUCH_STATUS_UPGRADE_REQUIRED` if the database format is
228 too out of date for that API.
230 Library users can now abort an atomic section by closing the database
232 Previously there was no supported way to abort an atomic section.
233 Callers can now simply close the database, and any outstanding
234 atomic section will be aborted.
236 Add return status to `notmuch_database_close` and
237 `notmuch_database_destroy`
239 Bug fixes and performance improvements for thread linking
241 The database now represents missing-but-referenced messages ("ghost
242 messages") similarly to how it represents regular messages. This
243 enables an improved thread linking algorithm that performs better
244 and fixes a bug that sometimes prevented notmuch from linking
245 messages into the same thread.
250 The Perl script has been translated to Python; you'll need Python 2.7
251 or anything from the 3.x line. Most of the user-facing interface is
252 the same, but `nmbug help` is now `nmbug --help`, and the following nmbug
253 commands have slightly different interfaces: `archive`, `commit`,
254 `fetch`, `log`, `pull`, `push`, and `status`. For details on the
255 new interface for a given command, run `nmbug COMMAND --help`.
260 `nmbug-status` can now optionally load header and footer templates
261 from the config file. Use something like:
265 "header": "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang="en">\n...",
266 "footer": "</body></html>",
275 Add support for `notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude`
280 The notmuch binaries and libraries are now build with debugging symbols
281 by default. Users concerned with disk space should change the
282 defaults when configuring or use the strip(1) command.
284 Notmuch 0.18.2 (2014-10-25)
285 ===========================
290 Translate T380-atomicity to use gdb/python
292 The new version is compatible with gdb 7.8
294 Emacs 24.4 related bug fixes
296 The Messages buffer became read-only, and the generated mime
297 structure for signatures changed slightly.
299 Simplify T360-symbol-hiding
301 Replace the use of `objdump` on the object files with `nm` on the
304 Notmuch 0.18.1 (2014-06-25)
305 ===========================
307 This is a bug fix and portability release.
312 Add a workaround for systems without zlib.pc
314 Make emacs install robust against the non-existence of emacs
316 Put notmuch lib directory first in RPATH
318 Fix handling of `html_static_path` in sphinx
320 Both the python bindings and the main docs had spurious settings of
326 Use --quick when starting emacs
328 This avoids a hang in the T160-json tests.
330 Allow pending break points in atomicity script
332 This allows the atomicity tests to run on several more architectures/OSes.
334 Command-Line Interface
335 ----------------------
337 To improve portability use fsync instead of fdatasync in
338 `notmuch-dump`. There should be no functional difference.
343 Resurrect support for single-message mbox files
345 The removal introduced a bug with previously indexed single-message
346 mboxes. This support remains deprecated.
348 Fix for phrase indexing
350 There were several bugs where words intermingled from different
351 headers and MIME parts could match a single phrase query. This fix
352 will affect only newly indexed messages.
357 Make sure tagging on an empty query is harmless
359 Previously tagging an empty query could lead to tags being
360 unintentionally removed.
362 Notmuch 0.18 (2014-05-06)
363 =========================
368 This new release includes some enhancements to searching for messages
369 by filesystem location (`folder:` and `path:` prefixes under *General*
370 below). Saved searches in *Emacs* have also been enhanced to allow
371 distinct search orders for each one. Another enhancement to the
372 *Emacs* interface is that replies to encrypted messages are now
373 encrypted, reducing the risk of unintentional information disclosure.
374 The default dump output format has changed to the more robust
375 `batch-tag` format. The previously deprecated parsing of single
376 message mboxes has been removed. For detailed release notes, see
382 The `folder:` search prefix now requires an exact match
384 The `folder:` prefix has been changed to search for email messages
385 by the exact, case sensitive maildir or MH folder name. Wildcard
386 matching (`folder:foo*`) is no longer supported. The new behaviour
387 allows for more accurate mail folder based searches, makes it
388 possible to search for messages in the top-level folder, and should
389 lead to less surprising results than the old behaviour. Users are
390 advised to see the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for details,
391 and review how the change affects their existing `folder:` searches.
393 There is a new `path:` search prefix
395 The new `path:` search prefix complements the `folder:` prefix. The
396 `path:` prefix searches for email messages that are in particular
397 directories within the mail store, optionally recursively using a
398 special syntax. See the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for
401 Notmuch database upgrade due to `folder:` and `path:` changes
403 The above mentioned changes to the `folder:` prefix and the addition
404 of `path:` prefix require a Notmuch database upgrade. This will be
405 done automatically, without prompting on the next time `notmuch new`
406 is run after the upgrade. The upgrade is not reversible, and the
407 upgraded database will not be readable by older versions of
408 Notmuch. As a safeguard, a database dump will be created in the
409 `.notmuch` directory before upgrading.
414 Notmuch database upgrade
416 The libnotmuch consumers are reminded to handle database upgrades
417 properly, either by relying on running `notmuch new`, or checking
418 `notmuch_database_needs_upgrade()` and calling
419 `notmuch_database_upgrade()` as necessary. This has always been the
420 case, but in practise there have been no database upgrades in any
421 released version of Notmuch before now.
423 Support for indexing mbox files has been dropped
425 There has never been proper support for mbox files containing
426 multiple messages, and the support for single-message mbox files has
427 been deprecated since Notmuch 0.15. The support has now been
428 dropped, and all mbox files will be rejected during indexing.
430 Message header parsing changes
432 Notmuch previously had an internal parser for message headers. The
433 parser has now been dropped in favour of letting GMime parse both
434 the headers and the message MIME structure at the same pass. This is
435 mostly an internal change, but the GMime parser is stricter in its
436 interpretation of the headers. This may result in messages with
437 slightly malformed message headers being now rejected.
439 Command-Line Interface
440 ----------------------
442 `notmuch dump` now defaults to `batch-tag` format
444 The old format is still available with `--format=sup`.
446 `notmuch new` has a --quiet option
448 This option suppresses the progress and summary reports.
450 `notmuch insert` respects maildir.synchronize_flags config option
452 Do not synchronize tags to maildir flags in `notmuch insert` if the
453 user does not want it.
455 The commands set consistent exit status codes on failures
457 The cli commands now consistently set exit status of 1 on failures,
458 except where explicitly otherwise noted. The notable expections are
459 the status codes for format version mismatches for commands that
460 support formatted output.
462 Bug fix for checking configured new.tags for invalid tags
464 `notmuch new` and `notmuch insert` now check the user configured
465 new.tags for invalid tags, and refuse to apply them, similar to
466 `notmuch tag`. Invalid tags are currently the empty string and tags
474 If the file pointed by new variable `notmuch-init-file` (typically
475 `~/.emacs.d/notmuch-config.el`) exists, it is loaded at the end of
476 `notmuch.el`. Users can put their personal notmuch emacs lisp based
477 configuration/customization items there instead of filling
478 `~/.emacs` with these.
480 Changed format for saved searches
482 The format for `notmuch-saved-searches` has changed, but old style
483 saved searches are still supported. The new style means that a saved
484 search can store the desired sort order for the search, and it can
485 store a separate query to use for generating the count notmuch
488 The variable is fully customizable and any configuration done
489 through customize should *just work*, with the additional options
490 mentioned above. For manual customization see the documentation for
491 `notmuch-saved-searches`.
493 IMPORTANT: a new style notmuch-saved-searches variable will break
494 previous versions of notmuch-emacs (even search will not work); to
495 fix remove the customization for notmuch-saved-searches.
497 If you have a custom saved search sort function (not unsorted or
498 alphabetical) then the sort function will need to be
499 modified. Replacing (car saved-search) by (notmuch-saved-search-get
500 saved-search :name) and (cdr saved-search) by
501 (notmuch-saved-search-get saved-search :query) should be sufficient.
503 The keys of `notmuch-tag-formats` are now regexps
505 Previously, the keys were literal strings. Customized settings of
506 `notmuch-tag-formats` will continue to work as before unless tags
507 contain regexp special characters like `.` or `*`.
509 Changed tags are now shown in the buffer
511 Previously tag changes made in a buffer were shown immediately. In
512 some cases (particularly automatic tag changes like marking read)
513 this made it hard to see what had happened (e.g., whether the
514 message had been unread).
516 The changes are now shown explicitly in the buffer: by default
517 deleted tags are displayed with red strike-through and added tags
518 are displayed underlined in green (inverse video is used for deleted
519 tags if the terminal does not support strike-through).
521 The variables `notmuch-tag-deleted-formats` and
522 `notmuch-tag-added-formats`, which have the same syntax as
523 `notmuch-tag-formats`, allow this to be customized.
525 Setting `notmuch-tag-deleted-formats` to `'((".*" nil))` and
526 `notmuch-tag-added-formats` to `'((".*" tag))` will give the old
527 behavior of hiding deleted tags and showing added tags identically
528 to tags already present.
532 The new, build-time generated variable `notmuch-emacs-version` is used
533 to distinguish between notmuch cli and notmuch emacs versions.
534 The function `notmuch-hello-versions` (bound to 'v' in notmuch-hello
535 window) prints both notmuch cli and notmuch emacs versions in case
536 these differ from each other.
537 This is especially useful when using notmuch remotely.
539 Ido-completing-read initialization in Emacs 23
541 `ido-completing-read` in Emacs 23 versions 1 through 3 freezes unless
542 it is initialized. Defadvice-based *Ido* initialization is defined
543 for these Emacs versions.
545 Bug fix for saved searches with newlines in them
547 Split lines confuse `notmuch count --batch`, so we remove embedded
548 newlines before calling notmuch count.
550 Bug fixes for sender identities
552 Previously, Emacs would rewrite some sender identities in unexpected
553 and undesirable ways. Now it will use identities exactly as
554 configured in `notmuch-identities`.
556 Replies to encrypted messages will be encrypted by default
558 In the interest of maintaining confidentiality of communications,
559 the Notmuch Emacs interface now automatically adds the mml tag to
560 encrypt replies to encrypted messages. This should make it less
561 likely to accidentally reply to encrypted messages in plain text.
563 Reply pushes mark before signature
565 We push mark and set point on reply so that the user can easily cut
566 the quoted text. The mark is now pushed before the signature, if
567 any, instead of end of buffer so the signature is preserved.
569 Message piping uses the originating buffer's working directory
571 `notmuch-show-pipe-message` now uses the originating buffer's
572 current default directory instead of that of the `*notmuch-pipe*`
578 nmbug adds a `clone` command for setting up the initial repository and
579 uses `@{upstream}` instead of `FETCH_HEAD` to track upstream changes.
581 The `@{upstream}` change reduces ambiguity when fetching multiple
582 branches, but requires existing users update their `NMBGIT`
583 repository (usually `~/.nmbug`) to distinguish between local and
584 remote-tracking branches. The easiest way to do this is:
586 1. If you have any purely local commits (i.e. they aren't in the
587 nmbug repository on nmbug.tethera.net), push them to a remote
588 repository. We'll restore them from the backup in step 4.
589 2. Remove your `NMBGIT` repository (e.g. `mv .nmbug .nmbug.bak`).
590 3. Use the new `clone` command to create a fresh clone:
592 nmbug clone http://nmbug.tethera.net/git/nmbug-tags.git
594 4. If you had local commits in step 1, add a remote for that
595 repository and fetch them into the new repository.
597 Notmuch 0.17 (2013-12-30)
598 =========================
600 Incompatible change in SHA1 computation
601 ---------------------------------------
603 Previously on big endian architectures like sparc and powerpc the
604 computation of SHA1 hashes was incorrect. This meant that messages
605 with overlong or missing message-ids were given different computed
606 message-ids than on more common little endian architectures like i386
607 and amd64. If you use notmuch on a big endian architecture, you are
608 strongly advised to make a backup of your tags using `notmuch dump`
609 before this upgrade. You can locate the affected files using something
613 awk '/^notmuch-sha1-[0-9a-f]{40} / \
614 {system("notmuch search --exclude=false --output=files id:" $1)}'
616 Command-Line Interface
617 ----------------------
619 New options to better support handling duplicate messages
621 If more than one message file is associated with a message-id,
622 `notmuch search --output=files` will print all of them. A new
623 `--duplicate=N` option can be used to specify which duplicate to
624 print for each message.
626 `notmuch count` now supports `--output=files` option to output the
627 number of files associated with matching messages. This may be
628 bigger than the number of matching messages due to duplicates
629 (i.e. multiple files having the same message-id).
631 Improved `notmuch new` performance for unchanged folders
633 `notmuch new` now skips over unchanged folders more efficiently,
634 which can substantially improve the performance of checking for new
635 mail in some situations (like NFS-mounted Maildirs).
637 `notmuch reply --format=text` RFC 2047-encodes headers
639 Previously, this used a mix of standard MIME encoding for the reply
640 body and UTF-8 for the headers. Now, the text format reply template
641 RFC 2047-encodes the headers, making the output a valid RFC 2822
642 message. The JSON/sexp format is unchanged.
644 `notmuch compact` command
646 The new `compact` command exposes Xapian's compaction
647 functionality through a more convenient interface than
648 `xapian-compact`. `notmuch compact` will compact the database to a
649 temporary location, optionally backup the original database, and
650 move the compacted database into place.
655 `notmuch-tree` (formerly `notmuch-pick`) has been added to mainline
657 `notmuch-tree` is a threaded message view for the emacs
658 interface. Each message is one line in the results and the thread
659 structure is shown using UTF-8 box drawing characters (similar to
660 Mutt's threaded view). It comes between search and show in terms of
661 amount of output and can be useful for viewing both single threads
662 and multiple threads.
666 The main key entries to notmuch tree are
668 'z' enter a query to view using notmuch tree (works in hello,
669 search, show and tree mode itself)
671 'Z' view the current query in tree notmuch tree (works from search
674 Once in tree mode, keybindings are mostly in line with the rest of
675 notmuch and are all viewable with '?' as usual.
677 Customising `notmuch-tree`
679 `notmuch-tree` has several customisation variables. The most
680 significant is the first notmuch-tree-show-out which determines the
681 behaviour when selecting a message (with RET) in tree view. By
682 default tree view uses a split window showing the single message in
683 the bottom pane. However, if this option is set then it views the
684 whole thread in the complete window jumping to the selected message
685 in the thread. In either case command-prefix selects the other option.
687 Tagging threads in search is now race-free
689 Previously, adding or removing a tag from a thread in a search
690 buffer would affect messages that had arrived after the search was
691 performed, resulting in, for example, archiving messages that were
692 never seen. Tagging now affects only the messages that were in the
693 thread when the search was performed.
695 `notmuch-hello` refreshes when switching to the buffer
697 The hello buffer now refreshes whenever you switch to the buffer,
698 regardless of how you get there. You can disable automatic
699 refreshing by customizing `notmuch-hello-auto-refresh`.
701 Specific mini-buffer prompts for tagging operations
703 When entering tags to add or remove, the mini-buffer prompt now
704 indicates what operation will be performed (e.g., "Tag thread", "Tag
707 Built-in help improvements
709 Documentation for many commands has been improved, as displayed by
710 `notmuch-help` (usually bound to "?"). The bindings listed by
711 `notmuch-help` also now include descriptions of prefixed commands.
713 Quote replies as they are displayed in show view
715 We now render the parts for reply quoting the same way they are
716 rendered for show. At this time, the notable change is that replies
717 to text/calendar are now pretty instead of raw vcalendar.
719 Fixed inconsistent use of configured search order
721 All ways of interactively invoking search now honor the value of
722 `notmuch-search-oldest-first`.
724 Common keymap for notmuch-wide bindings
726 Several key bindings have been moved from mode-specific keymaps to
727 the single `notmuch-common-keymap`, which is inherited by each
728 notmuch mode. If you've customized your key bindings, you may want
729 to move some of them to the common keymap.
731 The `notmuch-tag` function now requires a list of tag changes
733 For users who have scripted the Emacs interface: the `notmuch-tag`
734 API has changed. Previously, it accepted either a list of tag
735 changes or a space-separated string of tag changes. The latter is
736 no longer supported and the function now returns nothing.
738 Fixed `notmuch-reply` putting reply in primary selection
740 On emacs 24 notmuch-reply used to put the cited text into the
741 primary selection (which could lead to inadvertently pasting this
742 cited text elsewhere). Now the primary-selection is not changed.
744 Fixed `notmuch-show` invisible part handling
746 In some obscure cases part buttons and invisibility had strange
747 interactions: in particular, the default action for some parts gave
748 the wrong action. This has been fixed.
750 Fixed `notmuch-show` attachment viewers and stderr
752 In emacs 24.3+ viewing an attachment could cause spurious text to
753 appear in the show buffer (any stderr or stdout the viewer
754 produced). By default this output is now discarded. For debugging,
755 setting `notmuch-show-attachment-debug` causes notmuch to keep the
756 viewer's stderr and stdout in a separate buffer.
758 Fixed `notmuch-mua-reply` point placement when signature involved
760 By restricting cursor movement to body section for cursor placement
761 after signature is inserted, the cursor cannot "leak" to header
762 section anymore. Now inserted citation content will definitely go to
763 the body part of the message.
768 It is now possible to compose new messages in the Vim interface, as
769 opposed reply to existing messages. There is also support for
770 going straight to a search (bypassing the folders view).
772 Notmuch 0.16 (2013-08-03)
773 =========================
775 Command-Line Interface
776 ----------------------
778 Support for delivering messages to Maildir
780 There is a new command `insert` that adds a message to a Maildir
781 folder and notmuch index.
783 `notmuch count --batch` option
785 `notmuch count` now supports batch operations similar to `notmuch
786 tag`. This is mostly an optimization for remote notmuch usage.
788 `notmuch tag` option to remove all tags from matching messages
790 `notmuch tag --remove-all` option has been added to remove all tags
791 from matching messages. This can be combined with adding new tags,
792 resulting in setting (rather than modifying) the tags of the
795 Decrypting commands explicitly expect a gpg-agent
797 Decryption in `notmuch show` and `notmuch reply` has only ever
798 worked with a functioning gpg-agent. This is now made explicit in
799 code and documentation. The functional change is that it's now
800 possible to have gpg-agent running, but gpg "use-agent"
801 configuration option disabled, not forcing the user to use the agent
804 Configuration file saves follow symbolic links
806 The notmuch commands that save the configuration file now follow
807 symbolic links instead of overwrite them.
809 Top level option to specify configuration file
811 It's now possible to specify the configuration file to use on the
812 command line using the `notmuch --config=FILE` option.
814 Bash command-line completion
816 The notmuch command-line completion support for the bash shell has
817 been rewritten. Supported completions include all the notmuch
818 commands, command-line arguments, values for keyword arguments,
819 search prefixes (such as "subject:" or "from:") in all commands that
820 use search terms, tags after + and - in `notmuch tag`, tags after
821 "tag:" prefix, user's email addresses after "from:" and "to:"
822 prefixes, and config options (and some config option values) in
823 `notmuch config`. The new completion support depends on the
824 bash-completion package.
826 Deprecated commands "part" and "search-tags" are removed.
831 New keymap to view/save parts; removed s/v/o/| part button bindings
833 The commands to view, save, and open MIME parts are now prefixed
834 with "." (". s" to save, ". v" to view, etc) and can be invoked with
835 point anywhere in a part, unlike the old commands, which were
836 restricted to part buttons. The old "s"/"v"/"o"/"|" commands on
837 part buttons have been removed since they clashed with other
838 bindings (notably "s" for search!) and could not be invoked when
839 there was no part button. The new, prefixed bindings appear in
840 show's help, so you no longer have to memorize them.
842 Default part save directory is now `mm-default-directory`
844 Previously, notmuch offered to save parts and attachments to a mix
845 of `mm-default-directory`, `mailcap-download-directory`, and `~/`.
846 This has been standardized on `mm-default-directory`.
848 Key bindings for next/previous thread
850 Show view has new key bindings M-n and M-p to move to the next and
851 previous thread in the search results.
853 Better handling of errors in search buffers
855 Instead of interleaving errors in search result buffers, search mode
856 now reports errors in the minibuffer.
858 Faster search and show
860 Communication between Emacs and the notmuch CLI is now more
861 efficient because it uses the CLI's S-expression support. As a
862 result, search mode should now fill search buffers faster and
863 threads should show faster.
867 The Emacs 22 support added late 2010 was sufficient only for a short
868 period of time. After being incomplete for roughly 2 years the code
869 in question was now removed from this release.
874 The vim based front-end has been replaced with a new one that uses the Ruby
875 bindings. The old font-end is available in the contrib subfolder.
880 Fix loading of libnotmuch shared library on OS X (Darwin) systems.
882 Notmuch 0.15.2 (2013-02-17)
883 ===========================
888 Update dependencies to avoid problems when building in parallel.
890 Internal test framework changes
891 -------------------------------
893 Adjust Emacs test watchdog mechanism to cope with `process-attributes`
896 Notmuch 0.15.1 (2013-01-24)
897 ===========================
899 Internal test framework changes
900 -------------------------------
902 Set a default value for TERM when running tests. This fixes certain
903 build failures in non-interactive environments.
905 Notmuch 0.15 (2013-01-18)
906 =========================
911 Date range search support
913 The `date:` prefix can now be used in queries to restrict the results
914 to only messages within a particular time range (based on the Date:
915 header) with a range syntax of `date:<since>..<until>`. Notmuch
916 supports a wide variety of expressions in `<since>` and
917 `<until>`. Please refer to the `notmuch-search-terms(7)` manual page
920 Empty tag names and tags beginning with "-" are deprecated
922 Such tags have been a frequent source of confusion and cause
923 (sometimes unresolvable) conflicts with other syntax. notmuch tag
924 no longer allows such tags to be added to messages. Removing such
925 tags continues to be supported to allow cleanup of existing tags,
926 but may be removed in a future release.
928 Command-Line Interface
929 ----------------------
931 `notmuch new` no longer chokes on mboxes
933 `notmuch new` now rejects mbox files containing more than one
934 message, rather than treating the file as one giant message.
936 Support for single message mboxes is deprecated
938 For historical reasons, `notmuch new` will index mbox files
939 containing a single message; however, this behavior is now
940 officially deprecated.
942 Fixed `notmuch new` to skip ignored broken symlinks
944 `notmuch new` now correctly skips symlinks if they are in the
945 ignored files list. Previously, it would abort when encountering
946 broken symlink, even if it was ignored.
948 New dump/restore format and tagging interface
950 There is a new `batch-tag` format for dump and restore that is more
951 robust, particularly with respect to tags and message-ids containing
954 `notmuch tag` now supports the ability to read tag operations and
955 queries from an input stream, in a format compatible with the new
958 Bcc and Reply-To headers are now available in notmuch show json output
960 The `notmuch show --format=json` now includes "Bcc" and "Reply-To" headers.
961 For example notmuch Emacs client can now have these headers visible
962 when the headers are added to the `notmuch-message-headers` variable.
964 CLI callers can now request a specific output format version
966 `notmuch` subcommands that support structured output now support a
967 `--format-version` argument for requesting a specific version of the
968 structured output, enabling better compatibility and error handling.
970 `notmuch search` has gained a null character separated text output format
972 The new --format=text0 output format for `notmuch search` prints
973 output separated by null characters rather than newline
974 characters. This is similar to the find(1) -print0 option, and works
975 together with the xargs(1) -0 option.
980 Removal of the deprecated `notmuch-folders` variable
982 `notmuch-folders` has been deprecated since the introduction of saved
983 searches and the notmuch hello view in notmuch 0.3. `notmuch-folders`
984 has now been removed. Any remaining users should migrate to
985 `notmuch-saved-searches`.
987 Visibility of MIME parts can be toggled
989 Each part of a multi-part MIME email can now be shown or hidden
990 using the button at the top of each part (by pressing RET on it or
991 by clicking). For emails with multiple alternative formats (e.g.,
992 plain text and HTML), only the preferred format is shown initially,
993 but other formats can be shown using their part buttons. To control
994 the behavior of this, see
995 `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` and
996 `notmuch-show-all-multipart/alternative-parts`.
998 Note notmuch-show-print-message (bound to '#' by default) will print
999 all parts of multipart/alternative message regardless of whether
1000 they are currently hidden or shown in the buffer.
1002 Emacs now buttonizes mid: links
1004 mid: links are a standardized way to link to messages by message ID
1005 (see RFC 2392). Emacs now hyperlinks mid: links to the appropriate
1008 Handle errors from bodypart insertions
1010 If displaying the text of a message in show mode causes an error (in
1011 the `notmuch-show-insert-part-*` functions), notmuch no longer cuts
1012 off thread display at the offending message. The error is now
1013 simply displayed in place of the message.
1015 Emacs now detects version mismatches with the notmuch CLI
1017 Emacs now detects and reports when the Emacs interface version and
1018 the notmuch CLI version are incompatible.
1020 Improved text/calendar content handling
1022 Carriage returns in embedded text/calendar content caused insertion
1023 of the calendar content fail. Now CRs are removed before calling icalendar
1024 to extract icalendar data. In case icalendar extraction fails an error
1025 is thrown for the bodypart insertion function to deal with.
1027 Disabled coding conversions when reading in `with-current-notmuch-show-message`
1029 Depending on the user's locale, saving attachments containing 8-bit
1030 data may have performed an unintentional encoding conversion,
1031 corrupting the saved attachment. This has been fixed by making
1032 `with-current-notmuch-show-message` disable coding conversion.
1034 Fixed errors with HTML email containing images in Emacs 24
1036 Emacs 24 ships with a new HTML renderer that produces better output,
1037 but is slightly buggy. We work around a bug that caused it to fail
1038 for HTML email containing images.
1040 Fixed handling of tags with unusual characters in them
1042 Emacs now handles tags containing spaces, quotes, and parenthesis.
1044 Fixed buttonization of id: links without quote characters
1046 Emacs now correctly buttonizes id: links where the message ID is not
1049 `notmuch-hello` refresh point placement improvements
1051 Refreshing the `notmuch-hello` buffer does a better job of keeping
1052 the point where it was.
1054 Automatic tag changes are now unified and customizable
1056 All the automatic tag changes that the Emacs interface makes when
1057 reading, archiving, or replying to messages, can now be
1058 customized. Any number of tag additions and removals is supported
1059 through the `notmuch-show-mark-read`, `notmuch-archive-tags`, and
1060 `notmuch-message-replied-tags` customization variables.
1062 Support for stashing the thread id in show view
1064 Invoking `notmuch-show-stash-message-id` with a prefix argument
1065 stashes the (local and database specific) thread id of the current
1066 thread instead of the message id.
1068 New add-on tool: notmuch-pick
1069 -----------------------------
1071 The new contrib/ tool `notmuch-pick` is an experimental threaded message
1072 view for the emacs interface. Each message is one line in the results
1073 and the thread structure is shown using UTF-8 box drawing characters
1074 (similar to Mutt's threaded view). It comes between search and show in
1075 terms of amount of output and can be useful for viewing both single
1076 threads and multiple threads. See the notmuch-pick README file for
1077 further details and installation.
1082 notmuch now builds on OpenBSD.
1084 Internal test framework changes
1085 -------------------------------
1087 The emacsclient binary is now user-configurable
1089 The test framework now accepts `TEST_EMACSCLIENT` in addition to
1090 `TEST_EMACS` for configuring the emacsclient to use. This is
1091 necessary to avoid using an old emacsclient with a new emacs, which
1092 can result in buggy behavior.
1094 Notmuch 0.14 (2012-08-20)
1095 =========================
1100 Maildir tag synchronization
1102 Maildir flag-to-tag synchronization now applies only to messages in
1103 maildir-like directory structures. Previously, it applied to any
1104 message that had a maildir "info" part, which meant it could
1105 incorrectly synchronize tags for non-maildir messages, while at the
1106 same time failing to synchronize tags for newly received maildir
1107 messages (typically causing new messages to not receive the "unread"
1110 Command-Line Interface
1111 ----------------------
1113 The deprecated positional output file argument to `notmuch dump` has
1114 been replaced with an `--output` option. The input file positional
1115 argument to `notmuch restore` has been replaced with an `--input`
1116 option for consistency with dump. These changes simplify the syntax
1117 of dump/restore options and make them more consistent with other
1123 Search results now get re-colored when tags are updated
1125 The formatting of tags in search results can now be customized
1127 Previously, attempting to change the format of tags in
1128 `notmuch-search-result-format` would usually break tagging from
1129 search-mode. We no longer make assumptions about the format.
1131 Experimental support for multi-line search result formats
1133 It is now possible to embed newlines in
1134 `notmuch-search-result-format` to make individual search results
1135 span multiple lines.
1137 Next/previous in search and show now move by boundaries
1139 All "next" and "previous" commands in the search and show modes now
1140 move to the next/previous result or message boundary. This doesn't
1141 change the behavior of "next", but "previous" commands will first
1142 move to the beginning of the current result or message if point is
1143 inside the result or message.
1145 Search now uses the JSON format internally
1147 This should address problems with unusual characters in authors and
1148 subject lines that could confuse the old text-based search parser.
1150 The date shown in search results is no longer padded before applying
1151 user-specified formatting
1153 Previously, the date in the search results was padded to fixed width
1154 before being formatted with `notmuch-search-result-format`. It is
1155 no longer padded. The default format has been updated, but if
1156 you've customized this variable, you may have to change your date
1157 format from `"%s "` to `"%12s "`.
1159 The thread-id for the `target-thread` argument for `notmuch-search` should
1160 now be supplied without the "thread:" prefix.
1162 Notmuch 0.13.2 (2012-06-02)
1163 ===========================
1168 Update `contrib/notmuch-deliver` for API changes in 0.13. This fixes a
1169 compilation error for this contrib package.
1171 Notmuch 0.13.1 (2012-05-29)
1172 ===========================
1177 Fix inserting of UTF-8 characters from *text/plain* parts in reply
1179 While notmuch gained ability to insert content from other than *text/plain*
1180 parts of email whenever *text/plain* parts are not available (notably
1181 HTML-only emails), replying to mails that do have *text/plain* the
1182 non-ASCII characters were incorrectly decoded. This is now fixed.
1184 `notmuch_database_get_directory` and
1185 `notmuch_database_find_message_by_filename` now work on read-only
1188 Previously, these functions attempted to create directory documents
1189 that didn't exist and would return an error or abort when given a
1190 read-only database. Now they no longer create directory documents
1191 and simply return a `NULL` object if the directory does not exist,
1194 Fix compilation of ruby bindings
1196 Revert to dynamic linking, since the statically linked bindings did
1199 Notmuch 0.13 (2012-05-15)
1200 =========================
1202 Command-Line Interface
1203 ----------------------
1207 `notmuch reply` can now produce JSON output that contains the headers
1208 for a reply message and full information about the original message
1209 begin replied to. This allows MUAs to create replies intelligently.
1210 For example, an MUA that can parse HTML might quote HTML parts.
1212 Calling notmuch reply with `--format=json` imposes the restriction that
1213 only a single message is returned by the search, as replying to
1214 multiple messages does not have a well-defined behavior. The default
1215 retains its current behavior for multiple message replies.
1219 Tags can be automatically excluded from search results by adding them
1220 to the new `search.exclude_tags` option in the Notmuch config file.
1222 This behaviour can be overridden by explicitly including an excluded
1223 tag in your query, for example:
1225 notmuch search $your_query and tag:$excluded_tag
1227 Existing users will probably want to run `notmuch setup` again to add
1228 the new well-commented [search] section to the configuration file.
1230 For new configurations, accepting the default setting will cause the
1231 tags "deleted" and "spam" to be excluded, equivalent to running:
1233 notmuch config set search.exclude_tags deleted spam
1235 Raw show format changes
1237 The output of show `--format=raw` has changed for multipart and
1238 message parts. Previously, the output was a mash of somewhat-parsed
1239 headers and transfer-decoded bodies. Now, such parts are reproduced
1240 faithfully from the original source. Message parts (which includes
1241 part 0) output the full message, including the message headers (but
1242 not the transfer headers). Multipart parts output the part as
1243 encoded in the original message, including the part's headers. Leaf
1244 parts, as before, output the part's transfer-decoded body.
1246 Listing configuration items
1248 The new `config list` command prints out all configuration items and
1254 Changes to tagging interface
1256 The user-facing tagging functions in the Emacs interface have been
1257 normalized across all notmuch modes. The tagging functions are now
1258 notmuch-search-tag in search-mode, and notmuch-show-tag in
1259 show-mode. They accept a string representing a single tag change,
1260 or a list of tag changes. See 'M-x describe-function notmuch-tag'
1261 for more information.
1263 NOTE: This breaks compatibility with old tagging functions, so user
1264 may need to update in custom configurations.
1266 Reply improvement using the JSON format
1268 Emacs now uses the JSON reply format to create replies. It obeys
1269 the customization variables message-citation-line-format and
1270 message-citation-line-function when creating the first line of the
1271 reply body, and it will quote HTML parts if no text/plain parts are
1274 New add-on tool: notmuch-mutt
1275 -----------------------------
1277 The new contrib/ tool `notmuch-mutt` provides Notmuch integration for
1278 the Mutt mail user agent. Using it, Mutt users can perform mail
1279 search, thread reconstruction, and mail tagging/untagging without
1280 leaving Mutt. notmuch-mutt, formerly distributed under the name
1281 `mutt-notmuch` by Stefano Zacchiroli, will be maintained as a notmuch
1282 contrib/ from now on.
1287 The API changes detailed below break binary and source compatibility,
1288 so libnotmuch has been bumped to version 3.0.0.
1290 The function `notmuch_database_close` has been split into
1291 `notmuch_database_close` and `notmuch_database_destroy`
1293 This makes it possible for long running programs to close the xapian
1294 database and thus release the lock associated with it without
1295 destroying the data structures obtained from it.
1297 `notmuch_database_open`, `notmuch_database_create`, and
1298 `notmuch_database_get_directory` now return errors
1300 The type signatures of these functions have changed so that the
1301 functions now return a `notmuch_status_t` and take an out-argument for
1302 returning the new database object or directory object.
1309 The go bindings and the `notmuch-addrlookup` utility are now
1310 compatible with go 1.
1312 Notmuch 0.12 (2012-03-20)
1313 =========================
1315 Command-Line Interface
1316 ----------------------
1320 `notmuch reply` has gained the ability to create a reply template
1321 for replying just to the sender of the message, in addition to reply
1322 to all. The feature is available through the new command line option
1323 `--reply-to=(all|sender)`.
1325 Mail store folder/file ignore
1327 A new configuration option, `new.ignore`, lets users specify a
1328 ;-separated list of file and directory names that will not be
1329 searched for messages by `notmuch new`.
1331 NOTE: *Every* file/directory that goes by one of those names will
1332 be ignored, independent of its depth/location in the mail store.
1334 Unified help and manual pages
1336 The notmuch help command now runs man for the appropriate page. If
1337 you install notmuch somewhere "unusual", you may need to update
1340 Manual page for notmuch configuration options
1342 The notmuch CLI configuration file options are now documented in the
1343 notmuch-config(1) manual page in addition to the configuration file
1351 The Emacs interface has, with the new CLI support, gained the
1352 ability to reply to sender in addition to reply to all. In both show
1353 and search modes, 'r' has been bound to reply to sender, replacing
1354 reply to all, which now has key binding 'R'.
1356 More flexible and consistent tagging operations
1358 All tagging operations ('+', '-', '*') now accept multiple tags with
1359 '+' or '-' prefix, like '*' operation in notmuch-search view before.
1361 '*' operation (`notmuch-show-tag-all`) is now available in
1364 `notmuch-show-{add,remove}-tag` functions no longer accept tag
1365 argument, `notmuch-show-tag-message` should be used instead. Custom
1366 bindings using these functions should be updated, e.g.:
1368 (notmuch-show-remove-tag "unread")
1370 should be changed to:
1372 (notmuch-show-tag-message "-unread")
1374 Refreshing the show view ('=' by default) no longer opens or closes messages
1376 To get the old behavior of putting messages back in their initial
1377 opened/closed state, use a prefix argument, e.g., 'C-u ='.
1379 Attachment buttons can be used to view or save attachments.
1381 When the cursor is on an attachment button the key 's' can be used
1382 to save the attachment, the key 'v' to view the attachment in the
1383 default mailcap application, and the key 'o' prompts the user for an
1384 application to use to open the attachment. By default Enter or mouse
1385 button 1 saves the attachment but this is customisable (option
1386 Notmuch Show Part Button Default Action).
1390 `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link{,-and-go}` allow stashing and
1391 optionally visiting a URI to the current message at one of a number
1392 of Mailing List Archives.
1394 Fix MML tag quoting in replies
1396 The MML tag quoting fix of 0.11.1 unintentionally quoted tags
1397 inserted in `message-setup-hook`. Quoting is now limited to the
1400 Show view archiving key binding changes
1402 The show view archiving key bindings 'a' and 'x' now remove the
1403 "inbox" tag from the current message only (instead of thread), and
1404 move to the next message. At the last message, 'a' proceeds to the
1405 next thread in search results, and 'x' returns to search
1406 results. The thread archiving functions are now available in 'A' and
1409 Support text/calendar MIME type
1411 The text/calendar MIME type is now supported in addition to
1414 Generate inline patch fake attachment file names from message subject
1416 Use the message subject to generate file names for the inline patch
1417 fake attachments. The names are now similar to the ones generated by
1418 'git format-patch' instead of just "inline patch". See "Notmuch Show
1419 Insert Text/Plain Hook" in the notmuch customize interface.
1421 Enable `notmuch-search-line-faces` by default
1423 Make the `notmuch-search-line-faces` functionality more discoverable
1424 for new users by showing "unread" messages bold and "flagged"
1425 messages blue by default in the search view.
1429 notmuch-show mode now has simple printing support, bound to '#' by
1430 default. You can customize the variable notmuch-print-mechanism.
1437 `notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude` supports the new tag exclusion
1440 Python bindings changes
1441 -----------------------
1443 Python 3.2 compatibility
1445 The python bindings are now compatible with both python 2.5+ and 3.2.
1447 Added missing unicode conversions
1449 Python strings have to be encoded to and decoded from utf-8 when
1450 calling libnotmuch functions. Porting the bindings to python 3.2
1451 revealed a few function calls that were missing these conversions.
1456 Compatibility with GMime 2.6
1458 It is now possible to build notmuch against both GMime 2.4 and 2.6.
1459 However, a bug in GMime 2.6 before 2.6.5 causes notmuch not to
1460 report signatures where the signer key is unavailable (GNOME bug
1461 668085). For compatibility with GMime 2.4's tolerance of "From "
1462 headers we require GMime 2.6 >= 2.6.7.
1464 Notmuch 0.11.1 (2012-02-03)
1465 ===========================
1470 Fix error handling in python bindings
1472 The python bindings in 0.11 failed to detect NULL pointers being
1473 returned from libnotmuch functions and thus failed to raise
1474 exceptions to indicate the error condition. Any subsequent calls
1475 into libnotmuch caused segmentation faults.
1477 Quote MML tags in replies
1479 MML tags are text codes that Emacs uses to indicate attachments
1480 (among other things) in messages being composed. The Emacs
1481 interface did not quote MML tags in the quoted text of a reply.
1482 User could be tricked into replying to a maliciously formatted
1483 message and not editing out the MML tags from the quoted text. This
1484 could lead to files from the user's machine being attached to the
1485 outgoing message. The Emacs interface now quotes these tags in
1486 reply text, so that they do not effect outgoing messages.
1488 Notmuch 0.11 (2012-01-13)
1489 =========================
1491 Command-Line Interface
1492 ----------------------
1496 Hooks have been introduced to notmuch. Hooks are scripts that notmuch
1497 invokes before and after certain actions. Initially, `notmuch new`
1498 supports `pre-new` and `post-new` hooks that are run before and after
1499 importing new messages into the database.
1501 `notmuch reply --decrypt bugfix`
1503 The `notmuch reply` command with `--decrypt` argument had a rarely
1504 occurring bug that caused an encrypted message not to be decrypted
1505 sometimes. This is now fixed.
1510 Automatic tag query optimization
1512 `notmuch tag` now automatically optimizes the user's query to
1513 exclude messages whose tags won't change. In the past, we've
1514 suggested that people do this by hand; this is no longer necessary.
1516 Don't sort messages when creating a dump file
1518 This speeds up tag dumps considerably, without any loss of
1519 information. To replicate the old behavior of sorted output (for
1520 example to compare two dump files), one can use e.g. `sort(1)`.
1525 Reduction of memory leaks
1527 Two memory leaks when searching and showing messages were identified
1528 and fixed in this release.
1535 notmuch-show-advance (bound to the spacebar in notmuch-show-mode) had
1536 a bug that caused it to always jump to the next message, even if it
1537 should have scrolled down to show more of the current message instead.
1540 Support `notmuch new` as a notmuch-poll-script
1542 It's now possible to use `notmuch new` as a notmuch-poll-script
1543 directly. This is also the new default. This allows taking better
1544 advantage of the `notmuch new` hooks from emacs without intermediate
1547 Improvements in saved search management
1549 New saved searches are now appended to the list of saved searches,
1550 not inserted in front. It's also possible to define a sort function
1551 for displaying saved searches; alphabetical sort is provided.
1553 Hooks for notmuch-hello
1555 Two new hooks have been added: "notmuch-hello-mode-hook" (called after
1556 entering notmuch-hello-mode) and "notmuch-hello-refresh-hook" (called
1557 after updating a notmuch-hello buffer).
1559 New face for crypto parts headers
1561 Crypto parts used to be displayed with a hardcoded color. A new face
1562 has been introduced to fix this: notmuch-crypto-part-header. It
1563 defaults to the same value as before, but can be customized to match
1566 Use space as default thousands separator
1568 Large numbers in notmuch-hello are now displayed using a space as
1569 thousands separator (e.g. "123 456" instead of "123,456"). This can be
1570 changed by customizing "notmuch-hello-thousands-separator".
1572 Call notmuch-show instead of notmuch-search when clicking on
1573 buttonized id: links
1575 New function notmuch-show-advance
1577 This new function advances through just the current thread, and is
1578 less invasive than notmuch-show-advance-and-archive. It can easily
1579 be bound to SPC with:
1581 (define-key notmuch-show-mode-map " " 'notmuch-show-advance)
1583 Various performance improvements
1588 The tool `contrib/notmuch-deliver` helps with initial delivery and
1589 tagging of mail (replacing running `notmuch new`).
1592 Notmuch 0.10.2 (2011-12-04)
1593 ===========================
1598 Fix crash in python bindings
1600 The python bindings did not call `g_type_init`, which caused crashes
1601 for some, but not all users.
1603 Notmuch 0.10.1 (2011-11-25)
1604 ===========================
1609 Fix `--help` argument
1611 Argument processing changes in 0.10 introduced a bug where
1612 `notmuch --help` crashed while `notmuch help` worked fine.
1613 This is fixed in 0.10.1.
1615 Notmuch 0.10 (2011-11-23)
1616 =========================
1618 New build and testing features
1619 ------------------------------
1621 Emacs tests are now done in `dtach`. This means that dtach is now
1622 needed to run the notmuch test suite, at least until the checking for
1623 prerequisites is improved.
1625 Full test coverage of the stashing feature in Emacs.
1627 New command-line features
1628 -------------------------
1630 Add `notmuch restore --accumulate` option
1632 The `--accumulate` switch causes the union of the existing and new tags to
1633 be applied, instead of replacing each message's tags as they are read in
1636 Add search terms to `notmuch dump`
1638 The dump command now takes an optional search term much like notmuch
1639 search/show/tag. The output file argument of dump is deprecated in
1640 favour of using stdout.
1642 Add `notmuch search` `--offset` and `--limit` options
1644 The search command now takes options `--offset=[-]N` and `--limit=N` to
1645 limit the number of results shown.
1647 Add `notmuch count --output` option
1649 The count command is now capable of counting threads in addition to
1650 messages. This is selected using the new `--output=(threads|messages)`
1653 New emacs UI features
1654 ---------------------
1656 Add tab-completion for `notmuch-search` and `notmuch-search-filter`
1658 These functions now support completion tags for query parts
1659 starting with "tag:".
1661 Turn "id:MSG-ID" links into buttons associated with notmuch searches
1663 Text of the form "id:MSG-ID" in mails is now a clickable button that
1664 opens a notmuch search for the given message id.
1666 Add keybinding ('c I') for stashing Message-ID's without an id: prefix
1668 Reduces manual labour when stashing them for use outside notmuch.
1670 Do not query on `notmuch-search` exit
1672 It is harmless to kill the external notmuch process, so the user
1673 is no longer interrogated when they interrupt a search.
1678 Emacs now constructs large search buffers more efficiently
1680 Search avoids opening and parsing message files
1682 We now store more information in the database so search no longer
1683 has to open every message file to get basic headers. This can
1684 improve search speed by as much as 10X, but taking advantage of this
1685 requires a database rebuild:
1687 notmuch dump > notmuch.dump
1688 # Backup, then remove notmuch database ($MAIL/.notmuch)
1690 notmuch restore notmuch.dump
1692 New collection of add-on tools
1693 ------------------------------
1695 The source directory "contrib" contains tools built on notmuch. These
1696 tools are not part of notmuch, and you should check their individual
1697 licenses. Feel free to report problems with them to the notmuch
1700 nmbug - share tags with a given prefix
1702 nmbug helps maintain a git repo containing all tags with a given
1703 prefix (by default "notmuch::"). Tags can be shared by commiting
1704 them to git in one location and restoring in another.
1706 Notmuch 0.9 (2011-10-01)
1707 ========================
1709 New, general features
1710 ---------------------
1712 Correct handling of interruptions during `notmuch new`
1714 `notmuch new` now operates as a series of small, self-consistent
1715 transactions, so it can correctly resume after an interruption or
1716 crash. Previously, interruption could lose existing tags, fail to
1717 detect messages on resume, or leave the database in a state
1718 temporarily or permanently inconsistent with the mail store.
1725 `notmuch_database_begin_atomic` and `notmuch_database_end_atomic`
1726 allow multiple database operations to be performed atomically.
1728 `notmuch_database_find_message_by_filename` does exactly what it says.
1732 `notmuch_database_find_message` (and `n_d_f_m_by_filename`) now return
1733 a status indicator and uses an output parameter for the
1734 message. This change required changing the SONAME of libnotmuch to
1737 Python bindings changes
1738 -----------------------
1740 - Re-encode python unicode objects to utf-8 before passing back to
1742 - Support `Database().begin_atomic()/end_atomic()`
1743 - Support `Database().find_message_by_filename()`
1744 NB! This needs a db opened in READ-WRITE mode currently, or it will crash
1745 the python process. The is a limitation (=bug) of the underlying libnotmuch.
1746 - Fixes where we would not throw NotmuchErrors when we should (Justus Winter)
1747 - Update for `n_d_find_message*` API changes (see above).
1749 Ruby bindings changes
1750 ---------------------
1752 - Wrap new library functions `notmuch_database_{begin,end}_atomic.`
1753 - Add new exception `Notmuch::UnbalancedAtomicError.`
1754 - Rename destroy to destroy! according to Ruby naming conventions.
1755 - Update for `n_d_find_message*` API changes (see above).
1760 * Add gpg callback to crypto sigstatus buttons to retrieve/refresh
1762 * Add `notmuch-show-refresh-view` function (and corresponding binding)
1763 to refresh the view of a notmuch-show buffer.
1765 Reply formatting cleanup
1766 ------------------------
1768 `notmuch reply` no longer includes notification that non-leafnode
1769 MIME parts are being suppressed.
1771 Notmuch 0.8 (2011-09-10)
1772 ========================
1774 Improved handling of message/rfc822 parts
1776 Both in the CLI and the emacs interface. Output of rfc822 parts now
1777 includes the primary headers, as well as the body and all subparts.
1778 Output of the completely raw rfc822-formatted message, including all
1779 headers, is unfortunately not yet supported (but hopefully will be
1782 Improved Build system portability
1784 Certain parts of the shell script generating notmuch.sym were
1785 specific to the GNU versions of sed and nm. The new version should
1786 be more portable to e.g. OpenBSD.
1788 Documentation update for Ruby bindings
1790 Added documentation, typo fixes, and improved support for rdoc.
1792 Unicode, iterator, PEP8 changes for python bindings
1794 - PEP8 (code formatting) changes for python files.
1795 - Remove `Tags.__len__` ; see 0.6 release notes for motivation.
1796 - Decode headers as UTF8, encode (unicode) database paths as UTF8.
1798 Notmuch 0.7 (2011-08-01)
1799 ========================
1801 Vim interface improvements
1802 --------------------------
1804 Jason Woofenden provided a number of bug fixes for the Vim interface
1806 * fix citation/signature fold lengths
1807 * fix cig/cit parsing within multipart/*
1808 * fix on-screen instructions for show-signature
1809 * fix from list reformatting in search view
1810 * fix space key: now archives (did opposite)
1812 Uwe Kleine-König contributed
1814 * use full path for sendmail/doc fix
1815 * fix compose temp file name
1817 Python Bindings changes
1818 -----------------------
1820 Sebastian Spaeth contributed two changes related to unicode and UTF8:
1822 * message tags are now explicitly unicode
1823 * query string is encoded as a UTF8 byte string
1825 Build-System improvements
1826 -------------------------
1828 Generate notmuch.sym after the relevant object files
1830 This fixes a bug in parallel building. Thanks to Thomas Jost for the
1833 Notmuch 0.6.1 (2011-07-17)
1834 ==========================
1839 Re-export Xapian exception typeinfo symbols
1841 It turned out our aggressive symbol hiding caused problems for
1842 people running gcc 4.4.5.
1844 Notmuch 0.6 (2011-07-01)
1845 =======================
1847 New, general features
1848 ---------------------
1850 Folder-based searching
1852 Notmuch queries can now include a search term to match the
1853 directories in which mail files are stored (within the mail
1854 storage). The syntax is as follows:
1858 For example, one might use things such as:
1864 to match any path containing a directory "spam", "work/todo", or
1865 containing a directory starting with "2011-", respectively.
1867 This feature is particularly useful for users of delivery-agent
1868 software (such as procmail or maildrop) that is filtering mail and
1869 delivering it to particular folders, or users of systems such as
1870 Gmail that use filesystem directories to indicate message tags.
1872 NOTE: Only messages that are newly indexed with this version of
1873 notmuch will be searchable with folder: terms. In order to enable
1874 this feature for all mail, the entire notmuch index will need to be
1877 notmuch dump > notmuch.dump
1878 # Backup, then remove notmuch database ($MAIL/.notmuch)
1880 notmuch restore notmuch.dump
1882 Support for PGP/MIME
1884 Both the command-line interface and the emacs-interface have new
1885 support for PGP/MIME, detailed below. Thanks to Daniel Kahn Gillmor
1886 and Jameson Graef Rollins for making this happen.
1888 New, automatic tags: "signed" and "encrypted"
1890 These tags will automatically be applied to messages containing
1891 multipart/signed and multipart/encrypted parts.
1893 NOTE: Only messages that are newly indexed with this version of
1894 notmuch will receive these tags.
1896 New command-line features
1897 -------------------------
1899 Add new "notmuch show --verify" option for signature verification
1901 This option instruct notmuch to verify the signature of
1902 PGP/MIME-signed parts.
1904 Add new "notmuch show --decrypt" and "notmuch reply --decrypt" options
1906 This option instructs notmuch to decrypt PGP/MIME-encrypted parts.
1907 Note that this feature currently requires gpg-agent and a passphrase entry
1908 tool (e.g. pinentry-gtk or pinentry-curses).
1910 Proper nesting of multipart parts in "notmuch show" output
1912 MIME parts are now display with proper nesting to reflect original
1913 MIME hierarchy of a message. This allows clients to correctly
1914 analyze the MIME structure, (such as, for example, determining to
1915 which parts a signature part applies).
1917 Add new "notmuch show --part" option
1919 This is a replacement for the older "notmuch part" command, (which
1920 is now deprecated—it should still work as always, but is no longer
1921 documented). Putting part output under "notmuch show" allows for all
1922 of the "notmuch show" options to be applied when extracting a single
1923 part, (such as --format=json for extracting a message part with JSON
1926 Deprecate "notmuch search-tags" (in favor of "notmuch search --output=tags *")
1928 The "notmuch search-tags" sub-command has been redundant since the
1929 addition of the --output=tags option to "notmuch search". We now
1930 make that more clear by deprecating "notmuch search-tags", (dropping
1931 it from the documentation). We do continue to support the old syntax
1932 by translating it internally to the new call.
1934 Performance improvements
1935 ------------------------
1937 Faster searches (by doing fewer searches to construct threads)
1939 Whenever a user asks for search results as threads, notmuch first
1940 performs a search for messages matching the query, then performs
1941 additional searches to find other messages in the resulting threads.
1943 Removing inefficiencies and redundancies in these secondary searches
1944 results in a measured speedups of 1.5x for a typical search.
1946 Faster searches (by doing fewer passes to gather message data)
1948 Optimizing Xapian data access patterns (using a single pass to get
1949 all message-document data rather than a pass for each data type)
1950 results in a measured speedup of 1.7x for a typical search.
1952 The benefits of this optimization combine with the preceding
1953 optimization. With both in place, Austin Clements measured a speedup
1954 of 2.5x for a search of all messages in his inbox (was 4.5s, now
1955 1.8s). Thanks, Austin!
1957 Faster initial indexing
1959 More efficient indexing of new messages results in a measured
1960 speedup of 1.4x for the initial indexing of 3 GB of mail (1h 14m
1961 rather than 1h 46m). Thanks to Austin Clements and Michal Sojka.
1963 Make "notmuch new" faster for unchanged directories
1965 Optimizing to not do any further examinations of sub-directories
1966 when the filesystem indicates that a directory is unchanged from the
1967 last "notmuch new" results in measured speedups of 8.5 for the "No
1968 new mail" case, (was 0.77s, now 0.09s). Thanks to Karel Zak.
1970 New emacs-interface features
1971 ----------------------------
1973 Support for PGP/MIME (GnuPG)
1975 Automatically indicate validity of signatures for multipart/signed
1976 messages. Automatically display decrypted content for
1977 multipart/encrypted messages. See the emacs variable
1978 notmuch-crypto-process-mime for more information. Note that this
1979 needs gpg-agent and a pinentry tool just as the command-line tools.
1980 Also note there is no support SMIME yet.
1982 Output of pipe command is now displayed if pipe command fails
1984 This is extremely useful in the common use case of piping a patch to
1985 "git am". If git fails to cleanly merge the patch the error messages
1986 from the failed merge are now clearly displayed to the user, (where
1987 previously they were silently hidden from the user).
1989 User-selectable From address
1991 A user can choose which configured email addresses should be used as
1992 the From address whenever composing a new message. To do so, simply
1993 press C-u before the command which will open a new message. Emacs
1994 will prompt for the from address to use.
1996 The user can customize the "Notmuch Identities" setting in the
1997 notmuch customize group in order to use addresses other than those in
1998 the notmuch configuration file if desired.
2000 The user can also choose to always be prompted for the from address
2001 when composing a new message (without having to use C-u) by setting
2002 the "Notmuch Always Prompt For Sender" option in the notmuch
2005 Hiding of repeated subjects in collapsed thread view
2007 In notmuch-show mode, if a collapsed message has the same subject as
2008 its parent, the subject is not shown.
2010 Automatic detection and hiding of original message in top-posted message
2012 When a message contains a line looking something like:
2014 ----- Original Message -----
2016 emacs hides this and all subsequent lines as an "original message",
2017 (allowing the user to click or press enter on the "original message"
2018 button to display it again). This makes the handling of top-posted
2019 citations work much like conventional citations.
2021 New hooks for running code when tags are modified
2023 Some users want to perform additional actions whenever a particular
2024 tag is added/removed from a message. This could be used to, for
2025 example, interface with some external spam-recognition training
2026 tool. To facilitate this, two new hooks are added which can be
2027 modified in the following settings of the notmuch customize group:
2029 Notmuch Before Tag Hook
2030 Notmuch After Tag Hook
2032 New optional support for hiding some multipart/alternative parts
2034 Many emails are sent with redundant content within a
2035 multipart/alternative group (such as a text/plain part as well as a
2036 text/html part). Users can configure the setting:
2038 Notmuch Show All Multipart/Alternative Parts
2040 to "off" in the notmuch customize group to have the interface
2041 automatically hide some part alternatives (such as text/html
2042 parts). This new part hiding is not configured by default yet
2043 because there's not yet a simple way to re-display such a hidden
2044 part if it is not actually redundant with a displayed part.
2046 Better rendering of text/x-vcalendar parts
2048 These parts are now displayed in a format suitable for use with the
2051 Avoid getting confused by Subject and Author fields with newline characters
2053 Replacing all characters with ASCII code less than 32 with a question mark.
2055 Cleaner display of From line in email messages
2057 Remove double quotes, and drop "name" if it's actually just a repeat of
2060 Vim interface improvements
2061 --------------------------
2063 Felipe Contreras provided a number of updates for the vim interface:
2065 * Using sendmail directly rather than mailx,
2066 * Implementing archive in show view
2067 * Add support to mark as read in show and search views
2068 * Add delete commands
2071 Bindings improvements
2072 ---------------------
2074 Ruby bindings are now much more complete
2076 Including `QUERY.sort`, `QUERY.to_s`, `MESSAGE.maildir_flags_to_tags`,
2077 `MESSAGE.tags_to_maildir_flags`, and `MESSAGE.get_filenames`
2079 Python bindings have been updated and extended
2081 (docs online at http://packages.python.org/notmuch/)
2085 - `Message().get_filenames()`, `Message().tags_to_maildir_flags()`,
2086 `Message().maildir_flags_to_tags()`, `list(Threads())` and
2087 `list(Messages)` works now
2088 - `Message().__cmp__()` and `__hash__()`
2090 These allow, for example:
2092 if msg1 == msg2: ...
2094 As well as set arithmetic on `Messages()`:
2096 s1, s2 = set(msgs1), set(msgs2)
2102 - `len(Messages())` as it exhausted the iterator
2104 Use `len(list(Messages()))` or `Query.count_messages()`
2107 Added initial Go bindings in bindings/go
2109 New build-system features
2110 -------------------------
2112 Added support for building in a directory other than the source directory
2114 This can be used with the widely-supported idiom of simply running
2115 the configure script from some other directory:
2122 Fix to save configure options for future, implicit runs of configure
2124 When a user updates the source (such as with "git pull") calling
2125 "make" may cause an automatic re-run of the configure script. When
2126 this happens, the configure script will automatically be called with
2127 the same options the user originally passed in the most-recent
2128 manual invocation of configure.
2130 New test-suite feature
2131 ----------------------
2133 Binary for bash for running test suite now located via PATH
2135 The notmuch test suite requires a fairly recent version of bash (>=
2136 bash 4). As some systems supply an older version of bash at
2137 /bin/bash, the test suite is now updated to search $PATH to locate
2138 the bash binary. This allows users of systems with old /bin/bash to
2139 simply install bash >= 4 somewhere on $PATH before /bin and then use
2142 Support for testing output with a trailing newline
2144 Previously, some tests would fail to notice a difference in the
2145 presence/absence of a trailing newline in a program output, (which
2146 has led to bugs in the past). Now, carefully-written tests (using
2147 `test_expect_equal_file` rather than `test_expect_equal`) will detect
2148 any change in the presence/absence of a trailing newline. Many tests
2149 are updated to take advantage of this.
2151 Avoiding accessing user's $HOME while running test suite
2153 The test suite now carefully creates its own HOME directory. This
2154 allows the test suite to be run with no existing HOME directory, (as
2155 some build systems apparently do), and avoids test-suite differences
2156 due to configuration files in the users HOME directory.
2162 Output *all* files for "notmuch search --output=files"
2164 For the cases where multiple files have the same Message ID,
2165 previous versions of notmuch would output only one such file. This
2166 command is now fixed to correctly output all files.
2168 Fixed spurious search results from "overlapped" indexing of addresses
2170 This fixed a bug where a search for:
2172 to:user@elsewhere.com
2174 would incorrectly match a message sent:
2176 To: user@example,com, someone@elsewhere.com
2178 Fix --output=json when search has no results
2180 A bug present since notmuch 0.4 had caused searches with no results
2181 to produce an invalid json object. This is now fixed to cleanly
2182 return a valid json object representing an empty array "[]" as
2185 Fix the automatic detection of the From address for "notmuch reply"
2186 from the Received headers in some cases
2188 Fix core dump on DragonFlyBSD due to -1 return value from
2189 `sysconf(_SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX)`
2191 Cleaned up several memory leaks
2193 Eliminated a few, rare segmentation faults and a double-free
2195 Fix libnotmuch library to only export notmuch API functions
2197 Previous release of the notmuch library also exported some Xapian
2198 C++ exception type symbols. These were never part of the library
2199 interface and were never intended to be exported.
2201 Emacs-interface bug fixes
2202 -------------------------
2204 Display any unexpected output or errors from "notmuch search" invocations
2206 Previously any misformatted output or trailing error messages were
2207 silently ignored. This output is now clearly displayed. This fix was
2208 very helpful in identifying and fixing the bug described below.
2210 Fix bug where some threads would be missing from large search results
2212 When a search returned a "large" number of results, the emacs
2213 interface was incorrectly dropping one thread every time the output
2214 of the "notmuch search" process spanned the emacs read-buffer. This
2217 Avoid re-compression of .gz files (and similar) when saving attachment
2219 Emacs was being too clever for its own good and trying to
2220 re-compress pre-compressed .gz files when saving such attachments
2221 (potentially corrupting the attachment). The emacs interface is
2222 fixed to avoid this bug.
2224 Fix hiding of a message when a previously-hidden citation is visible
2226 Previously the citation would remain visible in this case. This is
2227 fixed so that hiding a message hides all parts.
2229 Notmuch 0.5 (2010-11-11)
2230 ========================
2232 New, general features
2233 ---------------------
2235 Maildir-flag synchronization
2237 Notmuch now knows how to synchronize flags in maildir filenames with
2238 tags in the notmuch database. The following flag/tag mappings are
2247 'S' unread (added when 'S' flag is not present)
2249 The synchronization occurs in both directions, (for example, adding
2250 the 'S' flag to a file will cause the "unread" tag to be added, and
2251 adding the "replied" tag to a message will cause the file to be
2252 renamed with an 'R' flag).
2254 This synchronization is enabled by default for users of the
2255 command-line interface, (though only files in directories named
2256 "cur" or "new" will be renamed). It can be disabled by setting the
2257 new `maildir.synchronize_flags` option in the configuration file. For
2260 notmuch config set maildir.synchronize_flags false
2262 Users upgrading may also want to run "notmuch setup" once (just
2263 accept the existing configuration) to get a new, nicely-commented
2264 [maildir] section added to the configuration file.
2266 For users of the notmuch library, the new synchronization
2267 functionality is available with the following two new functions:
2269 notmuch_message_maildir_flags_to_tags
2270 notmuch_message_tags_to_maildir_flags
2272 It is anticipated that future improvements to this support will
2273 allow for safe synchronization of the 'T' flag with the "deleted"
2274 tag, as well as support for custom flag/tag mappings.
2276 New library features
2277 --------------------
2279 Support for querying multiple filenames for a single message
2281 It is common for the mailstore to contain multiple files with the
2282 same message ID. Previously, notmuch would always hide these
2283 duplicate files, (returning a single, arbitrary filename with
2284 `notmuch_message_get_filename`).
2286 With this release, library users can access all filenames for a
2287 message with the new function:
2289 notmuch_message_get_filenames
2291 Together with `notmuch_filenames_valid`, `notmuch_filenames_get`,
2292 and `notmuch_filenames_move_to_next` it is now possible to iterate
2293 over all available filenames for a given message.
2295 New command-line features
2296 -------------------------
2298 New "notmuch show --format=raw" for getting at original email contents
2300 This new feature allows for a fully-functional email client to be
2301 built on top of the notmuch command-line without needing any direct
2302 access to the mail store itself.
2304 For example, it's now possible to run "emacs -f notmuch" on a local
2305 machine with only ssh access to the mail store/notmuch database. To
2306 do this, simply set the notmuch-command variable in emacs to the
2307 name of a script containing:
2309 ssh user@host notmuch "$@"
2311 If the ssh client has enabled connection sharing (ControlMaster
2312 option in OpenSSH), the emacs interface can be quite responsive this
2318 Fix "notmuch search" to print nothing when nothing matches
2320 The 0.4 release had a bug in which:
2322 notmuch search <expression-with-no-matches>
2324 would produce a single blank line of output, (where previous
2325 versions would produce no output. This fix also causes a change in
2326 the --format=json output, (which would previously produce "[]" and
2327 now produces nothing).
2329 Emacs interface improvements
2330 ----------------------------
2332 Fix to allow pipe ('|') command to work when using notmuch over ssh
2334 Fix count of lines in hidden signatures
2336 Omit repeated subject lines in (collapsed) thread display
2338 Display current thread subject in a header line
2340 Provide a "c i" binding to copy a thread ID from the search view
2342 Allow for notmuch-fcc-dirs to have a value of nil
2344 Also, the more complex form of notmuch-fcc-dirs now has a slightly
2345 different format. It no longer has a special first-element, fallback
2346 string. Instead it's now a list of cons cells where the car of each
2347 cell is a regular expression to be matched against the sender
2348 address, and the cdr is the name of a folder to use for an FCC. So
2349 the old fallback behavior can be achieved by including a final cell
2350 of (".*" . "default-fcc-folder").
2352 Vim interface improvements
2353 --------------------------
2355 Felipe Contreras provided a number of updates for the vim interface
2357 These include optimizations, support for newer versions of vim, fixed
2358 support for sending mail on modern systems, new commands, and
2364 Added initial ruby bindings in bindings/ruby
2366 Notmuch 0.4 (2010-11-01)
2367 ========================
2369 New command-line features
2370 -------------------------
2372 `notmuch search --output=(summary|threads|messages|tags|files)`
2374 This new option allows for particular items to be returned from
2375 notmuch searches. The "summary" option is the default and behaves
2376 just as "notmuch search" has historically behaved.
2378 The new option values allow for thread IDs, message IDs, lists of
2379 tags, and lists of filenames to be returned from searches. It is
2380 expected that this new option will be very useful in shell
2381 scripts. For example:
2383 for file in $(notmuch search --output=files <search-terms>); do
2384 <operations-on> "$file"
2387 `notmuch show --format=mbox <search-specification>`
2389 This new option allows for the messages matching a search
2390 specification to be presented as an mbox. Specifically the "mboxrd"
2391 format is used which allows for reversible quoting of lines
2392 beginning with "From ". A reader should remove a single '>' from the
2393 beginning of all lines beginning with one or more '>' characters
2394 followed by the 5 characters "From ".
2396 `notmuch config [get|set] <section>.<item> [value ...]`
2398 The new top-level "config" command allows for any value in the
2399 notmuch configuration file to be queried or set to a new value. Both
2400 single-valued and multi-valued items are supported, as our any
2401 custom items stored in the configuration file.
2403 Avoid setting Bcc header in "notmuch reply"
2405 We decided that this was a bit heavy-handed as the actual mail
2406 user-agent should be responsible for setting any Bcc option. Also,
2407 see below for the notmuch/emacs user-agent now setting an Fcc by
2408 default rather than Bcc.
2410 New library features
2411 --------------------
2413 Add `notmuch_query_get_query_string` and `notmuch_query_get_sort`
2415 These are simply functions for querying properties of a
2416 `notmuch_query_t` object.
2421 Enable Fcc of all sent messages by default (to "sent" directory)
2423 All messages sent from the emacs interface will now be saved to the
2424 notmuch mail store where they will be incorporated to the database
2425 by the next "notmuch new". By default, messages are saved to the
2426 "sent" directory at the top-level of the mail store. This directory
2427 can be customized by means of the "Notmuch Fcc Dirs" option in the
2428 notmuch customize interface.
2430 Ability to all open messages in a thread to a pipe
2432 Historically, the '|' keybinding allows for piping a single message
2433 to an external command. Now, by prefixing this key with a prefix
2434 argument, (for example, by pressing "Control-U |"), all open
2435 messages in the current thread will be sent to the external command.
2437 Optional support for detecting inline patches
2439 This hook is disabled by default but can be enabled with a checkbox
2440 under "Notmuch Show Insert Text/Plain Hook" in the notmuch customize
2441 interface. It allows for inline patches to be detected and treated
2442 as if they were attachments, (with context-sensitive highlighting).
2444 Automatically tag messages as "replied" when sending a reply
2446 Messages replied to within the emacs interface will now be tagged as
2447 "replied". This feature can easily be customized to add or remove
2448 other tags as well. For example, a user might use a tag of
2449 "needs-reply" and can configure this feature to automatically remove
2450 that tag when replying. See "Notmuch Message Mark Replied" in the
2451 notmuch customize interface.
2453 Allow search-result color specifications to overlay each other
2455 For example, one tag can specify the background color of matching
2456 lines, while another can specify the foreground. With this change,
2457 both settings will now be visible simultaneously, (which was not the
2458 case in previous releases). See "Notmuch Search Line Faces" in the
2459 notmuch customize interface.
2461 Make hidden author names still available for incremental search
2463 When there is insufficient space to display all authors of a thread
2464 in search results, the names of hidden authors are now still made
2465 available to emacs' incremental search commands. As the user
2466 searches, matching lines will temporarily expand to show the hidden
2469 New binding of Control-TAB (works like TAB in reverse)
2471 Many notmuch nodes already use TAB to navigate forward through
2472 various items allowing actions, (message headers, email attachments,
2473 etc.). The new Control-TAB binding operates similarly but in the
2476 New build-system features
2477 -------------------------
2479 Various portability fixes have been applied
2481 These include fixes for build failures on at least Solaris, FreeBSD,
2482 and Fedora systems. We're hopeful that the notmuch code base is now
2483 more portable than ever before.
2485 Arrange for libnotmuch to be found automatically after make install
2487 The notmuch build system is now careful to help the user avoid
2488 errors of the form "libnotmuch.so could not be found" immediately
2489 after installing. This support takes two forms:
2491 1. If the library is installed to a system directory,
2492 (configured in /etc/ld.so.conf), then "make install" will
2493 automatically run ldconfig.
2495 2. If the library is installed to a non-system directory, the
2496 build system adds a `DR_RUNPATH` entry to the final binary
2497 pointing to the directory to which the library is installed.
2499 When this support works, the user should be able to run notmuch
2500 immediately after "make install", without any errors trying to find
2501 the notmuch library, and without having to manually set environment
2502 variables such as `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`.
2504 Check compiler/linker options before using them
2506 The configure script now carefully checks that any desired
2507 compilation options, (whether for enabling compiler warnings, or for
2508 embedding rpath, etc.), are supported. Only supported options are
2509 used in the resulting Makefile.
2511 New test-suite features
2512 -----------------------
2514 New modularization of test suite
2516 Thanks to a gracious relicensing of the test-suite infrastructure
2517 from the git project, notmuch now has a modular test suite. This
2518 provides the ability to run individual sections of the test suite
2519 rather than the whole things. It also provides better summary of
2520 test results, with support for tests that are expected to fail
2521 (BROKEN and FIXED) in addition to PASS and FAIL. Finally, it makes
2522 it easy to run the test suite within valgrind (pass --valgrind to
2523 notmuch-test or to any sub-script) which has been very useful.
2525 New testing of emacs interface
2527 The test suite has been augmented to allow automated testing of the
2528 emacs interfaces. So far, this includes basic searches, display of
2529 threads, and tag manipulation. This also includes a test that a new
2530 message can successfully be sent out through a (dummy) SMTP server
2531 and that said message is successfully integrated into the notmuch
2532 database via the FCC setting.
2537 Fix potential corruption of database when "notmuch new" is interrupted
2539 Previously, an interruption of "notmuch new" would (rarely) result
2540 in a corrupt database. The corruption would manifest itself by a
2541 persistent error of the form:
2543 document ID of 1234 has no thread ID
2545 The message-adding code has been carefully audited and reworked to
2546 avoid this sort of corruption regardless of when it is interrupted.
2548 Fix failure with extremely long message ID headers
2550 Previously, a message with an extremely long message ID, (say, more
2551 than 300 characters), would fail to be added to notmuch, (triggering
2552 Xapian exceptions). This has now been fixed.
2554 Fix for messages with "charset=unknown-8bit"
2556 Previously, messages with this charset would cause notmuch to emit a
2557 GMime warning, (which would then trip up emacs or other interfaces
2558 parsing the notmuch results).
2560 Fix `notmuch_query_search_threads` function to return NULL on any exception
2562 Fix "notmuch search" to return non-zero if `notmuch_query_search_threads`
2565 Previously, this command could confusingly report a Xapian
2566 exception, yet still return an error code of 0. It now correctly
2567 returns a failing error code of 1 in this case.
2572 Fix to handle a message with a subject containing, for example "[1234]"
2574 Previously, a message subject containing a sequence of digits within
2575 square brackets would cause the emacs interface to mis-parse the
2576 output of "notmuch search". This would result in the message being
2577 mis-displayed and prevent the user from manipulating the message in
2578 the emacs interface.
2580 Fix to correctly handle message IDs containing ".."
2582 The emacs interface now properly quotes message IDs to avoid a
2583 Xapian bug in which the ".." within a message ID would be
2584 misinterpreted as a numeric range specification.
2586 Python-binding fixes
2587 --------------------
2589 The python bindings for notmuch have been updated to work with python3.
2591 Debian-specific fixes
2592 ---------------------
2594 Fix emacs initialization so "M-x notmuch" works for users by default
2596 Now, a new Debian user can immediately run "emacs -f notmuch" after
2597 "apt-get install notmuch". Previously, the user would have had to
2598 edit the ~/.emacs file to add "(require 'notmuch)" before this would
2601 Notmuch 0.3.1 (2010-04-27)
2602 ==========================
2607 Fix an infinite loop in "notmuch reply"
2609 This bug could be triggered by replying to a message where the
2610 user's primary email address did not appear in the To: header and
2611 the user had not configured any secondary email addresses. The bug
2612 was a simple re-use of the same iterator variable in nested loops.
2614 Fix a potential SEGV in "notmuch search"
2616 This bug could be triggered by an author name ending in a ','.
2617 Admittedly - that's almost certainly a spam email, but we never
2618 want notmuch to crash.
2623 Fix calculations for line wrapping in the primary "notmuch" view
2625 Fix Fcc support to prompt to create a directory if the specified Fcc
2626 directory does not exist
2631 Fix build on OpenSolaris (at least) due to missing 'extern "C"' block
2633 Without this, the C++ sources could not find strcasestr and the
2634 final linking of notmuch would fail.
2636 Notmuch 0.3 (2010-04-27)
2637 ========================
2639 New command-line features
2640 -------------------------
2642 User-configurable tags for new messages
2644 A new "new.tags" option is available in the configuration file to
2645 determine which tags are applied to new messages. Run "notmuch
2646 setup" to generate new documentation within ~/.notmuch-config on how
2647 to specify this value.
2649 Threads search results named based on subjects that match search
2651 This means that when new mails arrived to a thread you've previously
2652 read, and the new mails have a new subject, you will see that
2653 subject in the search results rather than the old subject.
2655 Faster operation of "notmuch tag" (avoid unneeded sorting)
2657 Since the user just wants to tag all matching messages, we can make
2658 things perform a bit faster by avoiding the sort.
2660 Even Better guessing of From: header for "notmuch reply"
2662 Notmuch now looks at a number of headers when trying to figure out
2663 the best From: header to use in a reply. This is helpful if you have
2664 several configured email addresses, and you also subscribe to various
2665 mailing lists with different addresses, (so that mails you are
2666 replying to won't always include your subscribed address in the To:
2669 Indication of author names that match a search
2671 When notmuch displays threads as the result of a search, it now
2672 lists the authors that match the search before listing the other
2673 authors in the thread. It inserts a pipe '|' symbol between the last
2674 matching and first non-matching author. This is especially useful in
2675 a search that includes tag:unread. Now the authors of the unread
2676 messages in the thread are listed first.
2678 New: Python bindings
2679 --------------------
2681 Sebastian Spaeth has contributed his python bindings for the notmuch
2682 library to the central repository. These bindings were previously
2683 known as "cnotmuch" within python but have now been renamed to be
2684 accessible with a simple, and more official-looking "import notmuch".
2686 The bindings have already proven very useful as people proficient in
2687 python have been able to easily develop programs to do notmuch-based
2688 searches for email-address completion, maildir-flag synchronization,
2691 These bindings are available within the bindings/python directory, but
2692 are not yet integrated into the top-level Makefiles, nor the top-level
2693 package-building scripts. Improvements are welcome.
2695 Emacs interface improvements
2696 ----------------------------
2698 An entirely new initial view for notmuch, (friendly yet powerful)
2700 Some of us call the new view "notmuch hello" but you can get at it
2701 by simply calling "emacs -f notmuch". The new view provides a search
2702 bar where new searches can be performed. It also displays a list of
2703 recent searches, along with a button to save any of these, giving it
2704 a new name as a "saved search". Many people find these "saved
2705 searches" one of the most convenient ways of organizing their mail,
2706 (providing all of the features of "folders" in other mail clients,
2707 but without any of the disadvantages).
2709 Finally, this view can also optionally display all of the tags that
2710 exist in the database, along with a count for each tag, and a custom
2711 search of messages with that tag that's simply a click (or keypress)
2714 NOTE: For users that liked the original mode of "emacs -f notmuch"
2715 immediately displaying a particular search result, we recommend
2716 instead running something like:
2718 emacs --eval '(notmuch search "tag:inbox" t)'
2720 The "t" means to sort the messages in an "oldest first" order,
2721 (as notmuch would do previously by default). You can also
2722 leave that off to have your search results in "newest first"
2725 Full-featured "customize" support for configuring notmuch
2727 Notmuch now plugs in well to the emacs "customize" mode to make it
2728 much simpler to find things about the notmuch interface that can be
2729 tweaked by the user.
2731 You can get to this mode by starting at the main "Customize" menu in
2732 emacs, then browsing through "Applications", "Mail", and
2733 "Notmuch". Or you can go straight to "M-x customize-group"
2736 Once you're at the customize screen, you'll see a list of documented
2737 options that can be manipulated along with checkboxes, drop-down
2738 selectors, and text-entry boxes for configuring the various
2741 Support for doing tab-completion of email addresses
2743 This support currently relies on an external program,
2744 (notmuch-addresses), that is not yet shipped with notmuch
2745 itself. But multiple, suitable implementations of this program have
2746 already been written that generate address completions by doing
2747 notmuch searches of your email collection. For example, providing
2748 first those addresses that you have composed messages to in the
2751 One such program (implemented in python with the python bindings to
2752 notmuch) is available via:
2754 git clone http://jkr.acm.jhu.edu/git/notmuch_addresses.git
2756 Install that program as notmuch-addresses on your PATH, and then
2757 hitting TAB on a partial email address or name within the To: or Cc:
2758 line of an email message will provide matching completions.
2760 Support for file-based (Fcc) delivery of sent messages to mail store
2762 This isn't yet enabled by default. To enable this, one will have to
2763 set the "Notmuch Fcc Dirs" setting within the notmuch customize
2764 screen, (see its documentation there for details). We anticipate
2765 making this automatic in a future release.
2767 New 'G' key binding to trigger mail refresh (G == "Get new mail")
2769 The 'G' key works wherever '=' works. Before refreshing the screen
2770 it calls an external program that can be used to poll email servers,
2771 run notmuch new and set up specific tags for the new emails. The
2772 script to be called should be configured with the "Notmuch Poll
2773 Script" setting in the customize interface. This script will
2774 typically invoke "notmuch new" and then perhaps several "notmuch
2777 Implement emacs message display with the JSON output from notmuch
2779 This is much more robust than the previous implementation, (where
2780 some HTML mails and mail quoting the notmuch code with the delimiter
2781 characters in it would cause the parser to fall over).
2783 Better handling of HTML messages and MIME attachments (inline images!)
2785 Allow for any MIME parts that emacs can display to be displayed
2786 inline. This includes inline viewing of image attachments, (provided
2787 the window is large enough to fit the image at its natural size).
2789 Much more robust handling of HTML messages. Currently both text/plain
2790 and text/html alternates will be rendered next to each other. In a
2791 future release, users will be able to decide to see only one or the
2792 other representation.
2794 Each attachment now has its own button so that attachments can be
2795 saved individually (the 'w' key is still available to save all
2798 Customizable support for tidying of text/plain message content
2800 Many new functions are available for tidying up message
2801 content. These include options such as wrapping long lines,
2802 compressing duplicate blank lines, etc.
2804 Most of these are disabled by default, but can easily be enabled by
2805 clicking the available check boxes under the "Notmuch Show Insert
2806 Text/Plain Hook" within the notmuch customize screen.
2808 New support for searchable citations (even when hidden)
2810 When portions of overly-long citations are hidden, the contents of
2811 these citations will still be available for emacs' standard
2812 "incremental search" functions. When the search matches any portion
2813 of a hidden citation, the citation will become visible temporarily
2814 to display the search result.
2816 More flexible handling of header visibility
2818 As an answer to complaints from many users, the To, Cc, and Date
2819 headers of messages are no longer hidden by default. For those users
2820 that liked that these were hidden, a new "Notmuch Messages Headers
2821 Visible" option in the customize interface can be set to nil. The
2822 visibility of headers can still be toggled on a per-message basis
2823 with the 'h' keybinding.
2825 For users that don't want to see some subset of those headers, the
2826 new "Notmuch Message Headers" variable can be customized to list
2827 only those headers that should be present in the display of a message.
2829 The Return key now toggles message visibility anywhere
2831 Previously this worked only on the first summary-line of a message.
2833 Customizable formatting of search results
2835 The user can easily customize the order, width, and formatting of
2836 the various fields in a "notmuch search" buffer. See the "Notmuch
2837 Search Result Format" section of the customize interface.
2839 Generate nicer names for search buffers when using a saved search
2841 Add a notmuch User-Agent header when sending mail from notmuch/emacs
2843 New keybinding (M-Ret) to open all collapsed messages in a thread
2848 Provide a new `NOTMUCH_SORT_UNSORTED` value for queries
2850 This can be somewhat faster when sorting simply isn't desired. For
2851 example when collecting a set of messages that will all be
2852 manipulated identically, (adding a tag, removing a tag, deleting the
2853 messages), then there's no advantage to sorting the messages by
2859 Fix to compile against GMime 2.6
2861 Previously notmuch insisted on being able to find GMime 2.4, (even
2862 though GMime 2.6 would have worked all along).
2864 Fix configure script to accept (and ignore) various standard options
2866 For example, those that the Gentoo build scripts expect configure to
2867 accept are now all accepted.
2872 A large number of new tests for the many new features
2874 Better display of output from failed tests
2876 Now shows failures with diff rather than forcing the user to gaze at
2877 complete actual and expected output looking for deviation.
2879 Notmuch 0.2 (2010-04-16)
2880 ========================
2882 This is the second release of the notmuch mail system, with actual
2883 detailed release notes this time!
2885 This release consists of a number of minor new features that make
2886 notmuch more pleasant to use, and a few fairly major bug fixes.
2888 We didn't quite hit our release target of "about a week" from the 0.1
2889 release, (0.2 is happening 11 days after 0.1), but we hope to do
2890 better for next week. Look forward to some major features coming to
2891 notmuch in subsequent releases.
2898 Better guessing of From: header
2900 Notmuch now tries harder to guess which configured address should be
2901 used as the From: line in a "notmuch reply". It will examine the
2902 Received: headers if it fails to find any configured address in To:
2903 or Cc:. This allows it to often choose the correct address even when
2904 replying to a message sent to a mailing list, and not directly to a
2907 Make "notmuch count" with no arguments count all messages
2909 Previously, it was hard to construct a search term that was
2910 guaranteed to match all messages.
2912 Provide a new special-case search term of "*" to match all messages
2914 This can be used in any command accepting a search term, such as
2915 "notmuch search '*'". Note that you'll want to take care that the
2916 shell doesn't expand * against the current files. And note that the
2917 support for "*" is a special case. It's only meaningful as a single
2918 search term and loses its special meaning when combined with any
2921 Automatically detect thread connections even when a parent message is
2924 Previously, if two or more message were received with a common
2925 parent, but that parent was not received, then these messages would
2926 not be recognized as belonging to the same thread. This is now fixed
2927 so that such messages are properly connected in a thread.
2932 Fix potential data loss in "notmuch new" with SIGINT
2934 One code path in "notmuch new" was not properly handling
2935 SIGINT. Previously, this could lead to messages being removed from
2936 the database (and their tags being lost) if the user pressed
2937 Control-C while "notmuch new" was working.
2939 Fix segfault when a message includes a MIME part that is empty
2941 Fix handling of non-ASCII characters with --format=json
2943 Previously, characters outside the range of 7-bit ASCII were
2944 silently dropped from the JSON output. This led to corrupted display
2945 of utf-8 content in the upcoming notmuch web-based frontends.
2947 Fix headers to be properly decoded in "notmuch reply"
2949 Previously, the user might see:
2951 Subject: Re: =?iso-8859-2?q?Rozlu=E8ka?=
2955 Subject: Re: Rozlučka
2957 The former text is properly encoded to be RFC-compliant SMTP, will
2958 be sent correctly, and will be properly decoded by the
2959 recipient. But the user trying to edit the reply would likely be
2960 unable to read or edit that field in its encoded form.
2962 Emacs client features
2963 ---------------------
2965 Show the last few lines of citations as well as the first few lines
2967 It's often the case that the last sentence of a citation is what is
2968 being replied to directly, so the last few lines are often much more
2969 important. The number of lines shown at the beginning and end of any
2970 citation can be configured, (notmuch-show-citation-lines-prefix and
2971 notmuch-show-citation-lines-suffix).
2973 The '+' and '-' commands in the search view can now add and remove
2976 Selective bulk tagging is now possible by selecting a region of
2977 threads and then using either the '+' or '-' keybindings. Bulk
2978 tagging is still available for all threads matching the current
2979 search with the '*' binding.
2981 More meaningful buffer names for thread-view buffers
2983 Notmuch now uses the Subject of the thread as the buffer
2984 name. Previously it was using the thread ID, which is a meaningless
2987 Provide for customized colors of threads in search view based on tags
2989 See the documentation of notmuch-search-line-faces, (or us "M-x
2990 customize" and browse to the "notmuch" group within "Applications"
2991 and "Mail"), for details on how to configure this colorization.
2993 Build-system features
2994 ---------------------
2996 Add support to properly build libnotmuch on Darwin systems (OS X)
2998 Add support to configure for many standard options
3000 We include actual support for:
3002 --includedir --mandir --sysconfdir
3004 And accept and silently ignore several more:
3006 --build --infodir --libexecdir --localstatedir
3007 --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking
3009 Install emacs client in "make install" rather than requiring a
3010 separate "make install-emacs"
3012 Automatically compute versions numbers between releases
3014 This support uses the git-describe notation, so a version such as
3015 0.1-144-g43cbbfc indicates a version that is 144 commits since the
3016 0.1 release and is available as git commit "43cbbfc".
3018 Add a new "make test" target to run the test suite and actually
3021 Notmuch 0.1 (2010-04-05)
3022 ========================
3024 This is the first release of the notmuch mail system.
3026 It includes the libnotmuch library, the notmuch command-line
3027 interface, and an emacs-based interface to notmuch.
3029 Note: Notmuch will work best with Xapian 1.0.18 (or later) or Xapian
3030 1.1.4 (or later). Previous versions of Xapian (whether 1.0 or 1.1) had
3031 a performance bug that made notmuch very slow when modifying
3032 tags. This would cause distracting pauses when reading mail while
3033 notmuch would wait for Xapian when removing the "inbox" and "unread"
3034 tags from messages in a thread.
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