1 Notmuch 0.33 (UNRELEASED)
2 =========================
7 `notmuch` no longer sets `mail-user-agent` on load. To restore the
8 previous behaviour of using notmuch to send mail by default, customize
9 `mail-user-agent` to `notmuch-user-agent`.
14 Respect excluded tags when showing a thread.
16 Notmuch 0.32.2 (UNRELEASED)
17 ===========================
22 Fix a bug from 2017 that can add duplicate thread-id terms to message
28 Add `(require 'seq)` for `seq-some`.
33 Fix man page build for Sphinx 4.x. Fix variable name in emacs docs.
38 Fix backup creation in `perf-test/T00-new`. Check openssl
39 prerequisite in `add_gpgsm_home`.
41 Notmuch 0.32.1 (2021-05-15)
42 ===========================
47 Restore handling of relative values for `database.path` that was
48 broken by 0.32. Extend this handling to `database.mail_root`,
49 `database.backup_dir`, and `database.hook_dir`.
51 Reload certain metadata from Xapian database in
52 notmuch_database_reopen. This fixes a bug when adding messages to the
53 database in a pre-new hook.
55 Fix default of `$HOME/mail` for `database.path`. In release 0.32, this
56 default worked only in "notmuch config".
61 Restore the dynamically bound variables `tag-changes` and `query` in
62 in `notmuch-before-tag-hook` and `notmuch-after-tag-hook`.
64 Notmuch 0.32 (2021-05-02)
65 =========================
70 This release includes a significant overhaul of the configuration
71 management facilities for notmuch. The previous distinction between
72 configuration items that can be modified via plain text configuration
73 files and those that must be set in the database via the "notmuch
74 config" subcommand is gone, and all configuration items can be set in
75 both ways. The external configuration file overrides configuration
76 items in the database. The location of database, hooks, and
77 configuration files is now more flexible, with several new
78 configuration variables. In particular XDG locations are now supported
79 as fallbacks for database, configuration and hooks. For more
80 information see `notmuch-config(1)`.
85 To support the new configuration facilities, several functions and
86 constants have been added to the notmuch API. Most notably:
88 - `notmuch_database_create_with_config`
89 - `notmuch_database_open_with_config`
90 - `notmuch_database_load_config`
91 - `notmuch_config_get`
93 A previously requested API change is that `notmuch_database_reopen` is
94 now exposed (and generalized).
96 The previously severe slowdowns from large numbers calls to
97 notmuch_database_remove_message or notmuch_message_delete in one
98 session has been fixed.
100 As always, the canonical source of API documentation is
101 `lib/notmuch.h`, or the doxygen formatted documentation in `notmuch(3)`
106 The `notmuch config set` subcommand gained a `--database` argument to
107 specify that the database should be updated, rather than a config file.
109 The speed of `notmuch new` and `notmuch reindex` in dealing with large
110 numbers of mail file deletions is significantly improved.
115 Completion related updates include: de-duplicating tags offered for
116 completion, use the actual initial input in address completion, allow
117 users to opt out of notmuch address completion, and do not force Ido
118 when prompting for senders.
120 Some keymaps used to contain bindings for unnamed commands. These
121 lambda expressions have been replaced by named commands (symbols), to
124 Lexical binding is now used in all notmuch-emacs libraries.
126 Fix bug in calling `notmuch-mua-mail` with a non-nil RETURN-ACTION.
128 Removed, inlined or renamed functions and variables:
129 `notmuch-address-locate-command`,
130 `notmuch-documentation-first-line`, `notmuch-folder`,
131 `notmuch-hello-trim', `notmuch-hello-versions` => `notmuch-version`,
132 `notmuch-remove-if-not`, `notmuch-search-disjunctive-regexp`,
133 `notmuch-sexp-eof`, `notmuch-split-content-type`, and
134 `notmuch-tree-button-activate`.
136 Keymaps are no longer fset, which means they need to be referred to in
137 define-key directly (without quotes). If your Emacs configuration has a
139 (define-key 'notmuch-show-mode-map "7" 'foo)
140 you should change it to:
141 (define-key notmuch-show-mode-map "7" 'foo)
143 Notmuch 0.31.4 (2021-02-18)
144 ===========================
149 Fix include bug triggered by glib 2.67.
154 Fix race condition in T568-lib-thread.
156 Notmuch 0.31.3 (2020-12-25)
157 ===========================
162 Fix for exclude tags in notmuch2 bindings.
167 Portability update for T360-symbol-hiding
172 Fix for memory error in notmuch_database_get_config_list
174 Notmuch 0.31.2 (2020-11-08)
175 ===========================
180 Catch one more occurence of "version" in the build system, which
181 caused the file to be regenerated in the release tarball.
183 Notmuch 0.31.1 (2020-11-08)
184 ===========================
189 Fix a memory initialization bug in notmuch_database_get_config_list.
194 Rename file 'version' to 'version.txt'. The old file name conflicted
195 with a C++ header for some compilers.
197 Replace use of coreutils `realpath` in configure.
199 Notmuch 0.31 (2020-09-05)
200 =========================
205 Notmuch now supports Emacs 27.1. You may need to set
206 `mml-secure-openpgp-sign-with-sender` and/or
207 `mml-secure-smime-sign-with-sender` to continue signing messages.
209 The minimum supported major version of GNU Emacs is now 25.1.
211 Add support for moving between threads after notmuch-tree-from-search-thread.
213 New `notmuch-unthreaded` mode (added in Notmuch 0.30)
215 Unthreaded view is a mode where each matching message is shown on a
218 The main key entries to unthreaded view are
220 'u' enter a query to view in unthreaded mode (works in hello,
221 search, show and tree mode)
223 'U' view the current query in unthreaded mode (works from search,
226 Saved searches can also specify that they should open in unthreaded
229 Currently it is not possible to specify the sort order: it will
230 always be newest first.
235 The shell pipeline executed by notmuch-mutt, which symlinked matched
236 files to a maildir for mutt to access is replaced with internal perl
237 processing. This search operation is now more portable, and somewhat
243 Improve exception handling in the library. This should
244 largely eliminate terminations inside the library due to uncaught
245 exceptions or internal errors. No doubt there are a few uncovered
246 code paths still; please report them as bugs.
248 Add `notmuch_message_get_flag_st` and
249 `notmuch_message_has_maildir_flag_st`, and deprecate the existing
250 non-status providing versions.
252 Move memory de-allocation from `notmuch_database_close` to
253 `notmuch_database_destroy`.
255 Handle relative filenames in `notmuch_database_index_file`, as
256 promised in the documentation.
261 Documentation for the python bindings is merged into the main
262 sphinx-doc documentation tree. The merged documentation can be built
263 with e.g. `make sphinx-html`
268 We now support building notmuch against Xapian 1.5 (the current
269 development version).
274 Test suite fixes for compatibility with Emacs 27.1.
279 Man pages are now compressed reproducibly.
281 Notmuch 0.30 (2020-07-10)
282 =========================
287 Handle S/MIME (PKCS#7) messages -- one-part signed messages, encrypted
288 messages, and multilayer messages. Treat them symmetrically to
289 OpenPGP messages. This includes handling protected headers
292 If you're using Notmuch with S/MIME, you currently need to configure
298 Detect and automatically repair a common form of message mangling
299 created by Microsoft Exchange (see index.repaired=mixedup in
300 notmuch-properties(7)).
305 Avoid indexing the legacy-display part of an encrypted message that
306 has protected headers (see
307 index.repaired=skip-protected-headers-legacy-display in
308 notmuch-properties(7)).
313 Drop support for python2, focus on python3.
315 Introduce new CFFI-based python bindings in the python module named
316 "notmuch2". Officially deprecate (but still support) the older
322 Support for Xapian 1.2 is removed. The minimum supported version of
325 Notmuch 0.29.3 (2019-11-27)
326 ===========================
331 Fix for use-after-free in notmuch_config_list_{key,val}.
333 Fix for double close of file in notmuch-dump.
338 Drop python2 support from shipped debian packaging.
340 Notmuch 0.29.2 (2019-10-19)
341 ===========================
346 Fix for file descriptor leak when opening gzipped mail files. Thanks
347 to James Troup for the bug report and the fix.
349 Notmuch 0.29.1 (2019-06-11)
350 ===========================
355 Fix for installation failure with `configure --without-emacs`.
357 Notmuch 0.29 (2019-06-07)
358 =========================
363 Add "body:" field to allow searching for terms that occur only in the
364 message body. Users will need to reindex their mail to take advantage
367 Add support for indexing user specified headers (e.g. List-Id). See
368 notmuch-config(1) for details. This requires reindexing after changing
369 the set of headers to be indexed.
371 Fix bug for searching in some headers for Xapian keywords in quoted
374 Add support for gzip compressed mail messages (/not/ multi-message
375 mboxes); e.g. `gzip -9 $MAIL/archive/giant-message && notmuch new`
376 should work. Note that maildir flag syncing for gzipped messages is
379 Notmuch is now capable of indexing, searching and rendering
380 cryptographically-protected Subject: headers of the form produced by
381 Enigmail and K-9 mail in encrypted messages.
383 Command Line Interface
384 ----------------------
386 `notmuch show` now supports --body=false and --include-html with
389 Fix several performance problems with `notmuch reindex`.
391 `notmuch show` and `notmuch reply` now emit per-message cryptographic
392 status in their json and sexp output formats. See devel/schemata for
393 more details about what is included there. This status includes
394 information about cryptographic protections for the Subject header.
399 Optionally check for missing attachments in outgoing messages (see
400 function `notmuch-mua-attachment-check`).
402 Bind `B` to browse URLs in current message.
404 Bind `g` to refresh the current notmuch buffer.
406 Editing a message as new now includes an FCC header.
408 Forwarded messages are now tagged as +forwarded (customizable).
410 Add references header to link forwarded message to thread of original
413 The minimum supported major version of Emacs is now 24.
415 Support for GNU Emacs older than 25.1 is deprecated with this release,
416 and may be removed in a future release.
418 Notmuch-emacs documentation is somewhat expanded. More contributions
424 Notmuch release tarballs are now compressed with `xz`.
426 We now provide conventional detached signatures of the release
427 tarballs in addition to the signed `sha256sum` files.
432 Support for GMime 2.6 is removed. The minimum supported version of
433 GMime is now 3.0.3. GMime also needs to have been compiled with
434 cryptography support.
439 If either GNU parallel or moreutils parallel is installed, the tests
440 in the test suite will now be run in parallel (one per available
441 core). This can be disabled with NOTMUCH_TEST_SERIALIZE=1.
443 Notmuch 0.28.4 (2019-05-05)
444 ===========================
446 Command line interface
447 ----------------------
449 Fix a spurious error when using `notmuch show --raw` on messages whose
450 size is a multiple of the internal buffer size.
452 Notmuch 0.28.3 (2019-03-05)
453 ===========================
458 Fix a bug with the internal data structure _notmuch_string_map_t used
459 by message properties.
464 Serialize calls to sphinx-build to avoid race condition.
466 Notmuch 0.28.2 (2019-02-17)
467 ===========================
472 Invoke gpg with --batch and --no-tty.
477 Fix documentation build with Python 3.7. Note that Python >= 3.3 is
478 now needed to build this documentation.
480 Notmuch 0.28.1 (2019-02-01)
481 ===========================
486 `configure` no longer uses the special variable BASH, as this causes
487 problems on systems where /bin/sh is bash.
489 Notmuch 0.28 (2018-10-12)
490 =========================
497 The threading algorithm has been updated to consider all references,
498 not just the heuristically chosen parent (e.g. when that parent is
499 not in the database). The heuristic for choosing a parent message
500 has also been updated to again consider the In-Reply-To header, if
501 it looks sensible. Re-indexing might be needed to take advantage of
504 Handle mislabelled Windows-1252 parts
506 Messages that contain Windows-1252 are apparently frequently
507 mislabelled as ISO 8859-1. Use GMime functionality to apply the
508 correct encoding for such messages.
510 Command Line Interface
511 ----------------------
513 Support relative database paths
515 Database paths (i.e. parameters to `notmuch config set
516 database.path`) without a leading `/` are now interpreted relative
517 to $HOME of the invoking user.
522 Improve stderr handling
524 Add a real sentinel process to clean up stderr buffer. This is
525 needed on e.g. macOS.
527 Call `notmuch-mua-send-hook` hooks when sending a message
529 This hook was documented, but not functional for a very long time.
534 The zsh completion has been updated to cover most of the notmuch
535 CLI. Internally it uses regexp searching, so needs at least Notmuch
541 The build system now installs notmuch-mutt and notmuch-emacs-mua with
542 absolute shebangs, following the conventions of most Linux
548 Fix certain tests that were failing with GMime 2.6. Users are reminded
549 that support for versions of GMime before 3.0.3 has been deprecated
552 Notmuch 0.27 (2018-06-13)
553 =========================
558 Add support for thread:{} queries
560 Queries of the form `thread:{foo} and thread:{bar}` match threads
561 containing (possibly distinct) messages matching foo and bar. See
562 `notmuch-search-terms(7)` for details.
564 Command Line Interface
565 ----------------------
567 Add the --full-scan option to `notmuch new`
569 This option disables mtime based optimization of scanning for new mail.
571 Add new --decrypt=stash option for `notmuch show`
573 This facilitates a workflow for encrypted messages where message
574 cleartext are indexed on first read, but the user's decryption key
575 does not have to be available during message receipt.
580 An initial manual for `notmuch-emacs` is now installed by default (in
586 As of this release, support for versions of Xapian before 1.4.0 is
587 deprecated, and may disappear in a future release of notmuch.
589 Notmuch 0.26.2 (2018-04-28)
590 ===========================
595 Work around Xapian bug with `get_mset(0,0, x)`
597 This causes aborts in `_notmuch_query_count_documents` on
598 e.g. Fedora 28. The underlying bug is fixed in Xapian commit
599 f92e2a936c1592, and will be fixed in Xapian 1.4.6.
601 Make thread indexing more robust against reference loops
603 Choose a thread root by date in case of reference loops. Fix a
604 related abort in `notmuch show`.
606 Notmuch 0.26.1 (2018-04-02)
607 ===========================
612 Bump the library minor version. This should have happened in 0.26, but
613 better late than never.
616 Notmuch 0.26 (2018-01-09)
617 =========================
619 Command Line Interface
620 ----------------------
622 Support for re-indexing existing messages
624 There is a new subcommand, `notmuch reindex`, which re-indexes all
625 messages matching supplied search terms. This permits users to
626 change the way specific messages are indexed.
628 Note that for messages with multiple variants in the message
629 archive, the recorded Subject: of may change upon reindexing,
630 depending on the order in which the variants are indexed.
632 Improved error reporting in notmuch new
634 Give more details when reporting certain Xapian exceptions.
636 Support maildir synced tags in `new.tags`
638 Tags `draft`, `flagged`, `passed`, and `replied` are now supported
639 in `new.tags`. The tag `unread` is still special in the presence of
640 maildir syncing, and will be added for files in `new/` regardless of
641 the setting of `new.tags`.
643 Support /regex/ in new.ignore
645 Files and directories may be ignored based on regular expressions.
647 Allow `notmuch insert --folder=""`
649 This inserts into the top level folder.
651 Strip trailing '/' from folder path for notmuch insert
653 This prevents a potential problem with duplicated database records.
655 New option --output=address for notmuch address
657 Make `notmuch show` more robust against deleting duplicate files
659 The option --decrypt now takes an explicit argument
661 The --decrypt option to `notmuch show` and `notmuch reply` now takes
662 an explicit argument. If you were used to invoking `notmuch show
663 --decrypt`, you should switch to `notmuch show --decrypt=true`.
665 Boolean and keyword arguments now take a `--no-` prefix
670 Indexing cleartext of encrypted e-mails
672 It's now possible to include the cleartext of encrypted e-mails in
673 the notmuch index. This makes it possible to search your encrypted
674 e-mails with the same ease as searching cleartext. This can be done
675 on a per-message basis by passing --decrypt=true to indexing
676 commands (new, insert, reindex), or by default by running "notmuch
677 config set index.decrypt true".
679 Encrypted messages whose cleartext is indexed will typically also
680 have their session keys stashed as properties associated with the
681 message. Stashed session keys permit rapid rendering of long
682 encrypted threads, and disposal of expired encryption-capable keys.
683 If for some reason you want cleartext indexing without stashed
684 session keys, use --decrypt=nostash for your indexing commands (or
685 run "notmuch config set index.decrypt nostash"). See `index.decrypt`
686 in notmuch-config(1) for more details.
688 Note that stashed session keys permit reconstruction of the
689 cleartext of the encrypted message itself, and the contents of the
690 index are roughly equivalent to the cleartext as well. DO NOT USE
691 this feature without considering the security of your index.
696 Guard against concurrent searches in notmuch-tree
698 Use make-process when available
700 This allows newer Emacs to separate stdout and stderr from the
701 notmuch command without using temporary files.
706 Indexing files with duplicate message-id
708 Files with duplicate message-id's are now indexed, and searchable
709 via terms and phrases. There are known issues related to
710 presentation of results and regular-expression search, but in
711 principle no mail file should be completely unsearchable now.
713 New functions to count files
715 Two new functions in the libnotmuch API:
716 `notmuch_message_count_files`, and `notmuch_thread_get_total_files`.
718 New function to remove properties
720 A new function was added to the libnotmuch API to make it easier to
721 drop all properties with a common pattern:
722 `notmuch_message_remove_all_properties_with_prefix`
724 Change of return value of `notmuch_thread_get_authors`
726 In certain corner cases, `notmuch_thread_get_authors` previously
727 returned NULL. This has been replaced by an empty string, since the
728 possibility of NULL was not documented.
730 Transition `notmuch_database_add_message` to `notmuch_database_index_file`
732 When indexing an e-mail message, the new
733 `notmuch_database_index_file` function is the preferred form, and
734 the old `notmuch_database_add_message` is deprecated. The new form
735 allows passing a set of options to the indexing engine, which the
736 operator may decide to change from message to message.
743 The test suite now works properly with out-of-tree builds, i.e. with
744 separate source and build directories. The --root option to tests
745 has been dropped. The same can now be achieved more reliably using
751 Python bindings specific Debian packaging is removed
753 The bindings have been build by the top level Debian packaging for a
754 long time, and `bindings/python/debian` has bit-rotted.
756 Open mail files in binary mode when using Python 3
758 This avoids certain encoding related crashes under Python 3.
760 Add python bindings for `notmuch_database_{get,set}_config*`
762 Optional `decrypt_policy` flag is available for notmuch.database().index_file()
767 nmbug's internal version increases to 0.3 in this notmuch release.
768 User-facing changes with this notmuch release:
770 * Accept failures to unset `core.worktree` in `clone`, which allows
771 nmbug to be used with Git 2.11.0 and later.
772 * Auto-checkout in `clone` if it wouldn't clobber existing content,
773 which makes the initial clone more convenient.
774 * Only error for invalid diff lines in `tags/`, which allows for
775 `README`s and similar in nmbug repositories.
780 New man page: notmuch-properties(7)
782 This new page to the manual describes common conventions for how
783 properties are used by libnotmuch, the CLI, and associated programs.
784 External projects that use properties are encouraged to claim their
785 properties and conventions here to avoid collisions.
787 Notmuch 0.25.3 (2017-12-08)
788 ===========================
793 Extend mitigation (disabling handling x-display in text/enriched) for
794 Emacs bug #28350 to Emacs versions before 24.4 (i.e. without
797 Command Line Interface
798 ----------------------
800 Correctly report userid validity. Fix test suite failure for GMime >=
801 3.0.3. This change raises the minimum supported version of GMime 3.x
804 Notmuch 0.25.2 (2017-11-05)
805 ===========================
807 Command Line Interface
808 ----------------------
810 Fix segfault in notmuch-show crypto handling when compiled against
811 GMime 2.6; this was a regression in 0.25.
816 Support for GMime before 3.0 is now deprecated, and will be removed in
819 Notmuch 0.25.1 (2017-09-11)
820 ===========================
825 Disable handling x-display in text/enriched messages. Mitigation for
828 Notmuch 0.25 (2017-07-25)
829 =========================
834 Add regexp searching for mid, paths, and tags.
836 Skip HTML tags when indexing
838 In particular this avoids indexing large inline images.
840 Command Line Interface
841 ----------------------
843 Bash completion is now installed to /usr/share by default.
845 Allow space as separator for keyword arguments.
850 Support for stashing message timestamp in show and tree views
852 Invoking `notmuch-show-stash-date` with a prefix argument
853 stashes the unix timestamp of the current message instead of
856 Don't use 'function' as variable name, workaround emacs bug 26406.
861 Add workaround for date parsing of bad input in older GMime
863 In certain circumstances, older GMime libraries could return
864 negative numbers when parsing syntactically invalid dates.
866 Replace deprecated functions with status returning versions
868 API of notmuch_query_{search,count}_{messages,threads} has
869 changed. notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude now returns a status
872 Add support for building against GMime 3.0.
874 Rename libutil.a to libnotmuch_util.a.
876 libnotmuch SONAME is incremented to libnotmuch.so.5.
878 Notmuch 0.24.2 (2017-06-01)
879 ===========================
881 Command Line Interface
882 ----------------------
884 Fix output from `notmuch dump --include=properties` to not include tags.
889 Fix filename stashing in tree view.
891 Notmuch 0.24.1 (2017-04-01)
892 ===========================
897 Fix regressions in non-regexp search for `from:` and `subject:`
899 The regexp search code in 0.24 introduced a regression in the
900 handling of empty queries and wildcards. These are both corrected in
903 Command Line Interface
904 ----------------------
906 Fix several memory leaks in `notmuch show`
908 Update NEWS for 0.24 to mention schema changes
910 Fix bug in dump header
912 The previous version of the dump header failed to mention the
913 inclusion of tags. This fix bumps the version number of the dump
914 format to 3. There are no other changes to the format.
919 Fix a read-after-free in the library.
921 Notmuch 0.24 (2017-03-12)
922 =========================
927 Regular expression searches supported for `from:` and `subject:`
929 This requires recent Xapian (1.4+) See notmuch-search-terms(7) for
932 Command Line Interface
933 ----------------------
935 Run external `notmuch-` prefixed commands as subcommands
937 You can now add your own `notmuch-` prefixed commands in PATH, and
938 have notmuch run them as if they were notmuch commands. See the
939 `notmuch(1)` man page for details
941 New default output format to 3
943 See devel/schemata for details. Users of the structured output
944 format are reminded of the `--format-version` argument to `notmuch
945 show` and `notmuch search` which can prevent breakage when the
946 default format changes.
951 Postpone and resume messages in `notmuch-message-mode` (composition)
953 Notmuch now has built in support for postponing, saving and resuming
954 messages. The default bindings are C-x C-s to save a draft, C-c C-p
955 to postpone a draft (save and exit compose buffer), and "e" in show
956 or tree view to resume.
958 Draft messages are tagged with `notmuch-draft-tags` (draft by
959 default) so you may wish to add that to the excluded tags list. When
960 saving a previously saved draft message the earlier draft gets
963 Note that attachments added before postponing will be included as
964 they were when you postponed in the final message.
968 It is now possible to save the list of address completions for
969 notmuch's internal completion between runs of emacs. This makes the
970 first calls to address completion much better and faster. For
971 privacy reasons it is disabled by default, to enable set or
972 customize `notmuch-address-save-filename`.
976 It is now possible to configure tagging shortcuts (with an interface
977 like notmuch jump). For example (by default) k u will remove the
978 unread tag, and k s will add a tag "spam" and remove the inbox
979 tag. Pressing k twice will do the reverse operation so, for example,
980 k k s removes the spam tag and adds the inbox tag. See the customize
981 variable `notmuch-tagging-keys` for more information.
985 It is now possible to refresh all notmuch buffers to reflect the
986 current state of the database with a single command, `M-=`.
988 Stop display of `application/*` parts
990 By default gnus displays all `application/*` parts such as
991 application/zip in the message buffer. This has several undesirable
992 effects for notmuch (security, triggering errors etc). Notmuch now
993 overrides this and does not display them by default. If you have
994 customized `mm-inline-override-types` then we assume you know what
995 you want and do not interfere; if you do want to stop the display of
996 `application/*` add `application/*` to your customization. If you want
997 to allow `application/*` then set `mm-inline-override-types` to
1000 Small change in the api for notmuch-search-tag
1002 When `notmuch-search-tag` is called non-interactively and the region
1003 is set, then it only tags the threads in the region. (Previously it
1004 only tagged the current thread.)
1006 Bugfix for sending messages with very long headers
1008 Previously emacs didn't fold very long headers when sending which
1009 could cause the MTA to refuse to send the message. This makes sure
1010 it does fold any long headers so the message is RFC compliant.
1012 `notmuch emacs-mua` command installed with the Emacs interface
1014 We've carried a `notmuch-emacs-mua` script in the source tree for
1015 quite some time. It can be used to launch the Notmuch Emacs
1016 interface from the command line in many different ways. Starting
1017 with this release, it will be installed with the Emacs
1018 interface. With the new external subcommand support, the script
1019 transparently becomes a new notmuch command. See the
1020 `notmuch-emacs-mua(1)` man page for details.
1022 Notmuch Emacs desktop integration
1024 The desktop integration file will now be installed with the Notmuch
1025 Emacs interface, adding a Notmuch menu item and configuration to
1026 allow the user to set up Notmuch Emacs as the `mailto:` URL handler.
1031 `notmuch_query_count_messages` is now non-destructive
1033 Internally the implementation of excludes has changed to make this
1036 Improved handling of DatabaseModifiedError
1038 Previously uncaught exceptions reading message metadata are now
1041 Notmuch 0.23.7 (2017-02-28)
1042 ===========================
1047 Drop use of gpgconf --create-socketdir. Move $GNUPGHOME to /tmp.
1049 It turns out the hardcoded use of /run/user in gpg doesn't work out
1050 that well in some environments. The more low tech fix is to move all
1051 of $GNUPGHOME to somewhere where we can control the length of the
1054 Notmuch 0.23.6 (2017-02-27)
1055 ===========================
1057 Command Line Interface
1058 ----------------------
1060 Fix read-after-free bug in `notmuch new`.
1065 Use gpgconf --create-socketdir if available.
1067 GnuPG has a facility to use sockets in /run or /var/run to avoid
1068 problems with long socket paths, but this is not enabled by default
1069 for GNUPGHOME other than $HOME/.gnupg. Enable it, if possible.
1071 Notmuch 0.23.5 (2017-01-09)
1072 ===========================
1077 Fix quoting bug in configure. This had introduced a RUNPATH into the
1078 notmuch binary in cases where it was not not needed.
1080 Notmuch 0.23.4 (2016-12-24)
1081 ===========================
1083 Command Line Interface
1084 ----------------------
1086 Improve error handling in notmuch insert
1088 Database lock errors no longer prevent message file delivery to the
1089 filesystem. Certain errors during `notmuch insert` most likely to
1090 be temporary return EX_TEMPFAIL.
1095 Restore autoload cookie for notmuch-search.
1097 Notmuch 0.23.3 (2016-11-27)
1098 ===========================
1100 Command Line Interface
1101 ----------------------
1103 Treat disappearing files during notmuch new as non-fatal.
1108 Fix incompatibility (related to signature size) with gnupg 2.1.16.
1110 Notmuch 0.23.2 (2016-11-20)
1111 ===========================
1116 Fix notmuch-interesting-buffer and notmuch-cycle-notmuch-buffers.
1118 notmuch-tree-mode and notmuch-message-mode buffers are now
1119 considered interesting by `notmuch-interesting-buffer` and
1120 `notmuch-cycle-notmuch-buffers`.
1122 Restore compatibility with Emacs 23.
1124 Notmuch support for Emacs 23 is now deprecated.
1126 Notmuch 0.23.1 (2016-10-23)
1127 ===========================
1132 Require Xapian >= 1.2.6
1134 The ifdef branch for older Xapian (pre-compact API) had bit-rotted.
1139 Fix default colours for unread and flagged messages
1141 In 0.23 the default colours for unread and flagged messages in
1142 search view were accidentally swapped. This release returns them to
1143 the original colours.
1145 A related change in 0.23 broke the customize widget for
1146 notmuch-search-line-faces. This is now fixed.
1148 Fix test failure with Emacs 25.1
1150 A previously undiscovered jit-lock related bug was exposed by Emacs
1151 25, causing a notmuch-show mode test to fail. This release fixes the
1152 bug, and hence the test.
1154 Notmuch 0.23 (2016-10-03)
1155 =========================
1157 General (Xapian 1.4+)
1158 ---------------------
1160 Compiling against Xapian 1.4 enables several new features.
1162 Support for single argument date: queries
1164 `date:<expr>` is equivalent to `date:<expr>..<expr>`.
1166 Support for blocking opens
1168 When opening a database notmuch by default will wait for another
1169 process to release a write lock, rather than returning an error.
1171 Support for named queries
1173 Named queries (also known as 'saved searches') can be defined with a
1174 `query:name` format. The expansion of these queries is stored in the
1175 database and they can be used from any notmuch client.
1180 Message property API
1182 libnotmuch now supports the attachment of arbitrary key-value pairs
1183 to messages. These can be used by various tools to manage their
1184 private data without polluting the user tag space. They also support
1185 iteration of values with the same key or same key prefix.
1187 Bug fix for `notmuch_directory_set_mtime`
1189 Update cached mtime to match on-disk mtime.
1194 Support for compile time options
1196 A group of `built_with` keys is now supported for notmuch
1197 config. Initial keys in this group are `compact`, `field_processor`,
1200 Dump/Restore support for configuration information and properties
1202 Any configuration information stored in the database (initially just
1203 named queries) is dumped and restored. Similarly any properties
1204 attached to messages are also dumped and restored. Any new
1205 information in the dump format is prefixed by '#' to allow existing
1206 scripts to ignore it.
1211 Make notmuch-message-mode use insert for fcc
1213 Notmuch-message-mode now defaults to using notmuch insert for
1214 fcc. The old file based fcc behaviour can be restored by setting the
1215 defcustom `notmuch-maildir-use-notmuch-insert` to nil.
1217 When using notmuch insert, `notmuch-fcc-dirs` must be a subdirectory
1218 of the mailstore (absolute paths are not permitted) followed by any
1219 tag changes to be applied to the inserted message. The tag changes
1220 are applied after the default tagging for new messages. For example
1221 setting the header to "sentmail -inbox +sent" would insert the
1222 message in the subdirectory sentmail of the mailstore, add the tag
1223 "sent", and not add the (normally added) "inbox" tag.
1225 Finally, if the insert fails (e.g. if the database is locked) the
1226 user is presented with the option to retry, ignore, or edit the
1229 Make internal address completion customizable
1231 There is a new defcustom `notmuch-address-internal-completion` which
1232 controls how the internal completion works: it allows the user to
1233 choose whether to match on messages the user sent, or the user
1234 received, and to filter the messages used for the match, for example
1237 Allow internal address completion on an individual basis
1239 There is a new function `notmuch-address-toggle-internal-completion`
1240 (by default it has no keybinding) which allows users who normally
1241 use an external completion command to use the builtin internal
1242 completion for the current buffer.
1244 Alternatively, if the user has company-mode enabled, then the user
1245 can use company mode commands such as `company-complete` to
1246 activate the builtin completion for an individual completion.
1250 The function `notmuch-show-resend-message` (bound to `b` in show
1251 and tree modes) will (attempt to) send current message to new
1252 recipients. The headers of the message won't be altered (e.g. `To:`
1253 may point to yourself). New `Resent-To:`, `Resent-From:` and so on
1254 will be added instead.
1256 Face customization is easier
1258 New faces `notmuch-tag-unread`, `notmuch-tag-flagged`,
1259 `notmuch-tag-deleted`, `notmuch-tag-added`,
1260 `notmuch-search-flagged-face` and `notmuch-search-unread-face` are
1261 now used by default. Customize `notmuch-faces` to modify them.
1263 Omit User-Agent header by default when sending mail
1268 Add support for `notmuch_database_get_all_tags`
1273 Go bindings moved to contrib
1275 Add support for `notmuch_threads_t` and `notmuch_thread_t`
1277 Fixed constant values so they are not all zero anymore
1279 Previously, it was impossible to open writable database handles,
1280 because `DATABASE_MODE_READ_ONLY` and `DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE` were
1282 The same issue occurred with sort modes.
1284 Notmuch 0.22.2 (2016-09-08)
1285 ===========================
1292 Have gdb write to a log file instead of stdout, hiding some more
1293 (harmless) stderr chatter which causes test failures.
1295 Hardcode fingerprint in PGP/MIME tests
1297 Make the tests more robust against changing GnuPG output formats.
1299 Notmuch 0.22.1 (2016-07-19)
1300 ===========================
1305 Correct the definition of `LIBNOTMUCH_CHECK_VERSION`.
1307 Document the (lack of) operations permitted on a closed database.
1312 Fix race condition in dump / restore tests.
1317 Use `env` to locate perl.
1322 Tell `message-mode` mode that outgoing messages are mail
1324 This makes message-mode configuration behave more predictably.
1326 Respect charset of MIME parts when reading them
1328 Fix previous assumption that everyone uses UTF-8.
1330 Notmuch 0.22 (2016-04-26)
1331 =========================
1338 Notmuch should now build (and the test suite should pass) on recent
1339 releases of Xapian 1.3.x. It has been tested with Xapian 1.3.5.
1341 Limited support for S/MIME messages
1343 Signature verification is supported, but not decryption. S/MIME
1344 signature creation and S/MIME encryption are supported via built-in
1345 support in Emacs. S/MIME support is not extensively tested at this
1350 Fix for threading bug involving deleting and re-adding
1351 messages. Fix for case-sensitive content disposition headers. Fix
1352 handling of 1 character directory names at top level.
1354 Command Line Interface
1355 ----------------------
1357 `notmuch show` now supports verifying S/MIME signatures
1359 This support relies on an appropriately configured `gpgsm`.
1364 Drop dependency on "pkg-config emacs".
1369 Notmuch replies now include all parts shown in the show view
1371 There are two main user visible changes. The first is that rfc822
1372 parts are now included in replies.
1374 The second change is that part headers are now included in the reply
1375 buffer to provide visible separation of the parts. The choice of
1376 which part headers to show is customizable via the variable
1377 `notmuch-mua-reply-insert-header-p-function`.
1379 Filtering or Limiting messages is now bound to `l` in the search view
1381 This binding now matches the analogous binding in show view.
1383 `F` forwards all open messages in a thread
1385 When viewing a thread of messages, the new binding `F` can be used
1386 to generate a new outgoing message which forwards all of the open
1387 messages in the thread. This is analogous to the `f` binding, which
1388 forwards only the current message.
1390 Preferred content type can be determined from the message content
1392 More flexibility in choosing which sub-part of a
1393 multipart/alternative part is initially shown is available by
1394 setting `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` to a function
1395 that returns a list of discouraged types. The function so specified
1396 is passed the message as an argument and can examine the message
1397 content to determine which content types should be discouraged. This
1398 is in addition to the current capabilities (i.e. setting
1399 `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` to a list of discouraged
1402 When viewing a thread ("show" mode), queries that match no messages no
1403 longer generate empty buffers
1405 Should an attempt be made to view the thread corresponding to a
1406 query that matches no messages, a warning message is now displayed
1407 and the terminal bell rung rather than displaying an empty buffer
1408 (or, in some cases, displaying an empty buffer and throwing an
1409 error). This also affects re-display of the current thread.
1411 Handle S/MIME signatures in emacs
1413 The emacs interface is now capable making and verifying S/MIME
1416 `notmuch-message-address-insinuate` is now a no-op
1418 This reduces the amount of interference with non-notmuch uses of
1421 Address completion improvements
1423 An external script is no longer needed for address completion; if
1424 you previously configured one, customize the variable
1425 `notmuch-address-command` to try the internal completion. If
1426 `company-mode` is available, notmuch uses it by default for
1427 interactive address completion.
1429 Test and experiment with the emacs MUA available in source tree
1431 `./devel/try-emacs-mua` runs emacs and fills the window with
1432 information how to try the MUA safely. Emacs is configured to use
1433 the notmuch (lisp) files located in `./emacs` directory.
1438 New `notmuch-report(1)` and `notmuch-report.json(5)` man pages
1439 describe `notmuch-report` and its JSON configuration file. You can
1440 build these files by running `make` in the `devel/nmbug/doc`
1446 Renamed from `nmbug-status`. This script generates reports based on
1447 notmuch queries, and doesn't really have anything to do with nmbug,
1448 except for sharing the `NMBGIT` environment variable. The new name
1449 focuses on the script's action, instead of its historical association
1450 with the nmbug workflow. This should make it more discoverable for
1451 users looking for generic notmuch reporting tools.
1453 The default configuration file name (extracted from the `config`
1454 branch of `NBMGIT` has changed from `status-config.json` to
1455 `notmuch-report.json` so it is more obviously associated with the
1456 report-generating script. The configuration file also has a new
1457 `meta.message-url` setting, which is documented in
1458 `notmuch-report.json(5)`.
1460 `notmuch-report` now wraps query phrases in parentheses when and-ing
1461 them together, to avoid confusion about clause grouping.
1463 Notmuch 0.21 (2015-10-29)
1464 =========================
1469 Notmuch now requires gmime >= 2.6.7. The gmime 2.4 series is no longer
1472 Database revision tracking: `lastmod:` queries
1474 Each message now has a metadata revision number that increases with
1475 every tagging operation. See the discussion of `lastmod:` in
1476 `notmuch-search-terms(7)` for more information.
1478 Date queries now support `date:<expr>..!` shorthand for
1479 `date:<expr>..<expr>`
1481 You can use, for example, `date:yesterday..!` to match from the
1482 beginning of yesterday to the end of yesterday. For further details,
1483 please refer to the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page.
1485 Notmuch database upgrade to support `lastmod:` queries
1487 The above mentioned `lastmod:` prefix. This will be done
1488 automatically, without prompting on the next time `notmuch new` is
1489 run after the upgrade. The upgrade is not reversible, and the
1490 upgraded database will not be readable by older versions of
1491 Notmuch. As a safeguard, a database dump will be created in the
1492 `.notmuch` directory before upgrading.
1497 The ruby bindings are now built as part of the main notmuch build
1498 process. This can be disabled with the `--without-ruby` option to
1501 Building the documentation can be disabled with the `--without-docs`
1502 option to configure.
1504 Skipped individual tests are no longer considered as failures.
1506 Command Line Interface
1507 ----------------------
1509 Database revision tracking
1511 Two new options were added to support revision tracking. A global
1512 option "--uuid" (`notmuch(1)`) was added for to detect counter
1513 rollover and reinitialization, and `notmuch-count(1)` gained a
1514 `--lastmod` option to query database revision tracking data.
1516 The `notmuch address` command supports new deduplication schemes
1518 `notmuch address` has gained a new `--deduplicate` option to specify
1519 how the results should be deduplicated, if at all. The alternatives
1520 are `no` (do not deduplicate, useful for processing the results with
1521 external tools), `mailbox` (deduplicate based on the full, case
1522 sensitive name and email address), and `address` (deduplicate based
1523 on the case insensitive address part). See the `notmuch-address`
1524 manual page for further information.
1529 `notmuch-emacs-version` is used in `User-Agent` header
1531 The value of recently introduced variable `notmuch-emacs-version` is
1532 now used as a part of `User-Agent` header when sending emails.
1534 Removed `notmuch-version` function by renaming it to `notmuch-cli-version`
1536 With existing variable `notmuch-emacs-version` the accompanied
1537 function which retrieves the version of `notmuch-command` is
1538 better named as `notmuch-cli-version`.
1540 Query input now supports completion for "is:<tag>"
1542 New message composition mode: `notmuch-compose-mode`
1544 This is mainly to fix fcc handling, but may be useful for user
1545 customization as well.
1547 Allow filtering of search results in `notmuch-show`
1549 Add function to rerun current tree-view search in search mode
1551 Bug fix for replying to encrypted messages in `notmuch-tree` mode
1553 Allow saved searched to specify tree view rather than search view
1555 Applies to saved searches run from `notmuch-hello`, or by a keyboard
1556 shortcut (`notmuch-jump`). Can be set in the customize interface, or
1557 by adding :search-type tree to the appropriate saved search plist in
1558 `notmuch-saved-searches`.
1560 Increase maximum size of rendered text parts
1562 The variable `notmuch-show-max-text-part-size` controls the maximum
1563 size (in bytes) which is automatically rendered. This may make
1564 rendering large threads slower. To get the previous behaviour set
1565 this variable to 10000.
1570 The use of absolute paths is now enforced when calling
1571 `notmuch_database_{open, create}`
1573 New function `notmuch_directory_delete` to delete directory documents
1575 Previously there was no way to delete directory documents from the
1576 database, leading to confusing results when the "ghost" directory
1577 document of a renamed or deleted filesystem directory was
1578 encountered every time the parent directory was being scanned by
1579 `notmuch new`. The mtime of the old directory document was also used
1580 if a directory by the same name was added again in the filesystem,
1581 potentially bypassing the scan for the directory. The issues are
1582 fixed by providing a library call to delete directory documents, and
1583 deleting the old documents in `notmuch new` on filesystem directory
1586 Database revision tracking
1588 Revision tracking is supported via a new prefix "lastmod:" in the
1589 query parser and the new function
1590 `notmuch_database_get_revision`. For the latter, see `notmuch(3)`.
1592 New status code returning API for n_query_count_{messages,threads}
1594 Deprecated functions
1596 `notmuch_query_search_threads`, `notmuch_query_search_messages`,
1597 `notmuch_query_count_messages`, and `notmuch_query_count_threads`
1598 are all deprecated as of this release. Clients are encouraged to
1599 transition to the `_st` variants supporting better error reporting.
1604 `nmbug-status` now supports specifying the sort order for each view.
1606 Notmuch 0.20.2 (2015-06-27)
1607 ===========================
1612 Bug fix for marking messages read in `notmuch-tree` mode.
1614 Notmuch 0.20.1 (2015-06-01)
1615 ===========================
1620 Work around apparent gdb bug on arm64.
1622 Notmuch 0.20 (2015-05-31)
1623 =========================
1625 Command-Line Interface
1626 ----------------------
1628 There is a new `mimetype:` search prefix
1630 The new `mimetype:` search prefix allows searching for the
1631 content-type of attachments, which is now indexed. See the
1632 `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for details.
1634 Path to gpg is now configurable
1636 On systems with multiple versions of gpg, you can tell
1637 notmuch which one to use by setting `crypto.gpg_path`
1642 Avoid rendering large text attachments.
1644 Improved rendering of CID references in HTML.
1649 Vim client now respects excluded tags.
1654 Support messages without Message-IDs.
1659 Undeprecate single message mboxes
1661 It seems more trouble to remove this feature than expected, so
1662 `notmuch new` will no longer nag about mboxes with a single message.
1664 New error logging facility
1666 Clients should call `notmuch_database_status_string` to retrieve
1667 output formerly printed to stderr.
1669 Several bug fixes related to stale iterators
1671 New status code returning API for n_query_search_{messages,thread}
1673 Fix for library `install_name` on Mac OS X
1675 Fix for rounding of seconds
1680 Sphinx is now mandatory to build docs
1682 Support for using rst2man in place of sphinx to build the
1683 documentation has been removed.
1685 Improved notmuch-search-terms.7
1687 The man page `notmuch-search-terms(7)` has been extended, merging
1688 some material from the relicensed wiki.
1693 `notmuch-deliver` is removed. As far as we know, all functionality
1694 previously provided by `notmuch-deliver` should now be provided by
1695 `notmuch insert`, provided by the main notmuch binary.
1700 `nmbug-status` now only matches local branches when reading
1701 `status-config.json` from the `config` branch of the `NMBGIT`
1702 repository. To help new users running `nmbug-status`, `nmbug clone`
1703 now creates a local `config` branch tracking `origin/config`. Folks
1704 who use `nmbug-status` with an in-Git config (i.e. you don't use the
1705 `--config` option) who already have `NMBGIT` set up are encouraged to
1708 git checkout config origin/config
1710 in their `NMBGIT` repository (usually `~/.nmbug`).
1712 Notmuch 0.19 (2014-11-14)
1713 =========================
1718 This release improves the reliability of `notmuch dump` and the error
1719 handling for `notmuch insert`. The new `notmuch address` command is
1720 intended to make searching for email addresses more convenient. At the
1721 library level the revised handling of missing messages fixes at least
1722 one bug in threading. The release also includes several interface
1723 improvements to the emacs interface, most notably the ability to bind
1724 keyboard shortcuts to saved searches.
1726 Command-Line Interface
1727 ----------------------
1729 Stopped `notmuch dump` failing if someone writes to the database
1731 The dump command now takes the write lock when running. This
1732 prevents other processes from writing to the database during the
1733 dump which would cause the dump to fail. Note, if another notmuch
1734 process already has the write lock the dump will not start, so
1735 script callers should still check the return value.
1737 `notmuch insert` requires successful message indexing for success status
1739 Previously the `notmuch insert` subcommand indicated success even if
1740 the message indexing failed, as long as the message was delivered to
1741 file system. This could have lead to delivered messages missing
1742 tags, etc. `notmuch insert` is now more strict, also requiring
1743 successful indexing for success status. Use the new `--keep` option
1744 to revert to the old behaviour (keeping the delivered message file
1745 and returning success even if indexing fails).
1747 `notmuch insert` has gained support for `post-insert` hook
1749 The new `post-insert` hook is run after message delivery, similar to
1750 `post-new`. There's also a new option `notmuch insert --no-hooks` to
1751 skip the hook. See the notmuch-hooks(1) man page for details.
1753 `notmuch deliver` is deprecated
1755 With this release we believe that `notmuch insert` has reached
1756 parity with `notmuch deliver`. We recommend that all users of
1757 `notmuch deliver` switch to `notmuch insert` as the former is
1758 currently unmaintained.
1760 `notmuch search` now supports `--duplicate=N` option with `--output=messages`
1762 Complementing the `notmuch search --duplicate=N --output=files`
1763 options, the new `--duplicate=N --output=messages` combination
1764 limits output of message IDs to messages matching search terms that
1765 have at least `N` files associated with them.
1767 Added `notmuch address` subcommand
1769 This new subcommand searches for messages matching the given search
1770 terms, and prints the addresses from them. Duplicate addresses are
1771 filtered out. The `--output` option controls which of the following
1772 information is printed: sender addresses, recipient addresses and
1773 count of duplicate addresses.
1778 Use the `j` key to access saved searches from anywhere in notmuch
1780 `j` is now globally bound to `notmuch-jump`, which provides fast,
1781 interactive keyboard shortcuts to saved searches. For example,
1782 with the default saved searches `j i` from anywhere in notmuch will
1785 Improved handling of the unread tag
1787 Notmuch now marks an open message read (i.e., removes the unread
1788 tag) if point enters the message at any time in a show buffer
1789 regardless of how point got there (mouse click, cursor command, page
1790 up/down, notmuch commands such as n,N etc). This fixes various
1791 anomalies or bugs in the previous handling. Additionally it is
1792 possible to customize the mark read handling by setting
1793 `notmuch-show-mark-read-function` to a custom function.
1795 Expanded default saved search settings
1797 The default saved searches now include several more common searches,
1798 as well as shortcut keys for `notmuch-jump`.
1800 Improved `q` binding in notmuch buffers
1802 `q` will now bury rather than kill a notmuch search, show or tree
1803 buffer if there are multiple windows showing the buffer. If only a
1804 single window is showing the buffer, it is killed.
1806 `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link-alist` now supports functions
1808 Some list archives may use a more complicated scheme for referring
1809 to messages than just concatenated URL and message ID. For example,
1810 patchwork requires a query to translate message ID to a patchwork
1811 patch ID. `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link-alist` now supports
1812 functions to better cover such cases. See the help documentation for
1813 the variable for details.
1818 Introduced database version 3 with support for "database features."
1820 Features are independent aspects of the database schema.
1821 Representing these independently of the database version number will
1822 let us evolve the database format faster and more incrementally,
1823 while maintaining better forwards and backwards compatibility.
1825 Library users are no longer required to call `notmuch_database_upgrade`
1827 Previously, library users were required to call
1828 `notmuch_database_needs_upgrade` and `notmuch_database_upgrade`
1829 before using a writable database. Even the CLI didn't get this
1830 right, and it is no longer required. Now, individual APIs may
1831 return `NOTMUCH_STATUS_UPGRADE_REQUIRED` if the database format is
1832 too out of date for that API.
1834 Library users can now abort an atomic section by closing the database
1836 Previously there was no supported way to abort an atomic section.
1837 Callers can now simply close the database, and any outstanding
1838 atomic section will be aborted.
1840 Add return status to `notmuch_database_close` and
1841 `notmuch_database_destroy`
1843 Bug fixes and performance improvements for thread linking
1845 The database now represents missing-but-referenced messages ("ghost
1846 messages") similarly to how it represents regular messages. This
1847 enables an improved thread linking algorithm that performs better
1848 and fixes a bug that sometimes prevented notmuch from linking
1849 messages into the same thread.
1854 The Perl script has been translated to Python; you'll need Python 2.7
1855 or anything from the 3.x line. Most of the user-facing interface is
1856 the same, but `nmbug help` is now `nmbug --help`, and the following nmbug
1857 commands have slightly different interfaces: `archive`, `commit`,
1858 `fetch`, `log`, `pull`, `push`, and `status`. For details on the
1859 new interface for a given command, run `nmbug COMMAND --help`.
1864 `nmbug-status` can now optionally load header and footer templates
1865 from the config file. Use something like:
1869 "header": "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang="en">\n...",
1870 "footer": "</body></html>",
1879 Add support for `notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude`
1884 The notmuch binaries and libraries are now build with debugging symbols
1885 by default. Users concerned with disk space should change the
1886 defaults when configuring or use the strip(1) command.
1888 Notmuch 0.18.2 (2014-10-25)
1889 ===========================
1894 Translate T380-atomicity to use gdb/python
1896 The new version is compatible with gdb 7.8
1898 Emacs 24.4 related bug fixes
1900 The Messages buffer became read-only, and the generated mime
1901 structure for signatures changed slightly.
1903 Simplify T360-symbol-hiding
1905 Replace the use of `objdump` on the object files with `nm` on the
1908 Notmuch 0.18.1 (2014-06-25)
1909 ===========================
1911 This is a bug fix and portability release.
1916 Add a workaround for systems without zlib.pc
1918 Make emacs install robust against the non-existence of emacs
1920 Put notmuch lib directory first in RPATH
1922 Fix handling of `html_static_path` in sphinx
1924 Both the python bindings and the main docs had spurious settings of
1930 Use --quick when starting emacs
1932 This avoids a hang in the T160-json tests.
1934 Allow pending break points in atomicity script
1936 This allows the atomicity tests to run on several more architectures/OSes.
1938 Command-Line Interface
1939 ----------------------
1941 To improve portability use fsync instead of fdatasync in
1942 `notmuch-dump`. There should be no functional difference.
1947 Resurrect support for single-message mbox files
1949 The removal introduced a bug with previously indexed single-message
1950 mboxes. This support remains deprecated.
1952 Fix for phrase indexing
1954 There were several bugs where words intermingled from different
1955 headers and MIME parts could match a single phrase query. This fix
1956 will affect only newly indexed messages.
1961 Make sure tagging on an empty query is harmless
1963 Previously tagging an empty query could lead to tags being
1964 unintentionally removed.
1966 Notmuch 0.18 (2014-05-06)
1967 =========================
1972 This new release includes some enhancements to searching for messages
1973 by filesystem location (`folder:` and `path:` prefixes under *General*
1974 below). Saved searches in *Emacs* have also been enhanced to allow
1975 distinct search orders for each one. Another enhancement to the
1976 *Emacs* interface is that replies to encrypted messages are now
1977 encrypted, reducing the risk of unintentional information disclosure.
1978 The default dump output format has changed to the more robust
1979 `batch-tag` format. The previously deprecated parsing of single
1980 message mboxes has been removed. For detailed release notes, see
1986 The `folder:` search prefix now requires an exact match
1988 The `folder:` prefix has been changed to search for email messages
1989 by the exact, case sensitive maildir or MH folder name. Wildcard
1990 matching (`folder:foo*`) is no longer supported. The new behaviour
1991 allows for more accurate mail folder based searches, makes it
1992 possible to search for messages in the top-level folder, and should
1993 lead to less surprising results than the old behaviour. Users are
1994 advised to see the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for details,
1995 and review how the change affects their existing `folder:` searches.
1997 There is a new `path:` search prefix
1999 The new `path:` search prefix complements the `folder:` prefix. The
2000 `path:` prefix searches for email messages that are in particular
2001 directories within the mail store, optionally recursively using a
2002 special syntax. See the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for
2005 Notmuch database upgrade due to `folder:` and `path:` changes
2007 The above mentioned changes to the `folder:` prefix and the addition
2008 of `path:` prefix require a Notmuch database upgrade. This will be
2009 done automatically, without prompting on the next time `notmuch new`
2010 is run after the upgrade. The upgrade is not reversible, and the
2011 upgraded database will not be readable by older versions of
2012 Notmuch. As a safeguard, a database dump will be created in the
2013 `.notmuch` directory before upgrading.
2018 Notmuch database upgrade
2020 The libnotmuch consumers are reminded to handle database upgrades
2021 properly, either by relying on running `notmuch new`, or checking
2022 `notmuch_database_needs_upgrade()` and calling
2023 `notmuch_database_upgrade()` as necessary. This has always been the
2024 case, but in practise there have been no database upgrades in any
2025 released version of Notmuch before now.
2027 Support for indexing mbox files has been dropped
2029 There has never been proper support for mbox files containing
2030 multiple messages, and the support for single-message mbox files has
2031 been deprecated since Notmuch 0.15. The support has now been
2032 dropped, and all mbox files will be rejected during indexing.
2034 Message header parsing changes
2036 Notmuch previously had an internal parser for message headers. The
2037 parser has now been dropped in favour of letting GMime parse both
2038 the headers and the message MIME structure at the same pass. This is
2039 mostly an internal change, but the GMime parser is stricter in its
2040 interpretation of the headers. This may result in messages with
2041 slightly malformed message headers being now rejected.
2043 Command-Line Interface
2044 ----------------------
2046 `notmuch dump` now defaults to `batch-tag` format
2048 The old format is still available with `--format=sup`.
2050 `notmuch new` has a --quiet option
2052 This option suppresses the progress and summary reports.
2054 `notmuch insert` respects maildir.synchronize_flags config option
2056 Do not synchronize tags to maildir flags in `notmuch insert` if the
2057 user does not want it.
2059 The commands set consistent exit status codes on failures
2061 The cli commands now consistently set exit status of 1 on failures,
2062 except where explicitly otherwise noted. The notable exceptions are
2063 the status codes for format version mismatches for commands that
2064 support formatted output.
2066 Bug fix for checking configured new.tags for invalid tags
2068 `notmuch new` and `notmuch insert` now check the user configured
2069 new.tags for invalid tags, and refuse to apply them, similar to
2070 `notmuch tag`. Invalid tags are currently the empty string and tags
2078 If the file pointed by new variable `notmuch-init-file` (typically
2079 `~/.emacs.d/notmuch-config.el`) exists, it is loaded at the end of
2080 `notmuch.el`. Users can put their personal notmuch emacs lisp based
2081 configuration/customization items there instead of filling
2082 `~/.emacs` with these.
2084 Changed format for saved searches
2086 The format for `notmuch-saved-searches` has changed, but old style
2087 saved searches are still supported. The new style means that a saved
2088 search can store the desired sort order for the search, and it can
2089 store a separate query to use for generating the count notmuch
2092 The variable is fully customizable and any configuration done
2093 through customize should *just work*, with the additional options
2094 mentioned above. For manual customization see the documentation for
2095 `notmuch-saved-searches`.
2097 IMPORTANT: a new style notmuch-saved-searches variable will break
2098 previous versions of notmuch-emacs (even search will not work); to
2099 fix remove the customization for notmuch-saved-searches.
2101 If you have a custom saved search sort function (not unsorted or
2102 alphabetical) then the sort function will need to be
2103 modified. Replacing (car saved-search) by (notmuch-saved-search-get
2104 saved-search :name) and (cdr saved-search) by
2105 (notmuch-saved-search-get saved-search :query) should be sufficient.
2107 The keys of `notmuch-tag-formats` are now regexps
2109 Previously, the keys were literal strings. Customized settings of
2110 `notmuch-tag-formats` will continue to work as before unless tags
2111 contain regexp special characters like `.` or `*`.
2113 Changed tags are now shown in the buffer
2115 Previously tag changes made in a buffer were shown immediately. In
2116 some cases (particularly automatic tag changes like marking read)
2117 this made it hard to see what had happened (e.g., whether the
2118 message had been unread).
2120 The changes are now shown explicitly in the buffer: by default
2121 deleted tags are displayed with red strike-through and added tags
2122 are displayed underlined in green (inverse video is used for deleted
2123 tags if the terminal does not support strike-through).
2125 The variables `notmuch-tag-deleted-formats` and
2126 `notmuch-tag-added-formats`, which have the same syntax as
2127 `notmuch-tag-formats`, allow this to be customized.
2129 Setting `notmuch-tag-deleted-formats` to `'((".*" nil))` and
2130 `notmuch-tag-added-formats` to `'((".*" tag))` will give the old
2131 behavior of hiding deleted tags and showing added tags identically
2132 to tags already present.
2136 The new, build-time generated variable `notmuch-emacs-version` is used
2137 to distinguish between notmuch cli and notmuch emacs versions.
2138 The function `notmuch-hello-versions` (bound to 'v' in notmuch-hello
2139 window) prints both notmuch cli and notmuch emacs versions in case
2140 these differ from each other.
2141 This is especially useful when using notmuch remotely.
2143 Ido-completing-read initialization in Emacs 23
2145 `ido-completing-read` in Emacs 23 versions 1 through 3 freezes unless
2146 it is initialized. Defadvice-based *Ido* initialization is defined
2147 for these Emacs versions.
2149 Bug fix for saved searches with newlines in them
2151 Split lines confuse `notmuch count --batch`, so we remove embedded
2152 newlines before calling notmuch count.
2154 Bug fixes for sender identities
2156 Previously, Emacs would rewrite some sender identities in unexpected
2157 and undesirable ways. Now it will use identities exactly as
2158 configured in `notmuch-identities`.
2160 Replies to encrypted messages will be encrypted by default
2162 In the interest of maintaining confidentiality of communications,
2163 the Notmuch Emacs interface now automatically adds the mml tag to
2164 encrypt replies to encrypted messages. This should make it less
2165 likely to accidentally reply to encrypted messages in plain text.
2167 Reply pushes mark before signature
2169 We push mark and set point on reply so that the user can easily cut
2170 the quoted text. The mark is now pushed before the signature, if
2171 any, instead of end of buffer so the signature is preserved.
2173 Message piping uses the originating buffer's working directory
2175 `notmuch-show-pipe-message` now uses the originating buffer's
2176 current default directory instead of that of the `*notmuch-pipe*`
2182 nmbug adds a `clone` command for setting up the initial repository and
2183 uses `@{upstream}` instead of `FETCH_HEAD` to track upstream changes.
2185 The `@{upstream}` change reduces ambiguity when fetching multiple
2186 branches, but requires existing users update their `NMBGIT`
2187 repository (usually `~/.nmbug`) to distinguish between local and
2188 remote-tracking branches. The easiest way to do this is:
2190 1. If you have any purely local commits (i.e. they aren't in the
2191 nmbug repository on nmbug.tethera.net), push them to a remote
2192 repository. We'll restore them from the backup in step 4.
2193 2. Remove your `NMBGIT` repository (e.g. `mv .nmbug .nmbug.bak`).
2194 3. Use the new `clone` command to create a fresh clone:
2196 nmbug clone https://nmbug.notmuchmail.org/git/nmbug-tags.git
2198 4. If you had local commits in step 1, add a remote for that
2199 repository and fetch them into the new repository.
2201 Notmuch 0.17 (2013-12-30)
2202 =========================
2204 Incompatible change in SHA1 computation
2205 ---------------------------------------
2207 Previously on big endian architectures like sparc and powerpc the
2208 computation of SHA1 hashes was incorrect. This meant that messages
2209 with overlong or missing message-ids were given different computed
2210 message-ids than on more common little endian architectures like i386
2211 and amd64. If you use notmuch on a big endian architecture, you are
2212 strongly advised to make a backup of your tags using `notmuch dump`
2213 before this upgrade. You can locate the affected files using something
2217 awk '/^notmuch-sha1-[0-9a-f]{40} / \
2218 {system("notmuch search --exclude=false --output=files id:" $1)}'
2220 Command-Line Interface
2221 ----------------------
2223 New options to better support handling duplicate messages
2225 If more than one message file is associated with a message-id,
2226 `notmuch search --output=files` will print all of them. A new
2227 `--duplicate=N` option can be used to specify which duplicate to
2228 print for each message.
2230 `notmuch count` now supports `--output=files` option to output the
2231 number of files associated with matching messages. This may be
2232 bigger than the number of matching messages due to duplicates
2233 (i.e. multiple files having the same message-id).
2235 Improved `notmuch new` performance for unchanged folders
2237 `notmuch new` now skips over unchanged folders more efficiently,
2238 which can substantially improve the performance of checking for new
2239 mail in some situations (like NFS-mounted Maildirs).
2241 `notmuch reply --format=text` RFC 2047-encodes headers
2243 Previously, this used a mix of standard MIME encoding for the reply
2244 body and UTF-8 for the headers. Now, the text format reply template
2245 RFC 2047-encodes the headers, making the output a valid RFC 2822
2246 message. The JSON/sexp format is unchanged.
2248 `notmuch compact` command
2250 The new `compact` command exposes Xapian's compaction
2251 functionality through a more convenient interface than
2252 `xapian-compact`. `notmuch compact` will compact the database to a
2253 temporary location, optionally backup the original database, and
2254 move the compacted database into place.
2259 `notmuch-tree` (formerly `notmuch-pick`) has been added to mainline
2261 `notmuch-tree` is a threaded message view for the emacs
2262 interface. Each message is one line in the results and the thread
2263 structure is shown using UTF-8 box drawing characters (similar to
2264 Mutt's threaded view). It comes between search and show in terms of
2265 amount of output and can be useful for viewing both single threads
2266 and multiple threads.
2268 Using `notmuch-tree`
2270 The main key entries to notmuch tree are
2272 'z' enter a query to view using notmuch tree (works in hello,
2273 search, show and tree mode itself)
2275 'Z' view the current query in tree notmuch tree (works from search
2278 Once in tree mode, keybindings are mostly in line with the rest of
2279 notmuch and are all viewable with '?' as usual.
2281 Customising `notmuch-tree`
2283 `notmuch-tree` has several customisation variables. The most
2284 significant is the first notmuch-tree-show-out which determines the
2285 behaviour when selecting a message (with RET) in tree view. By
2286 default tree view uses a split window showing the single message in
2287 the bottom pane. However, if this option is set then it views the
2288 whole thread in the complete window jumping to the selected message
2289 in the thread. In either case command-prefix selects the other option.
2291 Tagging threads in search is now race-free
2293 Previously, adding or removing a tag from a thread in a search
2294 buffer would affect messages that had arrived after the search was
2295 performed, resulting in, for example, archiving messages that were
2296 never seen. Tagging now affects only the messages that were in the
2297 thread when the search was performed.
2299 `notmuch-hello` refreshes when switching to the buffer
2301 The hello buffer now refreshes whenever you switch to the buffer,
2302 regardless of how you get there. You can disable automatic
2303 refreshing by customizing `notmuch-hello-auto-refresh`.
2305 Specific mini-buffer prompts for tagging operations
2307 When entering tags to add or remove, the mini-buffer prompt now
2308 indicates what operation will be performed (e.g., "Tag thread", "Tag
2311 Built-in help improvements
2313 Documentation for many commands has been improved, as displayed by
2314 `notmuch-help` (usually bound to "?"). The bindings listed by
2315 `notmuch-help` also now include descriptions of prefixed commands.
2317 Quote replies as they are displayed in show view
2319 We now render the parts for reply quoting the same way they are
2320 rendered for show. At this time, the notable change is that replies
2321 to text/calendar are now pretty instead of raw vcalendar.
2323 Fixed inconsistent use of configured search order
2325 All ways of interactively invoking search now honor the value of
2326 `notmuch-search-oldest-first`.
2328 Common keymap for notmuch-wide bindings
2330 Several key bindings have been moved from mode-specific keymaps to
2331 the single `notmuch-common-keymap`, which is inherited by each
2332 notmuch mode. If you've customized your key bindings, you may want
2333 to move some of them to the common keymap.
2335 The `notmuch-tag` function now requires a list of tag changes
2337 For users who have scripted the Emacs interface: the `notmuch-tag`
2338 API has changed. Previously, it accepted either a list of tag
2339 changes or a space-separated string of tag changes. The latter is
2340 no longer supported and the function now returns nothing.
2342 Fixed `notmuch-reply` putting reply in primary selection
2344 On emacs 24 notmuch-reply used to put the cited text into the
2345 primary selection (which could lead to inadvertently pasting this
2346 cited text elsewhere). Now the primary-selection is not changed.
2348 Fixed `notmuch-show` invisible part handling
2350 In some obscure cases part buttons and invisibility had strange
2351 interactions: in particular, the default action for some parts gave
2352 the wrong action. This has been fixed.
2354 Fixed `notmuch-show` attachment viewers and stderr
2356 In emacs 24.3+ viewing an attachment could cause spurious text to
2357 appear in the show buffer (any stderr or stdout the viewer
2358 produced). By default this output is now discarded. For debugging,
2359 setting `notmuch-show-attachment-debug` causes notmuch to keep the
2360 viewer's stderr and stdout in a separate buffer.
2362 Fixed `notmuch-mua-reply` point placement when signature involved
2364 By restricting cursor movement to body section for cursor placement
2365 after signature is inserted, the cursor cannot "leak" to header
2366 section anymore. Now inserted citation content will definitely go to
2367 the body part of the message.
2372 It is now possible to compose new messages in the Vim interface, as
2373 opposed reply to existing messages. There is also support for
2374 going straight to a search (bypassing the folders view).
2376 Notmuch 0.16 (2013-08-03)
2377 =========================
2379 Command-Line Interface
2380 ----------------------
2382 Support for delivering messages to Maildir
2384 There is a new command `insert` that adds a message to a Maildir
2385 folder and notmuch index.
2387 `notmuch count --batch` option
2389 `notmuch count` now supports batch operations similar to `notmuch
2390 tag`. This is mostly an optimization for remote notmuch usage.
2392 `notmuch tag` option to remove all tags from matching messages
2394 `notmuch tag --remove-all` option has been added to remove all tags
2395 from matching messages. This can be combined with adding new tags,
2396 resulting in setting (rather than modifying) the tags of the
2399 Decrypting commands explicitly expect a gpg-agent
2401 Decryption in `notmuch show` and `notmuch reply` has only ever
2402 worked with a functioning gpg-agent. This is now made explicit in
2403 code and documentation. The functional change is that it's now
2404 possible to have gpg-agent running, but gpg "use-agent"
2405 configuration option disabled, not forcing the user to use the agent
2408 Configuration file saves follow symbolic links
2410 The notmuch commands that save the configuration file now follow
2411 symbolic links instead of overwrite them.
2413 Top level option to specify configuration file
2415 It's now possible to specify the configuration file to use on the
2416 command line using the `notmuch --config=FILE` option.
2418 Bash command-line completion
2420 The notmuch command-line completion support for the bash shell has
2421 been rewritten. Supported completions include all the notmuch
2422 commands, command-line arguments, values for keyword arguments,
2423 search prefixes (such as "subject:" or "from:") in all commands that
2424 use search terms, tags after + and - in `notmuch tag`, tags after
2425 "tag:" prefix, user's email addresses after "from:" and "to:"
2426 prefixes, and config options (and some config option values) in
2427 `notmuch config`. The new completion support depends on the
2428 bash-completion package.
2430 Deprecated commands "part" and "search-tags" are removed.
2435 New keymap to view/save parts; removed s/v/o/| part button bindings
2437 The commands to view, save, and open MIME parts are now prefixed
2438 with "." (". s" to save, ". v" to view, etc) and can be invoked with
2439 point anywhere in a part, unlike the old commands, which were
2440 restricted to part buttons. The old "s"/"v"/"o"/"|" commands on
2441 part buttons have been removed since they clashed with other
2442 bindings (notably "s" for search!) and could not be invoked when
2443 there was no part button. The new, prefixed bindings appear in
2444 show's help, so you no longer have to memorize them.
2446 Default part save directory is now `mm-default-directory`
2448 Previously, notmuch offered to save parts and attachments to a mix
2449 of `mm-default-directory`, `mailcap-download-directory`, and `~/`.
2450 This has been standardized on `mm-default-directory`.
2452 Key bindings for next/previous thread
2454 Show view has new key bindings M-n and M-p to move to the next and
2455 previous thread in the search results.
2457 Better handling of errors in search buffers
2459 Instead of interleaving errors in search result buffers, search mode
2460 now reports errors in the minibuffer.
2462 Faster search and show
2464 Communication between Emacs and the notmuch CLI is now more
2465 efficient because it uses the CLI's S-expression support. As a
2466 result, search mode should now fill search buffers faster and
2467 threads should show faster.
2471 The Emacs 22 support added late 2010 was sufficient only for a short
2472 period of time. After being incomplete for roughly 2 years the code
2473 in question was now removed from this release.
2478 The vim based front-end has been replaced with a new one that uses the Ruby
2479 bindings. The old font-end is available in the contrib subfolder.
2484 Fix loading of libnotmuch shared library on OS X (Darwin) systems.
2486 Notmuch 0.15.2 (2013-02-17)
2487 ===========================
2492 Update dependencies to avoid problems when building in parallel.
2494 Internal test framework changes
2495 -------------------------------
2497 Adjust Emacs test watchdog mechanism to cope with `process-attributes`
2498 being unimplemented.
2500 Notmuch 0.15.1 (2013-01-24)
2501 ===========================
2503 Internal test framework changes
2504 -------------------------------
2506 Set a default value for TERM when running tests. This fixes certain
2507 build failures in non-interactive environments.
2509 Notmuch 0.15 (2013-01-18)
2510 =========================
2515 Date range search support
2517 The `date:` prefix can now be used in queries to restrict the results
2518 to only messages within a particular time range (based on the Date:
2519 header) with a range syntax of `date:<since>..<until>`. Notmuch
2520 supports a wide variety of expressions in `<since>` and
2521 `<until>`. Please refer to the `notmuch-search-terms(7)` manual page
2524 Empty tag names and tags beginning with "-" are deprecated
2526 Such tags have been a frequent source of confusion and cause
2527 (sometimes unresolvable) conflicts with other syntax. notmuch tag
2528 no longer allows such tags to be added to messages. Removing such
2529 tags continues to be supported to allow cleanup of existing tags,
2530 but may be removed in a future release.
2532 Command-Line Interface
2533 ----------------------
2535 `notmuch new` no longer chokes on mboxes
2537 `notmuch new` now rejects mbox files containing more than one
2538 message, rather than treating the file as one giant message.
2540 Support for single message mboxes is deprecated
2542 For historical reasons, `notmuch new` will index mbox files
2543 containing a single message; however, this behavior is now
2544 officially deprecated.
2546 Fixed `notmuch new` to skip ignored broken symlinks
2548 `notmuch new` now correctly skips symlinks if they are in the
2549 ignored files list. Previously, it would abort when encountering
2550 broken symlink, even if it was ignored.
2552 New dump/restore format and tagging interface
2554 There is a new `batch-tag` format for dump and restore that is more
2555 robust, particularly with respect to tags and message-ids containing
2558 `notmuch tag` now supports the ability to read tag operations and
2559 queries from an input stream, in a format compatible with the new
2560 dump/restore format.
2562 Bcc and Reply-To headers are now available in notmuch show json output
2564 The `notmuch show --format=json` now includes "Bcc" and "Reply-To" headers.
2565 For example notmuch Emacs client can now have these headers visible
2566 when the headers are added to the `notmuch-message-headers` variable.
2568 CLI callers can now request a specific output format version
2570 `notmuch` subcommands that support structured output now support a
2571 `--format-version` argument for requesting a specific version of the
2572 structured output, enabling better compatibility and error handling.
2574 `notmuch search` has gained a null character separated text output format
2576 The new --format=text0 output format for `notmuch search` prints
2577 output separated by null characters rather than newline
2578 characters. This is similar to the find(1) -print0 option, and works
2579 together with the xargs(1) -0 option.
2584 Removal of the deprecated `notmuch-folders` variable
2586 `notmuch-folders` has been deprecated since the introduction of saved
2587 searches and the notmuch hello view in notmuch 0.3. `notmuch-folders`
2588 has now been removed. Any remaining users should migrate to
2589 `notmuch-saved-searches`.
2591 Visibility of MIME parts can be toggled
2593 Each part of a multi-part MIME email can now be shown or hidden
2594 using the button at the top of each part (by pressing RET on it or
2595 by clicking). For emails with multiple alternative formats (e.g.,
2596 plain text and HTML), only the preferred format is shown initially,
2597 but other formats can be shown using their part buttons. To control
2598 the behavior of this, see
2599 `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` and
2600 `notmuch-show-all-multipart/alternative-parts`.
2602 Note notmuch-show-print-message (bound to '#' by default) will print
2603 all parts of multipart/alternative message regardless of whether
2604 they are currently hidden or shown in the buffer.
2606 Emacs now buttonizes mid: links
2608 mid: links are a standardized way to link to messages by message ID
2609 (see RFC 2392). Emacs now hyperlinks mid: links to the appropriate
2612 Handle errors from bodypart insertions
2614 If displaying the text of a message in show mode causes an error (in
2615 the `notmuch-show-insert-part-*` functions), notmuch no longer cuts
2616 off thread display at the offending message. The error is now
2617 simply displayed in place of the message.
2619 Emacs now detects version mismatches with the notmuch CLI
2621 Emacs now detects and reports when the Emacs interface version and
2622 the notmuch CLI version are incompatible.
2624 Improved text/calendar content handling
2626 Carriage returns in embedded text/calendar content caused insertion
2627 of the calendar content fail. Now CRs are removed before calling icalendar
2628 to extract icalendar data. In case icalendar extraction fails an error
2629 is thrown for the bodypart insertion function to deal with.
2631 Disabled coding conversions when reading in `with-current-notmuch-show-message`
2633 Depending on the user's locale, saving attachments containing 8-bit
2634 data may have performed an unintentional encoding conversion,
2635 corrupting the saved attachment. This has been fixed by making
2636 `with-current-notmuch-show-message` disable coding conversion.
2638 Fixed errors with HTML email containing images in Emacs 24
2640 Emacs 24 ships with a new HTML renderer that produces better output,
2641 but is slightly buggy. We work around a bug that caused it to fail
2642 for HTML email containing images.
2644 Fixed handling of tags with unusual characters in them
2646 Emacs now handles tags containing spaces, quotes, and parenthesis.
2648 Fixed buttonization of id: links without quote characters
2650 Emacs now correctly buttonizes id: links where the message ID is not
2653 `notmuch-hello` refresh point placement improvements
2655 Refreshing the `notmuch-hello` buffer does a better job of keeping
2656 the point where it was.
2658 Automatic tag changes are now unified and customizable
2660 All the automatic tag changes that the Emacs interface makes when
2661 reading, archiving, or replying to messages, can now be
2662 customized. Any number of tag additions and removals is supported
2663 through the `notmuch-show-mark-read`, `notmuch-archive-tags`, and
2664 `notmuch-message-replied-tags` customization variables.
2666 Support for stashing the thread id in show view
2668 Invoking `notmuch-show-stash-message-id` with a prefix argument
2669 stashes the (local and database specific) thread id of the current
2670 thread instead of the message id.
2672 New add-on tool: notmuch-pick
2673 -----------------------------
2675 The new contrib/ tool `notmuch-pick` is an experimental threaded message
2676 view for the emacs interface. Each message is one line in the results
2677 and the thread structure is shown using UTF-8 box drawing characters
2678 (similar to Mutt's threaded view). It comes between search and show in
2679 terms of amount of output and can be useful for viewing both single
2680 threads and multiple threads. See the notmuch-pick README file for
2681 further details and installation.
2686 notmuch now builds on OpenBSD.
2688 Internal test framework changes
2689 -------------------------------
2691 The emacsclient binary is now user-configurable
2693 The test framework now accepts `TEST_EMACSCLIENT` in addition to
2694 `TEST_EMACS` for configuring the emacsclient to use. This is
2695 necessary to avoid using an old emacsclient with a new emacs, which
2696 can result in buggy behavior.
2698 Notmuch 0.14 (2012-08-20)
2699 =========================
2704 Maildir tag synchronization
2706 Maildir flag-to-tag synchronization now applies only to messages in
2707 maildir-like directory structures. Previously, it applied to any
2708 message that had a maildir "info" part, which meant it could
2709 incorrectly synchronize tags for non-maildir messages, while at the
2710 same time failing to synchronize tags for newly received maildir
2711 messages (typically causing new messages to not receive the "unread"
2714 Command-Line Interface
2715 ----------------------
2717 The deprecated positional output file argument to `notmuch dump` has
2718 been replaced with an `--output` option. The input file positional
2719 argument to `notmuch restore` has been replaced with an `--input`
2720 option for consistency with dump. These changes simplify the syntax
2721 of dump/restore options and make them more consistent with other
2727 Search results now get re-colored when tags are updated
2729 The formatting of tags in search results can now be customized
2731 Previously, attempting to change the format of tags in
2732 `notmuch-search-result-format` would usually break tagging from
2733 search-mode. We no longer make assumptions about the format.
2735 Experimental support for multi-line search result formats
2737 It is now possible to embed newlines in
2738 `notmuch-search-result-format` to make individual search results
2739 span multiple lines.
2741 Next/previous in search and show now move by boundaries
2743 All "next" and "previous" commands in the search and show modes now
2744 move to the next/previous result or message boundary. This doesn't
2745 change the behavior of "next", but "previous" commands will first
2746 move to the beginning of the current result or message if point is
2747 inside the result or message.
2749 Search now uses the JSON format internally
2751 This should address problems with unusual characters in authors and
2752 subject lines that could confuse the old text-based search parser.
2754 The date shown in search results is no longer padded before applying
2755 user-specified formatting
2757 Previously, the date in the search results was padded to fixed width
2758 before being formatted with `notmuch-search-result-format`. It is
2759 no longer padded. The default format has been updated, but if
2760 you've customized this variable, you may have to change your date
2761 format from `"%s "` to `"%12s "`.
2763 The thread-id for the `target-thread` argument for `notmuch-search` should
2764 now be supplied without the "thread:" prefix.
2766 Notmuch 0.13.2 (2012-06-02)
2767 ===========================
2772 Update `contrib/notmuch-deliver` for API changes in 0.13. This fixes a
2773 compilation error for this contrib package.
2775 Notmuch 0.13.1 (2012-05-29)
2776 ===========================
2781 Fix inserting of UTF-8 characters from *text/plain* parts in reply
2783 While notmuch gained ability to insert content from other than *text/plain*
2784 parts of email whenever *text/plain* parts are not available (notably
2785 HTML-only emails), replying to mails that do have *text/plain* the
2786 non-ASCII characters were incorrectly decoded. This is now fixed.
2788 `notmuch_database_get_directory` and
2789 `notmuch_database_find_message_by_filename` now work on read-only
2792 Previously, these functions attempted to create directory documents
2793 that didn't exist and would return an error or abort when given a
2794 read-only database. Now they no longer create directory documents
2795 and simply return a `NULL` object if the directory does not exist,
2798 Fix compilation of ruby bindings
2800 Revert to dynamic linking, since the statically linked bindings did
2803 Notmuch 0.13 (2012-05-15)
2804 =========================
2806 Command-Line Interface
2807 ----------------------
2811 `notmuch reply` can now produce JSON output that contains the headers
2812 for a reply message and full information about the original message
2813 begin replied to. This allows MUAs to create replies intelligently.
2814 For example, an MUA that can parse HTML might quote HTML parts.
2816 Calling notmuch reply with `--format=json` imposes the restriction that
2817 only a single message is returned by the search, as replying to
2818 multiple messages does not have a well-defined behavior. The default
2819 retains its current behavior for multiple message replies.
2823 Tags can be automatically excluded from search results by adding them
2824 to the new `search.exclude_tags` option in the Notmuch config file.
2826 This behaviour can be overridden by explicitly including an excluded
2827 tag in your query, for example:
2829 notmuch search $your_query and tag:$excluded_tag
2831 Existing users will probably want to run `notmuch setup` again to add
2832 the new well-commented [search] section to the configuration file.
2834 For new configurations, accepting the default setting will cause the
2835 tags "deleted" and "spam" to be excluded, equivalent to running:
2837 notmuch config set search.exclude_tags deleted spam
2839 Raw show format changes
2841 The output of show `--format=raw` has changed for multipart and
2842 message parts. Previously, the output was a mash of somewhat-parsed
2843 headers and transfer-decoded bodies. Now, such parts are reproduced
2844 faithfully from the original source. Message parts (which includes
2845 part 0) output the full message, including the message headers (but
2846 not the transfer headers). Multipart parts output the part as
2847 encoded in the original message, including the part's headers. Leaf
2848 parts, as before, output the part's transfer-decoded body.
2850 Listing configuration items
2852 The new `config list` command prints out all configuration items and
2858 Changes to tagging interface
2860 The user-facing tagging functions in the Emacs interface have been
2861 normalized across all notmuch modes. The tagging functions are now
2862 notmuch-search-tag in search-mode, and notmuch-show-tag in
2863 show-mode. They accept a string representing a single tag change,
2864 or a list of tag changes. See 'M-x describe-function notmuch-tag'
2865 for more information.
2867 NOTE: This breaks compatibility with old tagging functions, so user
2868 may need to update in custom configurations.
2870 Reply improvement using the JSON format
2872 Emacs now uses the JSON reply format to create replies. It obeys
2873 the customization variables message-citation-line-format and
2874 message-citation-line-function when creating the first line of the
2875 reply body, and it will quote HTML parts if no text/plain parts are
2878 New add-on tool: notmuch-mutt
2879 -----------------------------
2881 The new contrib/ tool `notmuch-mutt` provides Notmuch integration for
2882 the Mutt mail user agent. Using it, Mutt users can perform mail
2883 search, thread reconstruction, and mail tagging/untagging without
2884 leaving Mutt. notmuch-mutt, formerly distributed under the name
2885 `mutt-notmuch` by Stefano Zacchiroli, will be maintained as a notmuch
2886 contrib/ from now on.
2891 The API changes detailed below break binary and source compatibility,
2892 so libnotmuch has been bumped to version 3.0.0.
2894 The function `notmuch_database_close` has been split into
2895 `notmuch_database_close` and `notmuch_database_destroy`
2897 This makes it possible for long running programs to close the xapian
2898 database and thus release the lock associated with it without
2899 destroying the data structures obtained from it.
2901 `notmuch_database_open`, `notmuch_database_create`, and
2902 `notmuch_database_get_directory` now return errors
2904 The type signatures of these functions have changed so that the
2905 functions now return a `notmuch_status_t` and take an out-argument for
2906 returning the new database object or directory object.
2913 The go bindings and the `notmuch-addrlookup` utility are now
2914 compatible with go 1.
2916 Notmuch 0.12 (2012-03-20)
2917 =========================
2919 Command-Line Interface
2920 ----------------------
2924 `notmuch reply` has gained the ability to create a reply template
2925 for replying just to the sender of the message, in addition to reply
2926 to all. The feature is available through the new command line option
2927 `--reply-to=(all|sender)`.
2929 Mail store folder/file ignore
2931 A new configuration option, `new.ignore`, lets users specify a
2932 ;-separated list of file and directory names that will not be
2933 searched for messages by `notmuch new`.
2935 NOTE: *Every* file/directory that goes by one of those names will
2936 be ignored, independent of its depth/location in the mail store.
2938 Unified help and manual pages
2940 The notmuch help command now runs man for the appropriate page. If
2941 you install notmuch somewhere "unusual", you may need to update
2944 Manual page for notmuch configuration options
2946 The notmuch CLI configuration file options are now documented in the
2947 notmuch-config(1) manual page in addition to the configuration file
2955 The Emacs interface has, with the new CLI support, gained the
2956 ability to reply to sender in addition to reply to all. In both show
2957 and search modes, 'r' has been bound to reply to sender, replacing
2958 reply to all, which now has key binding 'R'.
2960 More flexible and consistent tagging operations
2962 All tagging operations ('+', '-', '*') now accept multiple tags with
2963 '+' or '-' prefix, like '*' operation in notmuch-search view before.
2965 '*' operation (`notmuch-show-tag-all`) is now available in
2968 `notmuch-show-{add,remove}-tag` functions no longer accept tag
2969 argument, `notmuch-show-tag-message` should be used instead. Custom
2970 bindings using these functions should be updated, e.g.:
2972 (notmuch-show-remove-tag "unread")
2974 should be changed to:
2976 (notmuch-show-tag-message "-unread")
2978 Refreshing the show view ('=' by default) no longer opens or closes messages
2980 To get the old behavior of putting messages back in their initial
2981 opened/closed state, use a prefix argument, e.g., 'C-u ='.
2983 Attachment buttons can be used to view or save attachments.
2985 When the cursor is on an attachment button the key 's' can be used
2986 to save the attachment, the key 'v' to view the attachment in the
2987 default mailcap application, and the key 'o' prompts the user for an
2988 application to use to open the attachment. By default Enter or mouse
2989 button 1 saves the attachment but this is customisable (option
2990 Notmuch Show Part Button Default Action).
2994 `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link{,-and-go}` allow stashing and
2995 optionally visiting a URI to the current message at one of a number
2996 of Mailing List Archives.
2998 Fix MML tag quoting in replies
3000 The MML tag quoting fix of 0.11.1 unintentionally quoted tags
3001 inserted in `message-setup-hook`. Quoting is now limited to the
3004 Show view archiving key binding changes
3006 The show view archiving key bindings 'a' and 'x' now remove the
3007 "inbox" tag from the current message only (instead of thread), and
3008 move to the next message. At the last message, 'a' proceeds to the
3009 next thread in search results, and 'x' returns to search
3010 results. The thread archiving functions are now available in 'A' and
3013 Support text/calendar MIME type
3015 The text/calendar MIME type is now supported in addition to
3018 Generate inline patch fake attachment file names from message subject
3020 Use the message subject to generate file names for the inline patch
3021 fake attachments. The names are now similar to the ones generated by
3022 'git format-patch' instead of just "inline patch". See "Notmuch Show
3023 Insert Text/Plain Hook" in the notmuch customize interface.
3025 Enable `notmuch-search-line-faces` by default
3027 Make the `notmuch-search-line-faces` functionality more discoverable
3028 for new users by showing "unread" messages bold and "flagged"
3029 messages blue by default in the search view.
3033 notmuch-show mode now has simple printing support, bound to '#' by
3034 default. You can customize the variable notmuch-print-mechanism.
3041 `notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude` supports the new tag exclusion
3044 Python bindings changes
3045 -----------------------
3047 Python 3.2 compatibility
3049 The python bindings are now compatible with both python 2.5+ and 3.2.
3051 Added missing unicode conversions
3053 Python strings have to be encoded to and decoded from utf-8 when
3054 calling libnotmuch functions. Porting the bindings to python 3.2
3055 revealed a few function calls that were missing these conversions.
3060 Compatibility with GMime 2.6
3062 It is now possible to build notmuch against both GMime 2.4 and 2.6.
3063 However, a bug in GMime 2.6 before 2.6.5 causes notmuch not to
3064 report signatures where the signer key is unavailable (GNOME bug
3065 668085). For compatibility with GMime 2.4's tolerance of "From "
3066 headers we require GMime 2.6 >= 2.6.7.
3068 Notmuch 0.11.1 (2012-02-03)
3069 ===========================
3074 Fix error handling in python bindings
3076 The python bindings in 0.11 failed to detect NULL pointers being
3077 returned from libnotmuch functions and thus failed to raise
3078 exceptions to indicate the error condition. Any subsequent calls
3079 into libnotmuch caused segmentation faults.
3081 Quote MML tags in replies
3083 MML tags are text codes that Emacs uses to indicate attachments
3084 (among other things) in messages being composed. The Emacs
3085 interface did not quote MML tags in the quoted text of a reply.
3086 User could be tricked into replying to a maliciously formatted
3087 message and not editing out the MML tags from the quoted text. This
3088 could lead to files from the user's machine being attached to the
3089 outgoing message. The Emacs interface now quotes these tags in
3090 reply text, so that they do not effect outgoing messages.
3092 Notmuch 0.11 (2012-01-13)
3093 =========================
3095 Command-Line Interface
3096 ----------------------
3100 Hooks have been introduced to notmuch. Hooks are scripts that notmuch
3101 invokes before and after certain actions. Initially, `notmuch new`
3102 supports `pre-new` and `post-new` hooks that are run before and after
3103 importing new messages into the database.
3105 `notmuch reply --decrypt bugfix`
3107 The `notmuch reply` command with `--decrypt` argument had a rarely
3108 occurring bug that caused an encrypted message not to be decrypted
3109 sometimes. This is now fixed.
3114 Automatic tag query optimization
3116 `notmuch tag` now automatically optimizes the user's query to
3117 exclude messages whose tags won't change. In the past, we've
3118 suggested that people do this by hand; this is no longer necessary.
3120 Don't sort messages when creating a dump file
3122 This speeds up tag dumps considerably, without any loss of
3123 information. To replicate the old behavior of sorted output (for
3124 example to compare two dump files), one can use e.g. `sort(1)`.
3129 Reduction of memory leaks
3131 Two memory leaks when searching and showing messages were identified
3132 and fixed in this release.
3139 notmuch-show-advance (bound to the spacebar in notmuch-show-mode) had
3140 a bug that caused it to always jump to the next message, even if it
3141 should have scrolled down to show more of the current message instead.
3144 Support `notmuch new` as a notmuch-poll-script
3146 It's now possible to use `notmuch new` as a notmuch-poll-script
3147 directly. This is also the new default. This allows taking better
3148 advantage of the `notmuch new` hooks from emacs without intermediate
3151 Improvements in saved search management
3153 New saved searches are now appended to the list of saved searches,
3154 not inserted in front. It's also possible to define a sort function
3155 for displaying saved searches; alphabetical sort is provided.
3157 Hooks for notmuch-hello
3159 Two new hooks have been added: "notmuch-hello-mode-hook" (called after
3160 entering notmuch-hello-mode) and "notmuch-hello-refresh-hook" (called
3161 after updating a notmuch-hello buffer).
3163 New face for crypto parts headers
3165 Crypto parts used to be displayed with a hardcoded color. A new face
3166 has been introduced to fix this: notmuch-crypto-part-header. It
3167 defaults to the same value as before, but can be customized to match
3170 Use space as default thousands separator
3172 Large numbers in notmuch-hello are now displayed using a space as
3173 thousands separator (e.g. "123 456" instead of "123,456"). This can be
3174 changed by customizing "notmuch-hello-thousands-separator".
3176 Call notmuch-show instead of notmuch-search when clicking on
3177 buttonized id: links
3179 New function notmuch-show-advance
3181 This new function advances through just the current thread, and is
3182 less invasive than notmuch-show-advance-and-archive. It can easily
3183 be bound to SPC with:
3185 (define-key notmuch-show-mode-map " " 'notmuch-show-advance)
3187 Various performance improvements
3192 The tool `contrib/notmuch-deliver` helps with initial delivery and
3193 tagging of mail (replacing running `notmuch new`).
3196 Notmuch 0.10.2 (2011-12-04)
3197 ===========================
3202 Fix crash in python bindings
3204 The python bindings did not call `g_type_init`, which caused crashes
3205 for some, but not all users.
3207 Notmuch 0.10.1 (2011-11-25)
3208 ===========================
3213 Fix `--help` argument
3215 Argument processing changes in 0.10 introduced a bug where
3216 `notmuch --help` crashed while `notmuch help` worked fine.
3217 This is fixed in 0.10.1.
3219 Notmuch 0.10 (2011-11-23)
3220 =========================
3222 New build and testing features
3223 ------------------------------
3225 Emacs tests are now done in `dtach`. This means that dtach is now
3226 needed to run the notmuch test suite, at least until the checking for
3227 prerequisites is improved.
3229 Full test coverage of the stashing feature in Emacs.
3231 New command-line features
3232 -------------------------
3234 Add `notmuch restore --accumulate` option
3236 The `--accumulate` switch causes the union of the existing and new tags to
3237 be applied, instead of replacing each message's tags as they are read in
3240 Add search terms to `notmuch dump`
3242 The dump command now takes an optional search term much like notmuch
3243 search/show/tag. The output file argument of dump is deprecated in
3244 favour of using stdout.
3246 Add `notmuch search` `--offset` and `--limit` options
3248 The search command now takes options `--offset=[-]N` and `--limit=N` to
3249 limit the number of results shown.
3251 Add `notmuch count --output` option
3253 The count command is now capable of counting threads in addition to
3254 messages. This is selected using the new `--output=(threads|messages)`
3257 New emacs UI features
3258 ---------------------
3260 Add tab-completion for `notmuch-search` and `notmuch-search-filter`
3262 These functions now support completion tags for query parts
3263 starting with "tag:".
3265 Turn "id:MSG-ID" links into buttons associated with notmuch searches
3267 Text of the form "id:MSG-ID" in mails is now a clickable button that
3268 opens a notmuch search for the given message id.
3270 Add keybinding ('c I') for stashing Message-ID's without an id: prefix
3272 Reduces manual labor when stashing them for use outside notmuch.
3274 Do not query on `notmuch-search` exit
3276 It is harmless to kill the external notmuch process, so the user
3277 is no longer interrogated when they interrupt a search.
3282 Emacs now constructs large search buffers more efficiently
3284 Search avoids opening and parsing message files
3286 We now store more information in the database so search no longer
3287 has to open every message file to get basic headers. This can
3288 improve search speed by as much as 10X, but taking advantage of this
3289 requires a database rebuild:
3291 notmuch dump > notmuch.dump
3292 # Backup, then remove notmuch database ($MAIL/.notmuch)
3294 notmuch restore notmuch.dump
3296 New collection of add-on tools
3297 ------------------------------
3299 The source directory "contrib" contains tools built on notmuch. These
3300 tools are not part of notmuch, and you should check their individual
3301 licenses. Feel free to report problems with them to the notmuch
3304 nmbug - share tags with a given prefix
3306 nmbug helps maintain a git repo containing all tags with a given
3307 prefix (by default "notmuch::"). Tags can be shared by committing
3308 them to git in one location and restoring in another.
3310 Notmuch 0.9 (2011-10-01)
3311 ========================
3313 New, general features
3314 ---------------------
3316 Correct handling of interruptions during `notmuch new`
3318 `notmuch new` now operates as a series of small, self-consistent
3319 transactions, so it can correctly resume after an interruption or
3320 crash. Previously, interruption could lose existing tags, fail to
3321 detect messages on resume, or leave the database in a state
3322 temporarily or permanently inconsistent with the mail store.
3329 `notmuch_database_begin_atomic` and `notmuch_database_end_atomic`
3330 allow multiple database operations to be performed atomically.
3332 `notmuch_database_find_message_by_filename` does exactly what it says.
3336 `notmuch_database_find_message` (and `n_d_f_m_by_filename`) now return
3337 a status indicator and uses an output parameter for the
3338 message. This change required changing the SONAME of libnotmuch to
3341 Python bindings changes
3342 -----------------------
3344 - Re-encode python unicode objects to utf-8 before passing back to
3346 - Support `Database().begin_atomic()/end_atomic()`
3347 - Support `Database().find_message_by_filename()`
3348 NB! This needs a db opened in READ-WRITE mode currently, or it will crash
3349 the python process. The is a limitation (=bug) of the underlying libnotmuch.
3350 - Fixes where we would not throw NotmuchErrors when we should (Justus Winter)
3351 - Update for `n_d_find_message*` API changes (see above).
3353 Ruby bindings changes
3354 ---------------------
3356 - Wrap new library functions `notmuch_database_{begin,end}_atomic.`
3357 - Add new exception `Notmuch::UnbalancedAtomicError.`
3358 - Rename destroy to destroy! according to Ruby naming conventions.
3359 - Update for `n_d_find_message*` API changes (see above).
3364 * Add gpg callback to crypto sigstatus buttons to retrieve/refresh
3366 * Add `notmuch-show-refresh-view` function (and corresponding binding)
3367 to refresh the view of a notmuch-show buffer.
3369 Reply formatting cleanup
3370 ------------------------
3372 `notmuch reply` no longer includes notification that non-leafnode
3373 MIME parts are being suppressed.
3375 Notmuch 0.8 (2011-09-10)
3376 ========================
3378 Improved handling of message/rfc822 parts
3380 Both in the CLI and the emacs interface. Output of rfc822 parts now
3381 includes the primary headers, as well as the body and all subparts.
3382 Output of the completely raw rfc822-formatted message, including all
3383 headers, is unfortunately not yet supported (but hopefully will be
3386 Improved Build system portability
3388 Certain parts of the shell script generating notmuch.sym were
3389 specific to the GNU versions of sed and nm. The new version should
3390 be more portable to e.g. OpenBSD.
3392 Documentation update for Ruby bindings
3394 Added documentation, typo fixes, and improved support for rdoc.
3396 Unicode, iterator, PEP8 changes for python bindings
3398 - PEP8 (code formatting) changes for python files.
3399 - Remove `Tags.__len__` ; see 0.6 release notes for motivation.
3400 - Decode headers as UTF8, encode (unicode) database paths as UTF8.
3402 Notmuch 0.7 (2011-08-01)
3403 ========================
3405 Vim interface improvements
3406 --------------------------
3408 Jason Woofenden provided a number of bug fixes for the Vim interface
3410 * fix citation/signature fold lengths
3411 * fix cig/cit parsing within multipart/*
3412 * fix on-screen instructions for show-signature
3413 * fix from list reformatting in search view
3414 * fix space key: now archives (did opposite)
3416 Uwe Kleine-König contributed
3418 * use full path for sendmail/doc fix
3419 * fix compose temp file name
3421 Python Bindings changes
3422 -----------------------
3424 Sebastian Spaeth contributed two changes related to unicode and UTF8:
3426 * message tags are now explicitly unicode
3427 * query string is encoded as a UTF8 byte string
3429 Build-System improvements
3430 -------------------------
3432 Generate notmuch.sym after the relevant object files
3434 This fixes a bug in parallel building. Thanks to Thomas Jost for the
3437 Notmuch 0.6.1 (2011-07-17)
3438 ==========================
3443 Re-export Xapian exception typeinfo symbols
3445 It turned out our aggressive symbol hiding caused problems for
3446 people running gcc 4.4.5.
3448 Notmuch 0.6 (2011-07-01)
3449 =======================
3451 New, general features
3452 ---------------------
3454 Folder-based searching
3456 Notmuch queries can now include a search term to match the
3457 directories in which mail files are stored (within the mail
3458 storage). The syntax is as follows:
3462 For example, one might use things such as:
3468 to match any path containing a directory "spam", "work/todo", or
3469 containing a directory starting with "2011-", respectively.
3471 This feature is particularly useful for users of delivery-agent
3472 software (such as procmail or maildrop) that is filtering mail and
3473 delivering it to particular folders, or users of systems such as
3474 Gmail that use filesystem directories to indicate message tags.
3476 NOTE: Only messages that are newly indexed with this version of
3477 notmuch will be searchable with folder: terms. In order to enable
3478 this feature for all mail, the entire notmuch index will need to be
3481 notmuch dump > notmuch.dump
3482 # Backup, then remove notmuch database ($MAIL/.notmuch)
3484 notmuch restore notmuch.dump
3486 Support for PGP/MIME
3488 Both the command-line interface and the emacs-interface have new
3489 support for PGP/MIME, detailed below. Thanks to Daniel Kahn Gillmor
3490 and Jameson Graef Rollins for making this happen.
3492 New, automatic tags: "signed" and "encrypted"
3494 These tags will automatically be applied to messages containing
3495 multipart/signed and multipart/encrypted parts.
3497 NOTE: Only messages that are newly indexed with this version of
3498 notmuch will receive these tags.
3500 New command-line features
3501 -------------------------
3503 Add new "notmuch show --verify" option for signature verification
3505 This option instruct notmuch to verify the signature of
3506 PGP/MIME-signed parts.
3508 Add new "notmuch show --decrypt" and "notmuch reply --decrypt" options
3510 This option instructs notmuch to decrypt PGP/MIME-encrypted parts.
3511 Note that this feature currently requires gpg-agent and a passphrase entry
3512 tool (e.g. pinentry-gtk or pinentry-curses).
3514 Proper nesting of multipart parts in "notmuch show" output
3516 MIME parts are now display with proper nesting to reflect original
3517 MIME hierarchy of a message. This allows clients to correctly
3518 analyze the MIME structure, (such as, for example, determining to
3519 which parts a signature part applies).
3521 Add new "notmuch show --part" option
3523 This is a replacement for the older "notmuch part" command, (which
3524 is now deprecated—it should still work as always, but is no longer
3525 documented). Putting part output under "notmuch show" allows for all
3526 of the "notmuch show" options to be applied when extracting a single
3527 part, (such as --format=json for extracting a message part with JSON
3530 Deprecate "notmuch search-tags" (in favor of "notmuch search --output=tags *")
3532 The "notmuch search-tags" sub-command has been redundant since the
3533 addition of the --output=tags option to "notmuch search". We now
3534 make that more clear by deprecating "notmuch search-tags", (dropping
3535 it from the documentation). We do continue to support the old syntax
3536 by translating it internally to the new call.
3538 Performance improvements
3539 ------------------------
3541 Faster searches (by doing fewer searches to construct threads)
3543 Whenever a user asks for search results as threads, notmuch first
3544 performs a search for messages matching the query, then performs
3545 additional searches to find other messages in the resulting threads.
3547 Removing inefficiencies and redundancies in these secondary searches
3548 results in a measured speedups of 1.5x for a typical search.
3550 Faster searches (by doing fewer passes to gather message data)
3552 Optimizing Xapian data access patterns (using a single pass to get
3553 all message-document data rather than a pass for each data type)
3554 results in a measured speedup of 1.7x for a typical search.
3556 The benefits of this optimization combine with the preceding
3557 optimization. With both in place, Austin Clements measured a speedup
3558 of 2.5x for a search of all messages in his inbox (was 4.5s, now
3559 1.8s). Thanks, Austin!
3561 Faster initial indexing
3563 More efficient indexing of new messages results in a measured
3564 speedup of 1.4x for the initial indexing of 3 GB of mail (1h 14m
3565 rather than 1h 46m). Thanks to Austin Clements and Michal Sojka.
3567 Make "notmuch new" faster for unchanged directories
3569 Optimizing to not do any further examinations of sub-directories
3570 when the filesystem indicates that a directory is unchanged from the
3571 last "notmuch new" results in measured speedups of 8.5 for the "No
3572 new mail" case, (was 0.77s, now 0.09s). Thanks to Karel Zak.
3574 New emacs-interface features
3575 ----------------------------
3577 Support for PGP/MIME (GnuPG)
3579 Automatically indicate validity of signatures for multipart/signed
3580 messages. Automatically display decrypted content for
3581 multipart/encrypted messages. See the emacs variable
3582 notmuch-crypto-process-mime for more information. Note that this
3583 needs gpg-agent and a pinentry tool just as the command-line tools.
3584 Also note there is no support SMIME yet.
3586 Output of pipe command is now displayed if pipe command fails
3588 This is extremely useful in the common use case of piping a patch to
3589 "git am". If git fails to cleanly merge the patch the error messages
3590 from the failed merge are now clearly displayed to the user, (where
3591 previously they were silently hidden from the user).
3593 User-selectable From address
3595 A user can choose which configured email addresses should be used as
3596 the From address whenever composing a new message. To do so, simply
3597 press C-u before the command which will open a new message. Emacs
3598 will prompt for the from address to use.
3600 The user can customize the "Notmuch Identities" setting in the
3601 notmuch customize group in order to use addresses other than those in
3602 the notmuch configuration file if desired.
3604 The user can also choose to always be prompted for the from address
3605 when composing a new message (without having to use C-u) by setting
3606 the "Notmuch Always Prompt For Sender" option in the notmuch
3609 Hiding of repeated subjects in collapsed thread view
3611 In notmuch-show mode, if a collapsed message has the same subject as
3612 its parent, the subject is not shown.
3614 Automatic detection and hiding of original message in top-posted message
3616 When a message contains a line looking something like:
3618 ----- Original Message -----
3620 emacs hides this and all subsequent lines as an "original message",
3621 (allowing the user to click or press enter on the "original message"
3622 button to display it again). This makes the handling of top-posted
3623 citations work much like conventional citations.
3625 New hooks for running code when tags are modified
3627 Some users want to perform additional actions whenever a particular
3628 tag is added/removed from a message. This could be used to, for
3629 example, interface with some external spam-recognition training
3630 tool. To facilitate this, two new hooks are added which can be
3631 modified in the following settings of the notmuch customize group:
3633 Notmuch Before Tag Hook
3634 Notmuch After Tag Hook
3636 New optional support for hiding some multipart/alternative parts
3638 Many emails are sent with redundant content within a
3639 multipart/alternative group (such as a text/plain part as well as a
3640 text/html part). Users can configure the setting:
3642 Notmuch Show All Multipart/Alternative Parts
3644 to "off" in the notmuch customize group to have the interface
3645 automatically hide some part alternatives (such as text/html
3646 parts). This new part hiding is not configured by default yet
3647 because there's not yet a simple way to re-display such a hidden
3648 part if it is not actually redundant with a displayed part.
3650 Better rendering of text/x-vcalendar parts
3652 These parts are now displayed in a format suitable for use with the
3655 Avoid getting confused by Subject and Author fields with newline characters
3657 Replacing all characters with ASCII code less than 32 with a question mark.
3659 Cleaner display of From line in email messages
3661 Remove double quotes, and drop "name" if it's actually just a repeat of
3664 Vim interface improvements
3665 --------------------------
3667 Felipe Contreras provided a number of updates for the vim interface:
3669 * Using sendmail directly rather than mailx,
3670 * Implementing archive in show view
3671 * Add support to mark as read in show and search views
3672 * Add delete commands
3675 Bindings improvements
3676 ---------------------
3678 Ruby bindings are now much more complete
3680 Including `QUERY.sort`, `QUERY.to_s`, `MESSAGE.maildir_flags_to_tags`,
3681 `MESSAGE.tags_to_maildir_flags`, and `MESSAGE.get_filenames`
3683 Python bindings have been updated and extended
3685 (docs online at https://notmuch.readthedocs.io/)
3689 - `Message().get_filenames()`, `Message().tags_to_maildir_flags()`,
3690 `Message().maildir_flags_to_tags()`, `list(Threads())` and
3691 `list(Messages)` works now
3692 - `Message().__cmp__()` and `__hash__()`
3694 These allow, for example:
3696 if msg1 == msg2: ...
3698 As well as set arithmetic on `Messages()`:
3700 s1, s2 = set(msgs1), set(msgs2)
3706 - `len(Messages())` as it exhausted the iterator
3708 Use `len(list(Messages()))` or `Query.count_messages()`
3711 Added initial Go bindings in bindings/go
3713 New build-system features
3714 -------------------------
3716 Added support for building in a directory other than the source directory
3718 This can be used with the widely-supported idiom of simply running
3719 the configure script from some other directory:
3726 Fix to save configure options for future, implicit runs of configure
3728 When a user updates the source (such as with "git pull") calling
3729 "make" may cause an automatic re-run of the configure script. When
3730 this happens, the configure script will automatically be called with
3731 the same options the user originally passed in the most-recent
3732 manual invocation of configure.
3734 New test-suite feature
3735 ----------------------
3737 Binary for bash for running test suite now located via PATH
3739 The notmuch test suite requires a fairly recent version of bash (>=
3740 bash 4). As some systems supply an older version of bash at
3741 /bin/bash, the test suite is now updated to search $PATH to locate
3742 the bash binary. This allows users of systems with old /bin/bash to
3743 simply install bash >= 4 somewhere on $PATH before /bin and then use
3746 Support for testing output with a trailing newline
3748 Previously, some tests would fail to notice a difference in the
3749 presence/absence of a trailing newline in a program output, (which
3750 has led to bugs in the past). Now, carefully-written tests (using
3751 `test_expect_equal_file` rather than `test_expect_equal`) will detect
3752 any change in the presence/absence of a trailing newline. Many tests
3753 are updated to take advantage of this.
3755 Avoiding accessing user's $HOME while running test suite
3757 The test suite now carefully creates its own HOME directory. This
3758 allows the test suite to be run with no existing HOME directory, (as
3759 some build systems apparently do), and avoids test-suite differences
3760 due to configuration files in the users HOME directory.
3766 Output *all* files for "notmuch search --output=files"
3768 For the cases where multiple files have the same Message ID,
3769 previous versions of notmuch would output only one such file. This
3770 command is now fixed to correctly output all files.
3772 Fixed spurious search results from "overlapped" indexing of addresses
3774 This fixed a bug where a search for:
3776 to:user@elsewhere.com
3778 would incorrectly match a message sent:
3780 To: user@example,com, someone@elsewhere.com
3782 Fix --output=json when search has no results
3784 A bug present since notmuch 0.4 had caused searches with no results
3785 to produce an invalid json object. This is now fixed to cleanly
3786 return a valid json object representing an empty array "[]" as
3789 Fix the automatic detection of the From address for "notmuch reply"
3790 from the Received headers in some cases
3792 Fix core dump on DragonFlyBSD due to -1 return value from
3793 `sysconf(_SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX)`
3795 Cleaned up several memory leaks
3797 Eliminated a few, rare segmentation faults and a double-free
3799 Fix libnotmuch library to only export notmuch API functions
3801 Previous release of the notmuch library also exported some Xapian
3802 C++ exception type symbols. These were never part of the library
3803 interface and were never intended to be exported.
3805 Emacs-interface bug fixes
3806 -------------------------
3808 Display any unexpected output or errors from "notmuch search" invocations
3810 Previously any misformatted output or trailing error messages were
3811 silently ignored. This output is now clearly displayed. This fix was
3812 very helpful in identifying and fixing the bug described below.
3814 Fix bug where some threads would be missing from large search results
3816 When a search returned a "large" number of results, the emacs
3817 interface was incorrectly dropping one thread every time the output
3818 of the "notmuch search" process spanned the emacs read-buffer. This
3821 Avoid re-compression of .gz files (and similar) when saving attachment
3823 Emacs was being too clever for its own good and trying to
3824 re-compress pre-compressed .gz files when saving such attachments
3825 (potentially corrupting the attachment). The emacs interface is
3826 fixed to avoid this bug.
3828 Fix hiding of a message when a previously-hidden citation is visible
3830 Previously the citation would remain visible in this case. This is
3831 fixed so that hiding a message hides all parts.
3833 Notmuch 0.5 (2010-11-11)
3834 ========================
3836 New, general features
3837 ---------------------
3839 Maildir-flag synchronization
3841 Notmuch now knows how to synchronize flags in maildir filenames with
3842 tags in the notmuch database. The following flag/tag mappings are
3851 'S' unread (added when 'S' flag is not present)
3853 The synchronization occurs in both directions, (for example, adding
3854 the 'S' flag to a file will cause the "unread" tag to be added, and
3855 adding the "replied" tag to a message will cause the file to be
3856 renamed with an 'R' flag).
3858 This synchronization is enabled by default for users of the
3859 command-line interface, (though only files in directories named
3860 "cur" or "new" will be renamed). It can be disabled by setting the
3861 new `maildir.synchronize_flags` option in the configuration file. For
3864 notmuch config set maildir.synchronize_flags false
3866 Users upgrading may also want to run "notmuch setup" once (just
3867 accept the existing configuration) to get a new, nicely-commented
3868 [maildir] section added to the configuration file.
3870 For users of the notmuch library, the new synchronization
3871 functionality is available with the following two new functions:
3873 notmuch_message_maildir_flags_to_tags
3874 notmuch_message_tags_to_maildir_flags
3876 It is anticipated that future improvements to this support will
3877 allow for safe synchronization of the 'T' flag with the "deleted"
3878 tag, as well as support for custom flag/tag mappings.
3880 New library features
3881 --------------------
3883 Support for querying multiple filenames for a single message
3885 It is common for the mailstore to contain multiple files with the
3886 same message ID. Previously, notmuch would always hide these
3887 duplicate files, (returning a single, arbitrary filename with
3888 `notmuch_message_get_filename`).
3890 With this release, library users can access all filenames for a
3891 message with the new function:
3893 notmuch_message_get_filenames
3895 Together with `notmuch_filenames_valid`, `notmuch_filenames_get`,
3896 and `notmuch_filenames_move_to_next` it is now possible to iterate
3897 over all available filenames for a given message.
3899 New command-line features
3900 -------------------------
3902 New "notmuch show --format=raw" for getting at original email contents
3904 This new feature allows for a fully-functional email client to be
3905 built on top of the notmuch command-line without needing any direct
3906 access to the mail store itself.
3908 For example, it's now possible to run "emacs -f notmuch" on a local
3909 machine with only ssh access to the mail store/notmuch database. To
3910 do this, simply set the notmuch-command variable in emacs to the
3911 name of a script containing:
3913 ssh user@host notmuch "$@"
3915 If the ssh client has enabled connection sharing (ControlMaster
3916 option in OpenSSH), the emacs interface can be quite responsive this
3922 Fix "notmuch search" to print nothing when nothing matches
3924 The 0.4 release had a bug in which:
3926 notmuch search <expression-with-no-matches>
3928 would produce a single blank line of output, (where previous
3929 versions would produce no output. This fix also causes a change in
3930 the --format=json output, (which would previously produce "[]" and
3931 now produces nothing).
3933 Emacs interface improvements
3934 ----------------------------
3936 Fix to allow pipe ('|') command to work when using notmuch over ssh
3938 Fix count of lines in hidden signatures
3940 Omit repeated subject lines in (collapsed) thread display
3942 Display current thread subject in a header line
3944 Provide a "c i" binding to copy a thread ID from the search view
3946 Allow for notmuch-fcc-dirs to have a value of nil
3948 Also, the more complex form of notmuch-fcc-dirs now has a slightly
3949 different format. It no longer has a special first-element, fallback
3950 string. Instead it's now a list of cons cells where the car of each
3951 cell is a regular expression to be matched against the sender
3952 address, and the cdr is the name of a folder to use for an FCC. So
3953 the old fallback behavior can be achieved by including a final cell
3954 of (".*" . "default-fcc-folder").
3956 Vim interface improvements
3957 --------------------------
3959 Felipe Contreras provided a number of updates for the vim interface
3961 These include optimizations, support for newer versions of vim, fixed
3962 support for sending mail on modern systems, new commands, and
3968 Added initial ruby bindings in bindings/ruby
3970 Notmuch 0.4 (2010-11-01)
3971 ========================
3973 New command-line features
3974 -------------------------
3976 `notmuch search --output=(summary|threads|messages|tags|files)`
3978 This new option allows for particular items to be returned from
3979 notmuch searches. The "summary" option is the default and behaves
3980 just as "notmuch search" has historically behaved.
3982 The new option values allow for thread IDs, message IDs, lists of
3983 tags, and lists of filenames to be returned from searches. It is
3984 expected that this new option will be very useful in shell
3985 scripts. For example:
3987 for file in $(notmuch search --output=files <search-terms>); do
3988 <operations-on> "$file"
3991 `notmuch show --format=mbox <search-specification>`
3993 This new option allows for the messages matching a search
3994 specification to be presented as an mbox. Specifically the "mboxrd"
3995 format is used which allows for reversible quoting of lines
3996 beginning with "From ". A reader should remove a single '>' from the
3997 beginning of all lines beginning with one or more '>' characters
3998 followed by the 5 characters "From ".
4000 `notmuch config [get|set] <section>.<item> [value ...]`
4002 The new top-level "config" command allows for any value in the
4003 notmuch configuration file to be queried or set to a new value. Both
4004 single-valued and multi-valued items are supported, as our any
4005 custom items stored in the configuration file.
4007 Avoid setting Bcc header in "notmuch reply"
4009 We decided that this was a bit heavy-handed as the actual mail
4010 user-agent should be responsible for setting any Bcc option. Also,
4011 see below for the notmuch/emacs user-agent now setting an Fcc by
4012 default rather than Bcc.
4014 New library features
4015 --------------------
4017 Add `notmuch_query_get_query_string` and `notmuch_query_get_sort`
4019 These are simply functions for querying properties of a
4020 `notmuch_query_t` object.
4025 Enable Fcc of all sent messages by default (to "sent" directory)
4027 All messages sent from the emacs interface will now be saved to the
4028 notmuch mail store where they will be incorporated to the database
4029 by the next "notmuch new". By default, messages are saved to the
4030 "sent" directory at the top-level of the mail store. This directory
4031 can be customized by means of the "Notmuch Fcc Dirs" option in the
4032 notmuch customize interface.
4034 Ability to all open messages in a thread to a pipe
4036 Historically, the '|' keybinding allows for piping a single message
4037 to an external command. Now, by prefixing this key with a prefix
4038 argument, (for example, by pressing "Control-U |"), all open
4039 messages in the current thread will be sent to the external command.
4041 Optional support for detecting inline patches
4043 This hook is disabled by default but can be enabled with a checkbox
4044 under "Notmuch Show Insert Text/Plain Hook" in the notmuch customize
4045 interface. It allows for inline patches to be detected and treated
4046 as if they were attachments, (with context-sensitive highlighting).
4048 Automatically tag messages as "replied" when sending a reply
4050 Messages replied to within the emacs interface will now be tagged as
4051 "replied". This feature can easily be customized to add or remove
4052 other tags as well. For example, a user might use a tag of
4053 "needs-reply" and can configure this feature to automatically remove
4054 that tag when replying. See "Notmuch Message Mark Replied" in the
4055 notmuch customize interface.
4057 Allow search-result color specifications to overlay each other
4059 For example, one tag can specify the background color of matching
4060 lines, while another can specify the foreground. With this change,
4061 both settings will now be visible simultaneously, (which was not the
4062 case in previous releases). See "Notmuch Search Line Faces" in the
4063 notmuch customize interface.
4065 Make hidden author names still available for incremental search
4067 When there is insufficient space to display all authors of a thread
4068 in search results, the names of hidden authors are now still made
4069 available to emacs' incremental search commands. As the user
4070 searches, matching lines will temporarily expand to show the hidden
4073 New binding of Control-TAB (works like TAB in reverse)
4075 Many notmuch nodes already use TAB to navigate forward through
4076 various items allowing actions, (message headers, email attachments,
4077 etc.). The new Control-TAB binding operates similarly but in the
4080 New build-system features
4081 -------------------------
4083 Various portability fixes have been applied
4085 These include fixes for build failures on at least Solaris, FreeBSD,
4086 and Fedora systems. We're hopeful that the notmuch code base is now
4087 more portable than ever before.
4089 Arrange for libnotmuch to be found automatically after make install
4091 The notmuch build system is now careful to help the user avoid
4092 errors of the form "libnotmuch.so could not be found" immediately
4093 after installing. This support takes two forms:
4095 1. If the library is installed to a system directory,
4096 (configured in /etc/ld.so.conf), then "make install" will
4097 automatically run ldconfig.
4099 2. If the library is installed to a non-system directory, the
4100 build system adds a `DR_RUNPATH` entry to the final binary
4101 pointing to the directory to which the library is installed.
4103 When this support works, the user should be able to run notmuch
4104 immediately after "make install", without any errors trying to find
4105 the notmuch library, and without having to manually set environment
4106 variables such as `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`.
4108 Check compiler/linker options before using them
4110 The configure script now carefully checks that any desired
4111 compilation options, (whether for enabling compiler warnings, or for
4112 embedding rpath, etc.), are supported. Only supported options are
4113 used in the resulting Makefile.
4115 New test-suite features
4116 -----------------------
4118 New modularization of test suite
4120 Thanks to a gracious relicensing of the test-suite infrastructure
4121 from the git project, notmuch now has a modular test suite. This
4122 provides the ability to run individual sections of the test suite
4123 rather than the whole things. It also provides better summary of
4124 test results, with support for tests that are expected to fail
4125 (BROKEN and FIXED) in addition to PASS and FAIL. Finally, it makes
4126 it easy to run the test suite within valgrind (pass --valgrind to
4127 notmuch-test or to any sub-script) which has been very useful.
4129 New testing of emacs interface
4131 The test suite has been augmented to allow automated testing of the
4132 emacs interfaces. So far, this includes basic searches, display of
4133 threads, and tag manipulation. This also includes a test that a new
4134 message can successfully be sent out through a (dummy) SMTP server
4135 and that said message is successfully integrated into the notmuch
4136 database via the FCC setting.
4141 Fix potential corruption of database when "notmuch new" is interrupted
4143 Previously, an interruption of "notmuch new" would (rarely) result
4144 in a corrupt database. The corruption would manifest itself by a
4145 persistent error of the form:
4147 document ID of 1234 has no thread ID
4149 The message-adding code has been carefully audited and reworked to
4150 avoid this sort of corruption regardless of when it is interrupted.
4152 Fix failure with extremely long message ID headers
4154 Previously, a message with an extremely long message ID, (say, more
4155 than 300 characters), would fail to be added to notmuch, (triggering
4156 Xapian exceptions). This has now been fixed.
4158 Fix for messages with "charset=unknown-8bit"
4160 Previously, messages with this charset would cause notmuch to emit a
4161 GMime warning, (which would then trip up emacs or other interfaces
4162 parsing the notmuch results).
4164 Fix `notmuch_query_search_threads` function to return NULL on any exception
4166 Fix "notmuch search" to return non-zero if `notmuch_query_search_threads`
4169 Previously, this command could confusingly report a Xapian
4170 exception, yet still return an error code of 0. It now correctly
4171 returns a failing error code of 1 in this case.
4176 Fix to handle a message with a subject containing, for example "[1234]"
4178 Previously, a message subject containing a sequence of digits within
4179 square brackets would cause the emacs interface to mis-parse the
4180 output of "notmuch search". This would result in the message being
4181 mis-displayed and prevent the user from manipulating the message in
4182 the emacs interface.
4184 Fix to correctly handle message IDs containing ".."
4186 The emacs interface now properly quotes message IDs to avoid a
4187 Xapian bug in which the ".." within a message ID would be
4188 misinterpreted as a numeric range specification.
4190 Python-binding fixes
4191 --------------------
4193 The python bindings for notmuch have been updated to work with python3.
4195 Debian-specific fixes
4196 ---------------------
4198 Fix emacs initialization so "M-x notmuch" works for users by default
4200 Now, a new Debian user can immediately run "emacs -f notmuch" after
4201 "apt-get install notmuch". Previously, the user would have had to
4202 edit the ~/.emacs file to add "(require 'notmuch)" before this would
4205 Notmuch 0.3.1 (2010-04-27)
4206 ==========================
4211 Fix an infinite loop in "notmuch reply"
4213 This bug could be triggered by replying to a message where the
4214 user's primary email address did not appear in the To: header and
4215 the user had not configured any secondary email addresses. The bug
4216 was a simple re-use of the same iterator variable in nested loops.
4218 Fix a potential SEGV in "notmuch search"
4220 This bug could be triggered by an author name ending in a ','.
4221 Admittedly - that's almost certainly a spam email, but we never
4222 want notmuch to crash.
4227 Fix calculations for line wrapping in the primary "notmuch" view
4229 Fix Fcc support to prompt to create a directory if the specified Fcc
4230 directory does not exist
4235 Fix build on OpenSolaris (at least) due to missing 'extern "C"' block
4237 Without this, the C++ sources could not find strcasestr and the
4238 final linking of notmuch would fail.
4240 Notmuch 0.3 (2010-04-27)
4241 ========================
4243 New command-line features
4244 -------------------------
4246 User-configurable tags for new messages
4248 A new "new.tags" option is available in the configuration file to
4249 determine which tags are applied to new messages. Run "notmuch
4250 setup" to generate new documentation within ~/.notmuch-config on how
4251 to specify this value.
4253 Threads search results named based on subjects that match search
4255 This means that when new mails arrived to a thread you've previously
4256 read, and the new mails have a new subject, you will see that
4257 subject in the search results rather than the old subject.
4259 Faster operation of "notmuch tag" (avoid unneeded sorting)
4261 Since the user just wants to tag all matching messages, we can make
4262 things perform a bit faster by avoiding the sort.
4264 Even Better guessing of From: header for "notmuch reply"
4266 Notmuch now looks at a number of headers when trying to figure out
4267 the best From: header to use in a reply. This is helpful if you have
4268 several configured email addresses, and you also subscribe to various
4269 mailing lists with different addresses, (so that mails you are
4270 replying to won't always include your subscribed address in the To:
4273 Indication of author names that match a search
4275 When notmuch displays threads as the result of a search, it now
4276 lists the authors that match the search before listing the other
4277 authors in the thread. It inserts a pipe '|' symbol between the last
4278 matching and first non-matching author. This is especially useful in
4279 a search that includes tag:unread. Now the authors of the unread
4280 messages in the thread are listed first.
4282 New: Python bindings
4283 --------------------
4285 Sebastian Spaeth has contributed his python bindings for the notmuch
4286 library to the central repository. These bindings were previously
4287 known as "cnotmuch" within python but have now been renamed to be
4288 accessible with a simple, and more official-looking "import notmuch".
4290 The bindings have already proven very useful as people proficient in
4291 python have been able to easily develop programs to do notmuch-based
4292 searches for email-address completion, maildir-flag synchronization,
4295 These bindings are available within the bindings/python directory, but
4296 are not yet integrated into the top-level Makefiles, nor the top-level
4297 package-building scripts. Improvements are welcome.
4299 Emacs interface improvements
4300 ----------------------------
4302 An entirely new initial view for notmuch, (friendly yet powerful)
4304 Some of us call the new view "notmuch hello" but you can get at it
4305 by simply calling "emacs -f notmuch". The new view provides a search
4306 bar where new searches can be performed. It also displays a list of
4307 recent searches, along with a button to save any of these, giving it
4308 a new name as a "saved search". Many people find these "saved
4309 searches" one of the most convenient ways of organizing their mail,
4310 (providing all of the features of "folders" in other mail clients,
4311 but without any of the disadvantages).
4313 Finally, this view can also optionally display all of the tags that
4314 exist in the database, along with a count for each tag, and a custom
4315 search of messages with that tag that's simply a click (or keypress)
4318 NOTE: For users that liked the original mode of "emacs -f notmuch"
4319 immediately displaying a particular search result, we recommend
4320 instead running something like:
4322 emacs --eval '(notmuch search "tag:inbox" t)'
4324 The "t" means to sort the messages in an "oldest first" order,
4325 (as notmuch would do previously by default). You can also
4326 leave that off to have your search results in "newest first"
4329 Full-featured "customize" support for configuring notmuch
4331 Notmuch now plugs in well to the emacs "customize" mode to make it
4332 much simpler to find things about the notmuch interface that can be
4333 tweaked by the user.
4335 You can get to this mode by starting at the main "Customize" menu in
4336 emacs, then browsing through "Applications", "Mail", and
4337 "Notmuch". Or you can go straight to "M-x customize-group"
4340 Once you're at the customize screen, you'll see a list of documented
4341 options that can be manipulated along with checkboxes, drop-down
4342 selectors, and text-entry boxes for configuring the various
4345 Support for doing tab-completion of email addresses
4347 This support currently relies on an external program,
4348 (notmuch-addresses), that is not yet shipped with notmuch
4349 itself. But multiple, suitable implementations of this program have
4350 already been written that generate address completions by doing
4351 notmuch searches of your email collection. For example, providing
4352 first those addresses that you have composed messages to in the
4355 One such program (implemented in python with the python bindings to
4356 notmuch) is available via:
4358 git clone http://jkr.acm.jhu.edu/git/notmuch_addresses.git
4360 Install that program as notmuch-addresses on your PATH, and then
4361 hitting TAB on a partial email address or name within the To: or Cc:
4362 line of an email message will provide matching completions.
4364 Support for file-based (Fcc) delivery of sent messages to mail store
4366 This isn't yet enabled by default. To enable this, one will have to
4367 set the "Notmuch Fcc Dirs" setting within the notmuch customize
4368 screen, (see its documentation there for details). We anticipate
4369 making this automatic in a future release.
4371 New 'G' key binding to trigger mail refresh (G == "Get new mail")
4373 The 'G' key works wherever '=' works. Before refreshing the screen
4374 it calls an external program that can be used to poll email servers,
4375 run notmuch new and set up specific tags for the new emails. The
4376 script to be called should be configured with the "Notmuch Poll
4377 Script" setting in the customize interface. This script will
4378 typically invoke "notmuch new" and then perhaps several "notmuch
4381 Implement emacs message display with the JSON output from notmuch
4383 This is much more robust than the previous implementation, (where
4384 some HTML mails and mail quoting the notmuch code with the delimiter
4385 characters in it would cause the parser to fall over).
4387 Better handling of HTML messages and MIME attachments (inline images!)
4389 Allow for any MIME parts that emacs can display to be displayed
4390 inline. This includes inline viewing of image attachments, (provided
4391 the window is large enough to fit the image at its natural size).
4393 Much more robust handling of HTML messages. Currently both text/plain
4394 and text/html alternates will be rendered next to each other. In a
4395 future release, users will be able to decide to see only one or the
4396 other representation.
4398 Each attachment now has its own button so that attachments can be
4399 saved individually (the 'w' key is still available to save all
4402 Customizable support for tidying of text/plain message content
4404 Many new functions are available for tidying up message
4405 content. These include options such as wrapping long lines,
4406 compressing duplicate blank lines, etc.
4408 Most of these are disabled by default, but can easily be enabled by
4409 clicking the available check boxes under the "Notmuch Show Insert
4410 Text/Plain Hook" within the notmuch customize screen.
4412 New support for searchable citations (even when hidden)
4414 When portions of overly-long citations are hidden, the contents of
4415 these citations will still be available for emacs' standard
4416 "incremental search" functions. When the search matches any portion
4417 of a hidden citation, the citation will become visible temporarily
4418 to display the search result.
4420 More flexible handling of header visibility
4422 As an answer to complaints from many users, the To, Cc, and Date
4423 headers of messages are no longer hidden by default. For those users
4424 that liked that these were hidden, a new "Notmuch Messages Headers
4425 Visible" option in the customize interface can be set to nil. The
4426 visibility of headers can still be toggled on a per-message basis
4427 with the 'h' keybinding.
4429 For users that don't want to see some subset of those headers, the
4430 new "Notmuch Message Headers" variable can be customized to list
4431 only those headers that should be present in the display of a message.
4433 The Return key now toggles message visibility anywhere
4435 Previously this worked only on the first summary-line of a message.
4437 Customizable formatting of search results
4439 The user can easily customize the order, width, and formatting of
4440 the various fields in a "notmuch search" buffer. See the "Notmuch
4441 Search Result Format" section of the customize interface.
4443 Generate nicer names for search buffers when using a saved search
4445 Add a notmuch User-Agent header when sending mail from notmuch/emacs
4447 New keybinding (M-Ret) to open all collapsed messages in a thread
4452 Provide a new `NOTMUCH_SORT_UNSORTED` value for queries
4454 This can be somewhat faster when sorting simply isn't desired. For
4455 example when collecting a set of messages that will all be
4456 manipulated identically, (adding a tag, removing a tag, deleting the
4457 messages), then there's no advantage to sorting the messages by
4463 Fix to compile against GMime 2.6
4465 Previously notmuch insisted on being able to find GMime 2.4, (even
4466 though GMime 2.6 would have worked all along).
4468 Fix configure script to accept (and ignore) various standard options
4470 For example, those that the Gentoo build scripts expect configure to
4471 accept are now all accepted.
4476 A large number of new tests for the many new features
4478 Better display of output from failed tests
4480 Now shows failures with diff rather than forcing the user to gaze at
4481 complete actual and expected output looking for deviation.
4483 Notmuch 0.2 (2010-04-16)
4484 ========================
4486 This is the second release of the notmuch mail system, with actual
4487 detailed release notes this time!
4489 This release consists of a number of minor new features that make
4490 notmuch more pleasant to use, and a few fairly major bug fixes.
4492 We didn't quite hit our release target of "about a week" from the 0.1
4493 release, (0.2 is happening 11 days after 0.1), but we hope to do
4494 better for next week. Look forward to some major features coming to
4495 notmuch in subsequent releases.
4502 Better guessing of From: header
4504 Notmuch now tries harder to guess which configured address should be
4505 used as the From: line in a "notmuch reply". It will examine the
4506 Received: headers if it fails to find any configured address in To:
4507 or Cc:. This allows it to often choose the correct address even when
4508 replying to a message sent to a mailing list, and not directly to a
4511 Make "notmuch count" with no arguments count all messages
4513 Previously, it was hard to construct a search term that was
4514 guaranteed to match all messages.
4516 Provide a new special-case search term of "*" to match all messages
4518 This can be used in any command accepting a search term, such as
4519 "notmuch search '*'". Note that you'll want to take care that the
4520 shell doesn't expand * against the current files. And note that the
4521 support for "*" is a special case. It's only meaningful as a single
4522 search term and loses its special meaning when combined with any
4525 Automatically detect thread connections even when a parent message is
4528 Previously, if two or more message were received with a common
4529 parent, but that parent was not received, then these messages would
4530 not be recognized as belonging to the same thread. This is now fixed
4531 so that such messages are properly connected in a thread.
4536 Fix potential data loss in "notmuch new" with SIGINT
4538 One code path in "notmuch new" was not properly handling
4539 SIGINT. Previously, this could lead to messages being removed from
4540 the database (and their tags being lost) if the user pressed
4541 Control-C while "notmuch new" was working.
4543 Fix segfault when a message includes a MIME part that is empty
4545 Fix handling of non-ASCII characters with --format=json
4547 Previously, characters outside the range of 7-bit ASCII were
4548 silently dropped from the JSON output. This led to corrupted display
4549 of utf-8 content in the upcoming notmuch web-based frontends.
4551 Fix headers to be properly decoded in "notmuch reply"
4553 Previously, the user might see:
4555 Subject: Re: =?iso-8859-2?q?Rozlu=E8ka?=
4559 Subject: Re: Rozlučka
4561 The former text is properly encoded to be RFC-compliant SMTP, will
4562 be sent correctly, and will be properly decoded by the
4563 recipient. But the user trying to edit the reply would likely be
4564 unable to read or edit that field in its encoded form.
4566 Emacs client features
4567 ---------------------
4569 Show the last few lines of citations as well as the first few lines
4571 It's often the case that the last sentence of a citation is what is
4572 being replied to directly, so the last few lines are often much more
4573 important. The number of lines shown at the beginning and end of any
4574 citation can be configured, (notmuch-show-citation-lines-prefix and
4575 notmuch-show-citation-lines-suffix).
4577 The '+' and '-' commands in the search view can now add and remove
4580 Selective bulk tagging is now possible by selecting a region of
4581 threads and then using either the '+' or '-' keybindings. Bulk
4582 tagging is still available for all threads matching the current
4583 search with the '*' binding.
4585 More meaningful buffer names for thread-view buffers
4587 Notmuch now uses the Subject of the thread as the buffer
4588 name. Previously it was using the thread ID, which is a meaningless
4591 Provide for customized colors of threads in search view based on tags
4593 See the documentation of notmuch-search-line-faces, (or us "M-x
4594 customize" and browse to the "notmuch" group within "Applications"
4595 and "Mail"), for details on how to configure this colorization.
4597 Build-system features
4598 ---------------------
4600 Add support to properly build libnotmuch on Darwin systems (OS X)
4602 Add support to configure for many standard options
4604 We include actual support for:
4606 --includedir --mandir --sysconfdir
4608 And accept and silently ignore several more:
4610 --build --infodir --libexecdir --localstatedir
4611 --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking
4613 Install emacs client in "make install" rather than requiring a
4614 separate "make install-emacs"
4616 Automatically compute versions numbers between releases
4618 This support uses the git-describe notation, so a version such as
4619 0.1-144-g43cbbfc indicates a version that is 144 commits since the
4620 0.1 release and is available as git commit "43cbbfc".
4622 Add a new "make test" target to run the test suite and actually
4625 Notmuch 0.1 (2010-04-05)
4626 ========================
4628 This is the first release of the notmuch mail system.
4630 It includes the libnotmuch library, the notmuch command-line
4631 interface, and an emacs-based interface to notmuch.
4633 Note: Notmuch will work best with Xapian 1.0.18 (or later) or Xapian
4634 1.1.4 (or later). Previous versions of Xapian (whether 1.0 or 1.1) had
4635 a performance bug that made notmuch very slow when modifying
4636 tags. This would cause distracting pauses when reading mail while
4637 notmuch would wait for Xapian when removing the "inbox" and "unread"
4638 tags from messages in a thread.
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