1 Notmuch 0.30 (2020-07-10)
2 =========================
7 Handle S/MIME (PKCS#7) messages -- one-part signed messages, encrypted
8 messages, and multilayer messages. Treat them symmetrically to
9 OpenPGP messages. This includes handling protected headers
12 If you're using Notmuch with S/MIME, you currently need to configure
18 Detect and automatically repair a common form of message mangling
19 created by Microsoft Exchange (see index.repaired=mixedup in
20 notmuch-properties(7)).
25 Avoid indexing the legacy-display part of an encrypted message that
26 has protected headers (see
27 index.repaired=skip-protected-headers-legacy-display in
28 notmuch-properties(7)).
33 Drop support for python2, focus on python3.
35 Introduce new CFFI-based python bindings in the python module named
36 "notmuch2". Officially deprecate (but still support) the older
42 Support for Xapian 1.2 is removed. The minimum supported version of
45 Notmuch 0.29.3 (2019-11-27)
46 ===========================
51 Fix for use-after-free in notmuch_config_list_{key,val}.
53 Fix for double close of file in notmuch-dump.
58 Drop python2 support from shipped debian packaging.
60 Notmuch 0.29.2 (2019-10-19)
61 ===========================
66 Fix for file descriptor leak when opening gzipped mail files. Thanks
67 to James Troup for the bug report and the fix.
69 Notmuch 0.29.1 (2019-06-11)
70 ===========================
75 Fix for installation failure with `configure --without-emacs`.
77 Notmuch 0.29 (2019-06-07)
78 =========================
83 Add "body:" field to allow searching for terms that occur only in the
84 message body. Users will need to reindex their mail to take advantage
87 Add support for indexing user specified headers (e.g. List-Id). See
88 notmuch-config(1) for details. This requires reindexing after changing
89 the set of headers to be indexed.
91 Fix bug for searching in some headers for Xapian keywords in quoted
94 Add support for gzip compressed mail messages (/not/ multi-message
95 mboxes); e.g. `gzip -9 $MAIL/archive/giant-message && notmuch new`
96 should work. Note that maildir flag syncing for gzipped messages is
99 Notmuch is now capable of indexing, searching and rendering
100 cryptographically-protected Subject: headers of the form produced by
101 Enigmail and K-9 mail in encrypted messages.
103 Command Line Interface
104 ----------------------
106 `notmuch show` now supports --body=false and --include-html with
109 Fix several performance problems with `notmuch reindex`.
111 `notmuch show` and `notmuch reply` now emit per-message cryptographic
112 status in their json and sexp output formats. See devel/schemata for
113 more details about what is included there. This status includes
114 information about cryptographic protections for the Subject header.
119 Optionally check for missing attachements in outgoing messages (see
120 function `notmuch-mua-attachment-check`).
122 Bind `B` to browse URLs in current message.
124 Bind `g` to refresh the current notmuch buffer.
126 Editing a message as new now includes an FCC header.
128 Forwarded messages are now tagged as +forwarded (customizable).
130 Add references header to link forwarded message to thread of original
133 The minimum supported major version of Emacs is now 24.
135 Support for GNU Emacs older than 25.1 is deprecated with this release,
136 and may be removed in a future release.
138 Notmuch-emacs documentation is somewhat expanded. More contributions
144 Notmuch release tarballs are now compressed with `xz`.
146 We now provide conventional detached signatures of the release
147 tarballs in addition to the signed `sha256sum` files.
152 Support for GMime 2.6 is removed. The minimum supported version of
153 GMime is now 3.0.3. GMime also needs to have been compiled with
154 cryptography support.
159 If either GNU parallel or moreutils parallel is installed, the tests
160 in the test suite will now be run in parallel (one per available
161 core). This can be disabled with NOTMUCH_TEST_SERIALIZE=1.
163 Notmuch 0.28.4 (2019-05-05)
164 ===========================
166 Command line interface
167 ----------------------
169 Fix a spurious error when using `notmuch show --raw` on messages whose
170 size is a multiple of the internal buffer size.
172 Notmuch 0.28.3 (2019-03-05)
173 ===========================
178 Fix a bug with the internal data structure _notmuch_string_map_t used
179 by message properties.
184 Serialize calls to sphinx-build to avoid race condition.
186 Notmuch 0.28.2 (2019-02-17)
187 ===========================
192 Invoke gpg with --batch and --no-tty.
197 Fix documentation build with Python 3.7. Note that Python >= 3.3 is
198 now needed to build this documentation.
200 Notmuch 0.28.1 (2019-02-01)
201 ===========================
206 `configure` no longer uses the special variable BASH, as this causes
207 problems on systems where /bin/sh is bash.
209 Notmuch 0.28 (2018-10-12)
210 =========================
217 The threading algorithm has been updated to consider all references,
218 not just the heuristically chosen parent (e.g. when that parent is
219 not in the database). The heuristic for choosing a parent message
220 has also been updated to again consider the In-Reply-To header, if
221 it looks sensible. Re-indexing might be needed to take advantage of
224 Handle mislabelled Windows-1252 parts
226 Messages that contain Windows-1252 are apparently frequently
227 mislabelled as ISO 8859-1. Use GMime functionality to apply the
228 correct encoding for such messages.
230 Command Line Interface
231 ----------------------
233 Support relative database paths
235 Database paths (i.e. parameters to `notmuch config set
236 database.path`) without a leading `/` are now interpreted relative
237 to $HOME of the invoking user.
242 Improve stderr handling
244 Add a real sentinel process to clean up stderr buffer. This is
245 needed on e.g. macOS.
247 Call `notmuch-mua-send-hook` hooks when sending a message
249 This hook was documented, but not functional for a very long time.
254 The zsh completion has been updated to cover most of the notmuch
255 CLI. Internally it uses regexp searching, so needs at least Notmuch
261 The build system now installs notmuch-mutt and notmuch-emacs-mua with
262 absolute shebangs, following the conventions of most Linux
268 Fix certain tests that were failing with GMime 2.6. Users are reminded
269 that support for versions of GMime before 3.0.3 has been deprecated
272 Notmuch 0.27 (2018-06-13)
273 =========================
278 Add support for thread:{} queries
280 Queries of the form `thread:{foo} and thread:{bar}` match threads
281 containing (possibly distinct) messages matching foo and bar. See
282 `notmuch-search-terms(7)` for details.
284 Command Line Interface
285 ----------------------
287 Add the --full-scan option to `notmuch new`
289 This option disables mtime based optimization of scanning for new mail.
291 Add new --decrypt=stash option for `notmuch show`
293 This facilitates a workflow for encrypted messages where message
294 cleartext are indexed on first read, but the user's decryption key
295 does not have to be available during message receipt.
300 An initial manual for `notmuch-emacs` is now installed by default (in
306 As of this release, support for versions of Xapian before 1.4.0 is
307 deprecated, and may disappear in a future release of notmuch.
309 Notmuch 0.26.2 (2018-04-28)
310 ===========================
315 Work around Xapian bug with `get_mset(0,0, x)`
317 This causes aborts in `_notmuch_query_count_documents` on
318 e.g. Fedora 28. The underlying bug is fixed in Xapian commit
319 f92e2a936c1592, and will be fixed in Xapian 1.4.6.
321 Make thread indexing more robust against reference loops
323 Choose a thread root by date in case of reference loops. Fix a
324 related abort in `notmuch show`.
326 Notmuch 0.26.1 (2018-04-02)
327 ===========================
332 Bump the library minor version. This should have happened in 0.26, but
333 better late than never.
336 Notmuch 0.26 (2018-01-09)
337 =========================
339 Command Line Interface
340 ----------------------
342 Support for re-indexing existing messages
344 There is a new subcommand, `notmuch reindex`, which re-indexes all
345 messages matching supplied search terms. This permits users to
346 change the way specific messages are indexed.
348 Note that for messages with multiple variants in the message
349 archive, the recorded Subject: of may change upon reindexing,
350 depending on the order in which the variants are indexed.
352 Improved error reporting in notmuch new
354 Give more details when reporting certain Xapian exceptions.
356 Support maildir synced tags in `new.tags`
358 Tags `draft`, `flagged`, `passed`, and `replied` are now supported
359 in `new.tags`. The tag `unread` is still special in the presence of
360 maildir syncing, and will be added for files in `new/` regardless of
361 the setting of `new.tags`.
363 Support /regex/ in new.ignore
365 Files and directories may be ignored based on regular expressions.
367 Allow `notmuch insert --folder=""`
369 This inserts into the top level folder.
371 Strip trailing '/' from folder path for notmuch insert
373 This prevents a potential problem with duplicated database records.
375 New option --output=address for notmuch address
377 Make `notmuch show` more robust against deleting duplicate files
379 The option --decrypt now takes an explicit argument
381 The --decrypt option to `notmuch show` and `notmuch reply` now takes
382 an explicit argument. If you were used to invoking `notmuch show
383 --decrypt`, you should switch to `notmuch show --decrypt=true`.
385 Boolean and keyword arguments now take a `--no-` prefix
390 Indexing cleartext of encrypted e-mails
392 It's now possible to include the cleartext of encrypted e-mails in
393 the notmuch index. This makes it possible to search your encrypted
394 e-mails with the same ease as searching cleartext. This can be done
395 on a per-message basis by passing --decrypt=true to indexing
396 commands (new, insert, reindex), or by default by running "notmuch
397 config set index.decrypt true".
399 Encrypted messages whose cleartext is indexed will typically also
400 have their session keys stashed as properties associated with the
401 message. Stashed session keys permit rapid rendering of long
402 encrypted threads, and disposal of expired encryption-capable keys.
403 If for some reason you want cleartext indexing without stashed
404 session keys, use --decrypt=nostash for your indexing commands (or
405 run "notmuch config set index.decrypt nostash"). See `index.decrypt`
406 in notmuch-config(1) for more details.
408 Note that stashed session keys permit reconstruction of the
409 cleartext of the encrypted message itself, and the contents of the
410 index are roughly equivalent to the cleartext as well. DO NOT USE
411 this feature without considering the security of your index.
416 Guard against concurrent searches in notmuch-tree
418 Use make-process when available
420 This allows newer Emacs to separate stdout and stderr from the
421 notmuch command without using temporary files.
426 Indexing files with duplicate message-id
428 Files with duplicate message-id's are now indexed, and searchable
429 via terms and phrases. There are known issues related to
430 presentation of results and regular-expression search, but in
431 principle no mail file should be completely unsearchable now.
433 New functions to count files
435 Two new functions in the libnotmuch API:
436 `notmuch_message_count_files`, and `notmuch_thread_get_total_files`.
438 New function to remove properties
440 A new function was added to the libnotmuch API to make it easier to
441 drop all properties with a common pattern:
442 `notmuch_message_remove_all_properties_with_prefix`
444 Change of return value of `notmuch_thread_get_authors`
446 In certain corner cases, `notmuch_thread_get_authors` previously
447 returned NULL. This has been replaced by an empty string, since the
448 possibility of NULL was not documented.
450 Transition `notmuch_database_add_message` to `notmuch_database_index_file`
452 When indexing an e-mail message, the new
453 `notmuch_database_index_file` function is the preferred form, and
454 the old `notmuch_database_add_message` is deprecated. The new form
455 allows passing a set of options to the indexing engine, which the
456 operator may decide to change from message to message.
463 The test suite now works properly with out-of-tree builds, i.e. with
464 separate source and build directories. The --root option to tests
465 has been dropped. The same can now be achieved more reliably using
471 Python bindings specific Debian packaging is removed
473 The bindings have been build by the top level Debian packaging for a
474 long time, and `bindings/python/debian` has bit-rotted.
476 Open mail files in binary mode when using Python 3
478 This avoids certain encoding related crashes under Python 3.
480 Add python bindings for `notmuch_database_{get,set}_config*`
482 Optional `decrypt_policy` flag is available for notmuch.database().index_file()
487 nmbug's internal version increases to 0.3 in this notmuch release.
488 User-facing changes with this notmuch release:
490 * Accept failures to unset `core.worktree` in `clone`, which allows
491 nmbug to be used with Git 2.11.0 and later.
492 * Auto-checkout in `clone` if it wouldn't clobber existing content,
493 which makes the initial clone more convenient.
494 * Only error for invalid diff lines in `tags/`, which allows for
495 `README`s and similar in nmbug repositories.
500 New man page: notmuch-properties(7)
502 This new page to the manual describes common conventions for how
503 properties are used by libnotmuch, the CLI, and associated programs.
504 External projects that use properties are encouraged to claim their
505 properties and conventions here to avoid collisions.
507 Notmuch 0.25.3 (2017-12-08)
508 ===========================
513 Extend mitigation (disabling handling x-display in text/enriched) for
514 Emacs bug #28350 to Emacs versions before 24.4 (i.e. without
517 Command Line Interface
518 ----------------------
520 Correctly report userid validity. Fix test suite failure for GMime >=
521 3.0.3. This change raises the minimum supported version of GMime 3.x
524 Notmuch 0.25.2 (2017-11-05)
525 ===========================
527 Command Line Interface
528 ----------------------
530 Fix segfault in notmuch-show crypto handling when compiled against
531 GMime 2.6; this was a regression in 0.25.
536 Support for GMime before 3.0 is now deprecated, and will be removed in
539 Notmuch 0.25.1 (2017-09-11)
540 ===========================
545 Disable handling x-display in text/enriched messages. Mitigation for
548 Notmuch 0.25 (2017-07-25)
549 =========================
554 Add regexp searching for mid, paths, and tags.
556 Skip HTML tags when indexing
558 In particular this avoids indexing large inline images.
560 Command Line Interface
561 ----------------------
563 Bash completion is now installed to /usr/share by default.
565 Allow space as separator for keyword arguments.
570 Support for stashing message timestamp in show and tree views
572 Invoking `notmuch-show-stash-date` with a prefix argument
573 stashes the unix timestamp of the current message instead of
576 Don't use 'function' as variable name, workaround emacs bug 26406.
581 Add workaround for date parsing of bad input in older GMime
583 In certain circumstances, older GMime libraries could return
584 negative numbers when parsing syntactically invalid dates.
586 Replace deprecated functions with status returning versions
588 API of notmuch_query_{search,count}_{messages,threads} has
589 changed. notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude now returns a status
592 Add support for building against GMime 3.0.
594 Rename libutil.a to libnotmuch_util.a.
596 libnotmuch SONAME is incremented to libnotmuch.so.5.
598 Notmuch 0.24.2 (2017-06-01)
599 ===========================
601 Command Line Interface
602 ----------------------
604 Fix output from `notmuch dump --include=properties` to not include tags.
609 Fix filename stashing in tree view.
611 Notmuch 0.24.1 (2017-04-01)
612 ===========================
617 Fix regressions in non-regexp search for `from:` and `subject:`
619 The regexp search code in 0.24 introduced a regression in the
620 handling of empty queries and wildcards. These are both corrected in
623 Command Line Interface
624 ----------------------
626 Fix several memory leaks in `notmuch show`
628 Update NEWS for 0.24 to mention schema changes
630 Fix bug in dump header
632 The previous version of the dump header failed to mention the
633 inclusion of tags. This fix bumps the version number of the dump
634 format to 3. There are no other changes to the format.
639 Fix a read-after-free in the library.
641 Notmuch 0.24 (2017-03-12)
642 =========================
647 Regular expression searches supported for `from:` and `subject:`
649 This requires recent Xapian (1.4+) See notmuch-search-terms(7) for
652 Command Line Interface
653 ----------------------
655 Run external `notmuch-` prefixed commands as subcommands
657 You can now add your own `notmuch-` prefixed commands in PATH, and
658 have notmuch run them as if they were notmuch commands. See the
659 `notmuch(1)` man page for details
661 New default output format to 3
663 See devel/schemata for details. Users of the structured output
664 format are reminded of the `--format-version` argument to `notmuch
665 show` and `notmuch search` which can prevent breakage when the
666 default format changes.
671 Postpone and resume messages in `notmuch-message-mode` (composition)
673 Notmuch now has built in support for postponing, saving and resuming
674 messages. The default bindings are C-x C-s to save a draft, C-c C-p
675 to postpone a draft (save and exit compose buffer), and "e" in show
676 or tree view to resume.
678 Draft messages are tagged with `notmuch-draft-tags` (draft by
679 default) so you may wish to add that to the excluded tags list. When
680 saving a previously saved draft message the earlier draft gets
683 Note that attachments added before postponing will be included as
684 they were when you postponed in the final message.
688 It is now possible to save the list of address completions for
689 notmuch's internal completion between runs of emacs. This makes the
690 first calls to address completion much better and faster. For
691 privacy reasons it is disabled by default, to enable set or
692 customize `notmuch-address-save-filename`.
696 It is now possible to configure tagging shortcuts (with an interface
697 like notmuch jump). For example (by default) k u will remove the
698 unread tag, and k s will add a tag "spam" and remove the inbox
699 tag. Pressing k twice will do the reverse operation so, for example,
700 k k s removes the spam tag and adds the inbox tag. See the customize
701 variable `notmuch-tagging-keys` for more information.
705 It is now possible to refresh all notmuch buffers to reflect the
706 current state of the database with a single command, `M-=`.
708 Stop display of `application/*` parts
710 By default gnus displays all `application/*` parts such as
711 application/zip in the message buffer. This has several undesirable
712 effects for notmuch (security, triggering errors etc). Notmuch now
713 overrides this and does not display them by default. If you have
714 customized `mm-inline-override-types` then we assume you know what
715 you want and do not interfere; if you do want to stop the display of
716 `application/*` add `application/*` to your customization. If you want
717 to allow `application/*` then set `mm-inline-override-types` to
720 Small change in the api for notmuch-search-tag
722 When `notmuch-search-tag` is called non-interactively and the region
723 is set, then it only tags the threads in the region. (Previously it
724 only tagged the current thread.)
726 Bugfix for sending messages with very long headers
728 Previously emacs didn't fold very long headers when sending which
729 could cause the MTA to refuse to send the message. This makes sure
730 it does fold any long headers so the message is RFC compliant.
732 `notmuch emacs-mua` command installed with the Emacs interface
734 We've carried a `notmuch-emacs-mua` script in the source tree for
735 quite some time. It can be used to launch the Notmuch Emacs
736 interface from the command line in many different ways. Starting
737 with this release, it will be installed with the Emacs
738 interface. With the new external subcommand support, the script
739 transparently becomes a new notmuch command. See the
740 `notmuch-emacs-mua(1)` man page for details.
742 Notmuch Emacs desktop integration
744 The desktop integration file will now be installed with the Notmuch
745 Emacs interface, adding a Notmuch menu item and configuration to
746 allow the user to set up Notmuch Emacs as the `mailto:` URL handler.
751 `notmuch_query_count_messages` is now non-destructive
753 Internally the implementation of excludes has changed to make this
756 Improved handling of DatabaseModifiedError
758 Previously uncaught exceptions reading message metadata are now
761 Notmuch 0.23.7 (2017-02-28)
762 ===========================
767 Drop use of gpgconf --create-socketdir. Move $GNUPGHOME to /tmp.
769 It turns out the hardcoded use of /run/user in gpg doesn't work out
770 that well in some environments. The more low tech fix is to move all
771 of $GNUPGHOME to somewhere where we can control the length of the
774 Notmuch 0.23.6 (2017-02-27)
775 ===========================
777 Command Line Interface
778 ----------------------
780 Fix read-after-free bug in `notmuch new`.
785 Use gpgconf --create-socketdir if available.
787 GnuPG has a facility to use sockets in /run or /var/run to avoid
788 problems with long socket paths, but this is not enabled by default
789 for GNUPGHOME other than $HOME/.gnupg. Enable it, if possible.
791 Notmuch 0.23.5 (2017-01-09)
792 ===========================
797 Fix quoting bug in configure. This had introduced a RUNPATH into the
798 notmuch binary in cases where it was not not needed.
800 Notmuch 0.23.4 (2016-12-24)
801 ===========================
803 Command Line Interface
804 ----------------------
806 Improve error handling in notmuch insert
808 Database lock errors no longer prevent message file delivery to the
809 filesystem. Certain errors during `notmuch insert` most likely to
810 be temporary return EX_TEMPFAIL.
815 Restore autoload cookie for notmuch-search.
817 Notmuch 0.23.3 (2016-11-27)
818 ===========================
820 Command Line Interface
821 ----------------------
823 Treat disappearing files during notmuch new as non-fatal.
828 Fix incompatibility (related to signature size) with gnupg 2.1.16.
830 Notmuch 0.23.2 (2016-11-20)
831 ===========================
836 Fix notmuch-interesting-buffer and notmuch-cycle-notmuch-buffers.
838 notmuch-tree-mode and notmuch-message-mode buffers are now
839 considered interesting by `notmuch-interesting-buffer` and
840 `notmuch-cycle-notmuch-buffers`.
842 Restore compatibility with Emacs 23.
844 Notmuch support for Emacs 23 is now deprecated.
846 Notmuch 0.23.1 (2016-10-23)
847 ===========================
852 Require Xapian >= 1.2.6
854 The ifdef branch for older Xapian (pre-compact API) had bit-rotted.
859 Fix default colours for unread and flagged messages
861 In 0.23 the default colours for unread and flagged messages in
862 search view were accidentally swapped. This release returns them to
863 the original colours.
865 A related change in 0.23 broke the customize widget for
866 notmuch-search-line-faces. This is now fixed.
868 Fix test failure with Emacs 25.1
870 A previously undiscovered jit-lock related bug was exposed by Emacs
871 25, causing a notmuch-show mode test to fail. This release fixes the
872 bug, and hence the test.
874 Notmuch 0.23 (2016-10-03)
875 =========================
877 General (Xapian 1.4+)
878 ---------------------
880 Compiling against Xapian 1.4 enables several new features.
882 Support for single argument date: queries
884 `date:<expr>` is equivalent to `date:<expr>..<expr>`.
886 Support for blocking opens
888 When opening a database notmuch by default will wait for another
889 process to release a write lock, rather than returning an error.
891 Support for named queries
893 Named queries (also known as 'saved searches') can be defined with a
894 `query:name` format. The expansion of these queries is stored in the
895 database and they can be used from any notmuch client.
902 libnotmuch now supports the attachment of arbitrary key-value pairs
903 to messages. These can be used by various tools to manage their
904 private data without polluting the user tag space. They also support
905 iteration of values with the same key or same key prefix.
907 Bug fix for `notmuch_directory_set_mtime`
909 Update cached mtime to match on-disk mtime.
914 Support for compile time options
916 A group of `built_with` keys is now supported for notmuch
917 config. Initial keys in this group are `compact`, `field_processor`,
920 Dump/Restore support for configuration information and properties
922 Any configuration information stored in the database (initially just
923 named queries) is dumped and restored. Similarly any properties
924 attached to messages are also dumped and restored. Any new
925 information in the dump format is prefixed by '#' to allow existing
926 scripts to ignore it.
931 Make notmuch-message-mode use insert for fcc
933 Notmuch-message-mode now defaults to using notmuch insert for
934 fcc. The old file based fcc behaviour can be restored by setting the
935 defcustom `notmuch-maildir-use-notmuch-insert` to nil.
937 When using notmuch insert, `notmuch-fcc-dirs` must be a subdirectory
938 of the mailstore (absolute paths are not permitted) followed by any
939 tag changes to be applied to the inserted message. The tag changes
940 are applied after the default tagging for new messages. For example
941 setting the header to "sentmail -inbox +sent" would insert the
942 message in the subdirectory sentmail of the mailstore, add the tag
943 "sent", and not add the (normally added) "inbox" tag.
945 Finally, if the insert fails (e.g. if the database is locked) the
946 user is presented with the option to retry, ignore, or edit the
949 Make internal address completion customizable
951 There is a new defcustom `notmuch-address-internal-completion` which
952 controls how the internal completion works: it allows the user to
953 choose whether to match on messages the user sent, or the user
954 received, and to filter the messages used for the match, for example
957 Allow internal address completion on an individual basis
959 There is a new function `notmuch-address-toggle-internal-completion`
960 (by default it has no keybinding) which allows users who normally
961 use an external completion command to use the builtin internal
962 completion for the current buffer.
964 Alternatively, if the user has company-mode enabled, then the user
965 can use company mode commands such as `company-complete` to
966 activate the builtin completion for an individual completion.
970 The function `notmuch-show-resend-message` (bound to `b` in show
971 and tree modes) will (attempt to) send current message to new
972 recipients. The headers of the message won't be altered (e.g. `To:`
973 may point to yourself). New `Resent-To:`, `Resent-From:` and so on
974 will be added instead.
976 Face customization is easier
978 New faces `notmuch-tag-unread`, `notmuch-tag-flagged`,
979 `notmuch-tag-deleted`, `notmuch-tag-added`,
980 `notmuch-search-flagged-face` and `notmuch-search-unread-face` are
981 now used by default. Customize `notmuch-faces` to modify them.
983 Omit User-Agent header by default when sending mail
988 Add support for `notmuch_database_get_all_tags`
993 Go bindings moved to contrib
995 Add support for `notmuch_threads_t` and `notmuch_thread_t`
997 Fixed constant values so they are not all zero anymore
999 Previously, it was impossible to open writable database handles,
1000 because `DATABASE_MODE_READ_ONLY` and `DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE` were
1002 The same issue occurred with sort modes.
1004 Notmuch 0.22.2 (2016-09-08)
1005 ===========================
1012 Have gdb write to a log file instead of stdout, hiding some more
1013 (harmless) stderr chatter which causes test failures.
1015 Hardcode fingerprint in PGP/MIME tests
1017 Make the tests more robust against changing GnuPG output formats.
1019 Notmuch 0.22.1 (2016-07-19)
1020 ===========================
1025 Correct the definition of `LIBNOTMUCH_CHECK_VERSION`.
1027 Document the (lack of) operations permitted on a closed database.
1032 Fix race condition in dump / restore tests.
1037 Use `env` to locate perl.
1042 Tell `message-mode` mode that outgoing messages are mail
1044 This makes message-mode configuration behave more predictably.
1046 Respect charset of MIME parts when reading them
1048 Fix previous assumption that everyone uses UTF-8.
1050 Notmuch 0.22 (2016-04-26)
1051 =========================
1058 Notmuch should now build (and the test suite should pass) on recent
1059 releases of Xapian 1.3.x. It has been tested with Xapian 1.3.5.
1061 Limited support for S/MIME messages
1063 Signature verification is supported, but not decryption. S/MIME
1064 signature creation and S/MIME encryption are supported via built-in
1065 support in Emacs. S/MIME support is not extensively tested at this
1070 Fix for threading bug involving deleting and re-adding
1071 messages. Fix for case-sensitive content disposition headers. Fix
1072 handling of 1 character directory names at top level.
1074 Command Line Interface
1075 ----------------------
1077 `notmuch show` now supports verifying S/MIME signatures
1079 This support relies on an appropriately configured `gpgsm`.
1084 Drop dependency on "pkg-config emacs".
1089 Notmuch replies now include all parts shown in the show view
1091 There are two main user visible changes. The first is that rfc822
1092 parts are now included in replies.
1094 The second change is that part headers are now included in the reply
1095 buffer to provide visible separation of the parts. The choice of
1096 which part headers to show is customizable via the variable
1097 `notmuch-mua-reply-insert-header-p-function`.
1099 Filtering or Limiting messages is now bound to `l` in the search view
1101 This binding now matches the analogous binding in show view.
1103 `F` forwards all open messages in a thread
1105 When viewing a thread of messages, the new binding `F` can be used
1106 to generate a new outgoing message which forwards all of the open
1107 messages in the thread. This is analogous to the `f` binding, which
1108 forwards only the current message.
1110 Preferred content type can be determined from the message content
1112 More flexibility in choosing which sub-part of a
1113 multipart/alternative part is initially shown is available by
1114 setting `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` to a function
1115 that returns a list of discouraged types. The function so specified
1116 is passed the message as an argument and can examine the message
1117 content to determine which content types should be discouraged. This
1118 is in addition to the current capabilities (i.e. setting
1119 `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` to a list of discouraged
1122 When viewing a thread ("show" mode), queries that match no messages no
1123 longer generate empty buffers
1125 Should an attempt be made to view the thread corresponding to a
1126 query that matches no messages, a warning message is now displayed
1127 and the terminal bell rung rather than displaying an empty buffer
1128 (or, in some cases, displaying an empty buffer and throwing an
1129 error). This also affects re-display of the current thread.
1131 Handle S/MIME signatures in emacs
1133 The emacs interface is now capable making and verifying S/MIME
1136 `notmuch-message-address-insinuate` is now a no-op
1138 This reduces the amount of interference with non-notmuch uses of
1141 Address completion improvements
1143 An external script is no longer needed for address completion; if
1144 you previously configured one, customize the variable
1145 `notmuch-address-command` to try the internal completion. If
1146 `company-mode` is available, notmuch uses it by default for
1147 interactive address completion.
1149 Test and experiment with the emacs MUA available in source tree
1151 `./devel/try-emacs-mua` runs emacs and fills the window with
1152 information how to try the MUA safely. Emacs is configured to use
1153 the notmuch (lisp) files located in `./emacs` directory.
1158 New `notmuch-report(1)` and `notmuch-report.json(5)` man pages
1159 describe `notmuch-report` and its JSON configuration file. You can
1160 build these files by running `make` in the `devel/nmbug/doc`
1166 Renamed from `nmbug-status`. This script generates reports based on
1167 notmuch queries, and doesn't really have anything to do with nmbug,
1168 except for sharing the `NMBGIT` environment variable. The new name
1169 focuses on the script's action, instead of its historical association
1170 with the nmbug workflow. This should make it more discoverable for
1171 users looking for generic notmuch reporting tools.
1173 The default configuration file name (extracted from the `config`
1174 branch of `NBMGIT` has changed from `status-config.json` to
1175 `notmuch-report.json` so it is more obviously associated with the
1176 report-generating script. The configuration file also has a new
1177 `meta.message-url` setting, which is documented in
1178 `notmuch-report.json(5)`.
1180 `notmuch-report` now wraps query phrases in parentheses when and-ing
1181 them together, to avoid confusion about clause grouping.
1183 Notmuch 0.21 (2015-10-29)
1184 =========================
1189 Notmuch now requires gmime >= 2.6.7. The gmime 2.4 series is no longer
1192 Database revision tracking: `lastmod:` queries
1194 Each message now has a metadata revision number that increases with
1195 every tagging operation. See the discussion of `lastmod:` in
1196 `notmuch-search-terms(7)` for more information.
1198 Date queries now support `date:<expr>..!` shorthand for
1199 `date:<expr>..<expr>`
1201 You can use, for example, `date:yesterday..!` to match from the
1202 beginning of yesterday to the end of yesterday. For further details,
1203 please refer to the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page.
1205 Notmuch database upgrade to support `lastmod:` queries
1207 The above mentioned `lastmod:` prefix. This will be done
1208 automatically, without prompting on the next time `notmuch new` is
1209 run after the upgrade. The upgrade is not reversible, and the
1210 upgraded database will not be readable by older versions of
1211 Notmuch. As a safeguard, a database dump will be created in the
1212 `.notmuch` directory before upgrading.
1217 The ruby bindings are now built as part of the main notmuch build
1218 process. This can be disabled with the `--without-ruby` option to
1221 Building the documentation can be disabled with the `--without-docs`
1222 option to configure.
1224 Skipped individual tests are no longer considered as failures.
1226 Command Line Interface
1227 ----------------------
1229 Database revision tracking
1231 Two new options were added to support revision tracking. A global
1232 option "--uuid" (`notmuch(1)`) was added for to detect counter
1233 rollover and reinitialization, and `notmuch-count(1)` gained a
1234 `--lastmod` option to query database revision tracking data.
1236 The `notmuch address` command supports new deduplication schemes
1238 `notmuch address` has gained a new `--deduplicate` option to specify
1239 how the results should be deduplicated, if at all. The alternatives
1240 are `no` (do not deduplicate, useful for processing the results with
1241 external tools), `mailbox` (deduplicate based on the full, case
1242 sensitive name and email address), and `address` (deduplicate based
1243 on the case insensitive address part). See the `notmuch-address`
1244 manual page for further information.
1249 `notmuch-emacs-version` is used in `User-Agent` header
1251 The value of recently introduced variable `notmuch-emacs-version` is
1252 now used as a part of `User-Agent` header when sending emails.
1254 Removed `notmuch-version` function by renaming it to `notmuch-cli-version`
1256 With existing variable `notmuch-emacs-version` the accompanied
1257 function which retrieves the version of `notmuch-command` is
1258 better named as `notmuch-cli-version`.
1260 Query input now supports completion for "is:<tag>"
1262 New message composition mode: `notmuch-compose-mode`
1264 This is mainly to fix fcc handling, but may be useful for user
1265 customization as well.
1267 Allow filtering of search results in `notmuch-show`
1269 Add function to rerun current tree-view search in search mode
1271 Bug fix for replying to encrypted messages in `notmuch-tree` mode
1273 Allow saved searched to specify tree view rather than search view
1275 Applies to saved searches run from `notmuch-hello`, or by a keyboard
1276 shortcut (`notmuch-jump`). Can be set in the customize interface, or
1277 by adding :search-type tree to the appropriate saved search plist in
1278 `notmuch-saved-searches`.
1280 Increase maximum size of rendered text parts
1282 The variable `notmuch-show-max-text-part-size` controls the maximum
1283 size (in bytes) which is automatically rendered. This may make
1284 rendering large threads slower. To get the previous behaviour set
1285 this variable to 10000.
1290 The use of absolute paths is now enforced when calling
1291 `notmuch_database_{open, create}`
1293 New function `notmuch_directory_delete` to delete directory documents
1295 Previously there was no way to delete directory documents from the
1296 database, leading to confusing results when the "ghost" directory
1297 document of a renamed or deleted filesystem directory was
1298 encountered every time the parent directory was being scanned by
1299 `notmuch new`. The mtime of the old directory document was also used
1300 if a directory by the same name was added again in the filesystem,
1301 potentially bypassing the scan for the directory. The issues are
1302 fixed by providing a library call to delete directory documents, and
1303 deleting the old documents in `notmuch new` on filesystem directory
1306 Database revision tracking
1308 Revision tracking is supported via a new prefix "lastmod:" in the
1309 query parser and the new function
1310 `notmuch_database_get_revision`. For the latter, see `notmuch(3)`.
1312 New status code returning API for n_query_count_{messages,threads}
1314 Deprecated functions
1316 `notmuch_query_search_threads`, `notmuch_query_search_messages`,
1317 `notmuch_query_count_messages`, and `notmuch_query_count_threads`
1318 are all deprecated as of this release. Clients are encouraged to
1319 transition to the `_st` variants supporting better error reporting.
1324 `nmbug-status` now supports specifying the sort order for each view.
1326 Notmuch 0.20.2 (2015-06-27)
1327 ===========================
1332 Bug fix for marking messages read in `notmuch-tree` mode.
1334 Notmuch 0.20.1 (2015-06-01)
1335 ===========================
1340 Work around apparent gdb bug on arm64.
1342 Notmuch 0.20 (2015-05-31)
1343 =========================
1345 Command-Line Interface
1346 ----------------------
1348 There is a new `mimetype:` search prefix
1350 The new `mimetype:` search prefix allows searching for the
1351 content-type of attachments, which is now indexed. See the
1352 `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for details.
1354 Path to gpg is now configurable
1356 On systems with multiple versions of gpg, you can tell
1357 notmuch which one to use by setting `crypto.gpg_path`
1362 Avoid rendering large text attachments.
1364 Improved rendering of CID references in HTML.
1369 Vim client now respects excluded tags.
1374 Support messages without Message-IDs.
1379 Undeprecate single message mboxes
1381 It seems more trouble to remove this feature than expected, so
1382 `notmuch new` will no longer nag about mboxes with a single message.
1384 New error logging facility
1386 Clients should call `notmuch_database_status_string` to retrieve
1387 output formerly printed to stderr.
1389 Several bug fixes related to stale iterators
1391 New status code returning API for n_query_search_{messages,thread}
1393 Fix for library `install_name` on Mac OS X
1395 Fix for rounding of seconds
1400 Sphinx is now mandatory to build docs
1402 Support for using rst2man in place of sphinx to build the
1403 documentation has been removed.
1405 Improved notmuch-search-terms.7
1407 The man page `notmuch-search-terms(7)` has been extended, merging
1408 some material from the relicensed wiki.
1413 `notmuch-deliver` is removed. As far as we know, all functionality
1414 previously provided by `notmuch-deliver` should now be provided by
1415 `notmuch insert`, provided by the main notmuch binary.
1420 `nmbug-status` now only matches local branches when reading
1421 `status-config.json` from the `config` branch of the `NMBGIT`
1422 repository. To help new users running `nmbug-status`, `nmbug clone`
1423 now creates a local `config` branch tracking `origin/config`. Folks
1424 who use `nmbug-status` with an in-Git config (i.e. you don't use the
1425 `--config` option) who already have `NMBGIT` set up are encouraged to
1428 git checkout config origin/config
1430 in their `NMBGIT` repository (usually `~/.nmbug`).
1432 Notmuch 0.19 (2014-11-14)
1433 =========================
1438 This release improves the reliability of `notmuch dump` and the error
1439 handling for `notmuch insert`. The new `notmuch address` command is
1440 intended to make searching for email addresses more convenient. At the
1441 library level the revised handling of missing messages fixes at least
1442 one bug in threading. The release also includes several interface
1443 improvements to the emacs interface, most notably the ability to bind
1444 keyboard shortcuts to saved searches.
1446 Command-Line Interface
1447 ----------------------
1449 Stopped `notmuch dump` failing if someone writes to the database
1451 The dump command now takes the write lock when running. This
1452 prevents other processes from writing to the database during the
1453 dump which would cause the dump to fail. Note, if another notmuch
1454 process already has the write lock the dump will not start, so
1455 script callers should still check the return value.
1457 `notmuch insert` requires successful message indexing for success status
1459 Previously the `notmuch insert` subcommand indicated success even if
1460 the message indexing failed, as long as the message was delivered to
1461 file system. This could have lead to delivered messages missing
1462 tags, etc. `notmuch insert` is now more strict, also requiring
1463 successful indexing for success status. Use the new `--keep` option
1464 to revert to the old behaviour (keeping the delivered message file
1465 and returning success even if indexing fails).
1467 `notmuch insert` has gained support for `post-insert` hook
1469 The new `post-insert` hook is run after message delivery, similar to
1470 `post-new`. There's also a new option `notmuch insert --no-hooks` to
1471 skip the hook. See the notmuch-hooks(1) man page for details.
1473 `notmuch deliver` is deprecated
1475 With this release we believe that `notmuch insert` has reached
1476 parity with `notmuch deliver`. We recommend that all users of
1477 `notmuch deliver` switch to `notmuch insert` as the former is
1478 currently unmaintained.
1480 `notmuch search` now supports `--duplicate=N` option with `--output=messages`
1482 Complementing the `notmuch search --duplicate=N --output=files`
1483 options, the new `--duplicate=N --output=messages` combination
1484 limits output of message IDs to messages matching search terms that
1485 have at least `N` files associated with them.
1487 Added `notmuch address` subcommand
1489 This new subcommand searches for messages matching the given search
1490 terms, and prints the addresses from them. Duplicate addresses are
1491 filtered out. The `--output` option controls which of the following
1492 information is printed: sender addresses, recipient addresses and
1493 count of duplicate addresses.
1498 Use the `j` key to access saved searches from anywhere in notmuch
1500 `j` is now globally bound to `notmuch-jump`, which provides fast,
1501 interactive keyboard shortcuts to saved searches. For example,
1502 with the default saved searches `j i` from anywhere in notmuch will
1505 Improved handling of the unread tag
1507 Notmuch now marks an open message read (i.e., removes the unread
1508 tag) if point enters the message at any time in a show buffer
1509 regardless of how point got there (mouse click, cursor command, page
1510 up/down, notmuch commands such as n,N etc). This fixes various
1511 anomalies or bugs in the previous handling. Additionally it is
1512 possible to customize the mark read handling by setting
1513 `notmuch-show-mark-read-function` to a custom function.
1515 Expanded default saved search settings
1517 The default saved searches now include several more common searches,
1518 as well as shortcut keys for `notmuch-jump`.
1520 Improved `q` binding in notmuch buffers
1522 `q` will now bury rather than kill a notmuch search, show or tree
1523 buffer if there are multiple windows showing the buffer. If only a
1524 single window is showing the buffer, it is killed.
1526 `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link-alist` now supports functions
1528 Some list archives may use a more complicated scheme for referring
1529 to messages than just concatenated URL and message ID. For example,
1530 patchwork requires a query to translate message ID to a patchwork
1531 patch ID. `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link-alist` now supports
1532 functions to better cover such cases. See the help documentation for
1533 the variable for details.
1538 Introduced database version 3 with support for "database features."
1540 Features are independent aspects of the database schema.
1541 Representing these independently of the database version number will
1542 let us evolve the database format faster and more incrementally,
1543 while maintaining better forwards and backwards compatibility.
1545 Library users are no longer required to call `notmuch_database_upgrade`
1547 Previously, library users were required to call
1548 `notmuch_database_needs_upgrade` and `notmuch_database_upgrade`
1549 before using a writable database. Even the CLI didn't get this
1550 right, and it is no longer required. Now, individual APIs may
1551 return `NOTMUCH_STATUS_UPGRADE_REQUIRED` if the database format is
1552 too out of date for that API.
1554 Library users can now abort an atomic section by closing the database
1556 Previously there was no supported way to abort an atomic section.
1557 Callers can now simply close the database, and any outstanding
1558 atomic section will be aborted.
1560 Add return status to `notmuch_database_close` and
1561 `notmuch_database_destroy`
1563 Bug fixes and performance improvements for thread linking
1565 The database now represents missing-but-referenced messages ("ghost
1566 messages") similarly to how it represents regular messages. This
1567 enables an improved thread linking algorithm that performs better
1568 and fixes a bug that sometimes prevented notmuch from linking
1569 messages into the same thread.
1574 The Perl script has been translated to Python; you'll need Python 2.7
1575 or anything from the 3.x line. Most of the user-facing interface is
1576 the same, but `nmbug help` is now `nmbug --help`, and the following nmbug
1577 commands have slightly different interfaces: `archive`, `commit`,
1578 `fetch`, `log`, `pull`, `push`, and `status`. For details on the
1579 new interface for a given command, run `nmbug COMMAND --help`.
1584 `nmbug-status` can now optionally load header and footer templates
1585 from the config file. Use something like:
1589 "header": "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang="en">\n...",
1590 "footer": "</body></html>",
1599 Add support for `notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude`
1604 The notmuch binaries and libraries are now build with debugging symbols
1605 by default. Users concerned with disk space should change the
1606 defaults when configuring or use the strip(1) command.
1608 Notmuch 0.18.2 (2014-10-25)
1609 ===========================
1614 Translate T380-atomicity to use gdb/python
1616 The new version is compatible with gdb 7.8
1618 Emacs 24.4 related bug fixes
1620 The Messages buffer became read-only, and the generated mime
1621 structure for signatures changed slightly.
1623 Simplify T360-symbol-hiding
1625 Replace the use of `objdump` on the object files with `nm` on the
1628 Notmuch 0.18.1 (2014-06-25)
1629 ===========================
1631 This is a bug fix and portability release.
1636 Add a workaround for systems without zlib.pc
1638 Make emacs install robust against the non-existence of emacs
1640 Put notmuch lib directory first in RPATH
1642 Fix handling of `html_static_path` in sphinx
1644 Both the python bindings and the main docs had spurious settings of
1650 Use --quick when starting emacs
1652 This avoids a hang in the T160-json tests.
1654 Allow pending break points in atomicity script
1656 This allows the atomicity tests to run on several more architectures/OSes.
1658 Command-Line Interface
1659 ----------------------
1661 To improve portability use fsync instead of fdatasync in
1662 `notmuch-dump`. There should be no functional difference.
1667 Resurrect support for single-message mbox files
1669 The removal introduced a bug with previously indexed single-message
1670 mboxes. This support remains deprecated.
1672 Fix for phrase indexing
1674 There were several bugs where words intermingled from different
1675 headers and MIME parts could match a single phrase query. This fix
1676 will affect only newly indexed messages.
1681 Make sure tagging on an empty query is harmless
1683 Previously tagging an empty query could lead to tags being
1684 unintentionally removed.
1686 Notmuch 0.18 (2014-05-06)
1687 =========================
1692 This new release includes some enhancements to searching for messages
1693 by filesystem location (`folder:` and `path:` prefixes under *General*
1694 below). Saved searches in *Emacs* have also been enhanced to allow
1695 distinct search orders for each one. Another enhancement to the
1696 *Emacs* interface is that replies to encrypted messages are now
1697 encrypted, reducing the risk of unintentional information disclosure.
1698 The default dump output format has changed to the more robust
1699 `batch-tag` format. The previously deprecated parsing of single
1700 message mboxes has been removed. For detailed release notes, see
1706 The `folder:` search prefix now requires an exact match
1708 The `folder:` prefix has been changed to search for email messages
1709 by the exact, case sensitive maildir or MH folder name. Wildcard
1710 matching (`folder:foo*`) is no longer supported. The new behaviour
1711 allows for more accurate mail folder based searches, makes it
1712 possible to search for messages in the top-level folder, and should
1713 lead to less surprising results than the old behaviour. Users are
1714 advised to see the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for details,
1715 and review how the change affects their existing `folder:` searches.
1717 There is a new `path:` search prefix
1719 The new `path:` search prefix complements the `folder:` prefix. The
1720 `path:` prefix searches for email messages that are in particular
1721 directories within the mail store, optionally recursively using a
1722 special syntax. See the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for
1725 Notmuch database upgrade due to `folder:` and `path:` changes
1727 The above mentioned changes to the `folder:` prefix and the addition
1728 of `path:` prefix require a Notmuch database upgrade. This will be
1729 done automatically, without prompting on the next time `notmuch new`
1730 is run after the upgrade. The upgrade is not reversible, and the
1731 upgraded database will not be readable by older versions of
1732 Notmuch. As a safeguard, a database dump will be created in the
1733 `.notmuch` directory before upgrading.
1738 Notmuch database upgrade
1740 The libnotmuch consumers are reminded to handle database upgrades
1741 properly, either by relying on running `notmuch new`, or checking
1742 `notmuch_database_needs_upgrade()` and calling
1743 `notmuch_database_upgrade()` as necessary. This has always been the
1744 case, but in practise there have been no database upgrades in any
1745 released version of Notmuch before now.
1747 Support for indexing mbox files has been dropped
1749 There has never been proper support for mbox files containing
1750 multiple messages, and the support for single-message mbox files has
1751 been deprecated since Notmuch 0.15. The support has now been
1752 dropped, and all mbox files will be rejected during indexing.
1754 Message header parsing changes
1756 Notmuch previously had an internal parser for message headers. The
1757 parser has now been dropped in favour of letting GMime parse both
1758 the headers and the message MIME structure at the same pass. This is
1759 mostly an internal change, but the GMime parser is stricter in its
1760 interpretation of the headers. This may result in messages with
1761 slightly malformed message headers being now rejected.
1763 Command-Line Interface
1764 ----------------------
1766 `notmuch dump` now defaults to `batch-tag` format
1768 The old format is still available with `--format=sup`.
1770 `notmuch new` has a --quiet option
1772 This option suppresses the progress and summary reports.
1774 `notmuch insert` respects maildir.synchronize_flags config option
1776 Do not synchronize tags to maildir flags in `notmuch insert` if the
1777 user does not want it.
1779 The commands set consistent exit status codes on failures
1781 The cli commands now consistently set exit status of 1 on failures,
1782 except where explicitly otherwise noted. The notable exceptions are
1783 the status codes for format version mismatches for commands that
1784 support formatted output.
1786 Bug fix for checking configured new.tags for invalid tags
1788 `notmuch new` and `notmuch insert` now check the user configured
1789 new.tags for invalid tags, and refuse to apply them, similar to
1790 `notmuch tag`. Invalid tags are currently the empty string and tags
1798 If the file pointed by new variable `notmuch-init-file` (typically
1799 `~/.emacs.d/notmuch-config.el`) exists, it is loaded at the end of
1800 `notmuch.el`. Users can put their personal notmuch emacs lisp based
1801 configuration/customization items there instead of filling
1802 `~/.emacs` with these.
1804 Changed format for saved searches
1806 The format for `notmuch-saved-searches` has changed, but old style
1807 saved searches are still supported. The new style means that a saved
1808 search can store the desired sort order for the search, and it can
1809 store a separate query to use for generating the count notmuch
1812 The variable is fully customizable and any configuration done
1813 through customize should *just work*, with the additional options
1814 mentioned above. For manual customization see the documentation for
1815 `notmuch-saved-searches`.
1817 IMPORTANT: a new style notmuch-saved-searches variable will break
1818 previous versions of notmuch-emacs (even search will not work); to
1819 fix remove the customization for notmuch-saved-searches.
1821 If you have a custom saved search sort function (not unsorted or
1822 alphabetical) then the sort function will need to be
1823 modified. Replacing (car saved-search) by (notmuch-saved-search-get
1824 saved-search :name) and (cdr saved-search) by
1825 (notmuch-saved-search-get saved-search :query) should be sufficient.
1827 The keys of `notmuch-tag-formats` are now regexps
1829 Previously, the keys were literal strings. Customized settings of
1830 `notmuch-tag-formats` will continue to work as before unless tags
1831 contain regexp special characters like `.` or `*`.
1833 Changed tags are now shown in the buffer
1835 Previously tag changes made in a buffer were shown immediately. In
1836 some cases (particularly automatic tag changes like marking read)
1837 this made it hard to see what had happened (e.g., whether the
1838 message had been unread).
1840 The changes are now shown explicitly in the buffer: by default
1841 deleted tags are displayed with red strike-through and added tags
1842 are displayed underlined in green (inverse video is used for deleted
1843 tags if the terminal does not support strike-through).
1845 The variables `notmuch-tag-deleted-formats` and
1846 `notmuch-tag-added-formats`, which have the same syntax as
1847 `notmuch-tag-formats`, allow this to be customized.
1849 Setting `notmuch-tag-deleted-formats` to `'((".*" nil))` and
1850 `notmuch-tag-added-formats` to `'((".*" tag))` will give the old
1851 behavior of hiding deleted tags and showing added tags identically
1852 to tags already present.
1856 The new, build-time generated variable `notmuch-emacs-version` is used
1857 to distinguish between notmuch cli and notmuch emacs versions.
1858 The function `notmuch-hello-versions` (bound to 'v' in notmuch-hello
1859 window) prints both notmuch cli and notmuch emacs versions in case
1860 these differ from each other.
1861 This is especially useful when using notmuch remotely.
1863 Ido-completing-read initialization in Emacs 23
1865 `ido-completing-read` in Emacs 23 versions 1 through 3 freezes unless
1866 it is initialized. Defadvice-based *Ido* initialization is defined
1867 for these Emacs versions.
1869 Bug fix for saved searches with newlines in them
1871 Split lines confuse `notmuch count --batch`, so we remove embedded
1872 newlines before calling notmuch count.
1874 Bug fixes for sender identities
1876 Previously, Emacs would rewrite some sender identities in unexpected
1877 and undesirable ways. Now it will use identities exactly as
1878 configured in `notmuch-identities`.
1880 Replies to encrypted messages will be encrypted by default
1882 In the interest of maintaining confidentiality of communications,
1883 the Notmuch Emacs interface now automatically adds the mml tag to
1884 encrypt replies to encrypted messages. This should make it less
1885 likely to accidentally reply to encrypted messages in plain text.
1887 Reply pushes mark before signature
1889 We push mark and set point on reply so that the user can easily cut
1890 the quoted text. The mark is now pushed before the signature, if
1891 any, instead of end of buffer so the signature is preserved.
1893 Message piping uses the originating buffer's working directory
1895 `notmuch-show-pipe-message` now uses the originating buffer's
1896 current default directory instead of that of the `*notmuch-pipe*`
1902 nmbug adds a `clone` command for setting up the initial repository and
1903 uses `@{upstream}` instead of `FETCH_HEAD` to track upstream changes.
1905 The `@{upstream}` change reduces ambiguity when fetching multiple
1906 branches, but requires existing users update their `NMBGIT`
1907 repository (usually `~/.nmbug`) to distinguish between local and
1908 remote-tracking branches. The easiest way to do this is:
1910 1. If you have any purely local commits (i.e. they aren't in the
1911 nmbug repository on nmbug.tethera.net), push them to a remote
1912 repository. We'll restore them from the backup in step 4.
1913 2. Remove your `NMBGIT` repository (e.g. `mv .nmbug .nmbug.bak`).
1914 3. Use the new `clone` command to create a fresh clone:
1916 nmbug clone https://nmbug.notmuchmail.org/git/nmbug-tags.git
1918 4. If you had local commits in step 1, add a remote for that
1919 repository and fetch them into the new repository.
1921 Notmuch 0.17 (2013-12-30)
1922 =========================
1924 Incompatible change in SHA1 computation
1925 ---------------------------------------
1927 Previously on big endian architectures like sparc and powerpc the
1928 computation of SHA1 hashes was incorrect. This meant that messages
1929 with overlong or missing message-ids were given different computed
1930 message-ids than on more common little endian architectures like i386
1931 and amd64. If you use notmuch on a big endian architecture, you are
1932 strongly advised to make a backup of your tags using `notmuch dump`
1933 before this upgrade. You can locate the affected files using something
1937 awk '/^notmuch-sha1-[0-9a-f]{40} / \
1938 {system("notmuch search --exclude=false --output=files id:" $1)}'
1940 Command-Line Interface
1941 ----------------------
1943 New options to better support handling duplicate messages
1945 If more than one message file is associated with a message-id,
1946 `notmuch search --output=files` will print all of them. A new
1947 `--duplicate=N` option can be used to specify which duplicate to
1948 print for each message.
1950 `notmuch count` now supports `--output=files` option to output the
1951 number of files associated with matching messages. This may be
1952 bigger than the number of matching messages due to duplicates
1953 (i.e. multiple files having the same message-id).
1955 Improved `notmuch new` performance for unchanged folders
1957 `notmuch new` now skips over unchanged folders more efficiently,
1958 which can substantially improve the performance of checking for new
1959 mail in some situations (like NFS-mounted Maildirs).
1961 `notmuch reply --format=text` RFC 2047-encodes headers
1963 Previously, this used a mix of standard MIME encoding for the reply
1964 body and UTF-8 for the headers. Now, the text format reply template
1965 RFC 2047-encodes the headers, making the output a valid RFC 2822
1966 message. The JSON/sexp format is unchanged.
1968 `notmuch compact` command
1970 The new `compact` command exposes Xapian's compaction
1971 functionality through a more convenient interface than
1972 `xapian-compact`. `notmuch compact` will compact the database to a
1973 temporary location, optionally backup the original database, and
1974 move the compacted database into place.
1979 `notmuch-tree` (formerly `notmuch-pick`) has been added to mainline
1981 `notmuch-tree` is a threaded message view for the emacs
1982 interface. Each message is one line in the results and the thread
1983 structure is shown using UTF-8 box drawing characters (similar to
1984 Mutt's threaded view). It comes between search and show in terms of
1985 amount of output and can be useful for viewing both single threads
1986 and multiple threads.
1988 Using `notmuch-tree`
1990 The main key entries to notmuch tree are
1992 'z' enter a query to view using notmuch tree (works in hello,
1993 search, show and tree mode itself)
1995 'Z' view the current query in tree notmuch tree (works from search
1998 Once in tree mode, keybindings are mostly in line with the rest of
1999 notmuch and are all viewable with '?' as usual.
2001 Customising `notmuch-tree`
2003 `notmuch-tree` has several customisation variables. The most
2004 significant is the first notmuch-tree-show-out which determines the
2005 behaviour when selecting a message (with RET) in tree view. By
2006 default tree view uses a split window showing the single message in
2007 the bottom pane. However, if this option is set then it views the
2008 whole thread in the complete window jumping to the selected message
2009 in the thread. In either case command-prefix selects the other option.
2011 Tagging threads in search is now race-free
2013 Previously, adding or removing a tag from a thread in a search
2014 buffer would affect messages that had arrived after the search was
2015 performed, resulting in, for example, archiving messages that were
2016 never seen. Tagging now affects only the messages that were in the
2017 thread when the search was performed.
2019 `notmuch-hello` refreshes when switching to the buffer
2021 The hello buffer now refreshes whenever you switch to the buffer,
2022 regardless of how you get there. You can disable automatic
2023 refreshing by customizing `notmuch-hello-auto-refresh`.
2025 Specific mini-buffer prompts for tagging operations
2027 When entering tags to add or remove, the mini-buffer prompt now
2028 indicates what operation will be performed (e.g., "Tag thread", "Tag
2031 Built-in help improvements
2033 Documentation for many commands has been improved, as displayed by
2034 `notmuch-help` (usually bound to "?"). The bindings listed by
2035 `notmuch-help` also now include descriptions of prefixed commands.
2037 Quote replies as they are displayed in show view
2039 We now render the parts for reply quoting the same way they are
2040 rendered for show. At this time, the notable change is that replies
2041 to text/calendar are now pretty instead of raw vcalendar.
2043 Fixed inconsistent use of configured search order
2045 All ways of interactively invoking search now honor the value of
2046 `notmuch-search-oldest-first`.
2048 Common keymap for notmuch-wide bindings
2050 Several key bindings have been moved from mode-specific keymaps to
2051 the single `notmuch-common-keymap`, which is inherited by each
2052 notmuch mode. If you've customized your key bindings, you may want
2053 to move some of them to the common keymap.
2055 The `notmuch-tag` function now requires a list of tag changes
2057 For users who have scripted the Emacs interface: the `notmuch-tag`
2058 API has changed. Previously, it accepted either a list of tag
2059 changes or a space-separated string of tag changes. The latter is
2060 no longer supported and the function now returns nothing.
2062 Fixed `notmuch-reply` putting reply in primary selection
2064 On emacs 24 notmuch-reply used to put the cited text into the
2065 primary selection (which could lead to inadvertently pasting this
2066 cited text elsewhere). Now the primary-selection is not changed.
2068 Fixed `notmuch-show` invisible part handling
2070 In some obscure cases part buttons and invisibility had strange
2071 interactions: in particular, the default action for some parts gave
2072 the wrong action. This has been fixed.
2074 Fixed `notmuch-show` attachment viewers and stderr
2076 In emacs 24.3+ viewing an attachment could cause spurious text to
2077 appear in the show buffer (any stderr or stdout the viewer
2078 produced). By default this output is now discarded. For debugging,
2079 setting `notmuch-show-attachment-debug` causes notmuch to keep the
2080 viewer's stderr and stdout in a separate buffer.
2082 Fixed `notmuch-mua-reply` point placement when signature involved
2084 By restricting cursor movement to body section for cursor placement
2085 after signature is inserted, the cursor cannot "leak" to header
2086 section anymore. Now inserted citation content will definitely go to
2087 the body part of the message.
2092 It is now possible to compose new messages in the Vim interface, as
2093 opposed reply to existing messages. There is also support for
2094 going straight to a search (bypassing the folders view).
2096 Notmuch 0.16 (2013-08-03)
2097 =========================
2099 Command-Line Interface
2100 ----------------------
2102 Support for delivering messages to Maildir
2104 There is a new command `insert` that adds a message to a Maildir
2105 folder and notmuch index.
2107 `notmuch count --batch` option
2109 `notmuch count` now supports batch operations similar to `notmuch
2110 tag`. This is mostly an optimization for remote notmuch usage.
2112 `notmuch tag` option to remove all tags from matching messages
2114 `notmuch tag --remove-all` option has been added to remove all tags
2115 from matching messages. This can be combined with adding new tags,
2116 resulting in setting (rather than modifying) the tags of the
2119 Decrypting commands explicitly expect a gpg-agent
2121 Decryption in `notmuch show` and `notmuch reply` has only ever
2122 worked with a functioning gpg-agent. This is now made explicit in
2123 code and documentation. The functional change is that it's now
2124 possible to have gpg-agent running, but gpg "use-agent"
2125 configuration option disabled, not forcing the user to use the agent
2128 Configuration file saves follow symbolic links
2130 The notmuch commands that save the configuration file now follow
2131 symbolic links instead of overwrite them.
2133 Top level option to specify configuration file
2135 It's now possible to specify the configuration file to use on the
2136 command line using the `notmuch --config=FILE` option.
2138 Bash command-line completion
2140 The notmuch command-line completion support for the bash shell has
2141 been rewritten. Supported completions include all the notmuch
2142 commands, command-line arguments, values for keyword arguments,
2143 search prefixes (such as "subject:" or "from:") in all commands that
2144 use search terms, tags after + and - in `notmuch tag`, tags after
2145 "tag:" prefix, user's email addresses after "from:" and "to:"
2146 prefixes, and config options (and some config option values) in
2147 `notmuch config`. The new completion support depends on the
2148 bash-completion package.
2150 Deprecated commands "part" and "search-tags" are removed.
2155 New keymap to view/save parts; removed s/v/o/| part button bindings
2157 The commands to view, save, and open MIME parts are now prefixed
2158 with "." (". s" to save, ". v" to view, etc) and can be invoked with
2159 point anywhere in a part, unlike the old commands, which were
2160 restricted to part buttons. The old "s"/"v"/"o"/"|" commands on
2161 part buttons have been removed since they clashed with other
2162 bindings (notably "s" for search!) and could not be invoked when
2163 there was no part button. The new, prefixed bindings appear in
2164 show's help, so you no longer have to memorize them.
2166 Default part save directory is now `mm-default-directory`
2168 Previously, notmuch offered to save parts and attachments to a mix
2169 of `mm-default-directory`, `mailcap-download-directory`, and `~/`.
2170 This has been standardized on `mm-default-directory`.
2172 Key bindings for next/previous thread
2174 Show view has new key bindings M-n and M-p to move to the next and
2175 previous thread in the search results.
2177 Better handling of errors in search buffers
2179 Instead of interleaving errors in search result buffers, search mode
2180 now reports errors in the minibuffer.
2182 Faster search and show
2184 Communication between Emacs and the notmuch CLI is now more
2185 efficient because it uses the CLI's S-expression support. As a
2186 result, search mode should now fill search buffers faster and
2187 threads should show faster.
2191 The Emacs 22 support added late 2010 was sufficient only for a short
2192 period of time. After being incomplete for roughly 2 years the code
2193 in question was now removed from this release.
2198 The vim based front-end has been replaced with a new one that uses the Ruby
2199 bindings. The old font-end is available in the contrib subfolder.
2204 Fix loading of libnotmuch shared library on OS X (Darwin) systems.
2206 Notmuch 0.15.2 (2013-02-17)
2207 ===========================
2212 Update dependencies to avoid problems when building in parallel.
2214 Internal test framework changes
2215 -------------------------------
2217 Adjust Emacs test watchdog mechanism to cope with `process-attributes`
2218 being unimplemented.
2220 Notmuch 0.15.1 (2013-01-24)
2221 ===========================
2223 Internal test framework changes
2224 -------------------------------
2226 Set a default value for TERM when running tests. This fixes certain
2227 build failures in non-interactive environments.
2229 Notmuch 0.15 (2013-01-18)
2230 =========================
2235 Date range search support
2237 The `date:` prefix can now be used in queries to restrict the results
2238 to only messages within a particular time range (based on the Date:
2239 header) with a range syntax of `date:<since>..<until>`. Notmuch
2240 supports a wide variety of expressions in `<since>` and
2241 `<until>`. Please refer to the `notmuch-search-terms(7)` manual page
2244 Empty tag names and tags beginning with "-" are deprecated
2246 Such tags have been a frequent source of confusion and cause
2247 (sometimes unresolvable) conflicts with other syntax. notmuch tag
2248 no longer allows such tags to be added to messages. Removing such
2249 tags continues to be supported to allow cleanup of existing tags,
2250 but may be removed in a future release.
2252 Command-Line Interface
2253 ----------------------
2255 `notmuch new` no longer chokes on mboxes
2257 `notmuch new` now rejects mbox files containing more than one
2258 message, rather than treating the file as one giant message.
2260 Support for single message mboxes is deprecated
2262 For historical reasons, `notmuch new` will index mbox files
2263 containing a single message; however, this behavior is now
2264 officially deprecated.
2266 Fixed `notmuch new` to skip ignored broken symlinks
2268 `notmuch new` now correctly skips symlinks if they are in the
2269 ignored files list. Previously, it would abort when encountering
2270 broken symlink, even if it was ignored.
2272 New dump/restore format and tagging interface
2274 There is a new `batch-tag` format for dump and restore that is more
2275 robust, particularly with respect to tags and message-ids containing
2278 `notmuch tag` now supports the ability to read tag operations and
2279 queries from an input stream, in a format compatible with the new
2280 dump/restore format.
2282 Bcc and Reply-To headers are now available in notmuch show json output
2284 The `notmuch show --format=json` now includes "Bcc" and "Reply-To" headers.
2285 For example notmuch Emacs client can now have these headers visible
2286 when the headers are added to the `notmuch-message-headers` variable.
2288 CLI callers can now request a specific output format version
2290 `notmuch` subcommands that support structured output now support a
2291 `--format-version` argument for requesting a specific version of the
2292 structured output, enabling better compatibility and error handling.
2294 `notmuch search` has gained a null character separated text output format
2296 The new --format=text0 output format for `notmuch search` prints
2297 output separated by null characters rather than newline
2298 characters. This is similar to the find(1) -print0 option, and works
2299 together with the xargs(1) -0 option.
2304 Removal of the deprecated `notmuch-folders` variable
2306 `notmuch-folders` has been deprecated since the introduction of saved
2307 searches and the notmuch hello view in notmuch 0.3. `notmuch-folders`
2308 has now been removed. Any remaining users should migrate to
2309 `notmuch-saved-searches`.
2311 Visibility of MIME parts can be toggled
2313 Each part of a multi-part MIME email can now be shown or hidden
2314 using the button at the top of each part (by pressing RET on it or
2315 by clicking). For emails with multiple alternative formats (e.g.,
2316 plain text and HTML), only the preferred format is shown initially,
2317 but other formats can be shown using their part buttons. To control
2318 the behavior of this, see
2319 `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` and
2320 `notmuch-show-all-multipart/alternative-parts`.
2322 Note notmuch-show-print-message (bound to '#' by default) will print
2323 all parts of multipart/alternative message regardless of whether
2324 they are currently hidden or shown in the buffer.
2326 Emacs now buttonizes mid: links
2328 mid: links are a standardized way to link to messages by message ID
2329 (see RFC 2392). Emacs now hyperlinks mid: links to the appropriate
2332 Handle errors from bodypart insertions
2334 If displaying the text of a message in show mode causes an error (in
2335 the `notmuch-show-insert-part-*` functions), notmuch no longer cuts
2336 off thread display at the offending message. The error is now
2337 simply displayed in place of the message.
2339 Emacs now detects version mismatches with the notmuch CLI
2341 Emacs now detects and reports when the Emacs interface version and
2342 the notmuch CLI version are incompatible.
2344 Improved text/calendar content handling
2346 Carriage returns in embedded text/calendar content caused insertion
2347 of the calendar content fail. Now CRs are removed before calling icalendar
2348 to extract icalendar data. In case icalendar extraction fails an error
2349 is thrown for the bodypart insertion function to deal with.
2351 Disabled coding conversions when reading in `with-current-notmuch-show-message`
2353 Depending on the user's locale, saving attachments containing 8-bit
2354 data may have performed an unintentional encoding conversion,
2355 corrupting the saved attachment. This has been fixed by making
2356 `with-current-notmuch-show-message` disable coding conversion.
2358 Fixed errors with HTML email containing images in Emacs 24
2360 Emacs 24 ships with a new HTML renderer that produces better output,
2361 but is slightly buggy. We work around a bug that caused it to fail
2362 for HTML email containing images.
2364 Fixed handling of tags with unusual characters in them
2366 Emacs now handles tags containing spaces, quotes, and parenthesis.
2368 Fixed buttonization of id: links without quote characters
2370 Emacs now correctly buttonizes id: links where the message ID is not
2373 `notmuch-hello` refresh point placement improvements
2375 Refreshing the `notmuch-hello` buffer does a better job of keeping
2376 the point where it was.
2378 Automatic tag changes are now unified and customizable
2380 All the automatic tag changes that the Emacs interface makes when
2381 reading, archiving, or replying to messages, can now be
2382 customized. Any number of tag additions and removals is supported
2383 through the `notmuch-show-mark-read`, `notmuch-archive-tags`, and
2384 `notmuch-message-replied-tags` customization variables.
2386 Support for stashing the thread id in show view
2388 Invoking `notmuch-show-stash-message-id` with a prefix argument
2389 stashes the (local and database specific) thread id of the current
2390 thread instead of the message id.
2392 New add-on tool: notmuch-pick
2393 -----------------------------
2395 The new contrib/ tool `notmuch-pick` is an experimental threaded message
2396 view for the emacs interface. Each message is one line in the results
2397 and the thread structure is shown using UTF-8 box drawing characters
2398 (similar to Mutt's threaded view). It comes between search and show in
2399 terms of amount of output and can be useful for viewing both single
2400 threads and multiple threads. See the notmuch-pick README file for
2401 further details and installation.
2406 notmuch now builds on OpenBSD.
2408 Internal test framework changes
2409 -------------------------------
2411 The emacsclient binary is now user-configurable
2413 The test framework now accepts `TEST_EMACSCLIENT` in addition to
2414 `TEST_EMACS` for configuring the emacsclient to use. This is
2415 necessary to avoid using an old emacsclient with a new emacs, which
2416 can result in buggy behavior.
2418 Notmuch 0.14 (2012-08-20)
2419 =========================
2424 Maildir tag synchronization
2426 Maildir flag-to-tag synchronization now applies only to messages in
2427 maildir-like directory structures. Previously, it applied to any
2428 message that had a maildir "info" part, which meant it could
2429 incorrectly synchronize tags for non-maildir messages, while at the
2430 same time failing to synchronize tags for newly received maildir
2431 messages (typically causing new messages to not receive the "unread"
2434 Command-Line Interface
2435 ----------------------
2437 The deprecated positional output file argument to `notmuch dump` has
2438 been replaced with an `--output` option. The input file positional
2439 argument to `notmuch restore` has been replaced with an `--input`
2440 option for consistency with dump. These changes simplify the syntax
2441 of dump/restore options and make them more consistent with other
2447 Search results now get re-colored when tags are updated
2449 The formatting of tags in search results can now be customized
2451 Previously, attempting to change the format of tags in
2452 `notmuch-search-result-format` would usually break tagging from
2453 search-mode. We no longer make assumptions about the format.
2455 Experimental support for multi-line search result formats
2457 It is now possible to embed newlines in
2458 `notmuch-search-result-format` to make individual search results
2459 span multiple lines.
2461 Next/previous in search and show now move by boundaries
2463 All "next" and "previous" commands in the search and show modes now
2464 move to the next/previous result or message boundary. This doesn't
2465 change the behavior of "next", but "previous" commands will first
2466 move to the beginning of the current result or message if point is
2467 inside the result or message.
2469 Search now uses the JSON format internally
2471 This should address problems with unusual characters in authors and
2472 subject lines that could confuse the old text-based search parser.
2474 The date shown in search results is no longer padded before applying
2475 user-specified formatting
2477 Previously, the date in the search results was padded to fixed width
2478 before being formatted with `notmuch-search-result-format`. It is
2479 no longer padded. The default format has been updated, but if
2480 you've customized this variable, you may have to change your date
2481 format from `"%s "` to `"%12s "`.
2483 The thread-id for the `target-thread` argument for `notmuch-search` should
2484 now be supplied without the "thread:" prefix.
2486 Notmuch 0.13.2 (2012-06-02)
2487 ===========================
2492 Update `contrib/notmuch-deliver` for API changes in 0.13. This fixes a
2493 compilation error for this contrib package.
2495 Notmuch 0.13.1 (2012-05-29)
2496 ===========================
2501 Fix inserting of UTF-8 characters from *text/plain* parts in reply
2503 While notmuch gained ability to insert content from other than *text/plain*
2504 parts of email whenever *text/plain* parts are not available (notably
2505 HTML-only emails), replying to mails that do have *text/plain* the
2506 non-ASCII characters were incorrectly decoded. This is now fixed.
2508 `notmuch_database_get_directory` and
2509 `notmuch_database_find_message_by_filename` now work on read-only
2512 Previously, these functions attempted to create directory documents
2513 that didn't exist and would return an error or abort when given a
2514 read-only database. Now they no longer create directory documents
2515 and simply return a `NULL` object if the directory does not exist,
2518 Fix compilation of ruby bindings
2520 Revert to dynamic linking, since the statically linked bindings did
2523 Notmuch 0.13 (2012-05-15)
2524 =========================
2526 Command-Line Interface
2527 ----------------------
2531 `notmuch reply` can now produce JSON output that contains the headers
2532 for a reply message and full information about the original message
2533 begin replied to. This allows MUAs to create replies intelligently.
2534 For example, an MUA that can parse HTML might quote HTML parts.
2536 Calling notmuch reply with `--format=json` imposes the restriction that
2537 only a single message is returned by the search, as replying to
2538 multiple messages does not have a well-defined behavior. The default
2539 retains its current behavior for multiple message replies.
2543 Tags can be automatically excluded from search results by adding them
2544 to the new `search.exclude_tags` option in the Notmuch config file.
2546 This behaviour can be overridden by explicitly including an excluded
2547 tag in your query, for example:
2549 notmuch search $your_query and tag:$excluded_tag
2551 Existing users will probably want to run `notmuch setup` again to add
2552 the new well-commented [search] section to the configuration file.
2554 For new configurations, accepting the default setting will cause the
2555 tags "deleted" and "spam" to be excluded, equivalent to running:
2557 notmuch config set search.exclude_tags deleted spam
2559 Raw show format changes
2561 The output of show `--format=raw` has changed for multipart and
2562 message parts. Previously, the output was a mash of somewhat-parsed
2563 headers and transfer-decoded bodies. Now, such parts are reproduced
2564 faithfully from the original source. Message parts (which includes
2565 part 0) output the full message, including the message headers (but
2566 not the transfer headers). Multipart parts output the part as
2567 encoded in the original message, including the part's headers. Leaf
2568 parts, as before, output the part's transfer-decoded body.
2570 Listing configuration items
2572 The new `config list` command prints out all configuration items and
2578 Changes to tagging interface
2580 The user-facing tagging functions in the Emacs interface have been
2581 normalized across all notmuch modes. The tagging functions are now
2582 notmuch-search-tag in search-mode, and notmuch-show-tag in
2583 show-mode. They accept a string representing a single tag change,
2584 or a list of tag changes. See 'M-x describe-function notmuch-tag'
2585 for more information.
2587 NOTE: This breaks compatibility with old tagging functions, so user
2588 may need to update in custom configurations.
2590 Reply improvement using the JSON format
2592 Emacs now uses the JSON reply format to create replies. It obeys
2593 the customization variables message-citation-line-format and
2594 message-citation-line-function when creating the first line of the
2595 reply body, and it will quote HTML parts if no text/plain parts are
2598 New add-on tool: notmuch-mutt
2599 -----------------------------
2601 The new contrib/ tool `notmuch-mutt` provides Notmuch integration for
2602 the Mutt mail user agent. Using it, Mutt users can perform mail
2603 search, thread reconstruction, and mail tagging/untagging without
2604 leaving Mutt. notmuch-mutt, formerly distributed under the name
2605 `mutt-notmuch` by Stefano Zacchiroli, will be maintained as a notmuch
2606 contrib/ from now on.
2611 The API changes detailed below break binary and source compatibility,
2612 so libnotmuch has been bumped to version 3.0.0.
2614 The function `notmuch_database_close` has been split into
2615 `notmuch_database_close` and `notmuch_database_destroy`
2617 This makes it possible for long running programs to close the xapian
2618 database and thus release the lock associated with it without
2619 destroying the data structures obtained from it.
2621 `notmuch_database_open`, `notmuch_database_create`, and
2622 `notmuch_database_get_directory` now return errors
2624 The type signatures of these functions have changed so that the
2625 functions now return a `notmuch_status_t` and take an out-argument for
2626 returning the new database object or directory object.
2633 The go bindings and the `notmuch-addrlookup` utility are now
2634 compatible with go 1.
2636 Notmuch 0.12 (2012-03-20)
2637 =========================
2639 Command-Line Interface
2640 ----------------------
2644 `notmuch reply` has gained the ability to create a reply template
2645 for replying just to the sender of the message, in addition to reply
2646 to all. The feature is available through the new command line option
2647 `--reply-to=(all|sender)`.
2649 Mail store folder/file ignore
2651 A new configuration option, `new.ignore`, lets users specify a
2652 ;-separated list of file and directory names that will not be
2653 searched for messages by `notmuch new`.
2655 NOTE: *Every* file/directory that goes by one of those names will
2656 be ignored, independent of its depth/location in the mail store.
2658 Unified help and manual pages
2660 The notmuch help command now runs man for the appropriate page. If
2661 you install notmuch somewhere "unusual", you may need to update
2664 Manual page for notmuch configuration options
2666 The notmuch CLI configuration file options are now documented in the
2667 notmuch-config(1) manual page in addition to the configuration file
2675 The Emacs interface has, with the new CLI support, gained the
2676 ability to reply to sender in addition to reply to all. In both show
2677 and search modes, 'r' has been bound to reply to sender, replacing
2678 reply to all, which now has key binding 'R'.
2680 More flexible and consistent tagging operations
2682 All tagging operations ('+', '-', '*') now accept multiple tags with
2683 '+' or '-' prefix, like '*' operation in notmuch-search view before.
2685 '*' operation (`notmuch-show-tag-all`) is now available in
2688 `notmuch-show-{add,remove}-tag` functions no longer accept tag
2689 argument, `notmuch-show-tag-message` should be used instead. Custom
2690 bindings using these functions should be updated, e.g.:
2692 (notmuch-show-remove-tag "unread")
2694 should be changed to:
2696 (notmuch-show-tag-message "-unread")
2698 Refreshing the show view ('=' by default) no longer opens or closes messages
2700 To get the old behavior of putting messages back in their initial
2701 opened/closed state, use a prefix argument, e.g., 'C-u ='.
2703 Attachment buttons can be used to view or save attachments.
2705 When the cursor is on an attachment button the key 's' can be used
2706 to save the attachment, the key 'v' to view the attachment in the
2707 default mailcap application, and the key 'o' prompts the user for an
2708 application to use to open the attachment. By default Enter or mouse
2709 button 1 saves the attachment but this is customisable (option
2710 Notmuch Show Part Button Default Action).
2714 `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link{,-and-go}` allow stashing and
2715 optionally visiting a URI to the current message at one of a number
2716 of Mailing List Archives.
2718 Fix MML tag quoting in replies
2720 The MML tag quoting fix of 0.11.1 unintentionally quoted tags
2721 inserted in `message-setup-hook`. Quoting is now limited to the
2724 Show view archiving key binding changes
2726 The show view archiving key bindings 'a' and 'x' now remove the
2727 "inbox" tag from the current message only (instead of thread), and
2728 move to the next message. At the last message, 'a' proceeds to the
2729 next thread in search results, and 'x' returns to search
2730 results. The thread archiving functions are now available in 'A' and
2733 Support text/calendar MIME type
2735 The text/calendar MIME type is now supported in addition to
2738 Generate inline patch fake attachment file names from message subject
2740 Use the message subject to generate file names for the inline patch
2741 fake attachments. The names are now similar to the ones generated by
2742 'git format-patch' instead of just "inline patch". See "Notmuch Show
2743 Insert Text/Plain Hook" in the notmuch customize interface.
2745 Enable `notmuch-search-line-faces` by default
2747 Make the `notmuch-search-line-faces` functionality more discoverable
2748 for new users by showing "unread" messages bold and "flagged"
2749 messages blue by default in the search view.
2753 notmuch-show mode now has simple printing support, bound to '#' by
2754 default. You can customize the variable notmuch-print-mechanism.
2761 `notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude` supports the new tag exclusion
2764 Python bindings changes
2765 -----------------------
2767 Python 3.2 compatibility
2769 The python bindings are now compatible with both python 2.5+ and 3.2.
2771 Added missing unicode conversions
2773 Python strings have to be encoded to and decoded from utf-8 when
2774 calling libnotmuch functions. Porting the bindings to python 3.2
2775 revealed a few function calls that were missing these conversions.
2780 Compatibility with GMime 2.6
2782 It is now possible to build notmuch against both GMime 2.4 and 2.6.
2783 However, a bug in GMime 2.6 before 2.6.5 causes notmuch not to
2784 report signatures where the signer key is unavailable (GNOME bug
2785 668085). For compatibility with GMime 2.4's tolerance of "From "
2786 headers we require GMime 2.6 >= 2.6.7.
2788 Notmuch 0.11.1 (2012-02-03)
2789 ===========================
2794 Fix error handling in python bindings
2796 The python bindings in 0.11 failed to detect NULL pointers being
2797 returned from libnotmuch functions and thus failed to raise
2798 exceptions to indicate the error condition. Any subsequent calls
2799 into libnotmuch caused segmentation faults.
2801 Quote MML tags in replies
2803 MML tags are text codes that Emacs uses to indicate attachments
2804 (among other things) in messages being composed. The Emacs
2805 interface did not quote MML tags in the quoted text of a reply.
2806 User could be tricked into replying to a maliciously formatted
2807 message and not editing out the MML tags from the quoted text. This
2808 could lead to files from the user's machine being attached to the
2809 outgoing message. The Emacs interface now quotes these tags in
2810 reply text, so that they do not effect outgoing messages.
2812 Notmuch 0.11 (2012-01-13)
2813 =========================
2815 Command-Line Interface
2816 ----------------------
2820 Hooks have been introduced to notmuch. Hooks are scripts that notmuch
2821 invokes before and after certain actions. Initially, `notmuch new`
2822 supports `pre-new` and `post-new` hooks that are run before and after
2823 importing new messages into the database.
2825 `notmuch reply --decrypt bugfix`
2827 The `notmuch reply` command with `--decrypt` argument had a rarely
2828 occurring bug that caused an encrypted message not to be decrypted
2829 sometimes. This is now fixed.
2834 Automatic tag query optimization
2836 `notmuch tag` now automatically optimizes the user's query to
2837 exclude messages whose tags won't change. In the past, we've
2838 suggested that people do this by hand; this is no longer necessary.
2840 Don't sort messages when creating a dump file
2842 This speeds up tag dumps considerably, without any loss of
2843 information. To replicate the old behavior of sorted output (for
2844 example to compare two dump files), one can use e.g. `sort(1)`.
2849 Reduction of memory leaks
2851 Two memory leaks when searching and showing messages were identified
2852 and fixed in this release.
2859 notmuch-show-advance (bound to the spacebar in notmuch-show-mode) had
2860 a bug that caused it to always jump to the next message, even if it
2861 should have scrolled down to show more of the current message instead.
2864 Support `notmuch new` as a notmuch-poll-script
2866 It's now possible to use `notmuch new` as a notmuch-poll-script
2867 directly. This is also the new default. This allows taking better
2868 advantage of the `notmuch new` hooks from emacs without intermediate
2871 Improvements in saved search management
2873 New saved searches are now appended to the list of saved searches,
2874 not inserted in front. It's also possible to define a sort function
2875 for displaying saved searches; alphabetical sort is provided.
2877 Hooks for notmuch-hello
2879 Two new hooks have been added: "notmuch-hello-mode-hook" (called after
2880 entering notmuch-hello-mode) and "notmuch-hello-refresh-hook" (called
2881 after updating a notmuch-hello buffer).
2883 New face for crypto parts headers
2885 Crypto parts used to be displayed with a hardcoded color. A new face
2886 has been introduced to fix this: notmuch-crypto-part-header. It
2887 defaults to the same value as before, but can be customized to match
2890 Use space as default thousands separator
2892 Large numbers in notmuch-hello are now displayed using a space as
2893 thousands separator (e.g. "123 456" instead of "123,456"). This can be
2894 changed by customizing "notmuch-hello-thousands-separator".
2896 Call notmuch-show instead of notmuch-search when clicking on
2897 buttonized id: links
2899 New function notmuch-show-advance
2901 This new function advances through just the current thread, and is
2902 less invasive than notmuch-show-advance-and-archive. It can easily
2903 be bound to SPC with:
2905 (define-key notmuch-show-mode-map " " 'notmuch-show-advance)
2907 Various performance improvements
2912 The tool `contrib/notmuch-deliver` helps with initial delivery and
2913 tagging of mail (replacing running `notmuch new`).
2916 Notmuch 0.10.2 (2011-12-04)
2917 ===========================
2922 Fix crash in python bindings
2924 The python bindings did not call `g_type_init`, which caused crashes
2925 for some, but not all users.
2927 Notmuch 0.10.1 (2011-11-25)
2928 ===========================
2933 Fix `--help` argument
2935 Argument processing changes in 0.10 introduced a bug where
2936 `notmuch --help` crashed while `notmuch help` worked fine.
2937 This is fixed in 0.10.1.
2939 Notmuch 0.10 (2011-11-23)
2940 =========================
2942 New build and testing features
2943 ------------------------------
2945 Emacs tests are now done in `dtach`. This means that dtach is now
2946 needed to run the notmuch test suite, at least until the checking for
2947 prerequisites is improved.
2949 Full test coverage of the stashing feature in Emacs.
2951 New command-line features
2952 -------------------------
2954 Add `notmuch restore --accumulate` option
2956 The `--accumulate` switch causes the union of the existing and new tags to
2957 be applied, instead of replacing each message's tags as they are read in
2960 Add search terms to `notmuch dump`
2962 The dump command now takes an optional search term much like notmuch
2963 search/show/tag. The output file argument of dump is deprecated in
2964 favour of using stdout.
2966 Add `notmuch search` `--offset` and `--limit` options
2968 The search command now takes options `--offset=[-]N` and `--limit=N` to
2969 limit the number of results shown.
2971 Add `notmuch count --output` option
2973 The count command is now capable of counting threads in addition to
2974 messages. This is selected using the new `--output=(threads|messages)`
2977 New emacs UI features
2978 ---------------------
2980 Add tab-completion for `notmuch-search` and `notmuch-search-filter`
2982 These functions now support completion tags for query parts
2983 starting with "tag:".
2985 Turn "id:MSG-ID" links into buttons associated with notmuch searches
2987 Text of the form "id:MSG-ID" in mails is now a clickable button that
2988 opens a notmuch search for the given message id.
2990 Add keybinding ('c I') for stashing Message-ID's without an id: prefix
2992 Reduces manual labor when stashing them for use outside notmuch.
2994 Do not query on `notmuch-search` exit
2996 It is harmless to kill the external notmuch process, so the user
2997 is no longer interrogated when they interrupt a search.
3002 Emacs now constructs large search buffers more efficiently
3004 Search avoids opening and parsing message files
3006 We now store more information in the database so search no longer
3007 has to open every message file to get basic headers. This can
3008 improve search speed by as much as 10X, but taking advantage of this
3009 requires a database rebuild:
3011 notmuch dump > notmuch.dump
3012 # Backup, then remove notmuch database ($MAIL/.notmuch)
3014 notmuch restore notmuch.dump
3016 New collection of add-on tools
3017 ------------------------------
3019 The source directory "contrib" contains tools built on notmuch. These
3020 tools are not part of notmuch, and you should check their individual
3021 licenses. Feel free to report problems with them to the notmuch
3024 nmbug - share tags with a given prefix
3026 nmbug helps maintain a git repo containing all tags with a given
3027 prefix (by default "notmuch::"). Tags can be shared by committing
3028 them to git in one location and restoring in another.
3030 Notmuch 0.9 (2011-10-01)
3031 ========================
3033 New, general features
3034 ---------------------
3036 Correct handling of interruptions during `notmuch new`
3038 `notmuch new` now operates as a series of small, self-consistent
3039 transactions, so it can correctly resume after an interruption or
3040 crash. Previously, interruption could lose existing tags, fail to
3041 detect messages on resume, or leave the database in a state
3042 temporarily or permanently inconsistent with the mail store.
3049 `notmuch_database_begin_atomic` and `notmuch_database_end_atomic`
3050 allow multiple database operations to be performed atomically.
3052 `notmuch_database_find_message_by_filename` does exactly what it says.
3056 `notmuch_database_find_message` (and `n_d_f_m_by_filename`) now return
3057 a status indicator and uses an output parameter for the
3058 message. This change required changing the SONAME of libnotmuch to
3061 Python bindings changes
3062 -----------------------
3064 - Re-encode python unicode objects to utf-8 before passing back to
3066 - Support `Database().begin_atomic()/end_atomic()`
3067 - Support `Database().find_message_by_filename()`
3068 NB! This needs a db opened in READ-WRITE mode currently, or it will crash
3069 the python process. The is a limitation (=bug) of the underlying libnotmuch.
3070 - Fixes where we would not throw NotmuchErrors when we should (Justus Winter)
3071 - Update for `n_d_find_message*` API changes (see above).
3073 Ruby bindings changes
3074 ---------------------
3076 - Wrap new library functions `notmuch_database_{begin,end}_atomic.`
3077 - Add new exception `Notmuch::UnbalancedAtomicError.`
3078 - Rename destroy to destroy! according to Ruby naming conventions.
3079 - Update for `n_d_find_message*` API changes (see above).
3084 * Add gpg callback to crypto sigstatus buttons to retrieve/refresh
3086 * Add `notmuch-show-refresh-view` function (and corresponding binding)
3087 to refresh the view of a notmuch-show buffer.
3089 Reply formatting cleanup
3090 ------------------------
3092 `notmuch reply` no longer includes notification that non-leafnode
3093 MIME parts are being suppressed.
3095 Notmuch 0.8 (2011-09-10)
3096 ========================
3098 Improved handling of message/rfc822 parts
3100 Both in the CLI and the emacs interface. Output of rfc822 parts now
3101 includes the primary headers, as well as the body and all subparts.
3102 Output of the completely raw rfc822-formatted message, including all
3103 headers, is unfortunately not yet supported (but hopefully will be
3106 Improved Build system portability
3108 Certain parts of the shell script generating notmuch.sym were
3109 specific to the GNU versions of sed and nm. The new version should
3110 be more portable to e.g. OpenBSD.
3112 Documentation update for Ruby bindings
3114 Added documentation, typo fixes, and improved support for rdoc.
3116 Unicode, iterator, PEP8 changes for python bindings
3118 - PEP8 (code formatting) changes for python files.
3119 - Remove `Tags.__len__` ; see 0.6 release notes for motivation.
3120 - Decode headers as UTF8, encode (unicode) database paths as UTF8.
3122 Notmuch 0.7 (2011-08-01)
3123 ========================
3125 Vim interface improvements
3126 --------------------------
3128 Jason Woofenden provided a number of bug fixes for the Vim interface
3130 * fix citation/signature fold lengths
3131 * fix cig/cit parsing within multipart/*
3132 * fix on-screen instructions for show-signature
3133 * fix from list reformatting in search view
3134 * fix space key: now archives (did opposite)
3136 Uwe Kleine-König contributed
3138 * use full path for sendmail/doc fix
3139 * fix compose temp file name
3141 Python Bindings changes
3142 -----------------------
3144 Sebastian Spaeth contributed two changes related to unicode and UTF8:
3146 * message tags are now explicitly unicode
3147 * query string is encoded as a UTF8 byte string
3149 Build-System improvements
3150 -------------------------
3152 Generate notmuch.sym after the relevant object files
3154 This fixes a bug in parallel building. Thanks to Thomas Jost for the
3157 Notmuch 0.6.1 (2011-07-17)
3158 ==========================
3163 Re-export Xapian exception typeinfo symbols
3165 It turned out our aggressive symbol hiding caused problems for
3166 people running gcc 4.4.5.
3168 Notmuch 0.6 (2011-07-01)
3169 =======================
3171 New, general features
3172 ---------------------
3174 Folder-based searching
3176 Notmuch queries can now include a search term to match the
3177 directories in which mail files are stored (within the mail
3178 storage). The syntax is as follows:
3182 For example, one might use things such as:
3188 to match any path containing a directory "spam", "work/todo", or
3189 containing a directory starting with "2011-", respectively.
3191 This feature is particularly useful for users of delivery-agent
3192 software (such as procmail or maildrop) that is filtering mail and
3193 delivering it to particular folders, or users of systems such as
3194 Gmail that use filesystem directories to indicate message tags.
3196 NOTE: Only messages that are newly indexed with this version of
3197 notmuch will be searchable with folder: terms. In order to enable
3198 this feature for all mail, the entire notmuch index will need to be
3201 notmuch dump > notmuch.dump
3202 # Backup, then remove notmuch database ($MAIL/.notmuch)
3204 notmuch restore notmuch.dump
3206 Support for PGP/MIME
3208 Both the command-line interface and the emacs-interface have new
3209 support for PGP/MIME, detailed below. Thanks to Daniel Kahn Gillmor
3210 and Jameson Graef Rollins for making this happen.
3212 New, automatic tags: "signed" and "encrypted"
3214 These tags will automatically be applied to messages containing
3215 multipart/signed and multipart/encrypted parts.
3217 NOTE: Only messages that are newly indexed with this version of
3218 notmuch will receive these tags.
3220 New command-line features
3221 -------------------------
3223 Add new "notmuch show --verify" option for signature verification
3225 This option instruct notmuch to verify the signature of
3226 PGP/MIME-signed parts.
3228 Add new "notmuch show --decrypt" and "notmuch reply --decrypt" options
3230 This option instructs notmuch to decrypt PGP/MIME-encrypted parts.
3231 Note that this feature currently requires gpg-agent and a passphrase entry
3232 tool (e.g. pinentry-gtk or pinentry-curses).
3234 Proper nesting of multipart parts in "notmuch show" output
3236 MIME parts are now display with proper nesting to reflect original
3237 MIME hierarchy of a message. This allows clients to correctly
3238 analyze the MIME structure, (such as, for example, determining to
3239 which parts a signature part applies).
3241 Add new "notmuch show --part" option
3243 This is a replacement for the older "notmuch part" command, (which
3244 is now deprecated—it should still work as always, but is no longer
3245 documented). Putting part output under "notmuch show" allows for all
3246 of the "notmuch show" options to be applied when extracting a single
3247 part, (such as --format=json for extracting a message part with JSON
3250 Deprecate "notmuch search-tags" (in favor of "notmuch search --output=tags *")
3252 The "notmuch search-tags" sub-command has been redundant since the
3253 addition of the --output=tags option to "notmuch search". We now
3254 make that more clear by deprecating "notmuch search-tags", (dropping
3255 it from the documentation). We do continue to support the old syntax
3256 by translating it internally to the new call.
3258 Performance improvements
3259 ------------------------
3261 Faster searches (by doing fewer searches to construct threads)
3263 Whenever a user asks for search results as threads, notmuch first
3264 performs a search for messages matching the query, then performs
3265 additional searches to find other messages in the resulting threads.
3267 Removing inefficiencies and redundancies in these secondary searches
3268 results in a measured speedups of 1.5x for a typical search.
3270 Faster searches (by doing fewer passes to gather message data)
3272 Optimizing Xapian data access patterns (using a single pass to get
3273 all message-document data rather than a pass for each data type)
3274 results in a measured speedup of 1.7x for a typical search.
3276 The benefits of this optimization combine with the preceding
3277 optimization. With both in place, Austin Clements measured a speedup
3278 of 2.5x for a search of all messages in his inbox (was 4.5s, now
3279 1.8s). Thanks, Austin!
3281 Faster initial indexing
3283 More efficient indexing of new messages results in a measured
3284 speedup of 1.4x for the initial indexing of 3 GB of mail (1h 14m
3285 rather than 1h 46m). Thanks to Austin Clements and Michal Sojka.
3287 Make "notmuch new" faster for unchanged directories
3289 Optimizing to not do any further examinations of sub-directories
3290 when the filesystem indicates that a directory is unchanged from the
3291 last "notmuch new" results in measured speedups of 8.5 for the "No
3292 new mail" case, (was 0.77s, now 0.09s). Thanks to Karel Zak.
3294 New emacs-interface features
3295 ----------------------------
3297 Support for PGP/MIME (GnuPG)
3299 Automatically indicate validity of signatures for multipart/signed
3300 messages. Automatically display decrypted content for
3301 multipart/encrypted messages. See the emacs variable
3302 notmuch-crypto-process-mime for more information. Note that this
3303 needs gpg-agent and a pinentry tool just as the command-line tools.
3304 Also note there is no support SMIME yet.
3306 Output of pipe command is now displayed if pipe command fails
3308 This is extremely useful in the common use case of piping a patch to
3309 "git am". If git fails to cleanly merge the patch the error messages
3310 from the failed merge are now clearly displayed to the user, (where
3311 previously they were silently hidden from the user).
3313 User-selectable From address
3315 A user can choose which configured email addresses should be used as
3316 the From address whenever composing a new message. To do so, simply
3317 press C-u before the command which will open a new message. Emacs
3318 will prompt for the from address to use.
3320 The user can customize the "Notmuch Identities" setting in the
3321 notmuch customize group in order to use addresses other than those in
3322 the notmuch configuration file if desired.
3324 The user can also choose to always be prompted for the from address
3325 when composing a new message (without having to use C-u) by setting
3326 the "Notmuch Always Prompt For Sender" option in the notmuch
3329 Hiding of repeated subjects in collapsed thread view
3331 In notmuch-show mode, if a collapsed message has the same subject as
3332 its parent, the subject is not shown.
3334 Automatic detection and hiding of original message in top-posted message
3336 When a message contains a line looking something like:
3338 ----- Original Message -----
3340 emacs hides this and all subsequent lines as an "original message",
3341 (allowing the user to click or press enter on the "original message"
3342 button to display it again). This makes the handling of top-posted
3343 citations work much like conventional citations.
3345 New hooks for running code when tags are modified
3347 Some users want to perform additional actions whenever a particular
3348 tag is added/removed from a message. This could be used to, for
3349 example, interface with some external spam-recognition training
3350 tool. To facilitate this, two new hooks are added which can be
3351 modified in the following settings of the notmuch customize group:
3353 Notmuch Before Tag Hook
3354 Notmuch After Tag Hook
3356 New optional support for hiding some multipart/alternative parts
3358 Many emails are sent with redundant content within a
3359 multipart/alternative group (such as a text/plain part as well as a
3360 text/html part). Users can configure the setting:
3362 Notmuch Show All Multipart/Alternative Parts
3364 to "off" in the notmuch customize group to have the interface
3365 automatically hide some part alternatives (such as text/html
3366 parts). This new part hiding is not configured by default yet
3367 because there's not yet a simple way to re-display such a hidden
3368 part if it is not actually redundant with a displayed part.
3370 Better rendering of text/x-vcalendar parts
3372 These parts are now displayed in a format suitable for use with the
3375 Avoid getting confused by Subject and Author fields with newline characters
3377 Replacing all characters with ASCII code less than 32 with a question mark.
3379 Cleaner display of From line in email messages
3381 Remove double quotes, and drop "name" if it's actually just a repeat of
3384 Vim interface improvements
3385 --------------------------
3387 Felipe Contreras provided a number of updates for the vim interface:
3389 * Using sendmail directly rather than mailx,
3390 * Implementing archive in show view
3391 * Add support to mark as read in show and search views
3392 * Add delete commands
3395 Bindings improvements
3396 ---------------------
3398 Ruby bindings are now much more complete
3400 Including `QUERY.sort`, `QUERY.to_s`, `MESSAGE.maildir_flags_to_tags`,
3401 `MESSAGE.tags_to_maildir_flags`, and `MESSAGE.get_filenames`
3403 Python bindings have been updated and extended
3405 (docs online at https://notmuch.readthedocs.io/)
3409 - `Message().get_filenames()`, `Message().tags_to_maildir_flags()`,
3410 `Message().maildir_flags_to_tags()`, `list(Threads())` and
3411 `list(Messages)` works now
3412 - `Message().__cmp__()` and `__hash__()`
3414 These allow, for example:
3416 if msg1 == msg2: ...
3418 As well as set arithmetic on `Messages()`:
3420 s1, s2 = set(msgs1), set(msgs2)
3426 - `len(Messages())` as it exhausted the iterator
3428 Use `len(list(Messages()))` or `Query.count_messages()`
3431 Added initial Go bindings in bindings/go
3433 New build-system features
3434 -------------------------
3436 Added support for building in a directory other than the source directory
3438 This can be used with the widely-supported idiom of simply running
3439 the configure script from some other directory:
3446 Fix to save configure options for future, implicit runs of configure
3448 When a user updates the source (such as with "git pull") calling
3449 "make" may cause an automatic re-run of the configure script. When
3450 this happens, the configure script will automatically be called with
3451 the same options the user originally passed in the most-recent
3452 manual invocation of configure.
3454 New test-suite feature
3455 ----------------------
3457 Binary for bash for running test suite now located via PATH
3459 The notmuch test suite requires a fairly recent version of bash (>=
3460 bash 4). As some systems supply an older version of bash at
3461 /bin/bash, the test suite is now updated to search $PATH to locate
3462 the bash binary. This allows users of systems with old /bin/bash to
3463 simply install bash >= 4 somewhere on $PATH before /bin and then use
3466 Support for testing output with a trailing newline
3468 Previously, some tests would fail to notice a difference in the
3469 presence/absence of a trailing newline in a program output, (which
3470 has led to bugs in the past). Now, carefully-written tests (using
3471 `test_expect_equal_file` rather than `test_expect_equal`) will detect
3472 any change in the presence/absence of a trailing newline. Many tests
3473 are updated to take advantage of this.
3475 Avoiding accessing user's $HOME while running test suite
3477 The test suite now carefully creates its own HOME directory. This
3478 allows the test suite to be run with no existing HOME directory, (as
3479 some build systems apparently do), and avoids test-suite differences
3480 due to configuration files in the users HOME directory.
3486 Output *all* files for "notmuch search --output=files"
3488 For the cases where multiple files have the same Message ID,
3489 previous versions of notmuch would output only one such file. This
3490 command is now fixed to correctly output all files.
3492 Fixed spurious search results from "overlapped" indexing of addresses
3494 This fixed a bug where a search for:
3496 to:user@elsewhere.com
3498 would incorrectly match a message sent:
3500 To: user@example,com, someone@elsewhere.com
3502 Fix --output=json when search has no results
3504 A bug present since notmuch 0.4 had caused searches with no results
3505 to produce an invalid json object. This is now fixed to cleanly
3506 return a valid json object representing an empty array "[]" as
3509 Fix the automatic detection of the From address for "notmuch reply"
3510 from the Received headers in some cases
3512 Fix core dump on DragonFlyBSD due to -1 return value from
3513 `sysconf(_SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX)`
3515 Cleaned up several memory leaks
3517 Eliminated a few, rare segmentation faults and a double-free
3519 Fix libnotmuch library to only export notmuch API functions
3521 Previous release of the notmuch library also exported some Xapian
3522 C++ exception type symbols. These were never part of the library
3523 interface and were never intended to be exported.
3525 Emacs-interface bug fixes
3526 -------------------------
3528 Display any unexpected output or errors from "notmuch search" invocations
3530 Previously any misformatted output or trailing error messages were
3531 silently ignored. This output is now clearly displayed. This fix was
3532 very helpful in identifying and fixing the bug described below.
3534 Fix bug where some threads would be missing from large search results
3536 When a search returned a "large" number of results, the emacs
3537 interface was incorrectly dropping one thread every time the output
3538 of the "notmuch search" process spanned the emacs read-buffer. This
3541 Avoid re-compression of .gz files (and similar) when saving attachment
3543 Emacs was being too clever for its own good and trying to
3544 re-compress pre-compressed .gz files when saving such attachments
3545 (potentially corrupting the attachment). The emacs interface is
3546 fixed to avoid this bug.
3548 Fix hiding of a message when a previously-hidden citation is visible
3550 Previously the citation would remain visible in this case. This is
3551 fixed so that hiding a message hides all parts.
3553 Notmuch 0.5 (2010-11-11)
3554 ========================
3556 New, general features
3557 ---------------------
3559 Maildir-flag synchronization
3561 Notmuch now knows how to synchronize flags in maildir filenames with
3562 tags in the notmuch database. The following flag/tag mappings are
3571 'S' unread (added when 'S' flag is not present)
3573 The synchronization occurs in both directions, (for example, adding
3574 the 'S' flag to a file will cause the "unread" tag to be added, and
3575 adding the "replied" tag to a message will cause the file to be
3576 renamed with an 'R' flag).
3578 This synchronization is enabled by default for users of the
3579 command-line interface, (though only files in directories named
3580 "cur" or "new" will be renamed). It can be disabled by setting the
3581 new `maildir.synchronize_flags` option in the configuration file. For
3584 notmuch config set maildir.synchronize_flags false
3586 Users upgrading may also want to run "notmuch setup" once (just
3587 accept the existing configuration) to get a new, nicely-commented
3588 [maildir] section added to the configuration file.
3590 For users of the notmuch library, the new synchronization
3591 functionality is available with the following two new functions:
3593 notmuch_message_maildir_flags_to_tags
3594 notmuch_message_tags_to_maildir_flags
3596 It is anticipated that future improvements to this support will
3597 allow for safe synchronization of the 'T' flag with the "deleted"
3598 tag, as well as support for custom flag/tag mappings.
3600 New library features
3601 --------------------
3603 Support for querying multiple filenames for a single message
3605 It is common for the mailstore to contain multiple files with the
3606 same message ID. Previously, notmuch would always hide these
3607 duplicate files, (returning a single, arbitrary filename with
3608 `notmuch_message_get_filename`).
3610 With this release, library users can access all filenames for a
3611 message with the new function:
3613 notmuch_message_get_filenames
3615 Together with `notmuch_filenames_valid`, `notmuch_filenames_get`,
3616 and `notmuch_filenames_move_to_next` it is now possible to iterate
3617 over all available filenames for a given message.
3619 New command-line features
3620 -------------------------
3622 New "notmuch show --format=raw" for getting at original email contents
3624 This new feature allows for a fully-functional email client to be
3625 built on top of the notmuch command-line without needing any direct
3626 access to the mail store itself.
3628 For example, it's now possible to run "emacs -f notmuch" on a local
3629 machine with only ssh access to the mail store/notmuch database. To
3630 do this, simply set the notmuch-command variable in emacs to the
3631 name of a script containing:
3633 ssh user@host notmuch "$@"
3635 If the ssh client has enabled connection sharing (ControlMaster
3636 option in OpenSSH), the emacs interface can be quite responsive this
3642 Fix "notmuch search" to print nothing when nothing matches
3644 The 0.4 release had a bug in which:
3646 notmuch search <expression-with-no-matches>
3648 would produce a single blank line of output, (where previous
3649 versions would produce no output. This fix also causes a change in
3650 the --format=json output, (which would previously produce "[]" and
3651 now produces nothing).
3653 Emacs interface improvements
3654 ----------------------------
3656 Fix to allow pipe ('|') command to work when using notmuch over ssh
3658 Fix count of lines in hidden signatures
3660 Omit repeated subject lines in (collapsed) thread display
3662 Display current thread subject in a header line
3664 Provide a "c i" binding to copy a thread ID from the search view
3666 Allow for notmuch-fcc-dirs to have a value of nil
3668 Also, the more complex form of notmuch-fcc-dirs now has a slightly
3669 different format. It no longer has a special first-element, fallback
3670 string. Instead it's now a list of cons cells where the car of each
3671 cell is a regular expression to be matched against the sender
3672 address, and the cdr is the name of a folder to use for an FCC. So
3673 the old fallback behavior can be achieved by including a final cell
3674 of (".*" . "default-fcc-folder").
3676 Vim interface improvements
3677 --------------------------
3679 Felipe Contreras provided a number of updates for the vim interface
3681 These include optimizations, support for newer versions of vim, fixed
3682 support for sending mail on modern systems, new commands, and
3688 Added initial ruby bindings in bindings/ruby
3690 Notmuch 0.4 (2010-11-01)
3691 ========================
3693 New command-line features
3694 -------------------------
3696 `notmuch search --output=(summary|threads|messages|tags|files)`
3698 This new option allows for particular items to be returned from
3699 notmuch searches. The "summary" option is the default and behaves
3700 just as "notmuch search" has historically behaved.
3702 The new option values allow for thread IDs, message IDs, lists of
3703 tags, and lists of filenames to be returned from searches. It is
3704 expected that this new option will be very useful in shell
3705 scripts. For example:
3707 for file in $(notmuch search --output=files <search-terms>); do
3708 <operations-on> "$file"
3711 `notmuch show --format=mbox <search-specification>`
3713 This new option allows for the messages matching a search
3714 specification to be presented as an mbox. Specifically the "mboxrd"
3715 format is used which allows for reversible quoting of lines
3716 beginning with "From ". A reader should remove a single '>' from the
3717 beginning of all lines beginning with one or more '>' characters
3718 followed by the 5 characters "From ".
3720 `notmuch config [get|set] <section>.<item> [value ...]`
3722 The new top-level "config" command allows for any value in the
3723 notmuch configuration file to be queried or set to a new value. Both
3724 single-valued and multi-valued items are supported, as our any
3725 custom items stored in the configuration file.
3727 Avoid setting Bcc header in "notmuch reply"
3729 We decided that this was a bit heavy-handed as the actual mail
3730 user-agent should be responsible for setting any Bcc option. Also,
3731 see below for the notmuch/emacs user-agent now setting an Fcc by
3732 default rather than Bcc.
3734 New library features
3735 --------------------
3737 Add `notmuch_query_get_query_string` and `notmuch_query_get_sort`
3739 These are simply functions for querying properties of a
3740 `notmuch_query_t` object.
3745 Enable Fcc of all sent messages by default (to "sent" directory)
3747 All messages sent from the emacs interface will now be saved to the
3748 notmuch mail store where they will be incorporated to the database
3749 by the next "notmuch new". By default, messages are saved to the
3750 "sent" directory at the top-level of the mail store. This directory
3751 can be customized by means of the "Notmuch Fcc Dirs" option in the
3752 notmuch customize interface.
3754 Ability to all open messages in a thread to a pipe
3756 Historically, the '|' keybinding allows for piping a single message
3757 to an external command. Now, by prefixing this key with a prefix
3758 argument, (for example, by pressing "Control-U |"), all open
3759 messages in the current thread will be sent to the external command.
3761 Optional support for detecting inline patches
3763 This hook is disabled by default but can be enabled with a checkbox
3764 under "Notmuch Show Insert Text/Plain Hook" in the notmuch customize
3765 interface. It allows for inline patches to be detected and treated
3766 as if they were attachments, (with context-sensitive highlighting).
3768 Automatically tag messages as "replied" when sending a reply
3770 Messages replied to within the emacs interface will now be tagged as
3771 "replied". This feature can easily be customized to add or remove
3772 other tags as well. For example, a user might use a tag of
3773 "needs-reply" and can configure this feature to automatically remove
3774 that tag when replying. See "Notmuch Message Mark Replied" in the
3775 notmuch customize interface.
3777 Allow search-result color specifications to overlay each other
3779 For example, one tag can specify the background color of matching
3780 lines, while another can specify the foreground. With this change,
3781 both settings will now be visible simultaneously, (which was not the
3782 case in previous releases). See "Notmuch Search Line Faces" in the
3783 notmuch customize interface.
3785 Make hidden author names still available for incremental search
3787 When there is insufficient space to display all authors of a thread
3788 in search results, the names of hidden authors are now still made
3789 available to emacs' incremental search commands. As the user
3790 searches, matching lines will temporarily expand to show the hidden
3793 New binding of Control-TAB (works like TAB in reverse)
3795 Many notmuch nodes already use TAB to navigate forward through
3796 various items allowing actions, (message headers, email attachments,
3797 etc.). The new Control-TAB binding operates similarly but in the
3800 New build-system features
3801 -------------------------
3803 Various portability fixes have been applied
3805 These include fixes for build failures on at least Solaris, FreeBSD,
3806 and Fedora systems. We're hopeful that the notmuch code base is now
3807 more portable than ever before.
3809 Arrange for libnotmuch to be found automatically after make install
3811 The notmuch build system is now careful to help the user avoid
3812 errors of the form "libnotmuch.so could not be found" immediately
3813 after installing. This support takes two forms:
3815 1. If the library is installed to a system directory,
3816 (configured in /etc/ld.so.conf), then "make install" will
3817 automatically run ldconfig.
3819 2. If the library is installed to a non-system directory, the
3820 build system adds a `DR_RUNPATH` entry to the final binary
3821 pointing to the directory to which the library is installed.
3823 When this support works, the user should be able to run notmuch
3824 immediately after "make install", without any errors trying to find
3825 the notmuch library, and without having to manually set environment
3826 variables such as `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`.
3828 Check compiler/linker options before using them
3830 The configure script now carefully checks that any desired
3831 compilation options, (whether for enabling compiler warnings, or for
3832 embedding rpath, etc.), are supported. Only supported options are
3833 used in the resulting Makefile.
3835 New test-suite features
3836 -----------------------
3838 New modularization of test suite
3840 Thanks to a gracious relicensing of the test-suite infrastructure
3841 from the git project, notmuch now has a modular test suite. This
3842 provides the ability to run individual sections of the test suite
3843 rather than the whole things. It also provides better summary of
3844 test results, with support for tests that are expected to fail
3845 (BROKEN and FIXED) in addition to PASS and FAIL. Finally, it makes
3846 it easy to run the test suite within valgrind (pass --valgrind to
3847 notmuch-test or to any sub-script) which has been very useful.
3849 New testing of emacs interface
3851 The test suite has been augmented to allow automated testing of the
3852 emacs interfaces. So far, this includes basic searches, display of
3853 threads, and tag manipulation. This also includes a test that a new
3854 message can successfully be sent out through a (dummy) SMTP server
3855 and that said message is successfully integrated into the notmuch
3856 database via the FCC setting.
3861 Fix potential corruption of database when "notmuch new" is interrupted
3863 Previously, an interruption of "notmuch new" would (rarely) result
3864 in a corrupt database. The corruption would manifest itself by a
3865 persistent error of the form:
3867 document ID of 1234 has no thread ID
3869 The message-adding code has been carefully audited and reworked to
3870 avoid this sort of corruption regardless of when it is interrupted.
3872 Fix failure with extremely long message ID headers
3874 Previously, a message with an extremely long message ID, (say, more
3875 than 300 characters), would fail to be added to notmuch, (triggering
3876 Xapian exceptions). This has now been fixed.
3878 Fix for messages with "charset=unknown-8bit"
3880 Previously, messages with this charset would cause notmuch to emit a
3881 GMime warning, (which would then trip up emacs or other interfaces
3882 parsing the notmuch results).
3884 Fix `notmuch_query_search_threads` function to return NULL on any exception
3886 Fix "notmuch search" to return non-zero if `notmuch_query_search_threads`
3889 Previously, this command could confusingly report a Xapian
3890 exception, yet still return an error code of 0. It now correctly
3891 returns a failing error code of 1 in this case.
3896 Fix to handle a message with a subject containing, for example "[1234]"
3898 Previously, a message subject containing a sequence of digits within
3899 square brackets would cause the emacs interface to mis-parse the
3900 output of "notmuch search". This would result in the message being
3901 mis-displayed and prevent the user from manipulating the message in
3902 the emacs interface.
3904 Fix to correctly handle message IDs containing ".."
3906 The emacs interface now properly quotes message IDs to avoid a
3907 Xapian bug in which the ".." within a message ID would be
3908 misinterpreted as a numeric range specification.
3910 Python-binding fixes
3911 --------------------
3913 The python bindings for notmuch have been updated to work with python3.
3915 Debian-specific fixes
3916 ---------------------
3918 Fix emacs initialization so "M-x notmuch" works for users by default
3920 Now, a new Debian user can immediately run "emacs -f notmuch" after
3921 "apt-get install notmuch". Previously, the user would have had to
3922 edit the ~/.emacs file to add "(require 'notmuch)" before this would
3925 Notmuch 0.3.1 (2010-04-27)
3926 ==========================
3931 Fix an infinite loop in "notmuch reply"
3933 This bug could be triggered by replying to a message where the
3934 user's primary email address did not appear in the To: header and
3935 the user had not configured any secondary email addresses. The bug
3936 was a simple re-use of the same iterator variable in nested loops.
3938 Fix a potential SEGV in "notmuch search"
3940 This bug could be triggered by an author name ending in a ','.
3941 Admittedly - that's almost certainly a spam email, but we never
3942 want notmuch to crash.
3947 Fix calculations for line wrapping in the primary "notmuch" view
3949 Fix Fcc support to prompt to create a directory if the specified Fcc
3950 directory does not exist
3955 Fix build on OpenSolaris (at least) due to missing 'extern "C"' block
3957 Without this, the C++ sources could not find strcasestr and the
3958 final linking of notmuch would fail.
3960 Notmuch 0.3 (2010-04-27)
3961 ========================
3963 New command-line features
3964 -------------------------
3966 User-configurable tags for new messages
3968 A new "new.tags" option is available in the configuration file to
3969 determine which tags are applied to new messages. Run "notmuch
3970 setup" to generate new documentation within ~/.notmuch-config on how
3971 to specify this value.
3973 Threads search results named based on subjects that match search
3975 This means that when new mails arrived to a thread you've previously
3976 read, and the new mails have a new subject, you will see that
3977 subject in the search results rather than the old subject.
3979 Faster operation of "notmuch tag" (avoid unneeded sorting)
3981 Since the user just wants to tag all matching messages, we can make
3982 things perform a bit faster by avoiding the sort.
3984 Even Better guessing of From: header for "notmuch reply"
3986 Notmuch now looks at a number of headers when trying to figure out
3987 the best From: header to use in a reply. This is helpful if you have
3988 several configured email addresses, and you also subscribe to various
3989 mailing lists with different addresses, (so that mails you are
3990 replying to won't always include your subscribed address in the To:
3993 Indication of author names that match a search
3995 When notmuch displays threads as the result of a search, it now
3996 lists the authors that match the search before listing the other
3997 authors in the thread. It inserts a pipe '|' symbol between the last
3998 matching and first non-matching author. This is especially useful in
3999 a search that includes tag:unread. Now the authors of the unread
4000 messages in the thread are listed first.
4002 New: Python bindings
4003 --------------------
4005 Sebastian Spaeth has contributed his python bindings for the notmuch
4006 library to the central repository. These bindings were previously
4007 known as "cnotmuch" within python but have now been renamed to be
4008 accessible with a simple, and more official-looking "import notmuch".
4010 The bindings have already proven very useful as people proficient in
4011 python have been able to easily develop programs to do notmuch-based
4012 searches for email-address completion, maildir-flag synchronization,
4015 These bindings are available within the bindings/python directory, but
4016 are not yet integrated into the top-level Makefiles, nor the top-level
4017 package-building scripts. Improvements are welcome.
4019 Emacs interface improvements
4020 ----------------------------
4022 An entirely new initial view for notmuch, (friendly yet powerful)
4024 Some of us call the new view "notmuch hello" but you can get at it
4025 by simply calling "emacs -f notmuch". The new view provides a search
4026 bar where new searches can be performed. It also displays a list of
4027 recent searches, along with a button to save any of these, giving it
4028 a new name as a "saved search". Many people find these "saved
4029 searches" one of the most convenient ways of organizing their mail,
4030 (providing all of the features of "folders" in other mail clients,
4031 but without any of the disadvantages).
4033 Finally, this view can also optionally display all of the tags that
4034 exist in the database, along with a count for each tag, and a custom
4035 search of messages with that tag that's simply a click (or keypress)
4038 NOTE: For users that liked the original mode of "emacs -f notmuch"
4039 immediately displaying a particular search result, we recommend
4040 instead running something like:
4042 emacs --eval '(notmuch search "tag:inbox" t)'
4044 The "t" means to sort the messages in an "oldest first" order,
4045 (as notmuch would do previously by default). You can also
4046 leave that off to have your search results in "newest first"
4049 Full-featured "customize" support for configuring notmuch
4051 Notmuch now plugs in well to the emacs "customize" mode to make it
4052 much simpler to find things about the notmuch interface that can be
4053 tweaked by the user.
4055 You can get to this mode by starting at the main "Customize" menu in
4056 emacs, then browsing through "Applications", "Mail", and
4057 "Notmuch". Or you can go straight to "M-x customize-group"
4060 Once you're at the customize screen, you'll see a list of documented
4061 options that can be manipulated along with checkboxes, drop-down
4062 selectors, and text-entry boxes for configuring the various
4065 Support for doing tab-completion of email addresses
4067 This support currently relies on an external program,
4068 (notmuch-addresses), that is not yet shipped with notmuch
4069 itself. But multiple, suitable implementations of this program have
4070 already been written that generate address completions by doing
4071 notmuch searches of your email collection. For example, providing
4072 first those addresses that you have composed messages to in the
4075 One such program (implemented in python with the python bindings to
4076 notmuch) is available via:
4078 git clone http://jkr.acm.jhu.edu/git/notmuch_addresses.git
4080 Install that program as notmuch-addresses on your PATH, and then
4081 hitting TAB on a partial email address or name within the To: or Cc:
4082 line of an email message will provide matching completions.
4084 Support for file-based (Fcc) delivery of sent messages to mail store
4086 This isn't yet enabled by default. To enable this, one will have to
4087 set the "Notmuch Fcc Dirs" setting within the notmuch customize
4088 screen, (see its documentation there for details). We anticipate
4089 making this automatic in a future release.
4091 New 'G' key binding to trigger mail refresh (G == "Get new mail")
4093 The 'G' key works wherever '=' works. Before refreshing the screen
4094 it calls an external program that can be used to poll email servers,
4095 run notmuch new and set up specific tags for the new emails. The
4096 script to be called should be configured with the "Notmuch Poll
4097 Script" setting in the customize interface. This script will
4098 typically invoke "notmuch new" and then perhaps several "notmuch
4101 Implement emacs message display with the JSON output from notmuch
4103 This is much more robust than the previous implementation, (where
4104 some HTML mails and mail quoting the notmuch code with the delimiter
4105 characters in it would cause the parser to fall over).
4107 Better handling of HTML messages and MIME attachments (inline images!)
4109 Allow for any MIME parts that emacs can display to be displayed
4110 inline. This includes inline viewing of image attachments, (provided
4111 the window is large enough to fit the image at its natural size).
4113 Much more robust handling of HTML messages. Currently both text/plain
4114 and text/html alternates will be rendered next to each other. In a
4115 future release, users will be able to decide to see only one or the
4116 other representation.
4118 Each attachment now has its own button so that attachments can be
4119 saved individually (the 'w' key is still available to save all
4122 Customizable support for tidying of text/plain message content
4124 Many new functions are available for tidying up message
4125 content. These include options such as wrapping long lines,
4126 compressing duplicate blank lines, etc.
4128 Most of these are disabled by default, but can easily be enabled by
4129 clicking the available check boxes under the "Notmuch Show Insert
4130 Text/Plain Hook" within the notmuch customize screen.
4132 New support for searchable citations (even when hidden)
4134 When portions of overly-long citations are hidden, the contents of
4135 these citations will still be available for emacs' standard
4136 "incremental search" functions. When the search matches any portion
4137 of a hidden citation, the citation will become visible temporarily
4138 to display the search result.
4140 More flexible handling of header visibility
4142 As an answer to complaints from many users, the To, Cc, and Date
4143 headers of messages are no longer hidden by default. For those users
4144 that liked that these were hidden, a new "Notmuch Messages Headers
4145 Visible" option in the customize interface can be set to nil. The
4146 visibility of headers can still be toggled on a per-message basis
4147 with the 'h' keybinding.
4149 For users that don't want to see some subset of those headers, the
4150 new "Notmuch Message Headers" variable can be customized to list
4151 only those headers that should be present in the display of a message.
4153 The Return key now toggles message visibility anywhere
4155 Previously this worked only on the first summary-line of a message.
4157 Customizable formatting of search results
4159 The user can easily customize the order, width, and formatting of
4160 the various fields in a "notmuch search" buffer. See the "Notmuch
4161 Search Result Format" section of the customize interface.
4163 Generate nicer names for search buffers when using a saved search
4165 Add a notmuch User-Agent header when sending mail from notmuch/emacs
4167 New keybinding (M-Ret) to open all collapsed messages in a thread
4172 Provide a new `NOTMUCH_SORT_UNSORTED` value for queries
4174 This can be somewhat faster when sorting simply isn't desired. For
4175 example when collecting a set of messages that will all be
4176 manipulated identically, (adding a tag, removing a tag, deleting the
4177 messages), then there's no advantage to sorting the messages by
4183 Fix to compile against GMime 2.6
4185 Previously notmuch insisted on being able to find GMime 2.4, (even
4186 though GMime 2.6 would have worked all along).
4188 Fix configure script to accept (and ignore) various standard options
4190 For example, those that the Gentoo build scripts expect configure to
4191 accept are now all accepted.
4196 A large number of new tests for the many new features
4198 Better display of output from failed tests
4200 Now shows failures with diff rather than forcing the user to gaze at
4201 complete actual and expected output looking for deviation.
4203 Notmuch 0.2 (2010-04-16)
4204 ========================
4206 This is the second release of the notmuch mail system, with actual
4207 detailed release notes this time!
4209 This release consists of a number of minor new features that make
4210 notmuch more pleasant to use, and a few fairly major bug fixes.
4212 We didn't quite hit our release target of "about a week" from the 0.1
4213 release, (0.2 is happening 11 days after 0.1), but we hope to do
4214 better for next week. Look forward to some major features coming to
4215 notmuch in subsequent releases.
4222 Better guessing of From: header
4224 Notmuch now tries harder to guess which configured address should be
4225 used as the From: line in a "notmuch reply". It will examine the
4226 Received: headers if it fails to find any configured address in To:
4227 or Cc:. This allows it to often choose the correct address even when
4228 replying to a message sent to a mailing list, and not directly to a
4231 Make "notmuch count" with no arguments count all messages
4233 Previously, it was hard to construct a search term that was
4234 guaranteed to match all messages.
4236 Provide a new special-case search term of "*" to match all messages
4238 This can be used in any command accepting a search term, such as
4239 "notmuch search '*'". Note that you'll want to take care that the
4240 shell doesn't expand * against the current files. And note that the
4241 support for "*" is a special case. It's only meaningful as a single
4242 search term and loses its special meaning when combined with any
4245 Automatically detect thread connections even when a parent message is
4248 Previously, if two or more message were received with a common
4249 parent, but that parent was not received, then these messages would
4250 not be recognized as belonging to the same thread. This is now fixed
4251 so that such messages are properly connected in a thread.
4256 Fix potential data loss in "notmuch new" with SIGINT
4258 One code path in "notmuch new" was not properly handling
4259 SIGINT. Previously, this could lead to messages being removed from
4260 the database (and their tags being lost) if the user pressed
4261 Control-C while "notmuch new" was working.
4263 Fix segfault when a message includes a MIME part that is empty
4265 Fix handling of non-ASCII characters with --format=json
4267 Previously, characters outside the range of 7-bit ASCII were
4268 silently dropped from the JSON output. This led to corrupted display
4269 of utf-8 content in the upcoming notmuch web-based frontends.
4271 Fix headers to be properly decoded in "notmuch reply"
4273 Previously, the user might see:
4275 Subject: Re: =?iso-8859-2?q?Rozlu=E8ka?=
4279 Subject: Re: Rozlučka
4281 The former text is properly encoded to be RFC-compliant SMTP, will
4282 be sent correctly, and will be properly decoded by the
4283 recipient. But the user trying to edit the reply would likely be
4284 unable to read or edit that field in its encoded form.
4286 Emacs client features
4287 ---------------------
4289 Show the last few lines of citations as well as the first few lines
4291 It's often the case that the last sentence of a citation is what is
4292 being replied to directly, so the last few lines are often much more
4293 important. The number of lines shown at the beginning and end of any
4294 citation can be configured, (notmuch-show-citation-lines-prefix and
4295 notmuch-show-citation-lines-suffix).
4297 The '+' and '-' commands in the search view can now add and remove
4300 Selective bulk tagging is now possible by selecting a region of
4301 threads and then using either the '+' or '-' keybindings. Bulk
4302 tagging is still available for all threads matching the current
4303 search with the '*' binding.
4305 More meaningful buffer names for thread-view buffers
4307 Notmuch now uses the Subject of the thread as the buffer
4308 name. Previously it was using the thread ID, which is a meaningless
4311 Provide for customized colors of threads in search view based on tags
4313 See the documentation of notmuch-search-line-faces, (or us "M-x
4314 customize" and browse to the "notmuch" group within "Applications"
4315 and "Mail"), for details on how to configure this colorization.
4317 Build-system features
4318 ---------------------
4320 Add support to properly build libnotmuch on Darwin systems (OS X)
4322 Add support to configure for many standard options
4324 We include actual support for:
4326 --includedir --mandir --sysconfdir
4328 And accept and silently ignore several more:
4330 --build --infodir --libexecdir --localstatedir
4331 --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking
4333 Install emacs client in "make install" rather than requiring a
4334 separate "make install-emacs"
4336 Automatically compute versions numbers between releases
4338 This support uses the git-describe notation, so a version such as
4339 0.1-144-g43cbbfc indicates a version that is 144 commits since the
4340 0.1 release and is available as git commit "43cbbfc".
4342 Add a new "make test" target to run the test suite and actually
4345 Notmuch 0.1 (2010-04-05)
4346 ========================
4348 This is the first release of the notmuch mail system.
4350 It includes the libnotmuch library, the notmuch command-line
4351 interface, and an emacs-based interface to notmuch.
4353 Note: Notmuch will work best with Xapian 1.0.18 (or later) or Xapian
4354 1.1.4 (or later). Previous versions of Xapian (whether 1.0 or 1.1) had
4355 a performance bug that made notmuch very slow when modifying
4356 tags. This would cause distracting pauses when reading mail while
4357 notmuch would wait for Xapian when removing the "inbox" and "unread"
4358 tags from messages in a thread.
4365 indent-tabs-mode: nil