1 Notmuch 0.38 (UNRELEASED)
2 =========================
7 Support relative lastmod queries (see notmuch-sexp-queries(7) and
8 notmuch-search-terms(7) for details).
10 Support indexing of designated attachments as text (see
11 notmuch-config(1) for details).
16 Add options --offset and --limit to notmuch-show(1).
21 New commands notmuch-search-edit-search and notmuch-tree-edit-search.
23 Introduce notmuch-tree-outline-mode.
25 Some compatibility fixes for Emacs 29. At least one issue (hiding
26 images) remains in 0.38.
28 Support completion when piping to external command.
30 Fix regression in updating tag display introduced by 0.37.
35 Fix bug creating database when database.path is not set.
37 Incremental performance improvements for message deletion.
39 Catch Xapian exceptions when deleting messages.
41 Sync removed message properties to the database.
43 Replace use of thread-unsafe Query::MatchAll in the infix query
49 Be more careful when clearing the results directory.
54 Use database_open_with_config, and provide compatible path search
57 Bugfix for query.get_sort
62 Support testing installed version of notmuch.
64 Adapt to some breaking changes in glib handling of init files.
66 Replace OpenPGP key used in test suite.
71 Update signatures for performance test corpus.
73 Notmuch 0.37 (2022-08-21)
74 =========================
79 Fix uninitialized field in message objects.
81 Improve exception handling and error propagation for message objects.
86 Add one sided lastmod ranges for sexp queries.
88 Expand macro parameters inside regex and wildcard modifiers.
90 Command Line Interface
91 ----------------------
93 `notmuch help` now works for external commands.
95 `NOTMUCH_CONFIG` is now passed to external commands and hooks.
97 Promote the development tool `nmbug` to a user facing tool
98 `notmuch-git`. See notmuch-git(1) for details.
103 The function `notmuch-mua-mail` now moves point depending on the
106 Restrict what mime types are inlined in replies and on refresh.
108 The functions in notmuch-query.el are now obsolete and may be removed
109 in a future version of Notmuch.
111 Add some controls for lazy display of message bodies (See "Dealing
112 with large messages and threads" in the notmuch-emacs documentation).
114 Allow the user to select (with '%') a different duplicate message file
117 Use `message-dont-reply-to-names` in `notmuch-message-mode`.
119 Support custom header-line format for notmuch-show mode.
121 Notmuch 0.36 (2022-04-25)
122 =========================
127 Add the `sexp` prefix to the infix (traditional) query parser. This
128 allows specific subqueries to be parsed by the sexp parser (with
129 appropropriate quoting). See `notmuch-search-terms(7)` for details.
131 Add another heuristic to regexp fields to prevent phrase parsing of
132 bracketed sub-expressions.
134 Command Line Interface
135 ----------------------
137 Envelope from ("From ") headers are now escaped as X-Envelope-From: in
138 input to `notmuch-insert`. This prevents creating mbox files when
139 calling `notmuch-insert` from e.g. `postfix`.
141 Python (CFFI) Bindings
142 ----------------------
144 Use the `config_pairs` API in ConfigIterator. This returns all
145 matching key-value pairs, not just those that happen to be stored in
151 Reorganize documention for `notmuch-config`. Add a few links from
157 Bind the usual undo key sequences to new command
158 "notmuch-tag-undo". This allows transparent undo of tagging
164 Fix smime.4 with newer gmime. Unset `XDG_DATA_HOME` and `MAILDIR` for tests.
166 New add-on tool: notmuch-web
167 -----------------------------
169 The new devel/ tool `notmuch-web` is a very thin web client. It
170 supports a full search interface for one user: there is no facility
171 for multiple users provided today. See the notmuch-web README file
172 for more information.
174 Be careful about running it on a network-connected system: it will
175 expose a web interface that requires no authentication but exposes
178 Notmuch 0.35 (2022-02-06)
179 =========================
184 Implement the `date` and `lastmod` fields in the S-expression parser.
186 Ignore trailing `/` for pathnames in both query parsers.
188 Rename configuration option `built_with.sexpr_query` to
189 `built_with.sexp_queries`.
191 Do not assume a default mail root in split (e.g. XDG) configurations.
193 Fix some small memory leaks in `notmuch_database_open_with_config`.
198 Improve handling of leading/trailing punctation and space for
201 Only ignore `.notmuch` at the top level in `notmuch new`.
203 Optionally show extra headers in `notmuch show`. See
204 `show.extra_headers` in notmuch-config(1).
209 Drop `C-TAB` binding in hello mode, document `backtab`.
211 Fix visual glitch in search mode by running `notmuch-search-hook`
214 Don't add space to completion candidates, improves compatibility with
215 third party completion frameworks.
217 Make citation formating more robust against whitespace.
219 Use `--excludes=false` when generating the 'All tags' section.
221 Use cached copy of message body for `Fcc`, avoiding variant bodies for
222 signed and/or encrypted messages.
224 Add notmuch-logo.svg and use it in notmuch-hello view, replacing
227 Make header line in show buffers optional.
229 Add customizable names for search buffers.
234 Fix out-of-tree build for `python-cffi` bindings.
236 Rearrange position of {C,CXX,CPP,LD}FLAGS, prevent some clashes with
237 installed version of notmuch.
239 Ignore more configure options.
244 Replace some uses of `gdb` in the test suite with `LD_PRELOAD` based
247 Use `--with-colons` for gpgsm, fix compatibility with newer gnupg.
252 Add `matched` property to message objects.
254 Users are reminded that the old python bindings in bindings/python are
255 deprecated; this will probably be the last major release that ships
261 Use `database.mail_root` for path completion in bash/zsh.
263 Notmuch 0.34.3 (2022-01-09)
264 ===========================
269 Do not crash when presented with a .notmuch directory without a
270 xapian/ subdirectory.
272 Python Bindings (notmuch2)
273 --------------------------
275 Database constructor now searches for configuration by default. Pass
276 `config=Database.CONFIG.EMPTY` to disable.
278 The `Message.replies()` method now returns OwnedMessage objects, to
279 prevent certain memory de-allocation errors.
281 Fix for importing `notmuch2` module when building bindings
284 Notmuch 0.34.2 (2021-12-09)
285 ===========================
290 Fix a bug that wrongly resolved conflict between the `database_path`
291 parameter to `notmuch_database_open_with_config` and configuration
292 item `database.path` in favour of the latter.
294 Python Bindings (notmuch2)
295 --------------------------
297 When building the documentation for the `notmuch2` python module,
298 import from the built module, not a system wide installed one.
300 The notmuch2.Database constructor now uses the library function
301 `notmuch_database_open_with_config` to support the same configuration
302 and database location options as the library does.
304 Fix some unprintable exception objects.
306 Notmuch 0.34.1 (2021-11-03)
307 ===========================
312 Fix for deallocation and nulling of output parameter for
313 notmuch_database_{open_with,create_with,load}_config when errors
314 occur. This change fixes a potential use-after-free bug that has been
315 present since 0.32. This release also improves the documentation of
316 status returns for the same 3 functions.
318 Notmuch 0.34 (2021-10-20)
319 =========================
324 An optional new s-expression based query parser is available if
325 notmuch is built with the `sfsexp` library. See
326 notmuch-sexp-queries(7) for syntax, and use `notmuch config get
327 built_with.sexpr_query` to check if notmuch is compiled with
328 s-expression query support.
333 Support multiple `Delivered-To` headers in notmuch-reply(1).
338 Functions are now allowed in `notmuch-search-result-format`.
340 Improvements to unthreaded view on large threads.
342 Tolerate bad/missing working directory for most commands.
344 Allow customization of tree drawing symbols in notmuch-tree mode.
346 Notmuch 0.33.2 (2021-09-30)
347 ===========================
352 Improve reliability of T355-smime by changing gpgsm initialization.
354 Notmuch 0.33.1 (2021-09-10)
355 ===========================
360 Replace the fully-qualified-domain-name of the host with "localhost"
361 in the default email address. This should fix two flaky subtests in
364 Notmuch 0.33 (2021-09-03)
365 =========================
370 Correct documentation about transactions.
372 Add a configurable automatic commit of transactions. See
373 `database.autocommit` in notmuch-config(1).
375 Document the algorithm used to find a database.
380 Define format version 5, which supports sorting the output of
386 `notmuch` no longer sets `mail-user-agent` on load. To restore the
387 previous behaviour of using notmuch to send mail by default, customize
388 `mail-user-agent` to `notmuch-user-agent`.
390 `notmuch-company` now works in `org-msg`.
392 Improve the display of messages from long threads in unthreaded mode.
394 Prefer email addresses over User ID when showing valid signatures.
396 Define a new face `notmuch-jump-key`.
398 New commands in notmuch-tree view: `notmuch-tree-filter` and `notmuch-tree-filter-by-tag`.
400 Honour `notmuch-show-text/html-blocked-images` when using `w3m` to
403 Support toggling sort order in notmuch-tree mode.
408 Memory management of allocated notmuch objects (database, messages,
409 etc...) is now done via the Ruby GC. This removes all constraints on
410 the order of object destruction. Database close and destroy are
411 split, following an old library API change.
416 Respect excluded tags when showing a thread.
421 Fix doc build for Sphinx 4.0.
423 Improve the markup and linking of the documentation.
425 Notmuch 0.32.3 (2021-08-17)
426 ===========================
431 Restore location of database via `MAILDIR` environment variable, which
434 Bump libnotmuch minor version to match the documentation in
437 Correct documentation for deprecated database opening functions to
438 point out that they (still) do not load configuration information.
443 Restore "notmuch config get built_with.*", which was broken in 0.32.
445 Notmuch 0.32.2 (2021-06-27)
446 ===========================
451 Fix a bug from 2017 that can add duplicate thread-id terms to message
457 Fix small memory leak in notmuch new.
462 Add `(require 'seq)` for `seq-some`.
467 Fix man page build for Sphinx 4.x. Fix variable name in emacs docs.
472 Fix backup creation in `perf-test/T00-new`. Check openssl
473 prerequisite in `add_gpgsm_home`.
475 Notmuch 0.32.1 (2021-05-15)
476 ===========================
481 Restore handling of relative values for `database.path` that was
482 broken by 0.32. Extend this handling to `database.mail_root`,
483 `database.backup_dir`, and `database.hook_dir`.
485 Reload certain metadata from Xapian database in
486 notmuch_database_reopen. This fixes a bug when adding messages to the
487 database in a pre-new hook.
489 Fix default of `$HOME/mail` for `database.path`. In release 0.32, this
490 default worked only in "notmuch config".
495 Restore the dynamically bound variables `tag-changes` and `query` in
496 in `notmuch-before-tag-hook` and `notmuch-after-tag-hook`.
498 Add `notmuch-jump-key` face to fontify keys in `notmuch-jump` and
499 related functions. To ensure backward compatibility, the new face
500 inherits from `minibuffer-prompt`.
502 Notmuch 0.32 (2021-05-02)
503 =========================
508 This release includes a significant overhaul of the configuration
509 management facilities for notmuch. The previous distinction between
510 configuration items that can be modified via plain text configuration
511 files and those that must be set in the database via the "notmuch
512 config" subcommand is gone, and all configuration items can be set in
513 both ways. The external configuration file overrides configuration
514 items in the database. The location of database, hooks, and
515 configuration files is now more flexible, with several new
516 configuration variables. In particular XDG locations are now supported
517 as fallbacks for database, configuration and hooks. For more
518 information see `notmuch-config(1)`.
523 To support the new configuration facilities, several functions and
524 constants have been added to the notmuch API. Most notably:
526 - `notmuch_database_create_with_config`
527 - `notmuch_database_open_with_config`
528 - `notmuch_database_load_config`
529 - `notmuch_config_get`
531 A previously requested API change is that `notmuch_database_reopen` is
532 now exposed (and generalized).
534 The previously severe slowdowns from large numbers calls to
535 notmuch_database_remove_message or notmuch_message_delete in one
536 session has been fixed.
538 As always, the canonical source of API documentation is
539 `lib/notmuch.h`, or the doxygen formatted documentation in `notmuch(3)`.
544 The `notmuch config set` subcommand gained a `--database` argument to
545 specify that the database should be updated, rather than a config file.
547 The speed of `notmuch new` and `notmuch reindex` in dealing with large
548 numbers of mail file deletions is significantly improved.
553 Completion related updates include: de-duplicating tags offered for
554 completion, use the actual initial input in address completion, allow
555 users to opt out of notmuch address completion, and do not force Ido
556 when prompting for senders.
558 Some keymaps used to contain bindings for unnamed commands. These
559 lambda expressions have been replaced by named commands (symbols), to
562 Lexical binding is now used in all notmuch-emacs libraries.
564 Fix bug in calling `notmuch-mua-mail` with a non-nil RETURN-ACTION.
566 Removed, inlined or renamed functions and variables:
567 `notmuch-address-locate-command`,
568 `notmuch-documentation-first-line`, `notmuch-folder`,
569 `notmuch-hello-trim', `notmuch-hello-versions` => `notmuch-version`,
570 `notmuch-remove-if-not`, `notmuch-search-disjunctive-regexp`,
571 `notmuch-sexp-eof`, `notmuch-split-content-type`, and
572 `notmuch-tree-button-activate`.
574 Keymaps are no longer fset, which means they need to be referred to in
575 define-key directly (without quotes). If your Emacs configuration has a
577 (define-key 'notmuch-show-mode-map "7" 'foo)
578 you should change it to:
579 (define-key notmuch-show-mode-map "7" 'foo)
581 Notmuch 0.31.4 (2021-02-18)
582 ===========================
587 Fix include bug triggered by glib 2.67.
592 Fix race condition in T568-lib-thread.
594 Notmuch 0.31.3 (2020-12-25)
595 ===========================
600 Fix for exclude tags in notmuch2 bindings.
605 Portability update for T360-symbol-hiding.
610 Fix for memory error in notmuch_database_get_config_list.
612 Notmuch 0.31.2 (2020-11-08)
613 ===========================
618 Catch one more occurence of "version" in the build system, which
619 caused the file to be regenerated in the release tarball.
621 Notmuch 0.31.1 (2020-11-08)
622 ===========================
627 Fix a memory initialization bug in notmuch_database_get_config_list.
632 Rename file 'version' to 'version.txt'. The old file name conflicted
633 with a C++ header for some compilers.
635 Replace use of coreutils `realpath` in configure.
637 Notmuch 0.31 (2020-09-05)
638 =========================
643 Notmuch now supports Emacs 27.1. You may need to set
644 `mml-secure-openpgp-sign-with-sender` and/or
645 `mml-secure-smime-sign-with-sender` to continue signing messages.
647 The minimum supported major version of GNU Emacs is now 25.1.
649 Add support for moving between threads after notmuch-tree-from-search-thread.
651 New `notmuch-unthreaded` mode (added in Notmuch 0.30)
653 Unthreaded view is a mode where each matching message is shown on a
656 The main key entries to unthreaded view are
658 'u' enter a query to view in unthreaded mode (works in hello,
659 search, show and tree mode)
661 'U' view the current query in unthreaded mode (works from search,
664 Saved searches can also specify that they should open in unthreaded
667 Currently it is not possible to specify the sort order: it will
668 always be newest first.
673 The shell pipeline executed by notmuch-mutt, which symlinked matched
674 files to a maildir for mutt to access is replaced with internal perl
675 processing. This search operation is now more portable, and somewhat
681 Improve exception handling in the library. This should
682 largely eliminate terminations inside the library due to uncaught
683 exceptions or internal errors. No doubt there are a few uncovered
684 code paths still; please report them as bugs.
686 Add `notmuch_message_get_flag_st` and
687 `notmuch_message_has_maildir_flag_st`, and deprecate the existing
688 non-status providing versions.
690 Move memory de-allocation from `notmuch_database_close` to
691 `notmuch_database_destroy`.
693 Handle relative filenames in `notmuch_database_index_file`, as
694 promised in the documentation.
699 Documentation for the python bindings is merged into the main
700 sphinx-doc documentation tree. The merged documentation can be built
701 with e.g. `make sphinx-html`
706 We now support building notmuch against Xapian 1.5 (the current
707 development version).
712 Test suite fixes for compatibility with Emacs 27.1.
717 Man pages are now compressed reproducibly.
719 Notmuch 0.30 (2020-07-10)
720 =========================
725 Handle S/MIME (PKCS#7) messages -- one-part signed messages, encrypted
726 messages, and multilayer messages. Treat them symmetrically to
727 OpenPGP messages. This includes handling protected headers
730 If you're using Notmuch with S/MIME, you currently need to configure
736 Detect and automatically repair a common form of message mangling
737 created by Microsoft Exchange (see index.repaired=mixedup in
738 notmuch-properties(7)).
743 Avoid indexing the legacy-display part of an encrypted message that
744 has protected headers (see
745 index.repaired=skip-protected-headers-legacy-display in
746 notmuch-properties(7)).
751 Drop support for python2, focus on python3.
753 Introduce new CFFI-based python bindings in the python module named
754 "notmuch2". Officially deprecate (but still support) the older
760 Support for Xapian 1.2 is removed. The minimum supported version of
763 Notmuch 0.29.3 (2019-11-27)
764 ===========================
769 Fix for use-after-free in notmuch_config_list_{key,val}.
771 Fix for double close of file in notmuch-dump.
776 Drop python2 support from shipped debian packaging.
778 Notmuch 0.29.2 (2019-10-19)
779 ===========================
784 Fix for file descriptor leak when opening gzipped mail files. Thanks
785 to James Troup for the bug report and the fix.
787 Notmuch 0.29.1 (2019-06-11)
788 ===========================
793 Fix for installation failure with `configure --without-emacs`.
795 Notmuch 0.29 (2019-06-07)
796 =========================
801 Add "body:" field to allow searching for terms that occur only in the
802 message body. Users will need to reindex their mail to take advantage
805 Add support for indexing user specified headers (e.g. List-Id). See
806 notmuch-config(1) for details. This requires reindexing after changing
807 the set of headers to be indexed.
809 Fix bug for searching in some headers for Xapian keywords in quoted
812 Add support for gzip compressed mail messages (/not/ multi-message
813 mboxes); e.g. `gzip -9 $MAIL/archive/giant-message && notmuch new`
814 should work. Note that maildir flag syncing for gzipped messages is
817 Notmuch is now capable of indexing, searching and rendering
818 cryptographically-protected Subject: headers of the form produced by
819 Enigmail and K-9 mail in encrypted messages.
821 Command Line Interface
822 ----------------------
824 `notmuch show` now supports --body=false and --include-html with
827 Fix several performance problems with `notmuch reindex`.
829 `notmuch show` and `notmuch reply` now emit per-message cryptographic
830 status in their json and sexp output formats. See devel/schemata for
831 more details about what is included there. This status includes
832 information about cryptographic protections for the Subject header.
837 Optionally check for missing attachments in outgoing messages (see
838 function `notmuch-mua-attachment-check`).
840 Bind `B` to browse URLs in current message.
842 Bind `g` to refresh the current notmuch buffer.
844 Editing a message as new now includes an FCC header.
846 Forwarded messages are now tagged as +forwarded (customizable).
848 Add references header to link forwarded message to thread of original
851 The minimum supported major version of Emacs is now 24.
853 Support for GNU Emacs older than 25.1 is deprecated with this release,
854 and may be removed in a future release.
856 Notmuch-emacs documentation is somewhat expanded. More contributions
862 Notmuch release tarballs are now compressed with `xz`.
864 We now provide conventional detached signatures of the release
865 tarballs in addition to the signed `sha256sum` files.
870 Support for GMime 2.6 is removed. The minimum supported version of
871 GMime is now 3.0.3. GMime also needs to have been compiled with
872 cryptography support.
877 If either GNU parallel or moreutils parallel is installed, the tests
878 in the test suite will now be run in parallel (one per available
879 core). This can be disabled with NOTMUCH_TEST_SERIALIZE=1.
881 Notmuch 0.28.4 (2019-05-05)
882 ===========================
884 Command line interface
885 ----------------------
887 Fix a spurious error when using `notmuch show --raw` on messages whose
888 size is a multiple of the internal buffer size.
890 Notmuch 0.28.3 (2019-03-05)
891 ===========================
896 Fix a bug with the internal data structure _notmuch_string_map_t used
897 by message properties.
902 Serialize calls to sphinx-build to avoid race condition.
904 Notmuch 0.28.2 (2019-02-17)
905 ===========================
910 Invoke gpg with --batch and --no-tty.
915 Fix documentation build with Python 3.7. Note that Python >= 3.3 is
916 now needed to build this documentation.
918 Notmuch 0.28.1 (2019-02-01)
919 ===========================
924 `configure` no longer uses the special variable BASH, as this causes
925 problems on systems where /bin/sh is bash.
927 Notmuch 0.28 (2018-10-12)
928 =========================
935 The threading algorithm has been updated to consider all references,
936 not just the heuristically chosen parent (e.g. when that parent is
937 not in the database). The heuristic for choosing a parent message
938 has also been updated to again consider the In-Reply-To header, if
939 it looks sensible. Re-indexing might be needed to take advantage of
942 Handle mislabelled Windows-1252 parts
944 Messages that contain Windows-1252 are apparently frequently
945 mislabelled as ISO 8859-1. Use GMime functionality to apply the
946 correct encoding for such messages.
948 Command Line Interface
949 ----------------------
951 Support relative database paths
953 Database paths (i.e. parameters to `notmuch config set
954 database.path`) without a leading `/` are now interpreted relative
955 to $HOME of the invoking user.
960 Improve stderr handling
962 Add a real sentinel process to clean up stderr buffer. This is
963 needed on e.g. macOS.
965 Call `notmuch-mua-send-hook` hooks when sending a message
967 This hook was documented, but not functional for a very long time.
972 The zsh completion has been updated to cover most of the notmuch
973 CLI. Internally it uses regexp searching, so needs at least Notmuch
979 The build system now installs notmuch-mutt and notmuch-emacs-mua with
980 absolute shebangs, following the conventions of most Linux
986 Fix certain tests that were failing with GMime 2.6. Users are reminded
987 that support for versions of GMime before 3.0.3 has been deprecated
990 Notmuch 0.27 (2018-06-13)
991 =========================
996 Add support for thread:{} queries
998 Queries of the form `thread:{foo} and thread:{bar}` match threads
999 containing (possibly distinct) messages matching foo and bar. See
1000 `notmuch-search-terms(7)` for details.
1002 Command Line Interface
1003 ----------------------
1005 Add the --full-scan option to `notmuch new`
1007 This option disables mtime based optimization of scanning for new mail.
1009 Add new --decrypt=stash option for `notmuch show`
1011 This facilitates a workflow for encrypted messages where message
1012 cleartext are indexed on first read, but the user's decryption key
1013 does not have to be available during message receipt.
1018 An initial manual for `notmuch-emacs` is now installed by default (in
1024 As of this release, support for versions of Xapian before 1.4.0 is
1025 deprecated, and may disappear in a future release of notmuch.
1027 Notmuch 0.26.2 (2018-04-28)
1028 ===========================
1033 Work around Xapian bug with `get_mset(0,0, x)`
1035 This causes aborts in `_notmuch_query_count_documents` on
1036 e.g. Fedora 28. The underlying bug is fixed in Xapian commit
1037 f92e2a936c1592, and will be fixed in Xapian 1.4.6.
1039 Make thread indexing more robust against reference loops
1041 Choose a thread root by date in case of reference loops. Fix a
1042 related abort in `notmuch show`.
1044 Notmuch 0.26.1 (2018-04-02)
1045 ===========================
1050 Bump the library minor version. This should have happened in 0.26, but
1051 better late than never.
1054 Notmuch 0.26 (2018-01-09)
1055 =========================
1057 Command Line Interface
1058 ----------------------
1060 Support for re-indexing existing messages
1062 There is a new subcommand, `notmuch reindex`, which re-indexes all
1063 messages matching supplied search terms. This permits users to
1064 change the way specific messages are indexed.
1066 Note that for messages with multiple variants in the message
1067 archive, the recorded Subject: of may change upon reindexing,
1068 depending on the order in which the variants are indexed.
1070 Improved error reporting in notmuch new
1072 Give more details when reporting certain Xapian exceptions.
1074 Support maildir synced tags in `new.tags`
1076 Tags `draft`, `flagged`, `passed`, and `replied` are now supported
1077 in `new.tags`. The tag `unread` is still special in the presence of
1078 maildir syncing, and will be added for files in `new/` regardless of
1079 the setting of `new.tags`.
1081 Support /regex/ in new.ignore
1083 Files and directories may be ignored based on regular expressions.
1085 Allow `notmuch insert --folder=""`
1087 This inserts into the top level folder.
1089 Strip trailing '/' from folder path for notmuch insert
1091 This prevents a potential problem with duplicated database records.
1093 New option --output=address for notmuch address
1095 Make `notmuch show` more robust against deleting duplicate files
1097 The option --decrypt now takes an explicit argument
1099 The --decrypt option to `notmuch show` and `notmuch reply` now takes
1100 an explicit argument. If you were used to invoking `notmuch show
1101 --decrypt`, you should switch to `notmuch show --decrypt=true`.
1103 Boolean and keyword arguments now take a `--no-` prefix
1108 Indexing cleartext of encrypted e-mails
1110 It's now possible to include the cleartext of encrypted e-mails in
1111 the notmuch index. This makes it possible to search your encrypted
1112 e-mails with the same ease as searching cleartext. This can be done
1113 on a per-message basis by passing --decrypt=true to indexing
1114 commands (new, insert, reindex), or by default by running "notmuch
1115 config set index.decrypt true".
1117 Encrypted messages whose cleartext is indexed will typically also
1118 have their session keys stashed as properties associated with the
1119 message. Stashed session keys permit rapid rendering of long
1120 encrypted threads, and disposal of expired encryption-capable keys.
1121 If for some reason you want cleartext indexing without stashed
1122 session keys, use --decrypt=nostash for your indexing commands (or
1123 run "notmuch config set index.decrypt nostash"). See `index.decrypt`
1124 in notmuch-config(1) for more details.
1126 Note that stashed session keys permit reconstruction of the
1127 cleartext of the encrypted message itself, and the contents of the
1128 index are roughly equivalent to the cleartext as well. DO NOT USE
1129 this feature without considering the security of your index.
1134 Guard against concurrent searches in notmuch-tree
1136 Use make-process when available
1138 This allows newer Emacs to separate stdout and stderr from the
1139 notmuch command without using temporary files.
1144 Indexing files with duplicate message-id
1146 Files with duplicate message-id's are now indexed, and searchable
1147 via terms and phrases. There are known issues related to
1148 presentation of results and regular-expression search, but in
1149 principle no mail file should be completely unsearchable now.
1151 New functions to count files
1153 Two new functions in the libnotmuch API:
1154 `notmuch_message_count_files`, and `notmuch_thread_get_total_files`.
1156 New function to remove properties
1158 A new function was added to the libnotmuch API to make it easier to
1159 drop all properties with a common pattern:
1160 `notmuch_message_remove_all_properties_with_prefix`
1162 Change of return value of `notmuch_thread_get_authors`
1164 In certain corner cases, `notmuch_thread_get_authors` previously
1165 returned NULL. This has been replaced by an empty string, since the
1166 possibility of NULL was not documented.
1168 Transition `notmuch_database_add_message` to `notmuch_database_index_file`
1170 When indexing an e-mail message, the new
1171 `notmuch_database_index_file` function is the preferred form, and
1172 the old `notmuch_database_add_message` is deprecated. The new form
1173 allows passing a set of options to the indexing engine, which the
1174 operator may decide to change from message to message.
1181 The test suite now works properly with out-of-tree builds, i.e. with
1182 separate source and build directories. The --root option to tests
1183 has been dropped. The same can now be achieved more reliably using
1189 Python bindings specific Debian packaging is removed
1191 The bindings have been build by the top level Debian packaging for a
1192 long time, and `bindings/python/debian` has bit-rotted.
1194 Open mail files in binary mode when using Python 3
1196 This avoids certain encoding related crashes under Python 3.
1198 Add python bindings for `notmuch_database_{get,set}_config*`
1200 Optional `decrypt_policy` flag is available for notmuch.database().index_file()
1205 nmbug's internal version increases to 0.3 in this notmuch release.
1206 User-facing changes with this notmuch release:
1208 * Accept failures to unset `core.worktree` in `clone`, which allows
1209 nmbug to be used with Git 2.11.0 and later.
1210 * Auto-checkout in `clone` if it wouldn't clobber existing content,
1211 which makes the initial clone more convenient.
1212 * Only error for invalid diff lines in `tags/`, which allows for
1213 `README`s and similar in nmbug repositories.
1218 New man page: notmuch-properties(7)
1220 This new page to the manual describes common conventions for how
1221 properties are used by libnotmuch, the CLI, and associated programs.
1222 External projects that use properties are encouraged to claim their
1223 properties and conventions here to avoid collisions.
1225 Notmuch 0.25.3 (2017-12-08)
1226 ===========================
1231 Extend mitigation (disabling handling x-display in text/enriched) for
1232 Emacs bug #28350 to Emacs versions before 24.4 (i.e. without
1235 Command Line Interface
1236 ----------------------
1238 Correctly report userid validity. Fix test suite failure for GMime >=
1239 3.0.3. This change raises the minimum supported version of GMime 3.x
1242 Notmuch 0.25.2 (2017-11-05)
1243 ===========================
1245 Command Line Interface
1246 ----------------------
1248 Fix segfault in notmuch-show crypto handling when compiled against
1249 GMime 2.6; this was a regression in 0.25.
1254 Support for GMime before 3.0 is now deprecated, and will be removed in
1257 Notmuch 0.25.1 (2017-09-11)
1258 ===========================
1263 Disable handling x-display in text/enriched messages. Mitigation for
1266 Notmuch 0.25 (2017-07-25)
1267 =========================
1272 Add regexp searching for mid, paths, and tags.
1274 Skip HTML tags when indexing
1276 In particular this avoids indexing large inline images.
1278 Command Line Interface
1279 ----------------------
1281 Bash completion is now installed to /usr/share by default.
1283 Allow space as separator for keyword arguments.
1288 Support for stashing message timestamp in show and tree views
1290 Invoking `notmuch-show-stash-date` with a prefix argument
1291 stashes the unix timestamp of the current message instead of
1294 Don't use 'function' as variable name, workaround emacs bug 26406.
1299 Add workaround for date parsing of bad input in older GMime
1301 In certain circumstances, older GMime libraries could return
1302 negative numbers when parsing syntactically invalid dates.
1304 Replace deprecated functions with status returning versions
1306 API of notmuch_query_{search,count}_{messages,threads} has
1307 changed. notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude now returns a status
1310 Add support for building against GMime 3.0.
1312 Rename libutil.a to libnotmuch_util.a.
1314 libnotmuch SONAME is incremented to libnotmuch.so.5.
1316 Notmuch 0.24.2 (2017-06-01)
1317 ===========================
1319 Command Line Interface
1320 ----------------------
1322 Fix output from `notmuch dump --include=properties` to not include tags.
1327 Fix filename stashing in tree view.
1329 Notmuch 0.24.1 (2017-04-01)
1330 ===========================
1335 Fix regressions in non-regexp search for `from:` and `subject:`
1337 The regexp search code in 0.24 introduced a regression in the
1338 handling of empty queries and wildcards. These are both corrected in
1341 Command Line Interface
1342 ----------------------
1344 Fix several memory leaks in `notmuch show`
1346 Update NEWS for 0.24 to mention schema changes
1348 Fix bug in dump header
1350 The previous version of the dump header failed to mention the
1351 inclusion of tags. This fix bumps the version number of the dump
1352 format to 3. There are no other changes to the format.
1357 Fix a read-after-free in the library.
1359 Notmuch 0.24 (2017-03-12)
1360 =========================
1365 Regular expression searches supported for `from:` and `subject:`
1367 This requires recent Xapian (1.4+) See notmuch-search-terms(7) for
1370 Command Line Interface
1371 ----------------------
1373 Run external `notmuch-` prefixed commands as subcommands
1375 You can now add your own `notmuch-` prefixed commands in PATH, and
1376 have notmuch run them as if they were notmuch commands. See the
1377 `notmuch(1)` man page for details
1379 New default output format to 3
1381 See devel/schemata for details. Users of the structured output
1382 format are reminded of the `--format-version` argument to `notmuch
1383 show` and `notmuch search` which can prevent breakage when the
1384 default format changes.
1389 Postpone and resume messages in `notmuch-message-mode` (composition)
1391 Notmuch now has built in support for postponing, saving and resuming
1392 messages. The default bindings are C-x C-s to save a draft, C-c C-p
1393 to postpone a draft (save and exit compose buffer), and "e" in show
1394 or tree view to resume.
1396 Draft messages are tagged with `notmuch-draft-tags` (draft by
1397 default) so you may wish to add that to the excluded tags list. When
1398 saving a previously saved draft message the earlier draft gets
1401 Note that attachments added before postponing will be included as
1402 they were when you postponed in the final message.
1406 It is now possible to save the list of address completions for
1407 notmuch's internal completion between runs of emacs. This makes the
1408 first calls to address completion much better and faster. For
1409 privacy reasons it is disabled by default, to enable set or
1410 customize `notmuch-address-save-filename`.
1414 It is now possible to configure tagging shortcuts (with an interface
1415 like notmuch jump). For example (by default) k u will remove the
1416 unread tag, and k s will add a tag "spam" and remove the inbox
1417 tag. Pressing k twice will do the reverse operation so, for example,
1418 k k s removes the spam tag and adds the inbox tag. See the customize
1419 variable `notmuch-tagging-keys` for more information.
1423 It is now possible to refresh all notmuch buffers to reflect the
1424 current state of the database with a single command, `M-=`.
1426 Stop display of `application/*` parts
1428 By default gnus displays all `application/*` parts such as
1429 application/zip in the message buffer. This has several undesirable
1430 effects for notmuch (security, triggering errors etc). Notmuch now
1431 overrides this and does not display them by default. If you have
1432 customized `mm-inline-override-types` then we assume you know what
1433 you want and do not interfere; if you do want to stop the display of
1434 `application/*` add `application/*` to your customization. If you want
1435 to allow `application/*` then set `mm-inline-override-types` to
1438 Small change in the api for notmuch-search-tag
1440 When `notmuch-search-tag` is called non-interactively and the region
1441 is set, then it only tags the threads in the region. (Previously it
1442 only tagged the current thread.)
1444 Bugfix for sending messages with very long headers
1446 Previously emacs didn't fold very long headers when sending which
1447 could cause the MTA to refuse to send the message. This makes sure
1448 it does fold any long headers so the message is RFC compliant.
1450 `notmuch emacs-mua` command installed with the Emacs interface
1452 We've carried a `notmuch-emacs-mua` script in the source tree for
1453 quite some time. It can be used to launch the Notmuch Emacs
1454 interface from the command line in many different ways. Starting
1455 with this release, it will be installed with the Emacs
1456 interface. With the new external subcommand support, the script
1457 transparently becomes a new notmuch command. See the
1458 `notmuch-emacs-mua(1)` man page for details.
1460 Notmuch Emacs desktop integration
1462 The desktop integration file will now be installed with the Notmuch
1463 Emacs interface, adding a Notmuch menu item and configuration to
1464 allow the user to set up Notmuch Emacs as the `mailto:` URL handler.
1469 `notmuch_query_count_messages` is now non-destructive
1471 Internally the implementation of excludes has changed to make this
1474 Improved handling of DatabaseModifiedError
1476 Previously uncaught exceptions reading message metadata are now
1479 Notmuch 0.23.7 (2017-02-28)
1480 ===========================
1485 Drop use of gpgconf --create-socketdir. Move $GNUPGHOME to /tmp.
1487 It turns out the hardcoded use of /run/user in gpg doesn't work out
1488 that well in some environments. The more low tech fix is to move all
1489 of $GNUPGHOME to somewhere where we can control the length of the
1492 Notmuch 0.23.6 (2017-02-27)
1493 ===========================
1495 Command Line Interface
1496 ----------------------
1498 Fix read-after-free bug in `notmuch new`.
1503 Use gpgconf --create-socketdir if available.
1505 GnuPG has a facility to use sockets in /run or /var/run to avoid
1506 problems with long socket paths, but this is not enabled by default
1507 for GNUPGHOME other than $HOME/.gnupg. Enable it, if possible.
1509 Notmuch 0.23.5 (2017-01-09)
1510 ===========================
1515 Fix quoting bug in configure. This had introduced a RUNPATH into the
1516 notmuch binary in cases where it was not not needed.
1518 Notmuch 0.23.4 (2016-12-24)
1519 ===========================
1521 Command Line Interface
1522 ----------------------
1524 Improve error handling in notmuch insert
1526 Database lock errors no longer prevent message file delivery to the
1527 filesystem. Certain errors during `notmuch insert` most likely to
1528 be temporary return EX_TEMPFAIL.
1533 Restore autoload cookie for notmuch-search.
1535 Notmuch 0.23.3 (2016-11-27)
1536 ===========================
1538 Command Line Interface
1539 ----------------------
1541 Treat disappearing files during notmuch new as non-fatal.
1546 Fix incompatibility (related to signature size) with gnupg 2.1.16.
1548 Notmuch 0.23.2 (2016-11-20)
1549 ===========================
1554 Fix notmuch-interesting-buffer and notmuch-cycle-notmuch-buffers.
1556 notmuch-tree-mode and notmuch-message-mode buffers are now
1557 considered interesting by `notmuch-interesting-buffer` and
1558 `notmuch-cycle-notmuch-buffers`.
1560 Restore compatibility with Emacs 23.
1562 Notmuch support for Emacs 23 is now deprecated.
1564 Notmuch 0.23.1 (2016-10-23)
1565 ===========================
1570 Require Xapian >= 1.2.6
1572 The ifdef branch for older Xapian (pre-compact API) had bit-rotted.
1577 Fix default colours for unread and flagged messages
1579 In 0.23 the default colours for unread and flagged messages in
1580 search view were accidentally swapped. This release returns them to
1581 the original colours.
1583 A related change in 0.23 broke the customize widget for
1584 notmuch-search-line-faces. This is now fixed.
1586 Fix test failure with Emacs 25.1
1588 A previously undiscovered jit-lock related bug was exposed by Emacs
1589 25, causing a notmuch-show mode test to fail. This release fixes the
1590 bug, and hence the test.
1592 Notmuch 0.23 (2016-10-03)
1593 =========================
1595 General (Xapian 1.4+)
1596 ---------------------
1598 Compiling against Xapian 1.4 enables several new features.
1600 Support for single argument date: queries
1602 `date:<expr>` is equivalent to `date:<expr>..<expr>`.
1604 Support for blocking opens
1606 When opening a database notmuch by default will wait for another
1607 process to release a write lock, rather than returning an error.
1609 Support for named queries
1611 Named queries (also known as 'saved searches') can be defined with a
1612 `query:name` format. The expansion of these queries is stored in the
1613 database and they can be used from any notmuch client.
1618 Message property API
1620 libnotmuch now supports the attachment of arbitrary key-value pairs
1621 to messages. These can be used by various tools to manage their
1622 private data without polluting the user tag space. They also support
1623 iteration of values with the same key or same key prefix.
1625 Bug fix for `notmuch_directory_set_mtime`
1627 Update cached mtime to match on-disk mtime.
1632 Support for compile time options
1634 A group of `built_with` keys is now supported for notmuch
1635 config. Initial keys in this group are `compact`, `field_processor`,
1638 Dump/Restore support for configuration information and properties
1640 Any configuration information stored in the database (initially just
1641 named queries) is dumped and restored. Similarly any properties
1642 attached to messages are also dumped and restored. Any new
1643 information in the dump format is prefixed by '#' to allow existing
1644 scripts to ignore it.
1649 Make notmuch-message-mode use insert for fcc
1651 Notmuch-message-mode now defaults to using notmuch insert for
1652 fcc. The old file based fcc behaviour can be restored by setting the
1653 defcustom `notmuch-maildir-use-notmuch-insert` to nil.
1655 When using notmuch insert, `notmuch-fcc-dirs` must be a subdirectory
1656 of the mailstore (absolute paths are not permitted) followed by any
1657 tag changes to be applied to the inserted message. The tag changes
1658 are applied after the default tagging for new messages. For example
1659 setting the header to "sentmail -inbox +sent" would insert the
1660 message in the subdirectory sentmail of the mailstore, add the tag
1661 "sent", and not add the (normally added) "inbox" tag.
1663 Finally, if the insert fails (e.g. if the database is locked) the
1664 user is presented with the option to retry, ignore, or edit the
1667 Make internal address completion customizable
1669 There is a new defcustom `notmuch-address-internal-completion` which
1670 controls how the internal completion works: it allows the user to
1671 choose whether to match on messages the user sent, or the user
1672 received, and to filter the messages used for the match, for example
1675 Allow internal address completion on an individual basis
1677 There is a new function `notmuch-address-toggle-internal-completion`
1678 (by default it has no keybinding) which allows users who normally
1679 use an external completion command to use the builtin internal
1680 completion for the current buffer.
1682 Alternatively, if the user has company-mode enabled, then the user
1683 can use company mode commands such as `company-complete` to
1684 activate the builtin completion for an individual completion.
1688 The function `notmuch-show-resend-message` (bound to `b` in show
1689 and tree modes) will (attempt to) send current message to new
1690 recipients. The headers of the message won't be altered (e.g. `To:`
1691 may point to yourself). New `Resent-To:`, `Resent-From:` and so on
1692 will be added instead.
1694 Face customization is easier
1696 New faces `notmuch-tag-unread`, `notmuch-tag-flagged`,
1697 `notmuch-tag-deleted`, `notmuch-tag-added`,
1698 `notmuch-search-flagged-face` and `notmuch-search-unread-face` are
1699 now used by default. Customize `notmuch-faces` to modify them.
1701 Omit User-Agent header by default when sending mail
1706 Add support for `notmuch_database_get_all_tags`
1711 Go bindings moved to contrib
1713 Add support for `notmuch_threads_t` and `notmuch_thread_t`
1715 Fixed constant values so they are not all zero anymore
1717 Previously, it was impossible to open writable database handles,
1718 because `DATABASE_MODE_READ_ONLY` and `DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE` were
1720 The same issue occurred with sort modes.
1722 Notmuch 0.22.2 (2016-09-08)
1723 ===========================
1730 Have gdb write to a log file instead of stdout, hiding some more
1731 (harmless) stderr chatter which causes test failures.
1733 Hardcode fingerprint in PGP/MIME tests
1735 Make the tests more robust against changing GnuPG output formats.
1737 Notmuch 0.22.1 (2016-07-19)
1738 ===========================
1743 Correct the definition of `LIBNOTMUCH_CHECK_VERSION`.
1745 Document the (lack of) operations permitted on a closed database.
1750 Fix race condition in dump / restore tests.
1755 Use `env` to locate perl.
1760 Tell `message-mode` mode that outgoing messages are mail
1762 This makes message-mode configuration behave more predictably.
1764 Respect charset of MIME parts when reading them
1766 Fix previous assumption that everyone uses UTF-8.
1768 Notmuch 0.22 (2016-04-26)
1769 =========================
1776 Notmuch should now build (and the test suite should pass) on recent
1777 releases of Xapian 1.3.x. It has been tested with Xapian 1.3.5.
1779 Limited support for S/MIME messages
1781 Signature verification is supported, but not decryption. S/MIME
1782 signature creation and S/MIME encryption are supported via built-in
1783 support in Emacs. S/MIME support is not extensively tested at this
1788 Fix for threading bug involving deleting and re-adding
1789 messages. Fix for case-sensitive content disposition headers. Fix
1790 handling of 1 character directory names at top level.
1792 Command Line Interface
1793 ----------------------
1795 `notmuch show` now supports verifying S/MIME signatures
1797 This support relies on an appropriately configured `gpgsm`.
1802 Drop dependency on "pkg-config emacs".
1807 Notmuch replies now include all parts shown in the show view
1809 There are two main user visible changes. The first is that rfc822
1810 parts are now included in replies.
1812 The second change is that part headers are now included in the reply
1813 buffer to provide visible separation of the parts. The choice of
1814 which part headers to show is customizable via the variable
1815 `notmuch-mua-reply-insert-header-p-function`.
1817 Filtering or Limiting messages is now bound to `l` in the search view
1819 This binding now matches the analogous binding in show view.
1821 `F` forwards all open messages in a thread
1823 When viewing a thread of messages, the new binding `F` can be used
1824 to generate a new outgoing message which forwards all of the open
1825 messages in the thread. This is analogous to the `f` binding, which
1826 forwards only the current message.
1828 Preferred content type can be determined from the message content
1830 More flexibility in choosing which sub-part of a
1831 multipart/alternative part is initially shown is available by
1832 setting `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` to a function
1833 that returns a list of discouraged types. The function so specified
1834 is passed the message as an argument and can examine the message
1835 content to determine which content types should be discouraged. This
1836 is in addition to the current capabilities (i.e. setting
1837 `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` to a list of discouraged
1840 When viewing a thread ("show" mode), queries that match no messages no
1841 longer generate empty buffers
1843 Should an attempt be made to view the thread corresponding to a
1844 query that matches no messages, a warning message is now displayed
1845 and the terminal bell rung rather than displaying an empty buffer
1846 (or, in some cases, displaying an empty buffer and throwing an
1847 error). This also affects re-display of the current thread.
1849 Handle S/MIME signatures in emacs
1851 The emacs interface is now capable making and verifying S/MIME
1854 `notmuch-message-address-insinuate` is now a no-op
1856 This reduces the amount of interference with non-notmuch uses of
1859 Address completion improvements
1861 An external script is no longer needed for address completion; if
1862 you previously configured one, customize the variable
1863 `notmuch-address-command` to try the internal completion. If
1864 `company-mode` is available, notmuch uses it by default for
1865 interactive address completion.
1867 Test and experiment with the emacs MUA available in source tree
1869 `./devel/try-emacs-mua` runs emacs and fills the window with
1870 information how to try the MUA safely. Emacs is configured to use
1871 the notmuch (lisp) files located in `./emacs` directory.
1876 New `notmuch-report(1)` and `notmuch-report.json(5)` man pages
1877 describe `notmuch-report` and its JSON configuration file. You can
1878 build these files by running `make` in the `devel/nmbug/doc`
1884 Renamed from `nmbug-status`. This script generates reports based on
1885 notmuch queries, and doesn't really have anything to do with nmbug,
1886 except for sharing the `NMBGIT` environment variable. The new name
1887 focuses on the script's action, instead of its historical association
1888 with the nmbug workflow. This should make it more discoverable for
1889 users looking for generic notmuch reporting tools.
1891 The default configuration file name (extracted from the `config`
1892 branch of `NBMGIT` has changed from `status-config.json` to
1893 `notmuch-report.json` so it is more obviously associated with the
1894 report-generating script. The configuration file also has a new
1895 `meta.message-url` setting, which is documented in
1896 `notmuch-report.json(5)`.
1898 `notmuch-report` now wraps query phrases in parentheses when and-ing
1899 them together, to avoid confusion about clause grouping.
1901 Notmuch 0.21 (2015-10-29)
1902 =========================
1907 Notmuch now requires gmime >= 2.6.7. The gmime 2.4 series is no longer
1910 Database revision tracking: `lastmod:` queries
1912 Each message now has a metadata revision number that increases with
1913 every tagging operation. See the discussion of `lastmod:` in
1914 `notmuch-search-terms(7)` for more information.
1916 Date queries now support `date:<expr>..!` shorthand for
1917 `date:<expr>..<expr>`
1919 You can use, for example, `date:yesterday..!` to match from the
1920 beginning of yesterday to the end of yesterday. For further details,
1921 please refer to the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page.
1923 Notmuch database upgrade to support `lastmod:` queries
1925 The above mentioned `lastmod:` prefix. This will be done
1926 automatically, without prompting on the next time `notmuch new` is
1927 run after the upgrade. The upgrade is not reversible, and the
1928 upgraded database will not be readable by older versions of
1929 Notmuch. As a safeguard, a database dump will be created in the
1930 `.notmuch` directory before upgrading.
1935 The ruby bindings are now built as part of the main notmuch build
1936 process. This can be disabled with the `--without-ruby` option to
1939 Building the documentation can be disabled with the `--without-docs`
1940 option to configure.
1942 Skipped individual tests are no longer considered as failures.
1944 Command Line Interface
1945 ----------------------
1947 Database revision tracking
1949 Two new options were added to support revision tracking. A global
1950 option "--uuid" (`notmuch(1)`) was added for to detect counter
1951 rollover and reinitialization, and `notmuch-count(1)` gained a
1952 `--lastmod` option to query database revision tracking data.
1954 The `notmuch address` command supports new deduplication schemes
1956 `notmuch address` has gained a new `--deduplicate` option to specify
1957 how the results should be deduplicated, if at all. The alternatives
1958 are `no` (do not deduplicate, useful for processing the results with
1959 external tools), `mailbox` (deduplicate based on the full, case
1960 sensitive name and email address), and `address` (deduplicate based
1961 on the case insensitive address part). See the `notmuch-address`
1962 manual page for further information.
1967 `notmuch-emacs-version` is used in `User-Agent` header
1969 The value of recently introduced variable `notmuch-emacs-version` is
1970 now used as a part of `User-Agent` header when sending emails.
1972 Removed `notmuch-version` function by renaming it to `notmuch-cli-version`
1974 With existing variable `notmuch-emacs-version` the accompanied
1975 function which retrieves the version of `notmuch-command` is
1976 better named as `notmuch-cli-version`.
1978 Query input now supports completion for "is:<tag>"
1980 New message composition mode: `notmuch-compose-mode`
1982 This is mainly to fix fcc handling, but may be useful for user
1983 customization as well.
1985 Allow filtering of search results in `notmuch-show`
1987 Add function to rerun current tree-view search in search mode
1989 Bug fix for replying to encrypted messages in `notmuch-tree` mode
1991 Allow saved searched to specify tree view rather than search view
1993 Applies to saved searches run from `notmuch-hello`, or by a keyboard
1994 shortcut (`notmuch-jump`). Can be set in the customize interface, or
1995 by adding :search-type tree to the appropriate saved search plist in
1996 `notmuch-saved-searches`.
1998 Increase maximum size of rendered text parts
2000 The variable `notmuch-show-max-text-part-size` controls the maximum
2001 size (in bytes) which is automatically rendered. This may make
2002 rendering large threads slower. To get the previous behaviour set
2003 this variable to 10000.
2008 The use of absolute paths is now enforced when calling
2009 `notmuch_database_{open, create}`
2011 New function `notmuch_directory_delete` to delete directory documents
2013 Previously there was no way to delete directory documents from the
2014 database, leading to confusing results when the "ghost" directory
2015 document of a renamed or deleted filesystem directory was
2016 encountered every time the parent directory was being scanned by
2017 `notmuch new`. The mtime of the old directory document was also used
2018 if a directory by the same name was added again in the filesystem,
2019 potentially bypassing the scan for the directory. The issues are
2020 fixed by providing a library call to delete directory documents, and
2021 deleting the old documents in `notmuch new` on filesystem directory
2024 Database revision tracking
2026 Revision tracking is supported via a new prefix "lastmod:" in the
2027 query parser and the new function
2028 `notmuch_database_get_revision`. For the latter, see `notmuch(3)`.
2030 New status code returning API for n_query_count_{messages,threads}
2032 Deprecated functions
2034 `notmuch_query_search_threads`, `notmuch_query_search_messages`,
2035 `notmuch_query_count_messages`, and `notmuch_query_count_threads`
2036 are all deprecated as of this release. Clients are encouraged to
2037 transition to the `_st` variants supporting better error reporting.
2042 `nmbug-status` now supports specifying the sort order for each view.
2044 Notmuch 0.20.2 (2015-06-27)
2045 ===========================
2050 Bug fix for marking messages read in `notmuch-tree` mode.
2052 Notmuch 0.20.1 (2015-06-01)
2053 ===========================
2058 Work around apparent gdb bug on arm64.
2060 Notmuch 0.20 (2015-05-31)
2061 =========================
2063 Command-Line Interface
2064 ----------------------
2066 There is a new `mimetype:` search prefix
2068 The new `mimetype:` search prefix allows searching for the
2069 content-type of attachments, which is now indexed. See the
2070 `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for details.
2072 Path to gpg is now configurable
2074 On systems with multiple versions of gpg, you can tell
2075 notmuch which one to use by setting `crypto.gpg_path`
2080 Avoid rendering large text attachments.
2082 Improved rendering of CID references in HTML.
2087 Vim client now respects excluded tags.
2092 Support messages without Message-IDs.
2097 Undeprecate single message mboxes
2099 It seems more trouble to remove this feature than expected, so
2100 `notmuch new` will no longer nag about mboxes with a single message.
2102 New error logging facility
2104 Clients should call `notmuch_database_status_string` to retrieve
2105 output formerly printed to stderr.
2107 Several bug fixes related to stale iterators
2109 New status code returning API for n_query_search_{messages,thread}
2111 Fix for library `install_name` on Mac OS X
2113 Fix for rounding of seconds
2118 Sphinx is now mandatory to build docs
2120 Support for using rst2man in place of sphinx to build the
2121 documentation has been removed.
2123 Improved notmuch-search-terms.7
2125 The man page `notmuch-search-terms(7)` has been extended, merging
2126 some material from the relicensed wiki.
2131 `notmuch-deliver` is removed. As far as we know, all functionality
2132 previously provided by `notmuch-deliver` should now be provided by
2133 `notmuch insert`, provided by the main notmuch binary.
2138 `nmbug-status` now only matches local branches when reading
2139 `status-config.json` from the `config` branch of the `NMBGIT`
2140 repository. To help new users running `nmbug-status`, `nmbug clone`
2141 now creates a local `config` branch tracking `origin/config`. Folks
2142 who use `nmbug-status` with an in-Git config (i.e. you don't use the
2143 `--config` option) who already have `NMBGIT` set up are encouraged to
2146 git checkout config origin/config
2148 in their `NMBGIT` repository (usually `~/.nmbug`).
2150 Notmuch 0.19 (2014-11-14)
2151 =========================
2156 This release improves the reliability of `notmuch dump` and the error
2157 handling for `notmuch insert`. The new `notmuch address` command is
2158 intended to make searching for email addresses more convenient. At the
2159 library level the revised handling of missing messages fixes at least
2160 one bug in threading. The release also includes several interface
2161 improvements to the emacs interface, most notably the ability to bind
2162 keyboard shortcuts to saved searches.
2164 Command-Line Interface
2165 ----------------------
2167 Stopped `notmuch dump` failing if someone writes to the database
2169 The dump command now takes the write lock when running. This
2170 prevents other processes from writing to the database during the
2171 dump which would cause the dump to fail. Note, if another notmuch
2172 process already has the write lock the dump will not start, so
2173 script callers should still check the return value.
2175 `notmuch insert` requires successful message indexing for success status
2177 Previously the `notmuch insert` subcommand indicated success even if
2178 the message indexing failed, as long as the message was delivered to
2179 file system. This could have lead to delivered messages missing
2180 tags, etc. `notmuch insert` is now more strict, also requiring
2181 successful indexing for success status. Use the new `--keep` option
2182 to revert to the old behaviour (keeping the delivered message file
2183 and returning success even if indexing fails).
2185 `notmuch insert` has gained support for `post-insert` hook
2187 The new `post-insert` hook is run after message delivery, similar to
2188 `post-new`. There's also a new option `notmuch insert --no-hooks` to
2189 skip the hook. See the notmuch-hooks(1) man page for details.
2191 `notmuch deliver` is deprecated
2193 With this release we believe that `notmuch insert` has reached
2194 parity with `notmuch deliver`. We recommend that all users of
2195 `notmuch deliver` switch to `notmuch insert` as the former is
2196 currently unmaintained.
2198 `notmuch search` now supports `--duplicate=N` option with `--output=messages`
2200 Complementing the `notmuch search --duplicate=N --output=files`
2201 options, the new `--duplicate=N --output=messages` combination
2202 limits output of message IDs to messages matching search terms that
2203 have at least `N` files associated with them.
2205 Added `notmuch address` subcommand
2207 This new subcommand searches for messages matching the given search
2208 terms, and prints the addresses from them. Duplicate addresses are
2209 filtered out. The `--output` option controls which of the following
2210 information is printed: sender addresses, recipient addresses and
2211 count of duplicate addresses.
2216 Use the `j` key to access saved searches from anywhere in notmuch
2218 `j` is now globally bound to `notmuch-jump`, which provides fast,
2219 interactive keyboard shortcuts to saved searches. For example,
2220 with the default saved searches `j i` from anywhere in notmuch will
2223 Improved handling of the unread tag
2225 Notmuch now marks an open message read (i.e., removes the unread
2226 tag) if point enters the message at any time in a show buffer
2227 regardless of how point got there (mouse click, cursor command, page
2228 up/down, notmuch commands such as n,N etc). This fixes various
2229 anomalies or bugs in the previous handling. Additionally it is
2230 possible to customize the mark read handling by setting
2231 `notmuch-show-mark-read-function` to a custom function.
2233 Expanded default saved search settings
2235 The default saved searches now include several more common searches,
2236 as well as shortcut keys for `notmuch-jump`.
2238 Improved `q` binding in notmuch buffers
2240 `q` will now bury rather than kill a notmuch search, show or tree
2241 buffer if there are multiple windows showing the buffer. If only a
2242 single window is showing the buffer, it is killed.
2244 `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link-alist` now supports functions
2246 Some list archives may use a more complicated scheme for referring
2247 to messages than just concatenated URL and message ID. For example,
2248 patchwork requires a query to translate message ID to a patchwork
2249 patch ID. `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link-alist` now supports
2250 functions to better cover such cases. See the help documentation for
2251 the variable for details.
2256 Introduced database version 3 with support for "database features."
2258 Features are independent aspects of the database schema.
2259 Representing these independently of the database version number will
2260 let us evolve the database format faster and more incrementally,
2261 while maintaining better forwards and backwards compatibility.
2263 Library users are no longer required to call `notmuch_database_upgrade`
2265 Previously, library users were required to call
2266 `notmuch_database_needs_upgrade` and `notmuch_database_upgrade`
2267 before using a writable database. Even the CLI didn't get this
2268 right, and it is no longer required. Now, individual APIs may
2269 return `NOTMUCH_STATUS_UPGRADE_REQUIRED` if the database format is
2270 too out of date for that API.
2272 Library users can now abort an atomic section by closing the database
2274 Previously there was no supported way to abort an atomic section.
2275 Callers can now simply close the database, and any outstanding
2276 atomic section will be aborted.
2278 Add return status to `notmuch_database_close` and
2279 `notmuch_database_destroy`
2281 Bug fixes and performance improvements for thread linking
2283 The database now represents missing-but-referenced messages ("ghost
2284 messages") similarly to how it represents regular messages. This
2285 enables an improved thread linking algorithm that performs better
2286 and fixes a bug that sometimes prevented notmuch from linking
2287 messages into the same thread.
2292 The Perl script has been translated to Python; you'll need Python 2.7
2293 or anything from the 3.x line. Most of the user-facing interface is
2294 the same, but `nmbug help` is now `nmbug --help`, and the following nmbug
2295 commands have slightly different interfaces: `archive`, `commit`,
2296 `fetch`, `log`, `pull`, `push`, and `status`. For details on the
2297 new interface for a given command, run `nmbug COMMAND --help`.
2302 `nmbug-status` can now optionally load header and footer templates
2303 from the config file. Use something like:
2307 "header": "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang="en">\n...",
2308 "footer": "</body></html>",
2317 Add support for `notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude`
2322 The notmuch binaries and libraries are now build with debugging symbols
2323 by default. Users concerned with disk space should change the
2324 defaults when configuring or use the strip(1) command.
2326 Notmuch 0.18.2 (2014-10-25)
2327 ===========================
2332 Translate T380-atomicity to use gdb/python
2334 The new version is compatible with gdb 7.8
2336 Emacs 24.4 related bug fixes
2338 The Messages buffer became read-only, and the generated mime
2339 structure for signatures changed slightly.
2341 Simplify T360-symbol-hiding
2343 Replace the use of `objdump` on the object files with `nm` on the
2346 Notmuch 0.18.1 (2014-06-25)
2347 ===========================
2349 This is a bug fix and portability release.
2354 Add a workaround for systems without zlib.pc
2356 Make emacs install robust against the non-existence of emacs
2358 Put notmuch lib directory first in RPATH
2360 Fix handling of `html_static_path` in sphinx
2362 Both the python bindings and the main docs had spurious settings of
2368 Use --quick when starting emacs
2370 This avoids a hang in the T160-json tests.
2372 Allow pending break points in atomicity script
2374 This allows the atomicity tests to run on several more architectures/OSes.
2376 Command-Line Interface
2377 ----------------------
2379 To improve portability use fsync instead of fdatasync in
2380 `notmuch-dump`. There should be no functional difference.
2385 Resurrect support for single-message mbox files
2387 The removal introduced a bug with previously indexed single-message
2388 mboxes. This support remains deprecated.
2390 Fix for phrase indexing
2392 There were several bugs where words intermingled from different
2393 headers and MIME parts could match a single phrase query. This fix
2394 will affect only newly indexed messages.
2399 Make sure tagging on an empty query is harmless
2401 Previously tagging an empty query could lead to tags being
2402 unintentionally removed.
2404 Notmuch 0.18 (2014-05-06)
2405 =========================
2410 This new release includes some enhancements to searching for messages
2411 by filesystem location (`folder:` and `path:` prefixes under *General*
2412 below). Saved searches in *Emacs* have also been enhanced to allow
2413 distinct search orders for each one. Another enhancement to the
2414 *Emacs* interface is that replies to encrypted messages are now
2415 encrypted, reducing the risk of unintentional information disclosure.
2416 The default dump output format has changed to the more robust
2417 `batch-tag` format. The previously deprecated parsing of single
2418 message mboxes has been removed. For detailed release notes, see
2424 The `folder:` search prefix now requires an exact match
2426 The `folder:` prefix has been changed to search for email messages
2427 by the exact, case sensitive maildir or MH folder name. Wildcard
2428 matching (`folder:foo*`) is no longer supported. The new behaviour
2429 allows for more accurate mail folder based searches, makes it
2430 possible to search for messages in the top-level folder, and should
2431 lead to less surprising results than the old behaviour. Users are
2432 advised to see the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for details,
2433 and review how the change affects their existing `folder:` searches.
2435 There is a new `path:` search prefix
2437 The new `path:` search prefix complements the `folder:` prefix. The
2438 `path:` prefix searches for email messages that are in particular
2439 directories within the mail store, optionally recursively using a
2440 special syntax. See the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for
2443 Notmuch database upgrade due to `folder:` and `path:` changes
2445 The above mentioned changes to the `folder:` prefix and the addition
2446 of `path:` prefix require a Notmuch database upgrade. This will be
2447 done automatically, without prompting on the next time `notmuch new`
2448 is run after the upgrade. The upgrade is not reversible, and the
2449 upgraded database will not be readable by older versions of
2450 Notmuch. As a safeguard, a database dump will be created in the
2451 `.notmuch` directory before upgrading.
2456 Notmuch database upgrade
2458 The libnotmuch consumers are reminded to handle database upgrades
2459 properly, either by relying on running `notmuch new`, or checking
2460 `notmuch_database_needs_upgrade()` and calling
2461 `notmuch_database_upgrade()` as necessary. This has always been the
2462 case, but in practise there have been no database upgrades in any
2463 released version of Notmuch before now.
2465 Support for indexing mbox files has been dropped
2467 There has never been proper support for mbox files containing
2468 multiple messages, and the support for single-message mbox files has
2469 been deprecated since Notmuch 0.15. The support has now been
2470 dropped, and all mbox files will be rejected during indexing.
2472 Message header parsing changes
2474 Notmuch previously had an internal parser for message headers. The
2475 parser has now been dropped in favour of letting GMime parse both
2476 the headers and the message MIME structure at the same pass. This is
2477 mostly an internal change, but the GMime parser is stricter in its
2478 interpretation of the headers. This may result in messages with
2479 slightly malformed message headers being now rejected.
2481 Command-Line Interface
2482 ----------------------
2484 `notmuch dump` now defaults to `batch-tag` format
2486 The old format is still available with `--format=sup`.
2488 `notmuch new` has a --quiet option
2490 This option suppresses the progress and summary reports.
2492 `notmuch insert` respects maildir.synchronize_flags config option
2494 Do not synchronize tags to maildir flags in `notmuch insert` if the
2495 user does not want it.
2497 The commands set consistent exit status codes on failures
2499 The cli commands now consistently set exit status of 1 on failures,
2500 except where explicitly otherwise noted. The notable exceptions are
2501 the status codes for format version mismatches for commands that
2502 support formatted output.
2504 Bug fix for checking configured new.tags for invalid tags
2506 `notmuch new` and `notmuch insert` now check the user configured
2507 new.tags for invalid tags, and refuse to apply them, similar to
2508 `notmuch tag`. Invalid tags are currently the empty string and tags
2516 If the file pointed by new variable `notmuch-init-file` (typically
2517 `~/.emacs.d/notmuch-config.el`) exists, it is loaded at the end of
2518 `notmuch.el`. Users can put their personal notmuch emacs lisp based
2519 configuration/customization items there instead of filling
2520 `~/.emacs` with these.
2522 Changed format for saved searches
2524 The format for `notmuch-saved-searches` has changed, but old style
2525 saved searches are still supported. The new style means that a saved
2526 search can store the desired sort order for the search, and it can
2527 store a separate query to use for generating the count notmuch
2530 The variable is fully customizable and any configuration done
2531 through customize should *just work*, with the additional options
2532 mentioned above. For manual customization see the documentation for
2533 `notmuch-saved-searches`.
2535 IMPORTANT: a new style notmuch-saved-searches variable will break
2536 previous versions of notmuch-emacs (even search will not work); to
2537 fix remove the customization for notmuch-saved-searches.
2539 If you have a custom saved search sort function (not unsorted or
2540 alphabetical) then the sort function will need to be
2541 modified. Replacing (car saved-search) by (notmuch-saved-search-get
2542 saved-search :name) and (cdr saved-search) by
2543 (notmuch-saved-search-get saved-search :query) should be sufficient.
2545 The keys of `notmuch-tag-formats` are now regexps
2547 Previously, the keys were literal strings. Customized settings of
2548 `notmuch-tag-formats` will continue to work as before unless tags
2549 contain regexp special characters like `.` or `*`.
2551 Changed tags are now shown in the buffer
2553 Previously tag changes made in a buffer were shown immediately. In
2554 some cases (particularly automatic tag changes like marking read)
2555 this made it hard to see what had happened (e.g., whether the
2556 message had been unread).
2558 The changes are now shown explicitly in the buffer: by default
2559 deleted tags are displayed with red strike-through and added tags
2560 are displayed underlined in green (inverse video is used for deleted
2561 tags if the terminal does not support strike-through).
2563 The variables `notmuch-tag-deleted-formats` and
2564 `notmuch-tag-added-formats`, which have the same syntax as
2565 `notmuch-tag-formats`, allow this to be customized.
2567 Setting `notmuch-tag-deleted-formats` to `'((".*" nil))` and
2568 `notmuch-tag-added-formats` to `'((".*" tag))` will give the old
2569 behavior of hiding deleted tags and showing added tags identically
2570 to tags already present.
2574 The new, build-time generated variable `notmuch-emacs-version` is used
2575 to distinguish between notmuch cli and notmuch emacs versions.
2576 The function `notmuch-hello-versions` (bound to 'v' in notmuch-hello
2577 window) prints both notmuch cli and notmuch emacs versions in case
2578 these differ from each other.
2579 This is especially useful when using notmuch remotely.
2581 Ido-completing-read initialization in Emacs 23
2583 `ido-completing-read` in Emacs 23 versions 1 through 3 freezes unless
2584 it is initialized. Defadvice-based *Ido* initialization is defined
2585 for these Emacs versions.
2587 Bug fix for saved searches with newlines in them
2589 Split lines confuse `notmuch count --batch`, so we remove embedded
2590 newlines before calling notmuch count.
2592 Bug fixes for sender identities
2594 Previously, Emacs would rewrite some sender identities in unexpected
2595 and undesirable ways. Now it will use identities exactly as
2596 configured in `notmuch-identities`.
2598 Replies to encrypted messages will be encrypted by default
2600 In the interest of maintaining confidentiality of communications,
2601 the Notmuch Emacs interface now automatically adds the mml tag to
2602 encrypt replies to encrypted messages. This should make it less
2603 likely to accidentally reply to encrypted messages in plain text.
2605 Reply pushes mark before signature
2607 We push mark and set point on reply so that the user can easily cut
2608 the quoted text. The mark is now pushed before the signature, if
2609 any, instead of end of buffer so the signature is preserved.
2611 Message piping uses the originating buffer's working directory
2613 `notmuch-show-pipe-message` now uses the originating buffer's
2614 current default directory instead of that of the `*notmuch-pipe*`
2620 nmbug adds a `clone` command for setting up the initial repository and
2621 uses `@{upstream}` instead of `FETCH_HEAD` to track upstream changes.
2623 The `@{upstream}` change reduces ambiguity when fetching multiple
2624 branches, but requires existing users update their `NMBGIT`
2625 repository (usually `~/.nmbug`) to distinguish between local and
2626 remote-tracking branches. The easiest way to do this is:
2628 1. If you have any purely local commits (i.e. they aren't in the
2629 nmbug repository on nmbug.tethera.net), push them to a remote
2630 repository. We'll restore them from the backup in step 4.
2631 2. Remove your `NMBGIT` repository (e.g. `mv .nmbug .nmbug.bak`).
2632 3. Use the new `clone` command to create a fresh clone:
2634 nmbug clone https://nmbug.notmuchmail.org/git/nmbug-tags.git
2636 4. If you had local commits in step 1, add a remote for that
2637 repository and fetch them into the new repository.
2639 Notmuch 0.17 (2013-12-30)
2640 =========================
2642 Incompatible change in SHA1 computation
2643 ---------------------------------------
2645 Previously on big endian architectures like sparc and powerpc the
2646 computation of SHA1 hashes was incorrect. This meant that messages
2647 with overlong or missing message-ids were given different computed
2648 message-ids than on more common little endian architectures like i386
2649 and amd64. If you use notmuch on a big endian architecture, you are
2650 strongly advised to make a backup of your tags using `notmuch dump`
2651 before this upgrade. You can locate the affected files using something
2655 awk '/^notmuch-sha1-[0-9a-f]{40} / \
2656 {system("notmuch search --exclude=false --output=files id:" $1)}'
2658 Command-Line Interface
2659 ----------------------
2661 New options to better support handling duplicate messages
2663 If more than one message file is associated with a message-id,
2664 `notmuch search --output=files` will print all of them. A new
2665 `--duplicate=N` option can be used to specify which duplicate to
2666 print for each message.
2668 `notmuch count` now supports `--output=files` option to output the
2669 number of files associated with matching messages. This may be
2670 bigger than the number of matching messages due to duplicates
2671 (i.e. multiple files having the same message-id).
2673 Improved `notmuch new` performance for unchanged folders
2675 `notmuch new` now skips over unchanged folders more efficiently,
2676 which can substantially improve the performance of checking for new
2677 mail in some situations (like NFS-mounted Maildirs).
2679 `notmuch reply --format=text` RFC 2047-encodes headers
2681 Previously, this used a mix of standard MIME encoding for the reply
2682 body and UTF-8 for the headers. Now, the text format reply template
2683 RFC 2047-encodes the headers, making the output a valid RFC 2822
2684 message. The JSON/sexp format is unchanged.
2686 `notmuch compact` command
2688 The new `compact` command exposes Xapian's compaction
2689 functionality through a more convenient interface than
2690 `xapian-compact`. `notmuch compact` will compact the database to a
2691 temporary location, optionally backup the original database, and
2692 move the compacted database into place.
2697 `notmuch-tree` (formerly `notmuch-pick`) has been added to mainline
2699 `notmuch-tree` is a threaded message view for the emacs
2700 interface. Each message is one line in the results and the thread
2701 structure is shown using UTF-8 box drawing characters (similar to
2702 Mutt's threaded view). It comes between search and show in terms of
2703 amount of output and can be useful for viewing both single threads
2704 and multiple threads.
2706 Using `notmuch-tree`
2708 The main key entries to notmuch tree are
2710 'z' enter a query to view using notmuch tree (works in hello,
2711 search, show and tree mode itself)
2713 'Z' view the current query in tree notmuch tree (works from search
2716 Once in tree mode, keybindings are mostly in line with the rest of
2717 notmuch and are all viewable with '?' as usual.
2719 Customising `notmuch-tree`
2721 `notmuch-tree` has several customisation variables. The most
2722 significant is the first notmuch-tree-show-out which determines the
2723 behaviour when selecting a message (with RET) in tree view. By
2724 default tree view uses a split window showing the single message in
2725 the bottom pane. However, if this option is set then it views the
2726 whole thread in the complete window jumping to the selected message
2727 in the thread. In either case command-prefix selects the other option.
2729 Tagging threads in search is now race-free
2731 Previously, adding or removing a tag from a thread in a search
2732 buffer would affect messages that had arrived after the search was
2733 performed, resulting in, for example, archiving messages that were
2734 never seen. Tagging now affects only the messages that were in the
2735 thread when the search was performed.
2737 `notmuch-hello` refreshes when switching to the buffer
2739 The hello buffer now refreshes whenever you switch to the buffer,
2740 regardless of how you get there. You can disable automatic
2741 refreshing by customizing `notmuch-hello-auto-refresh`.
2743 Specific mini-buffer prompts for tagging operations
2745 When entering tags to add or remove, the mini-buffer prompt now
2746 indicates what operation will be performed (e.g., "Tag thread", "Tag
2749 Built-in help improvements
2751 Documentation for many commands has been improved, as displayed by
2752 `notmuch-help` (usually bound to "?"). The bindings listed by
2753 `notmuch-help` also now include descriptions of prefixed commands.
2755 Quote replies as they are displayed in show view
2757 We now render the parts for reply quoting the same way they are
2758 rendered for show. At this time, the notable change is that replies
2759 to text/calendar are now pretty instead of raw vcalendar.
2761 Fixed inconsistent use of configured search order
2763 All ways of interactively invoking search now honor the value of
2764 `notmuch-search-oldest-first`.
2766 Common keymap for notmuch-wide bindings
2768 Several key bindings have been moved from mode-specific keymaps to
2769 the single `notmuch-common-keymap`, which is inherited by each
2770 notmuch mode. If you've customized your key bindings, you may want
2771 to move some of them to the common keymap.
2773 The `notmuch-tag` function now requires a list of tag changes
2775 For users who have scripted the Emacs interface: the `notmuch-tag`
2776 API has changed. Previously, it accepted either a list of tag
2777 changes or a space-separated string of tag changes. The latter is
2778 no longer supported and the function now returns nothing.
2780 Fixed `notmuch-reply` putting reply in primary selection
2782 On emacs 24 notmuch-reply used to put the cited text into the
2783 primary selection (which could lead to inadvertently pasting this
2784 cited text elsewhere). Now the primary-selection is not changed.
2786 Fixed `notmuch-show` invisible part handling
2788 In some obscure cases part buttons and invisibility had strange
2789 interactions: in particular, the default action for some parts gave
2790 the wrong action. This has been fixed.
2792 Fixed `notmuch-show` attachment viewers and stderr
2794 In emacs 24.3+ viewing an attachment could cause spurious text to
2795 appear in the show buffer (any stderr or stdout the viewer
2796 produced). By default this output is now discarded. For debugging,
2797 setting `notmuch-show-attachment-debug` causes notmuch to keep the
2798 viewer's stderr and stdout in a separate buffer.
2800 Fixed `notmuch-mua-reply` point placement when signature involved
2802 By restricting cursor movement to body section for cursor placement
2803 after signature is inserted, the cursor cannot "leak" to header
2804 section anymore. Now inserted citation content will definitely go to
2805 the body part of the message.
2810 It is now possible to compose new messages in the Vim interface, as
2811 opposed reply to existing messages. There is also support for
2812 going straight to a search (bypassing the folders view).
2814 Notmuch 0.16 (2013-08-03)
2815 =========================
2817 Command-Line Interface
2818 ----------------------
2820 Support for delivering messages to Maildir
2822 There is a new command `insert` that adds a message to a Maildir
2823 folder and notmuch index.
2825 `notmuch count --batch` option
2827 `notmuch count` now supports batch operations similar to `notmuch
2828 tag`. This is mostly an optimization for remote notmuch usage.
2830 `notmuch tag` option to remove all tags from matching messages
2832 `notmuch tag --remove-all` option has been added to remove all tags
2833 from matching messages. This can be combined with adding new tags,
2834 resulting in setting (rather than modifying) the tags of the
2837 Decrypting commands explicitly expect a gpg-agent
2839 Decryption in `notmuch show` and `notmuch reply` has only ever
2840 worked with a functioning gpg-agent. This is now made explicit in
2841 code and documentation. The functional change is that it's now
2842 possible to have gpg-agent running, but gpg "use-agent"
2843 configuration option disabled, not forcing the user to use the agent
2846 Configuration file saves follow symbolic links
2848 The notmuch commands that save the configuration file now follow
2849 symbolic links instead of overwrite them.
2851 Top level option to specify configuration file
2853 It's now possible to specify the configuration file to use on the
2854 command line using the `notmuch --config=FILE` option.
2856 Bash command-line completion
2858 The notmuch command-line completion support for the bash shell has
2859 been rewritten. Supported completions include all the notmuch
2860 commands, command-line arguments, values for keyword arguments,
2861 search prefixes (such as "subject:" or "from:") in all commands that
2862 use search terms, tags after + and - in `notmuch tag`, tags after
2863 "tag:" prefix, user's email addresses after "from:" and "to:"
2864 prefixes, and config options (and some config option values) in
2865 `notmuch config`. The new completion support depends on the
2866 bash-completion package.
2868 Deprecated commands "part" and "search-tags" are removed.
2873 New keymap to view/save parts; removed s/v/o/| part button bindings
2875 The commands to view, save, and open MIME parts are now prefixed
2876 with "." (". s" to save, ". v" to view, etc) and can be invoked with
2877 point anywhere in a part, unlike the old commands, which were
2878 restricted to part buttons. The old "s"/"v"/"o"/"|" commands on
2879 part buttons have been removed since they clashed with other
2880 bindings (notably "s" for search!) and could not be invoked when
2881 there was no part button. The new, prefixed bindings appear in
2882 show's help, so you no longer have to memorize them.
2884 Default part save directory is now `mm-default-directory`
2886 Previously, notmuch offered to save parts and attachments to a mix
2887 of `mm-default-directory`, `mailcap-download-directory`, and `~/`.
2888 This has been standardized on `mm-default-directory`.
2890 Key bindings for next/previous thread
2892 Show view has new key bindings M-n and M-p to move to the next and
2893 previous thread in the search results.
2895 Better handling of errors in search buffers
2897 Instead of interleaving errors in search result buffers, search mode
2898 now reports errors in the minibuffer.
2900 Faster search and show
2902 Communication between Emacs and the notmuch CLI is now more
2903 efficient because it uses the CLI's S-expression support. As a
2904 result, search mode should now fill search buffers faster and
2905 threads should show faster.
2909 The Emacs 22 support added late 2010 was sufficient only for a short
2910 period of time. After being incomplete for roughly 2 years the code
2911 in question was now removed from this release.
2916 The vim based front-end has been replaced with a new one that uses the Ruby
2917 bindings. The old font-end is available in the contrib subfolder.
2922 Fix loading of libnotmuch shared library on OS X (Darwin) systems.
2924 Notmuch 0.15.2 (2013-02-17)
2925 ===========================
2930 Update dependencies to avoid problems when building in parallel.
2932 Internal test framework changes
2933 -------------------------------
2935 Adjust Emacs test watchdog mechanism to cope with `process-attributes`
2936 being unimplemented.
2938 Notmuch 0.15.1 (2013-01-24)
2939 ===========================
2941 Internal test framework changes
2942 -------------------------------
2944 Set a default value for TERM when running tests. This fixes certain
2945 build failures in non-interactive environments.
2947 Notmuch 0.15 (2013-01-18)
2948 =========================
2953 Date range search support
2955 The `date:` prefix can now be used in queries to restrict the results
2956 to only messages within a particular time range (based on the Date:
2957 header) with a range syntax of `date:<since>..<until>`. Notmuch
2958 supports a wide variety of expressions in `<since>` and
2959 `<until>`. Please refer to the `notmuch-search-terms(7)` manual page
2962 Empty tag names and tags beginning with "-" are deprecated
2964 Such tags have been a frequent source of confusion and cause
2965 (sometimes unresolvable) conflicts with other syntax. notmuch tag
2966 no longer allows such tags to be added to messages. Removing such
2967 tags continues to be supported to allow cleanup of existing tags,
2968 but may be removed in a future release.
2970 Command-Line Interface
2971 ----------------------
2973 `notmuch new` no longer chokes on mboxes
2975 `notmuch new` now rejects mbox files containing more than one
2976 message, rather than treating the file as one giant message.
2978 Support for single message mboxes is deprecated
2980 For historical reasons, `notmuch new` will index mbox files
2981 containing a single message; however, this behavior is now
2982 officially deprecated.
2984 Fixed `notmuch new` to skip ignored broken symlinks
2986 `notmuch new` now correctly skips symlinks if they are in the
2987 ignored files list. Previously, it would abort when encountering
2988 broken symlink, even if it was ignored.
2990 New dump/restore format and tagging interface
2992 There is a new `batch-tag` format for dump and restore that is more
2993 robust, particularly with respect to tags and message-ids containing
2996 `notmuch tag` now supports the ability to read tag operations and
2997 queries from an input stream, in a format compatible with the new
2998 dump/restore format.
3000 Bcc and Reply-To headers are now available in notmuch show json output
3002 The `notmuch show --format=json` now includes "Bcc" and "Reply-To" headers.
3003 For example notmuch Emacs client can now have these headers visible
3004 when the headers are added to the `notmuch-message-headers` variable.
3006 CLI callers can now request a specific output format version
3008 `notmuch` subcommands that support structured output now support a
3009 `--format-version` argument for requesting a specific version of the
3010 structured output, enabling better compatibility and error handling.
3012 `notmuch search` has gained a null character separated text output format
3014 The new --format=text0 output format for `notmuch search` prints
3015 output separated by null characters rather than newline
3016 characters. This is similar to the find(1) -print0 option, and works
3017 together with the xargs(1) -0 option.
3022 Removal of the deprecated `notmuch-folders` variable
3024 `notmuch-folders` has been deprecated since the introduction of saved
3025 searches and the notmuch hello view in notmuch 0.3. `notmuch-folders`
3026 has now been removed. Any remaining users should migrate to
3027 `notmuch-saved-searches`.
3029 Visibility of MIME parts can be toggled
3031 Each part of a multi-part MIME email can now be shown or hidden
3032 using the button at the top of each part (by pressing RET on it or
3033 by clicking). For emails with multiple alternative formats (e.g.,
3034 plain text and HTML), only the preferred format is shown initially,
3035 but other formats can be shown using their part buttons. To control
3036 the behavior of this, see
3037 `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` and
3038 `notmuch-show-all-multipart/alternative-parts`.
3040 Note notmuch-show-print-message (bound to '#' by default) will print
3041 all parts of multipart/alternative message regardless of whether
3042 they are currently hidden or shown in the buffer.
3044 Emacs now buttonizes mid: links
3046 mid: links are a standardized way to link to messages by message ID
3047 (see RFC 2392). Emacs now hyperlinks mid: links to the appropriate
3050 Handle errors from bodypart insertions
3052 If displaying the text of a message in show mode causes an error (in
3053 the `notmuch-show-insert-part-*` functions), notmuch no longer cuts
3054 off thread display at the offending message. The error is now
3055 simply displayed in place of the message.
3057 Emacs now detects version mismatches with the notmuch CLI
3059 Emacs now detects and reports when the Emacs interface version and
3060 the notmuch CLI version are incompatible.
3062 Improved text/calendar content handling
3064 Carriage returns in embedded text/calendar content caused insertion
3065 of the calendar content fail. Now CRs are removed before calling icalendar
3066 to extract icalendar data. In case icalendar extraction fails an error
3067 is thrown for the bodypart insertion function to deal with.
3069 Disabled coding conversions when reading in `with-current-notmuch-show-message`
3071 Depending on the user's locale, saving attachments containing 8-bit
3072 data may have performed an unintentional encoding conversion,
3073 corrupting the saved attachment. This has been fixed by making
3074 `with-current-notmuch-show-message` disable coding conversion.
3076 Fixed errors with HTML email containing images in Emacs 24
3078 Emacs 24 ships with a new HTML renderer that produces better output,
3079 but is slightly buggy. We work around a bug that caused it to fail
3080 for HTML email containing images.
3082 Fixed handling of tags with unusual characters in them
3084 Emacs now handles tags containing spaces, quotes, and parenthesis.
3086 Fixed buttonization of id: links without quote characters
3088 Emacs now correctly buttonizes id: links where the message ID is not
3091 `notmuch-hello` refresh point placement improvements
3093 Refreshing the `notmuch-hello` buffer does a better job of keeping
3094 the point where it was.
3096 Automatic tag changes are now unified and customizable
3098 All the automatic tag changes that the Emacs interface makes when
3099 reading, archiving, or replying to messages, can now be
3100 customized. Any number of tag additions and removals is supported
3101 through the `notmuch-show-mark-read`, `notmuch-archive-tags`, and
3102 `notmuch-message-replied-tags` customization variables.
3104 Support for stashing the thread id in show view
3106 Invoking `notmuch-show-stash-message-id` with a prefix argument
3107 stashes the (local and database specific) thread id of the current
3108 thread instead of the message id.
3110 New add-on tool: notmuch-pick
3111 -----------------------------
3113 The new contrib/ tool `notmuch-pick` is an experimental threaded message
3114 view for the emacs interface. Each message is one line in the results
3115 and the thread structure is shown using UTF-8 box drawing characters
3116 (similar to Mutt's threaded view). It comes between search and show in
3117 terms of amount of output and can be useful for viewing both single
3118 threads and multiple threads. See the notmuch-pick README file for
3119 further details and installation.
3124 notmuch now builds on OpenBSD.
3126 Internal test framework changes
3127 -------------------------------
3129 The emacsclient binary is now user-configurable
3131 The test framework now accepts `TEST_EMACSCLIENT` in addition to
3132 `TEST_EMACS` for configuring the emacsclient to use. This is
3133 necessary to avoid using an old emacsclient with a new emacs, which
3134 can result in buggy behavior.
3136 Notmuch 0.14 (2012-08-20)
3137 =========================
3142 Maildir tag synchronization
3144 Maildir flag-to-tag synchronization now applies only to messages in
3145 maildir-like directory structures. Previously, it applied to any
3146 message that had a maildir "info" part, which meant it could
3147 incorrectly synchronize tags for non-maildir messages, while at the
3148 same time failing to synchronize tags for newly received maildir
3149 messages (typically causing new messages to not receive the "unread"
3152 Command-Line Interface
3153 ----------------------
3155 The deprecated positional output file argument to `notmuch dump` has
3156 been replaced with an `--output` option. The input file positional
3157 argument to `notmuch restore` has been replaced with an `--input`
3158 option for consistency with dump. These changes simplify the syntax
3159 of dump/restore options and make them more consistent with other
3165 Search results now get re-colored when tags are updated
3167 The formatting of tags in search results can now be customized
3169 Previously, attempting to change the format of tags in
3170 `notmuch-search-result-format` would usually break tagging from
3171 search-mode. We no longer make assumptions about the format.
3173 Experimental support for multi-line search result formats
3175 It is now possible to embed newlines in
3176 `notmuch-search-result-format` to make individual search results
3177 span multiple lines.
3179 Next/previous in search and show now move by boundaries
3181 All "next" and "previous" commands in the search and show modes now
3182 move to the next/previous result or message boundary. This doesn't
3183 change the behavior of "next", but "previous" commands will first
3184 move to the beginning of the current result or message if point is
3185 inside the result or message.
3187 Search now uses the JSON format internally
3189 This should address problems with unusual characters in authors and
3190 subject lines that could confuse the old text-based search parser.
3192 The date shown in search results is no longer padded before applying
3193 user-specified formatting
3195 Previously, the date in the search results was padded to fixed width
3196 before being formatted with `notmuch-search-result-format`. It is
3197 no longer padded. The default format has been updated, but if
3198 you've customized this variable, you may have to change your date
3199 format from `"%s "` to `"%12s "`.
3201 The thread-id for the `target-thread` argument for `notmuch-search` should
3202 now be supplied without the "thread:" prefix.
3204 Notmuch 0.13.2 (2012-06-02)
3205 ===========================
3210 Update `contrib/notmuch-deliver` for API changes in 0.13. This fixes a
3211 compilation error for this contrib package.
3213 Notmuch 0.13.1 (2012-05-29)
3214 ===========================
3219 Fix inserting of UTF-8 characters from *text/plain* parts in reply
3221 While notmuch gained ability to insert content from other than *text/plain*
3222 parts of email whenever *text/plain* parts are not available (notably
3223 HTML-only emails), replying to mails that do have *text/plain* the
3224 non-ASCII characters were incorrectly decoded. This is now fixed.
3226 `notmuch_database_get_directory` and
3227 `notmuch_database_find_message_by_filename` now work on read-only
3230 Previously, these functions attempted to create directory documents
3231 that didn't exist and would return an error or abort when given a
3232 read-only database. Now they no longer create directory documents
3233 and simply return a `NULL` object if the directory does not exist,
3236 Fix compilation of ruby bindings
3238 Revert to dynamic linking, since the statically linked bindings did
3241 Notmuch 0.13 (2012-05-15)
3242 =========================
3244 Command-Line Interface
3245 ----------------------
3249 `notmuch reply` can now produce JSON output that contains the headers
3250 for a reply message and full information about the original message
3251 begin replied to. This allows MUAs to create replies intelligently.
3252 For example, an MUA that can parse HTML might quote HTML parts.
3254 Calling notmuch reply with `--format=json` imposes the restriction that
3255 only a single message is returned by the search, as replying to
3256 multiple messages does not have a well-defined behavior. The default
3257 retains its current behavior for multiple message replies.
3261 Tags can be automatically excluded from search results by adding them
3262 to the new `search.exclude_tags` option in the Notmuch config file.
3264 This behaviour can be overridden by explicitly including an excluded
3265 tag in your query, for example:
3267 notmuch search $your_query and tag:$excluded_tag
3269 Existing users will probably want to run `notmuch setup` again to add
3270 the new well-commented [search] section to the configuration file.
3272 For new configurations, accepting the default setting will cause the
3273 tags "deleted" and "spam" to be excluded, equivalent to running:
3275 notmuch config set search.exclude_tags deleted spam
3277 Raw show format changes
3279 The output of show `--format=raw` has changed for multipart and
3280 message parts. Previously, the output was a mash of somewhat-parsed
3281 headers and transfer-decoded bodies. Now, such parts are reproduced
3282 faithfully from the original source. Message parts (which includes
3283 part 0) output the full message, including the message headers (but
3284 not the transfer headers). Multipart parts output the part as
3285 encoded in the original message, including the part's headers. Leaf
3286 parts, as before, output the part's transfer-decoded body.
3288 Listing configuration items
3290 The new `config list` command prints out all configuration items and
3296 Changes to tagging interface
3298 The user-facing tagging functions in the Emacs interface have been
3299 normalized across all notmuch modes. The tagging functions are now
3300 notmuch-search-tag in search-mode, and notmuch-show-tag in
3301 show-mode. They accept a string representing a single tag change,
3302 or a list of tag changes. See 'M-x describe-function notmuch-tag'
3303 for more information.
3305 NOTE: This breaks compatibility with old tagging functions, so user
3306 may need to update in custom configurations.
3308 Reply improvement using the JSON format
3310 Emacs now uses the JSON reply format to create replies. It obeys
3311 the customization variables message-citation-line-format and
3312 message-citation-line-function when creating the first line of the
3313 reply body, and it will quote HTML parts if no text/plain parts are
3316 New add-on tool: notmuch-mutt
3317 -----------------------------
3319 The new contrib/ tool `notmuch-mutt` provides Notmuch integration for
3320 the Mutt mail user agent. Using it, Mutt users can perform mail
3321 search, thread reconstruction, and mail tagging/untagging without
3322 leaving Mutt. notmuch-mutt, formerly distributed under the name
3323 `mutt-notmuch` by Stefano Zacchiroli, will be maintained as a notmuch
3324 contrib/ from now on.
3329 The API changes detailed below break binary and source compatibility,
3330 so libnotmuch has been bumped to version 3.0.0.
3332 The function `notmuch_database_close` has been split into
3333 `notmuch_database_close` and `notmuch_database_destroy`
3335 This makes it possible for long running programs to close the xapian
3336 database and thus release the lock associated with it without
3337 destroying the data structures obtained from it.
3339 `notmuch_database_open`, `notmuch_database_create`, and
3340 `notmuch_database_get_directory` now return errors
3342 The type signatures of these functions have changed so that the
3343 functions now return a `notmuch_status_t` and take an out-argument for
3344 returning the new database object or directory object.
3351 The go bindings and the `notmuch-addrlookup` utility are now
3352 compatible with go 1.
3354 Notmuch 0.12 (2012-03-20)
3355 =========================
3357 Command-Line Interface
3358 ----------------------
3362 `notmuch reply` has gained the ability to create a reply template
3363 for replying just to the sender of the message, in addition to reply
3364 to all. The feature is available through the new command line option
3365 `--reply-to=(all|sender)`.
3367 Mail store folder/file ignore
3369 A new configuration option, `new.ignore`, lets users specify a
3370 ;-separated list of file and directory names that will not be
3371 searched for messages by `notmuch new`.
3373 NOTE: *Every* file/directory that goes by one of those names will
3374 be ignored, independent of its depth/location in the mail store.
3376 Unified help and manual pages
3378 The notmuch help command now runs man for the appropriate page. If
3379 you install notmuch somewhere "unusual", you may need to update
3382 Manual page for notmuch configuration options
3384 The notmuch CLI configuration file options are now documented in the
3385 notmuch-config(1) manual page in addition to the configuration file
3393 The Emacs interface has, with the new CLI support, gained the
3394 ability to reply to sender in addition to reply to all. In both show
3395 and search modes, 'r' has been bound to reply to sender, replacing
3396 reply to all, which now has key binding 'R'.
3398 More flexible and consistent tagging operations
3400 All tagging operations ('+', '-', '*') now accept multiple tags with
3401 '+' or '-' prefix, like '*' operation in notmuch-search view before.
3403 '*' operation (`notmuch-show-tag-all`) is now available in
3406 `notmuch-show-{add,remove}-tag` functions no longer accept tag
3407 argument, `notmuch-show-tag-message` should be used instead. Custom
3408 bindings using these functions should be updated, e.g.:
3410 (notmuch-show-remove-tag "unread")
3412 should be changed to:
3414 (notmuch-show-tag-message "-unread")
3416 Refreshing the show view ('=' by default) no longer opens or closes messages
3418 To get the old behavior of putting messages back in their initial
3419 opened/closed state, use a prefix argument, e.g., 'C-u ='.
3421 Attachment buttons can be used to view or save attachments.
3423 When the cursor is on an attachment button the key 's' can be used
3424 to save the attachment, the key 'v' to view the attachment in the
3425 default mailcap application, and the key 'o' prompts the user for an
3426 application to use to open the attachment. By default Enter or mouse
3427 button 1 saves the attachment but this is customisable (option
3428 Notmuch Show Part Button Default Action).
3432 `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link{,-and-go}` allow stashing and
3433 optionally visiting a URI to the current message at one of a number
3434 of Mailing List Archives.
3436 Fix MML tag quoting in replies
3438 The MML tag quoting fix of 0.11.1 unintentionally quoted tags
3439 inserted in `message-setup-hook`. Quoting is now limited to the
3442 Show view archiving key binding changes
3444 The show view archiving key bindings 'a' and 'x' now remove the
3445 "inbox" tag from the current message only (instead of thread), and
3446 move to the next message. At the last message, 'a' proceeds to the
3447 next thread in search results, and 'x' returns to search
3448 results. The thread archiving functions are now available in 'A' and
3451 Support text/calendar MIME type
3453 The text/calendar MIME type is now supported in addition to
3456 Generate inline patch fake attachment file names from message subject
3458 Use the message subject to generate file names for the inline patch
3459 fake attachments. The names are now similar to the ones generated by
3460 'git format-patch' instead of just "inline patch". See "Notmuch Show
3461 Insert Text/Plain Hook" in the notmuch customize interface.
3463 Enable `notmuch-search-line-faces` by default
3465 Make the `notmuch-search-line-faces` functionality more discoverable
3466 for new users by showing "unread" messages bold and "flagged"
3467 messages blue by default in the search view.
3471 notmuch-show mode now has simple printing support, bound to '#' by
3472 default. You can customize the variable notmuch-print-mechanism.
3479 `notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude` supports the new tag exclusion
3482 Python bindings changes
3483 -----------------------
3485 Python 3.2 compatibility
3487 The python bindings are now compatible with both python 2.5+ and 3.2.
3489 Added missing unicode conversions
3491 Python strings have to be encoded to and decoded from utf-8 when
3492 calling libnotmuch functions. Porting the bindings to python 3.2
3493 revealed a few function calls that were missing these conversions.
3498 Compatibility with GMime 2.6
3500 It is now possible to build notmuch against both GMime 2.4 and 2.6.
3501 However, a bug in GMime 2.6 before 2.6.5 causes notmuch not to
3502 report signatures where the signer key is unavailable (GNOME bug
3503 668085). For compatibility with GMime 2.4's tolerance of "From "
3504 headers we require GMime 2.6 >= 2.6.7.
3506 Notmuch 0.11.1 (2012-02-03)
3507 ===========================
3512 Fix error handling in python bindings
3514 The python bindings in 0.11 failed to detect NULL pointers being
3515 returned from libnotmuch functions and thus failed to raise
3516 exceptions to indicate the error condition. Any subsequent calls
3517 into libnotmuch caused segmentation faults.
3519 Quote MML tags in replies
3521 MML tags are text codes that Emacs uses to indicate attachments
3522 (among other things) in messages being composed. The Emacs
3523 interface did not quote MML tags in the quoted text of a reply.
3524 User could be tricked into replying to a maliciously formatted
3525 message and not editing out the MML tags from the quoted text. This
3526 could lead to files from the user's machine being attached to the
3527 outgoing message. The Emacs interface now quotes these tags in
3528 reply text, so that they do not effect outgoing messages.
3530 Notmuch 0.11 (2012-01-13)
3531 =========================
3533 Command-Line Interface
3534 ----------------------
3538 Hooks have been introduced to notmuch. Hooks are scripts that notmuch
3539 invokes before and after certain actions. Initially, `notmuch new`
3540 supports `pre-new` and `post-new` hooks that are run before and after
3541 importing new messages into the database.
3543 `notmuch reply --decrypt bugfix`
3545 The `notmuch reply` command with `--decrypt` argument had a rarely
3546 occurring bug that caused an encrypted message not to be decrypted
3547 sometimes. This is now fixed.
3552 Automatic tag query optimization
3554 `notmuch tag` now automatically optimizes the user's query to
3555 exclude messages whose tags won't change. In the past, we've
3556 suggested that people do this by hand; this is no longer necessary.
3558 Don't sort messages when creating a dump file
3560 This speeds up tag dumps considerably, without any loss of
3561 information. To replicate the old behavior of sorted output (for
3562 example to compare two dump files), one can use e.g. `sort(1)`.
3567 Reduction of memory leaks
3569 Two memory leaks when searching and showing messages were identified
3570 and fixed in this release.
3577 notmuch-show-advance (bound to the spacebar in notmuch-show-mode) had
3578 a bug that caused it to always jump to the next message, even if it
3579 should have scrolled down to show more of the current message instead.
3582 Support `notmuch new` as a notmuch-poll-script
3584 It's now possible to use `notmuch new` as a notmuch-poll-script
3585 directly. This is also the new default. This allows taking better
3586 advantage of the `notmuch new` hooks from emacs without intermediate
3589 Improvements in saved search management
3591 New saved searches are now appended to the list of saved searches,
3592 not inserted in front. It's also possible to define a sort function
3593 for displaying saved searches; alphabetical sort is provided.
3595 Hooks for notmuch-hello
3597 Two new hooks have been added: "notmuch-hello-mode-hook" (called after
3598 entering notmuch-hello-mode) and "notmuch-hello-refresh-hook" (called
3599 after updating a notmuch-hello buffer).
3601 New face for crypto parts headers
3603 Crypto parts used to be displayed with a hardcoded color. A new face
3604 has been introduced to fix this: notmuch-crypto-part-header. It
3605 defaults to the same value as before, but can be customized to match
3608 Use space as default thousands separator
3610 Large numbers in notmuch-hello are now displayed using a space as
3611 thousands separator (e.g. "123 456" instead of "123,456"). This can be
3612 changed by customizing "notmuch-hello-thousands-separator".
3614 Call notmuch-show instead of notmuch-search when clicking on
3615 buttonized id: links
3617 New function notmuch-show-advance
3619 This new function advances through just the current thread, and is
3620 less invasive than notmuch-show-advance-and-archive. It can easily
3621 be bound to SPC with:
3623 (define-key notmuch-show-mode-map " " 'notmuch-show-advance)
3625 Various performance improvements
3630 The tool `contrib/notmuch-deliver` helps with initial delivery and
3631 tagging of mail (replacing running `notmuch new`).
3634 Notmuch 0.10.2 (2011-12-04)
3635 ===========================
3640 Fix crash in python bindings
3642 The python bindings did not call `g_type_init`, which caused crashes
3643 for some, but not all users.
3645 Notmuch 0.10.1 (2011-11-25)
3646 ===========================
3651 Fix `--help` argument
3653 Argument processing changes in 0.10 introduced a bug where
3654 `notmuch --help` crashed while `notmuch help` worked fine.
3655 This is fixed in 0.10.1.
3657 Notmuch 0.10 (2011-11-23)
3658 =========================
3660 New build and testing features
3661 ------------------------------
3663 Emacs tests are now done in `dtach`. This means that dtach is now
3664 needed to run the notmuch test suite, at least until the checking for
3665 prerequisites is improved.
3667 Full test coverage of the stashing feature in Emacs.
3669 New command-line features
3670 -------------------------
3672 Add `notmuch restore --accumulate` option
3674 The `--accumulate` switch causes the union of the existing and new tags to
3675 be applied, instead of replacing each message's tags as they are read in
3678 Add search terms to `notmuch dump`
3680 The dump command now takes an optional search term much like notmuch
3681 search/show/tag. The output file argument of dump is deprecated in
3682 favour of using stdout.
3684 Add `notmuch search` `--offset` and `--limit` options
3686 The search command now takes options `--offset=[-]N` and `--limit=N` to
3687 limit the number of results shown.
3689 Add `notmuch count --output` option
3691 The count command is now capable of counting threads in addition to
3692 messages. This is selected using the new `--output=(threads|messages)`
3695 New emacs UI features
3696 ---------------------
3698 Add tab-completion for `notmuch-search` and `notmuch-search-filter`
3700 These functions now support completion tags for query parts
3701 starting with "tag:".
3703 Turn "id:MSG-ID" links into buttons associated with notmuch searches
3705 Text of the form "id:MSG-ID" in mails is now a clickable button that
3706 opens a notmuch search for the given message id.
3708 Add keybinding ('c I') for stashing Message-ID's without an id: prefix
3710 Reduces manual labor when stashing them for use outside notmuch.
3712 Do not query on `notmuch-search` exit
3714 It is harmless to kill the external notmuch process, so the user
3715 is no longer interrogated when they interrupt a search.
3720 Emacs now constructs large search buffers more efficiently
3722 Search avoids opening and parsing message files
3724 We now store more information in the database so search no longer
3725 has to open every message file to get basic headers. This can
3726 improve search speed by as much as 10X, but taking advantage of this
3727 requires a database rebuild:
3729 notmuch dump > notmuch.dump
3730 # Backup, then remove notmuch database ($MAIL/.notmuch)
3732 notmuch restore notmuch.dump
3734 New collection of add-on tools
3735 ------------------------------
3737 The source directory "contrib" contains tools built on notmuch. These
3738 tools are not part of notmuch, and you should check their individual
3739 licenses. Feel free to report problems with them to the notmuch
3742 nmbug - share tags with a given prefix
3744 nmbug helps maintain a git repo containing all tags with a given
3745 prefix (by default "notmuch::"). Tags can be shared by committing
3746 them to git in one location and restoring in another.
3748 Notmuch 0.9 (2011-10-01)
3749 ========================
3751 New, general features
3752 ---------------------
3754 Correct handling of interruptions during `notmuch new`
3756 `notmuch new` now operates as a series of small, self-consistent
3757 transactions, so it can correctly resume after an interruption or
3758 crash. Previously, interruption could lose existing tags, fail to
3759 detect messages on resume, or leave the database in a state
3760 temporarily or permanently inconsistent with the mail store.
3767 `notmuch_database_begin_atomic` and `notmuch_database_end_atomic`
3768 allow multiple database operations to be performed atomically.
3770 `notmuch_database_find_message_by_filename` does exactly what it says.
3774 `notmuch_database_find_message` (and `n_d_f_m_by_filename`) now return
3775 a status indicator and uses an output parameter for the
3776 message. This change required changing the SONAME of libnotmuch to
3779 Python bindings changes
3780 -----------------------
3782 - Re-encode python unicode objects to utf-8 before passing back to
3784 - Support `Database().begin_atomic()/end_atomic()`
3785 - Support `Database().find_message_by_filename()`
3786 NB! This needs a db opened in READ-WRITE mode currently, or it will crash
3787 the python process. The is a limitation (=bug) of the underlying libnotmuch.
3788 - Fixes where we would not throw NotmuchErrors when we should (Justus Winter)
3789 - Update for `n_d_find_message*` API changes (see above).
3791 Ruby bindings changes
3792 ---------------------
3794 - Wrap new library functions `notmuch_database_{begin,end}_atomic.`
3795 - Add new exception `Notmuch::UnbalancedAtomicError.`
3796 - Rename destroy to destroy! according to Ruby naming conventions.
3797 - Update for `n_d_find_message*` API changes (see above).
3802 * Add gpg callback to crypto sigstatus buttons to retrieve/refresh
3804 * Add `notmuch-show-refresh-view` function (and corresponding binding)
3805 to refresh the view of a notmuch-show buffer.
3807 Reply formatting cleanup
3808 ------------------------
3810 `notmuch reply` no longer includes notification that non-leafnode
3811 MIME parts are being suppressed.
3813 Notmuch 0.8 (2011-09-10)
3814 ========================
3816 Improved handling of message/rfc822 parts
3818 Both in the CLI and the emacs interface. Output of rfc822 parts now
3819 includes the primary headers, as well as the body and all subparts.
3820 Output of the completely raw rfc822-formatted message, including all
3821 headers, is unfortunately not yet supported (but hopefully will be
3824 Improved Build system portability
3826 Certain parts of the shell script generating notmuch.sym were
3827 specific to the GNU versions of sed and nm. The new version should
3828 be more portable to e.g. OpenBSD.
3830 Documentation update for Ruby bindings
3832 Added documentation, typo fixes, and improved support for rdoc.
3834 Unicode, iterator, PEP8 changes for python bindings
3836 - PEP8 (code formatting) changes for python files.
3837 - Remove `Tags.__len__` ; see 0.6 release notes for motivation.
3838 - Decode headers as UTF8, encode (unicode) database paths as UTF8.
3840 Notmuch 0.7 (2011-08-01)
3841 ========================
3843 Vim interface improvements
3844 --------------------------
3846 Jason Woofenden provided a number of bug fixes for the Vim interface
3848 * fix citation/signature fold lengths
3849 * fix cig/cit parsing within multipart/*
3850 * fix on-screen instructions for show-signature
3851 * fix from list reformatting in search view
3852 * fix space key: now archives (did opposite)
3854 Uwe Kleine-König contributed
3856 * use full path for sendmail/doc fix
3857 * fix compose temp file name
3859 Python Bindings changes
3860 -----------------------
3862 Sebastian Spaeth contributed two changes related to unicode and UTF8:
3864 * message tags are now explicitly unicode
3865 * query string is encoded as a UTF8 byte string
3867 Build-System improvements
3868 -------------------------
3870 Generate notmuch.sym after the relevant object files
3872 This fixes a bug in parallel building. Thanks to Thomas Jost for the
3875 Notmuch 0.6.1 (2011-07-17)
3876 ==========================
3881 Re-export Xapian exception typeinfo symbols
3883 It turned out our aggressive symbol hiding caused problems for
3884 people running gcc 4.4.5.
3886 Notmuch 0.6 (2011-07-01)
3887 =======================
3889 New, general features
3890 ---------------------
3892 Folder-based searching
3894 Notmuch queries can now include a search term to match the
3895 directories in which mail files are stored (within the mail
3896 storage). The syntax is as follows:
3900 For example, one might use things such as:
3906 to match any path containing a directory "spam", "work/todo", or
3907 containing a directory starting with "2011-", respectively.
3909 This feature is particularly useful for users of delivery-agent
3910 software (such as procmail or maildrop) that is filtering mail and
3911 delivering it to particular folders, or users of systems such as
3912 Gmail that use filesystem directories to indicate message tags.
3914 NOTE: Only messages that are newly indexed with this version of
3915 notmuch will be searchable with folder: terms. In order to enable
3916 this feature for all mail, the entire notmuch index will need to be
3919 notmuch dump > notmuch.dump
3920 # Backup, then remove notmuch database ($MAIL/.notmuch)
3922 notmuch restore notmuch.dump
3924 Support for PGP/MIME
3926 Both the command-line interface and the emacs-interface have new
3927 support for PGP/MIME, detailed below. Thanks to Daniel Kahn Gillmor
3928 and Jameson Graef Rollins for making this happen.
3930 New, automatic tags: "signed" and "encrypted"
3932 These tags will automatically be applied to messages containing
3933 multipart/signed and multipart/encrypted parts.
3935 NOTE: Only messages that are newly indexed with this version of
3936 notmuch will receive these tags.
3938 New command-line features
3939 -------------------------
3941 Add new "notmuch show --verify" option for signature verification
3943 This option instruct notmuch to verify the signature of
3944 PGP/MIME-signed parts.
3946 Add new "notmuch show --decrypt" and "notmuch reply --decrypt" options
3948 This option instructs notmuch to decrypt PGP/MIME-encrypted parts.
3949 Note that this feature currently requires gpg-agent and a passphrase entry
3950 tool (e.g. pinentry-gtk or pinentry-curses).
3952 Proper nesting of multipart parts in "notmuch show" output
3954 MIME parts are now display with proper nesting to reflect original
3955 MIME hierarchy of a message. This allows clients to correctly
3956 analyze the MIME structure, (such as, for example, determining to
3957 which parts a signature part applies).
3959 Add new "notmuch show --part" option
3961 This is a replacement for the older "notmuch part" command, (which
3962 is now deprecated—it should still work as always, but is no longer
3963 documented). Putting part output under "notmuch show" allows for all
3964 of the "notmuch show" options to be applied when extracting a single
3965 part, (such as --format=json for extracting a message part with JSON
3968 Deprecate "notmuch search-tags" (in favor of "notmuch search --output=tags *")
3970 The "notmuch search-tags" sub-command has been redundant since the
3971 addition of the --output=tags option to "notmuch search". We now
3972 make that more clear by deprecating "notmuch search-tags", (dropping
3973 it from the documentation). We do continue to support the old syntax
3974 by translating it internally to the new call.
3976 Performance improvements
3977 ------------------------
3979 Faster searches (by doing fewer searches to construct threads)
3981 Whenever a user asks for search results as threads, notmuch first
3982 performs a search for messages matching the query, then performs
3983 additional searches to find other messages in the resulting threads.
3985 Removing inefficiencies and redundancies in these secondary searches
3986 results in a measured speedups of 1.5x for a typical search.
3988 Faster searches (by doing fewer passes to gather message data)
3990 Optimizing Xapian data access patterns (using a single pass to get
3991 all message-document data rather than a pass for each data type)
3992 results in a measured speedup of 1.7x for a typical search.
3994 The benefits of this optimization combine with the preceding
3995 optimization. With both in place, Austin Clements measured a speedup
3996 of 2.5x for a search of all messages in his inbox (was 4.5s, now
3997 1.8s). Thanks, Austin!
3999 Faster initial indexing
4001 More efficient indexing of new messages results in a measured
4002 speedup of 1.4x for the initial indexing of 3 GB of mail (1h 14m
4003 rather than 1h 46m). Thanks to Austin Clements and Michal Sojka.
4005 Make "notmuch new" faster for unchanged directories
4007 Optimizing to not do any further examinations of sub-directories
4008 when the filesystem indicates that a directory is unchanged from the
4009 last "notmuch new" results in measured speedups of 8.5 for the "No
4010 new mail" case, (was 0.77s, now 0.09s). Thanks to Karel Zak.
4012 New emacs-interface features
4013 ----------------------------
4015 Support for PGP/MIME (GnuPG)
4017 Automatically indicate validity of signatures for multipart/signed
4018 messages. Automatically display decrypted content for
4019 multipart/encrypted messages. See the emacs variable
4020 notmuch-crypto-process-mime for more information. Note that this
4021 needs gpg-agent and a pinentry tool just as the command-line tools.
4022 Also note there is no support SMIME yet.
4024 Output of pipe command is now displayed if pipe command fails
4026 This is extremely useful in the common use case of piping a patch to
4027 "git am". If git fails to cleanly merge the patch the error messages
4028 from the failed merge are now clearly displayed to the user, (where
4029 previously they were silently hidden from the user).
4031 User-selectable From address
4033 A user can choose which configured email addresses should be used as
4034 the From address whenever composing a new message. To do so, simply
4035 press C-u before the command which will open a new message. Emacs
4036 will prompt for the from address to use.
4038 The user can customize the "Notmuch Identities" setting in the
4039 notmuch customize group in order to use addresses other than those in
4040 the notmuch configuration file if desired.
4042 The user can also choose to always be prompted for the from address
4043 when composing a new message (without having to use C-u) by setting
4044 the "Notmuch Always Prompt For Sender" option in the notmuch
4047 Hiding of repeated subjects in collapsed thread view
4049 In notmuch-show mode, if a collapsed message has the same subject as
4050 its parent, the subject is not shown.
4052 Automatic detection and hiding of original message in top-posted message
4054 When a message contains a line looking something like:
4056 ----- Original Message -----
4058 emacs hides this and all subsequent lines as an "original message",
4059 (allowing the user to click or press enter on the "original message"
4060 button to display it again). This makes the handling of top-posted
4061 citations work much like conventional citations.
4063 New hooks for running code when tags are modified
4065 Some users want to perform additional actions whenever a particular
4066 tag is added/removed from a message. This could be used to, for
4067 example, interface with some external spam-recognition training
4068 tool. To facilitate this, two new hooks are added which can be
4069 modified in the following settings of the notmuch customize group:
4071 Notmuch Before Tag Hook
4072 Notmuch After Tag Hook
4074 New optional support for hiding some multipart/alternative parts
4076 Many emails are sent with redundant content within a
4077 multipart/alternative group (such as a text/plain part as well as a
4078 text/html part). Users can configure the setting:
4080 Notmuch Show All Multipart/Alternative Parts
4082 to "off" in the notmuch customize group to have the interface
4083 automatically hide some part alternatives (such as text/html
4084 parts). This new part hiding is not configured by default yet
4085 because there's not yet a simple way to re-display such a hidden
4086 part if it is not actually redundant with a displayed part.
4088 Better rendering of text/x-vcalendar parts
4090 These parts are now displayed in a format suitable for use with the
4093 Avoid getting confused by Subject and Author fields with newline characters
4095 Replacing all characters with ASCII code less than 32 with a question mark.
4097 Cleaner display of From line in email messages
4099 Remove double quotes, and drop "name" if it's actually just a repeat of
4102 Vim interface improvements
4103 --------------------------
4105 Felipe Contreras provided a number of updates for the vim interface:
4107 * Using sendmail directly rather than mailx,
4108 * Implementing archive in show view
4109 * Add support to mark as read in show and search views
4110 * Add delete commands
4113 Bindings improvements
4114 ---------------------
4116 Ruby bindings are now much more complete
4118 Including `QUERY.sort`, `QUERY.to_s`, `MESSAGE.maildir_flags_to_tags`,
4119 `MESSAGE.tags_to_maildir_flags`, and `MESSAGE.get_filenames`
4121 Python bindings have been updated and extended
4123 (docs online at https://notmuch.readthedocs.io/)
4127 - `Message().get_filenames()`, `Message().tags_to_maildir_flags()`,
4128 `Message().maildir_flags_to_tags()`, `list(Threads())` and
4129 `list(Messages)` works now
4130 - `Message().__cmp__()` and `__hash__()`
4132 These allow, for example:
4134 if msg1 == msg2: ...
4136 As well as set arithmetic on `Messages()`:
4138 s1, s2 = set(msgs1), set(msgs2)
4144 - `len(Messages())` as it exhausted the iterator
4146 Use `len(list(Messages()))` or `Query.count_messages()`
4149 Added initial Go bindings in bindings/go
4151 New build-system features
4152 -------------------------
4154 Added support for building in a directory other than the source directory
4156 This can be used with the widely-supported idiom of simply running
4157 the configure script from some other directory:
4164 Fix to save configure options for future, implicit runs of configure
4166 When a user updates the source (such as with "git pull") calling
4167 "make" may cause an automatic re-run of the configure script. When
4168 this happens, the configure script will automatically be called with
4169 the same options the user originally passed in the most-recent
4170 manual invocation of configure.
4172 New test-suite feature
4173 ----------------------
4175 Binary for bash for running test suite now located via PATH
4177 The notmuch test suite requires a fairly recent version of bash (>=
4178 bash 4). As some systems supply an older version of bash at
4179 /bin/bash, the test suite is now updated to search $PATH to locate
4180 the bash binary. This allows users of systems with old /bin/bash to
4181 simply install bash >= 4 somewhere on $PATH before /bin and then use
4184 Support for testing output with a trailing newline
4186 Previously, some tests would fail to notice a difference in the
4187 presence/absence of a trailing newline in a program output, (which
4188 has led to bugs in the past). Now, carefully-written tests (using
4189 `test_expect_equal_file` rather than `test_expect_equal`) will detect
4190 any change in the presence/absence of a trailing newline. Many tests
4191 are updated to take advantage of this.
4193 Avoiding accessing user's $HOME while running test suite
4195 The test suite now carefully creates its own HOME directory. This
4196 allows the test suite to be run with no existing HOME directory, (as
4197 some build systems apparently do), and avoids test-suite differences
4198 due to configuration files in the users HOME directory.
4204 Output *all* files for "notmuch search --output=files"
4206 For the cases where multiple files have the same Message ID,
4207 previous versions of notmuch would output only one such file. This
4208 command is now fixed to correctly output all files.
4210 Fixed spurious search results from "overlapped" indexing of addresses
4212 This fixed a bug where a search for:
4214 to:user@elsewhere.com
4216 would incorrectly match a message sent:
4218 To: user@example,com, someone@elsewhere.com
4220 Fix --output=json when search has no results
4222 A bug present since notmuch 0.4 had caused searches with no results
4223 to produce an invalid json object. This is now fixed to cleanly
4224 return a valid json object representing an empty array "[]" as
4227 Fix the automatic detection of the From address for "notmuch reply"
4228 from the Received headers in some cases
4230 Fix core dump on DragonFlyBSD due to -1 return value from
4231 `sysconf(_SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX)`
4233 Cleaned up several memory leaks
4235 Eliminated a few, rare segmentation faults and a double-free
4237 Fix libnotmuch library to only export notmuch API functions
4239 Previous release of the notmuch library also exported some Xapian
4240 C++ exception type symbols. These were never part of the library
4241 interface and were never intended to be exported.
4243 Emacs-interface bug fixes
4244 -------------------------
4246 Display any unexpected output or errors from "notmuch search" invocations
4248 Previously any misformatted output or trailing error messages were
4249 silently ignored. This output is now clearly displayed. This fix was
4250 very helpful in identifying and fixing the bug described below.
4252 Fix bug where some threads would be missing from large search results
4254 When a search returned a "large" number of results, the emacs
4255 interface was incorrectly dropping one thread every time the output
4256 of the "notmuch search" process spanned the emacs read-buffer. This
4259 Avoid re-compression of .gz files (and similar) when saving attachment
4261 Emacs was being too clever for its own good and trying to
4262 re-compress pre-compressed .gz files when saving such attachments
4263 (potentially corrupting the attachment). The emacs interface is
4264 fixed to avoid this bug.
4266 Fix hiding of a message when a previously-hidden citation is visible
4268 Previously the citation would remain visible in this case. This is
4269 fixed so that hiding a message hides all parts.
4271 Notmuch 0.5 (2010-11-11)
4272 ========================
4274 New, general features
4275 ---------------------
4277 Maildir-flag synchronization
4279 Notmuch now knows how to synchronize flags in maildir filenames with
4280 tags in the notmuch database. The following flag/tag mappings are
4289 'S' unread (added when 'S' flag is not present)
4291 The synchronization occurs in both directions, (for example, adding
4292 the 'S' flag to a file will cause the "unread" tag to be added, and
4293 adding the "replied" tag to a message will cause the file to be
4294 renamed with an 'R' flag).
4296 This synchronization is enabled by default for users of the
4297 command-line interface, (though only files in directories named
4298 "cur" or "new" will be renamed). It can be disabled by setting the
4299 new `maildir.synchronize_flags` option in the configuration file. For
4302 notmuch config set maildir.synchronize_flags false
4304 Users upgrading may also want to run "notmuch setup" once (just
4305 accept the existing configuration) to get a new, nicely-commented
4306 [maildir] section added to the configuration file.
4308 For users of the notmuch library, the new synchronization
4309 functionality is available with the following two new functions:
4311 notmuch_message_maildir_flags_to_tags
4312 notmuch_message_tags_to_maildir_flags
4314 It is anticipated that future improvements to this support will
4315 allow for safe synchronization of the 'T' flag with the "deleted"
4316 tag, as well as support for custom flag/tag mappings.
4318 New library features
4319 --------------------
4321 Support for querying multiple filenames for a single message
4323 It is common for the mailstore to contain multiple files with the
4324 same message ID. Previously, notmuch would always hide these
4325 duplicate files, (returning a single, arbitrary filename with
4326 `notmuch_message_get_filename`).
4328 With this release, library users can access all filenames for a
4329 message with the new function:
4331 notmuch_message_get_filenames
4333 Together with `notmuch_filenames_valid`, `notmuch_filenames_get`,
4334 and `notmuch_filenames_move_to_next` it is now possible to iterate
4335 over all available filenames for a given message.
4337 New command-line features
4338 -------------------------
4340 New "notmuch show --format=raw" for getting at original email contents
4342 This new feature allows for a fully-functional email client to be
4343 built on top of the notmuch command-line without needing any direct
4344 access to the mail store itself.
4346 For example, it's now possible to run "emacs -f notmuch" on a local
4347 machine with only ssh access to the mail store/notmuch database. To
4348 do this, simply set the notmuch-command variable in emacs to the
4349 name of a script containing:
4351 ssh user@host notmuch "$@"
4353 If the ssh client has enabled connection sharing (ControlMaster
4354 option in OpenSSH), the emacs interface can be quite responsive this
4360 Fix "notmuch search" to print nothing when nothing matches
4362 The 0.4 release had a bug in which:
4364 notmuch search <expression-with-no-matches>
4366 would produce a single blank line of output, (where previous
4367 versions would produce no output. This fix also causes a change in
4368 the --format=json output, (which would previously produce "[]" and
4369 now produces nothing).
4371 Emacs interface improvements
4372 ----------------------------
4374 Fix to allow pipe ('|') command to work when using notmuch over ssh
4376 Fix count of lines in hidden signatures
4378 Omit repeated subject lines in (collapsed) thread display
4380 Display current thread subject in a header line
4382 Provide a "c i" binding to copy a thread ID from the search view
4384 Allow for notmuch-fcc-dirs to have a value of nil
4386 Also, the more complex form of notmuch-fcc-dirs now has a slightly
4387 different format. It no longer has a special first-element, fallback
4388 string. Instead it's now a list of cons cells where the car of each
4389 cell is a regular expression to be matched against the sender
4390 address, and the cdr is the name of a folder to use for an FCC. So
4391 the old fallback behavior can be achieved by including a final cell
4392 of (".*" . "default-fcc-folder").
4394 Vim interface improvements
4395 --------------------------
4397 Felipe Contreras provided a number of updates for the vim interface
4399 These include optimizations, support for newer versions of vim, fixed
4400 support for sending mail on modern systems, new commands, and
4406 Added initial ruby bindings in bindings/ruby
4408 Notmuch 0.4 (2010-11-01)
4409 ========================
4411 New command-line features
4412 -------------------------
4414 `notmuch search --output=(summary|threads|messages|tags|files)`
4416 This new option allows for particular items to be returned from
4417 notmuch searches. The "summary" option is the default and behaves
4418 just as "notmuch search" has historically behaved.
4420 The new option values allow for thread IDs, message IDs, lists of
4421 tags, and lists of filenames to be returned from searches. It is
4422 expected that this new option will be very useful in shell
4423 scripts. For example:
4425 for file in $(notmuch search --output=files <search-terms>); do
4426 <operations-on> "$file"
4429 `notmuch show --format=mbox <search-specification>`
4431 This new option allows for the messages matching a search
4432 specification to be presented as an mbox. Specifically the "mboxrd"
4433 format is used which allows for reversible quoting of lines
4434 beginning with "From ". A reader should remove a single '>' from the
4435 beginning of all lines beginning with one or more '>' characters
4436 followed by the 5 characters "From ".
4438 `notmuch config [get|set] <section>.<item> [value ...]`
4440 The new top-level "config" command allows for any value in the
4441 notmuch configuration file to be queried or set to a new value. Both
4442 single-valued and multi-valued items are supported, as our any
4443 custom items stored in the configuration file.
4445 Avoid setting Bcc header in "notmuch reply"
4447 We decided that this was a bit heavy-handed as the actual mail
4448 user-agent should be responsible for setting any Bcc option. Also,
4449 see below for the notmuch/emacs user-agent now setting an Fcc by
4450 default rather than Bcc.
4452 New library features
4453 --------------------
4455 Add `notmuch_query_get_query_string` and `notmuch_query_get_sort`
4457 These are simply functions for querying properties of a
4458 `notmuch_query_t` object.
4463 Enable Fcc of all sent messages by default (to "sent" directory)
4465 All messages sent from the emacs interface will now be saved to the
4466 notmuch mail store where they will be incorporated to the database
4467 by the next "notmuch new". By default, messages are saved to the
4468 "sent" directory at the top-level of the mail store. This directory
4469 can be customized by means of the "Notmuch Fcc Dirs" option in the
4470 notmuch customize interface.
4472 Ability to all open messages in a thread to a pipe
4474 Historically, the '|' keybinding allows for piping a single message
4475 to an external command. Now, by prefixing this key with a prefix
4476 argument, (for example, by pressing "Control-U |"), all open
4477 messages in the current thread will be sent to the external command.
4479 Optional support for detecting inline patches
4481 This hook is disabled by default but can be enabled with a checkbox
4482 under "Notmuch Show Insert Text/Plain Hook" in the notmuch customize
4483 interface. It allows for inline patches to be detected and treated
4484 as if they were attachments, (with context-sensitive highlighting).
4486 Automatically tag messages as "replied" when sending a reply
4488 Messages replied to within the emacs interface will now be tagged as
4489 "replied". This feature can easily be customized to add or remove
4490 other tags as well. For example, a user might use a tag of
4491 "needs-reply" and can configure this feature to automatically remove
4492 that tag when replying. See "Notmuch Message Mark Replied" in the
4493 notmuch customize interface.
4495 Allow search-result color specifications to overlay each other
4497 For example, one tag can specify the background color of matching
4498 lines, while another can specify the foreground. With this change,
4499 both settings will now be visible simultaneously, (which was not the
4500 case in previous releases). See "Notmuch Search Line Faces" in the
4501 notmuch customize interface.
4503 Make hidden author names still available for incremental search
4505 When there is insufficient space to display all authors of a thread
4506 in search results, the names of hidden authors are now still made
4507 available to emacs' incremental search commands. As the user
4508 searches, matching lines will temporarily expand to show the hidden
4511 New binding of Control-TAB (works like TAB in reverse)
4513 Many notmuch nodes already use TAB to navigate forward through
4514 various items allowing actions, (message headers, email attachments,
4515 etc.). The new Control-TAB binding operates similarly but in the
4518 New build-system features
4519 -------------------------
4521 Various portability fixes have been applied
4523 These include fixes for build failures on at least Solaris, FreeBSD,
4524 and Fedora systems. We're hopeful that the notmuch code base is now
4525 more portable than ever before.
4527 Arrange for libnotmuch to be found automatically after make install
4529 The notmuch build system is now careful to help the user avoid
4530 errors of the form "libnotmuch.so could not be found" immediately
4531 after installing. This support takes two forms:
4533 1. If the library is installed to a system directory,
4534 (configured in /etc/ld.so.conf), then "make install" will
4535 automatically run ldconfig.
4537 2. If the library is installed to a non-system directory, the
4538 build system adds a `DR_RUNPATH` entry to the final binary
4539 pointing to the directory to which the library is installed.
4541 When this support works, the user should be able to run notmuch
4542 immediately after "make install", without any errors trying to find
4543 the notmuch library, and without having to manually set environment
4544 variables such as `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`.
4546 Check compiler/linker options before using them
4548 The configure script now carefully checks that any desired
4549 compilation options, (whether for enabling compiler warnings, or for
4550 embedding rpath, etc.), are supported. Only supported options are
4551 used in the resulting Makefile.
4553 New test-suite features
4554 -----------------------
4556 New modularization of test suite
4558 Thanks to a gracious relicensing of the test-suite infrastructure
4559 from the git project, notmuch now has a modular test suite. This
4560 provides the ability to run individual sections of the test suite
4561 rather than the whole things. It also provides better summary of
4562 test results, with support for tests that are expected to fail
4563 (BROKEN and FIXED) in addition to PASS and FAIL. Finally, it makes
4564 it easy to run the test suite within valgrind (pass --valgrind to
4565 notmuch-test or to any sub-script) which has been very useful.
4567 New testing of emacs interface
4569 The test suite has been augmented to allow automated testing of the
4570 emacs interfaces. So far, this includes basic searches, display of
4571 threads, and tag manipulation. This also includes a test that a new
4572 message can successfully be sent out through a (dummy) SMTP server
4573 and that said message is successfully integrated into the notmuch
4574 database via the FCC setting.
4579 Fix potential corruption of database when "notmuch new" is interrupted
4581 Previously, an interruption of "notmuch new" would (rarely) result
4582 in a corrupt database. The corruption would manifest itself by a
4583 persistent error of the form:
4585 document ID of 1234 has no thread ID
4587 The message-adding code has been carefully audited and reworked to
4588 avoid this sort of corruption regardless of when it is interrupted.
4590 Fix failure with extremely long message ID headers
4592 Previously, a message with an extremely long message ID, (say, more
4593 than 300 characters), would fail to be added to notmuch, (triggering
4594 Xapian exceptions). This has now been fixed.
4596 Fix for messages with "charset=unknown-8bit"
4598 Previously, messages with this charset would cause notmuch to emit a
4599 GMime warning, (which would then trip up emacs or other interfaces
4600 parsing the notmuch results).
4602 Fix `notmuch_query_search_threads` function to return NULL on any exception
4604 Fix "notmuch search" to return non-zero if `notmuch_query_search_threads`
4607 Previously, this command could confusingly report a Xapian
4608 exception, yet still return an error code of 0. It now correctly
4609 returns a failing error code of 1 in this case.
4614 Fix to handle a message with a subject containing, for example "[1234]"
4616 Previously, a message subject containing a sequence of digits within
4617 square brackets would cause the emacs interface to mis-parse the
4618 output of "notmuch search". This would result in the message being
4619 mis-displayed and prevent the user from manipulating the message in
4620 the emacs interface.
4622 Fix to correctly handle message IDs containing ".."
4624 The emacs interface now properly quotes message IDs to avoid a
4625 Xapian bug in which the ".." within a message ID would be
4626 misinterpreted as a numeric range specification.
4628 Python-binding fixes
4629 --------------------
4631 The python bindings for notmuch have been updated to work with python3.
4633 Debian-specific fixes
4634 ---------------------
4636 Fix emacs initialization so "M-x notmuch" works for users by default
4638 Now, a new Debian user can immediately run "emacs -f notmuch" after
4639 "apt-get install notmuch". Previously, the user would have had to
4640 edit the ~/.emacs file to add "(require 'notmuch)" before this would
4643 Notmuch 0.3.1 (2010-04-27)
4644 ==========================
4649 Fix an infinite loop in "notmuch reply"
4651 This bug could be triggered by replying to a message where the
4652 user's primary email address did not appear in the To: header and
4653 the user had not configured any secondary email addresses. The bug
4654 was a simple re-use of the same iterator variable in nested loops.
4656 Fix a potential SEGV in "notmuch search"
4658 This bug could be triggered by an author name ending in a ','.
4659 Admittedly - that's almost certainly a spam email, but we never
4660 want notmuch to crash.
4665 Fix calculations for line wrapping in the primary "notmuch" view
4667 Fix Fcc support to prompt to create a directory if the specified Fcc
4668 directory does not exist
4673 Fix build on OpenSolaris (at least) due to missing 'extern "C"' block
4675 Without this, the C++ sources could not find strcasestr and the
4676 final linking of notmuch would fail.
4678 Notmuch 0.3 (2010-04-27)
4679 ========================
4681 New command-line features
4682 -------------------------
4684 User-configurable tags for new messages
4686 A new "new.tags" option is available in the configuration file to
4687 determine which tags are applied to new messages. Run "notmuch
4688 setup" to generate new documentation within ~/.notmuch-config on how
4689 to specify this value.
4691 Threads search results named based on subjects that match search
4693 This means that when new mails arrived to a thread you've previously
4694 read, and the new mails have a new subject, you will see that
4695 subject in the search results rather than the old subject.
4697 Faster operation of "notmuch tag" (avoid unneeded sorting)
4699 Since the user just wants to tag all matching messages, we can make
4700 things perform a bit faster by avoiding the sort.
4702 Even Better guessing of From: header for "notmuch reply"
4704 Notmuch now looks at a number of headers when trying to figure out
4705 the best From: header to use in a reply. This is helpful if you have
4706 several configured email addresses, and you also subscribe to various
4707 mailing lists with different addresses, (so that mails you are
4708 replying to won't always include your subscribed address in the To:
4711 Indication of author names that match a search
4713 When notmuch displays threads as the result of a search, it now
4714 lists the authors that match the search before listing the other
4715 authors in the thread. It inserts a pipe '|' symbol between the last
4716 matching and first non-matching author. This is especially useful in
4717 a search that includes tag:unread. Now the authors of the unread
4718 messages in the thread are listed first.
4720 New: Python bindings
4721 --------------------
4723 Sebastian Spaeth has contributed his python bindings for the notmuch
4724 library to the central repository. These bindings were previously
4725 known as "cnotmuch" within python but have now been renamed to be
4726 accessible with a simple, and more official-looking "import notmuch".
4728 The bindings have already proven very useful as people proficient in
4729 python have been able to easily develop programs to do notmuch-based
4730 searches for email-address completion, maildir-flag synchronization,
4733 These bindings are available within the bindings/python directory, but
4734 are not yet integrated into the top-level Makefiles, nor the top-level
4735 package-building scripts. Improvements are welcome.
4737 Emacs interface improvements
4738 ----------------------------
4740 An entirely new initial view for notmuch, (friendly yet powerful)
4742 Some of us call the new view "notmuch hello" but you can get at it
4743 by simply calling "emacs -f notmuch". The new view provides a search
4744 bar where new searches can be performed. It also displays a list of
4745 recent searches, along with a button to save any of these, giving it
4746 a new name as a "saved search". Many people find these "saved
4747 searches" one of the most convenient ways of organizing their mail,
4748 (providing all of the features of "folders" in other mail clients,
4749 but without any of the disadvantages).
4751 Finally, this view can also optionally display all of the tags that
4752 exist in the database, along with a count for each tag, and a custom
4753 search of messages with that tag that's simply a click (or keypress)
4756 NOTE: For users that liked the original mode of "emacs -f notmuch"
4757 immediately displaying a particular search result, we recommend
4758 instead running something like:
4760 emacs --eval '(notmuch search "tag:inbox" t)'
4762 The "t" means to sort the messages in an "oldest first" order,
4763 (as notmuch would do previously by default). You can also
4764 leave that off to have your search results in "newest first"
4767 Full-featured "customize" support for configuring notmuch
4769 Notmuch now plugs in well to the emacs "customize" mode to make it
4770 much simpler to find things about the notmuch interface that can be
4771 tweaked by the user.
4773 You can get to this mode by starting at the main "Customize" menu in
4774 emacs, then browsing through "Applications", "Mail", and
4775 "Notmuch". Or you can go straight to "M-x customize-group"
4778 Once you're at the customize screen, you'll see a list of documented
4779 options that can be manipulated along with checkboxes, drop-down
4780 selectors, and text-entry boxes for configuring the various
4783 Support for doing tab-completion of email addresses
4785 This support currently relies on an external program,
4786 (notmuch-addresses), that is not yet shipped with notmuch
4787 itself. But multiple, suitable implementations of this program have
4788 already been written that generate address completions by doing
4789 notmuch searches of your email collection. For example, providing
4790 first those addresses that you have composed messages to in the
4793 One such program (implemented in python with the python bindings to
4794 notmuch) is available via:
4796 git clone http://jkr.acm.jhu.edu/git/notmuch_addresses.git
4798 Install that program as notmuch-addresses on your PATH, and then
4799 hitting TAB on a partial email address or name within the To: or Cc:
4800 line of an email message will provide matching completions.
4802 Support for file-based (Fcc) delivery of sent messages to mail store
4804 This isn't yet enabled by default. To enable this, one will have to
4805 set the "Notmuch Fcc Dirs" setting within the notmuch customize
4806 screen, (see its documentation there for details). We anticipate
4807 making this automatic in a future release.
4809 New 'G' key binding to trigger mail refresh (G == "Get new mail")
4811 The 'G' key works wherever '=' works. Before refreshing the screen
4812 it calls an external program that can be used to poll email servers,
4813 run notmuch new and set up specific tags for the new emails. The
4814 script to be called should be configured with the "Notmuch Poll
4815 Script" setting in the customize interface. This script will
4816 typically invoke "notmuch new" and then perhaps several "notmuch
4819 Implement emacs message display with the JSON output from notmuch
4821 This is much more robust than the previous implementation, (where
4822 some HTML mails and mail quoting the notmuch code with the delimiter
4823 characters in it would cause the parser to fall over).
4825 Better handling of HTML messages and MIME attachments (inline images!)
4827 Allow for any MIME parts that emacs can display to be displayed
4828 inline. This includes inline viewing of image attachments, (provided
4829 the window is large enough to fit the image at its natural size).
4831 Much more robust handling of HTML messages. Currently both text/plain
4832 and text/html alternates will be rendered next to each other. In a
4833 future release, users will be able to decide to see only one or the
4834 other representation.
4836 Each attachment now has its own button so that attachments can be
4837 saved individually (the 'w' key is still available to save all
4840 Customizable support for tidying of text/plain message content
4842 Many new functions are available for tidying up message
4843 content. These include options such as wrapping long lines,
4844 compressing duplicate blank lines, etc.
4846 Most of these are disabled by default, but can easily be enabled by
4847 clicking the available check boxes under the "Notmuch Show Insert
4848 Text/Plain Hook" within the notmuch customize screen.
4850 New support for searchable citations (even when hidden)
4852 When portions of overly-long citations are hidden, the contents of
4853 these citations will still be available for emacs' standard
4854 "incremental search" functions. When the search matches any portion
4855 of a hidden citation, the citation will become visible temporarily
4856 to display the search result.
4858 More flexible handling of header visibility
4860 As an answer to complaints from many users, the To, Cc, and Date
4861 headers of messages are no longer hidden by default. For those users
4862 that liked that these were hidden, a new "Notmuch Messages Headers
4863 Visible" option in the customize interface can be set to nil. The
4864 visibility of headers can still be toggled on a per-message basis
4865 with the 'h' keybinding.
4867 For users that don't want to see some subset of those headers, the
4868 new "Notmuch Message Headers" variable can be customized to list
4869 only those headers that should be present in the display of a message.
4871 The Return key now toggles message visibility anywhere
4873 Previously this worked only on the first summary-line of a message.
4875 Customizable formatting of search results
4877 The user can easily customize the order, width, and formatting of
4878 the various fields in a "notmuch search" buffer. See the "Notmuch
4879 Search Result Format" section of the customize interface.
4881 Generate nicer names for search buffers when using a saved search
4883 Add a notmuch User-Agent header when sending mail from notmuch/emacs
4885 New keybinding (M-Ret) to open all collapsed messages in a thread
4890 Provide a new `NOTMUCH_SORT_UNSORTED` value for queries
4892 This can be somewhat faster when sorting simply isn't desired. For
4893 example when collecting a set of messages that will all be
4894 manipulated identically, (adding a tag, removing a tag, deleting the
4895 messages), then there's no advantage to sorting the messages by
4901 Fix to compile against GMime 2.6
4903 Previously notmuch insisted on being able to find GMime 2.4, (even
4904 though GMime 2.6 would have worked all along).
4906 Fix configure script to accept (and ignore) various standard options
4908 For example, those that the Gentoo build scripts expect configure to
4909 accept are now all accepted.
4914 A large number of new tests for the many new features
4916 Better display of output from failed tests
4918 Now shows failures with diff rather than forcing the user to gaze at
4919 complete actual and expected output looking for deviation.
4921 Notmuch 0.2 (2010-04-16)
4922 ========================
4924 This is the second release of the notmuch mail system, with actual
4925 detailed release notes this time!
4927 This release consists of a number of minor new features that make
4928 notmuch more pleasant to use, and a few fairly major bug fixes.
4930 We didn't quite hit our release target of "about a week" from the 0.1
4931 release, (0.2 is happening 11 days after 0.1), but we hope to do
4932 better for next week. Look forward to some major features coming to
4933 notmuch in subsequent releases.
4940 Better guessing of From: header
4942 Notmuch now tries harder to guess which configured address should be
4943 used as the From: line in a "notmuch reply". It will examine the
4944 Received: headers if it fails to find any configured address in To:
4945 or Cc:. This allows it to often choose the correct address even when
4946 replying to a message sent to a mailing list, and not directly to a
4949 Make "notmuch count" with no arguments count all messages
4951 Previously, it was hard to construct a search term that was
4952 guaranteed to match all messages.
4954 Provide a new special-case search term of "*" to match all messages
4956 This can be used in any command accepting a search term, such as
4957 "notmuch search '*'". Note that you'll want to take care that the
4958 shell doesn't expand * against the current files. And note that the
4959 support for "*" is a special case. It's only meaningful as a single
4960 search term and loses its special meaning when combined with any
4963 Automatically detect thread connections even when a parent message is
4966 Previously, if two or more message were received with a common
4967 parent, but that parent was not received, then these messages would
4968 not be recognized as belonging to the same thread. This is now fixed
4969 so that such messages are properly connected in a thread.
4974 Fix potential data loss in "notmuch new" with SIGINT
4976 One code path in "notmuch new" was not properly handling
4977 SIGINT. Previously, this could lead to messages being removed from
4978 the database (and their tags being lost) if the user pressed
4979 Control-C while "notmuch new" was working.
4981 Fix segfault when a message includes a MIME part that is empty
4983 Fix handling of non-ASCII characters with --format=json
4985 Previously, characters outside the range of 7-bit ASCII were
4986 silently dropped from the JSON output. This led to corrupted display
4987 of utf-8 content in the upcoming notmuch web-based frontends.
4989 Fix headers to be properly decoded in "notmuch reply"
4991 Previously, the user might see:
4993 Subject: Re: =?iso-8859-2?q?Rozlu=E8ka?=
4997 Subject: Re: Rozlučka
4999 The former text is properly encoded to be RFC-compliant SMTP, will
5000 be sent correctly, and will be properly decoded by the
5001 recipient. But the user trying to edit the reply would likely be
5002 unable to read or edit that field in its encoded form.
5004 Emacs client features
5005 ---------------------
5007 Show the last few lines of citations as well as the first few lines
5009 It's often the case that the last sentence of a citation is what is
5010 being replied to directly, so the last few lines are often much more
5011 important. The number of lines shown at the beginning and end of any
5012 citation can be configured, (notmuch-show-citation-lines-prefix and
5013 notmuch-show-citation-lines-suffix).
5015 The '+' and '-' commands in the search view can now add and remove
5018 Selective bulk tagging is now possible by selecting a region of
5019 threads and then using either the '+' or '-' keybindings. Bulk
5020 tagging is still available for all threads matching the current
5021 search with the '*' binding.
5023 More meaningful buffer names for thread-view buffers
5025 Notmuch now uses the Subject of the thread as the buffer
5026 name. Previously it was using the thread ID, which is a meaningless
5029 Provide for customized colors of threads in search view based on tags
5031 See the documentation of notmuch-search-line-faces, (or us "M-x
5032 customize" and browse to the "notmuch" group within "Applications"
5033 and "Mail"), for details on how to configure this colorization.
5035 Build-system features
5036 ---------------------
5038 Add support to properly build libnotmuch on Darwin systems (OS X)
5040 Add support to configure for many standard options
5042 We include actual support for:
5044 --includedir --mandir --sysconfdir
5046 And accept and silently ignore several more:
5048 --build --infodir --libexecdir --localstatedir
5049 --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking
5051 Install emacs client in "make install" rather than requiring a
5052 separate "make install-emacs"
5054 Automatically compute versions numbers between releases
5056 This support uses the git-describe notation, so a version such as
5057 0.1-144-g43cbbfc indicates a version that is 144 commits since the
5058 0.1 release and is available as git commit "43cbbfc".
5060 Add a new "make test" target to run the test suite and actually
5063 Notmuch 0.1 (2010-04-05)
5064 ========================
5066 This is the first release of the notmuch mail system.
5068 It includes the libnotmuch library, the notmuch command-line
5069 interface, and an emacs-based interface to notmuch.
5071 Note: Notmuch will work best with Xapian 1.0.18 (or later) or Xapian
5072 1.1.4 (or later). Previous versions of Xapian (whether 1.0 or 1.1) had
5073 a performance bug that made notmuch very slow when modifying
5074 tags. This would cause distracting pauses when reading mail while
5075 notmuch would wait for Xapian when removing the "inbox" and "unread"
5076 tags from messages in a thread.
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