1 Notmuch 0.33.1 (2021-09-10)
2 ===========================
7 Replace the fully-qualified-domain-name of the host with "localhost"
8 in the default email address. This should fix two flaky subtests in
11 Notmuch 0.33 (2021-09-03)
12 =========================
17 Correct documentatation about transactions.
19 Add a configurable automatic commit of transactions. See
20 `database.autocommit` in notmuch-config(1).
22 Document the algorithm used to find a database.
27 Define format version 5, which supports sorting the output of
33 `notmuch` no longer sets `mail-user-agent` on load. To restore the
34 previous behaviour of using notmuch to send mail by default, customize
35 `mail-user-agent` to `notmuch-user-agent`.
37 `notmuch-company` now works in `org-msg`.
39 Improve the display of messages from long threads in unthreaded mode.
41 Prefer email addresses over User ID when showing valid signatures.
43 Define a new face `notmuch-jump-key`.
45 New commands in notmuch-tree view: `notmuch-tree-filter` and `notmuch-tree-filter-by-tag`.
47 Honour `notmuch-show-text/html-blocked-images` when using `w3m` to
50 Support toggling sort order in notmuch-tree mode.
55 Memory management of allocated notmuch objects (database, messages,
56 etc...) is now done via the Ruby GC. This removes all constraints on
57 the order of object destruction. Database close and destroy are
58 split, following an old library API change.
63 Respect excluded tags when showing a thread.
68 Fix doc build for Sphinx 4.0.
70 Improve the markup and linking of the documentation.
72 Notmuch 0.32.3 (2021-08-17)
73 ===========================
78 Restore location of database via `MAILDIR` environment variable, which
81 Bump libnotmuch minor version to match the documentation in
84 Correct documentation for deprecated database opening functions to
85 point out that they (still) do not load configuration information.
90 Restore "notmuch config get built_with.*", which was broken in 0.32.
92 Notmuch 0.32.2 (2021-06-27)
93 ===========================
98 Fix a bug from 2017 that can add duplicate thread-id terms to message
104 Fix small memory leak in notmuch new.
109 Add `(require 'seq)` for `seq-some`.
114 Fix man page build for Sphinx 4.x. Fix variable name in emacs docs.
119 Fix backup creation in `perf-test/T00-new`. Check openssl
120 prerequisite in `add_gpgsm_home`.
122 Notmuch 0.32.1 (2021-05-15)
123 ===========================
128 Restore handling of relative values for `database.path` that was
129 broken by 0.32. Extend this handling to `database.mail_root`,
130 `database.backup_dir`, and `database.hook_dir`.
132 Reload certain metadata from Xapian database in
133 notmuch_database_reopen. This fixes a bug when adding messages to the
134 database in a pre-new hook.
136 Fix default of `$HOME/mail` for `database.path`. In release 0.32, this
137 default worked only in "notmuch config".
142 Restore the dynamically bound variables `tag-changes` and `query` in
143 in `notmuch-before-tag-hook` and `notmuch-after-tag-hook`.
145 Add `notmuch-jump-key` face to fontify keys in `notmuch-jump` and
146 related functions. To ensure backward compatibility, the new face
147 inherits from `minibuffer-prompt`.
149 Notmuch 0.32 (2021-05-02)
150 =========================
155 This release includes a significant overhaul of the configuration
156 management facilities for notmuch. The previous distinction between
157 configuration items that can be modified via plain text configuration
158 files and those that must be set in the database via the "notmuch
159 config" subcommand is gone, and all configuration items can be set in
160 both ways. The external configuration file overrides configuration
161 items in the database. The location of database, hooks, and
162 configuration files is now more flexible, with several new
163 configuration variables. In particular XDG locations are now supported
164 as fallbacks for database, configuration and hooks. For more
165 information see `notmuch-config(1)`.
170 To support the new configuration facilities, several functions and
171 constants have been added to the notmuch API. Most notably:
173 - `notmuch_database_create_with_config`
174 - `notmuch_database_open_with_config`
175 - `notmuch_database_load_config`
176 - `notmuch_config_get`
178 A previously requested API change is that `notmuch_database_reopen` is
179 now exposed (and generalized).
181 The previously severe slowdowns from large numbers calls to
182 notmuch_database_remove_message or notmuch_message_delete in one
183 session has been fixed.
185 As always, the canonical source of API documentation is
186 `lib/notmuch.h`, or the doxygen formatted documentation in `notmuch(3)`
191 The `notmuch config set` subcommand gained a `--database` argument to
192 specify that the database should be updated, rather than a config file.
194 The speed of `notmuch new` and `notmuch reindex` in dealing with large
195 numbers of mail file deletions is significantly improved.
200 Completion related updates include: de-duplicating tags offered for
201 completion, use the actual initial input in address completion, allow
202 users to opt out of notmuch address completion, and do not force Ido
203 when prompting for senders.
205 Some keymaps used to contain bindings for unnamed commands. These
206 lambda expressions have been replaced by named commands (symbols), to
209 Lexical binding is now used in all notmuch-emacs libraries.
211 Fix bug in calling `notmuch-mua-mail` with a non-nil RETURN-ACTION.
213 Removed, inlined or renamed functions and variables:
214 `notmuch-address-locate-command`,
215 `notmuch-documentation-first-line`, `notmuch-folder`,
216 `notmuch-hello-trim', `notmuch-hello-versions` => `notmuch-version`,
217 `notmuch-remove-if-not`, `notmuch-search-disjunctive-regexp`,
218 `notmuch-sexp-eof`, `notmuch-split-content-type`, and
219 `notmuch-tree-button-activate`.
221 Keymaps are no longer fset, which means they need to be referred to in
222 define-key directly (without quotes). If your Emacs configuration has a
224 (define-key 'notmuch-show-mode-map "7" 'foo)
225 you should change it to:
226 (define-key notmuch-show-mode-map "7" 'foo)
228 Notmuch 0.31.4 (2021-02-18)
229 ===========================
234 Fix include bug triggered by glib 2.67.
239 Fix race condition in T568-lib-thread.
241 Notmuch 0.31.3 (2020-12-25)
242 ===========================
247 Fix for exclude tags in notmuch2 bindings.
252 Portability update for T360-symbol-hiding
257 Fix for memory error in notmuch_database_get_config_list
259 Notmuch 0.31.2 (2020-11-08)
260 ===========================
265 Catch one more occurence of "version" in the build system, which
266 caused the file to be regenerated in the release tarball.
268 Notmuch 0.31.1 (2020-11-08)
269 ===========================
274 Fix a memory initialization bug in notmuch_database_get_config_list.
279 Rename file 'version' to 'version.txt'. The old file name conflicted
280 with a C++ header for some compilers.
282 Replace use of coreutils `realpath` in configure.
284 Notmuch 0.31 (2020-09-05)
285 =========================
290 Notmuch now supports Emacs 27.1. You may need to set
291 `mml-secure-openpgp-sign-with-sender` and/or
292 `mml-secure-smime-sign-with-sender` to continue signing messages.
294 The minimum supported major version of GNU Emacs is now 25.1.
296 Add support for moving between threads after notmuch-tree-from-search-thread.
298 New `notmuch-unthreaded` mode (added in Notmuch 0.30)
300 Unthreaded view is a mode where each matching message is shown on a
303 The main key entries to unthreaded view are
305 'u' enter a query to view in unthreaded mode (works in hello,
306 search, show and tree mode)
308 'U' view the current query in unthreaded mode (works from search,
311 Saved searches can also specify that they should open in unthreaded
314 Currently it is not possible to specify the sort order: it will
315 always be newest first.
320 The shell pipeline executed by notmuch-mutt, which symlinked matched
321 files to a maildir for mutt to access is replaced with internal perl
322 processing. This search operation is now more portable, and somewhat
328 Improve exception handling in the library. This should
329 largely eliminate terminations inside the library due to uncaught
330 exceptions or internal errors. No doubt there are a few uncovered
331 code paths still; please report them as bugs.
333 Add `notmuch_message_get_flag_st` and
334 `notmuch_message_has_maildir_flag_st`, and deprecate the existing
335 non-status providing versions.
337 Move memory de-allocation from `notmuch_database_close` to
338 `notmuch_database_destroy`.
340 Handle relative filenames in `notmuch_database_index_file`, as
341 promised in the documentation.
346 Documentation for the python bindings is merged into the main
347 sphinx-doc documentation tree. The merged documentation can be built
348 with e.g. `make sphinx-html`
353 We now support building notmuch against Xapian 1.5 (the current
354 development version).
359 Test suite fixes for compatibility with Emacs 27.1.
364 Man pages are now compressed reproducibly.
366 Notmuch 0.30 (2020-07-10)
367 =========================
372 Handle S/MIME (PKCS#7) messages -- one-part signed messages, encrypted
373 messages, and multilayer messages. Treat them symmetrically to
374 OpenPGP messages. This includes handling protected headers
377 If you're using Notmuch with S/MIME, you currently need to configure
383 Detect and automatically repair a common form of message mangling
384 created by Microsoft Exchange (see index.repaired=mixedup in
385 notmuch-properties(7)).
390 Avoid indexing the legacy-display part of an encrypted message that
391 has protected headers (see
392 index.repaired=skip-protected-headers-legacy-display in
393 notmuch-properties(7)).
398 Drop support for python2, focus on python3.
400 Introduce new CFFI-based python bindings in the python module named
401 "notmuch2". Officially deprecate (but still support) the older
407 Support for Xapian 1.2 is removed. The minimum supported version of
410 Notmuch 0.29.3 (2019-11-27)
411 ===========================
416 Fix for use-after-free in notmuch_config_list_{key,val}.
418 Fix for double close of file in notmuch-dump.
423 Drop python2 support from shipped debian packaging.
425 Notmuch 0.29.2 (2019-10-19)
426 ===========================
431 Fix for file descriptor leak when opening gzipped mail files. Thanks
432 to James Troup for the bug report and the fix.
434 Notmuch 0.29.1 (2019-06-11)
435 ===========================
440 Fix for installation failure with `configure --without-emacs`.
442 Notmuch 0.29 (2019-06-07)
443 =========================
448 Add "body:" field to allow searching for terms that occur only in the
449 message body. Users will need to reindex their mail to take advantage
452 Add support for indexing user specified headers (e.g. List-Id). See
453 notmuch-config(1) for details. This requires reindexing after changing
454 the set of headers to be indexed.
456 Fix bug for searching in some headers for Xapian keywords in quoted
459 Add support for gzip compressed mail messages (/not/ multi-message
460 mboxes); e.g. `gzip -9 $MAIL/archive/giant-message && notmuch new`
461 should work. Note that maildir flag syncing for gzipped messages is
464 Notmuch is now capable of indexing, searching and rendering
465 cryptographically-protected Subject: headers of the form produced by
466 Enigmail and K-9 mail in encrypted messages.
468 Command Line Interface
469 ----------------------
471 `notmuch show` now supports --body=false and --include-html with
474 Fix several performance problems with `notmuch reindex`.
476 `notmuch show` and `notmuch reply` now emit per-message cryptographic
477 status in their json and sexp output formats. See devel/schemata for
478 more details about what is included there. This status includes
479 information about cryptographic protections for the Subject header.
484 Optionally check for missing attachments in outgoing messages (see
485 function `notmuch-mua-attachment-check`).
487 Bind `B` to browse URLs in current message.
489 Bind `g` to refresh the current notmuch buffer.
491 Editing a message as new now includes an FCC header.
493 Forwarded messages are now tagged as +forwarded (customizable).
495 Add references header to link forwarded message to thread of original
498 The minimum supported major version of Emacs is now 24.
500 Support for GNU Emacs older than 25.1 is deprecated with this release,
501 and may be removed in a future release.
503 Notmuch-emacs documentation is somewhat expanded. More contributions
509 Notmuch release tarballs are now compressed with `xz`.
511 We now provide conventional detached signatures of the release
512 tarballs in addition to the signed `sha256sum` files.
517 Support for GMime 2.6 is removed. The minimum supported version of
518 GMime is now 3.0.3. GMime also needs to have been compiled with
519 cryptography support.
524 If either GNU parallel or moreutils parallel is installed, the tests
525 in the test suite will now be run in parallel (one per available
526 core). This can be disabled with NOTMUCH_TEST_SERIALIZE=1.
528 Notmuch 0.28.4 (2019-05-05)
529 ===========================
531 Command line interface
532 ----------------------
534 Fix a spurious error when using `notmuch show --raw` on messages whose
535 size is a multiple of the internal buffer size.
537 Notmuch 0.28.3 (2019-03-05)
538 ===========================
543 Fix a bug with the internal data structure _notmuch_string_map_t used
544 by message properties.
549 Serialize calls to sphinx-build to avoid race condition.
551 Notmuch 0.28.2 (2019-02-17)
552 ===========================
557 Invoke gpg with --batch and --no-tty.
562 Fix documentation build with Python 3.7. Note that Python >= 3.3 is
563 now needed to build this documentation.
565 Notmuch 0.28.1 (2019-02-01)
566 ===========================
571 `configure` no longer uses the special variable BASH, as this causes
572 problems on systems where /bin/sh is bash.
574 Notmuch 0.28 (2018-10-12)
575 =========================
582 The threading algorithm has been updated to consider all references,
583 not just the heuristically chosen parent (e.g. when that parent is
584 not in the database). The heuristic for choosing a parent message
585 has also been updated to again consider the In-Reply-To header, if
586 it looks sensible. Re-indexing might be needed to take advantage of
589 Handle mislabelled Windows-1252 parts
591 Messages that contain Windows-1252 are apparently frequently
592 mislabelled as ISO 8859-1. Use GMime functionality to apply the
593 correct encoding for such messages.
595 Command Line Interface
596 ----------------------
598 Support relative database paths
600 Database paths (i.e. parameters to `notmuch config set
601 database.path`) without a leading `/` are now interpreted relative
602 to $HOME of the invoking user.
607 Improve stderr handling
609 Add a real sentinel process to clean up stderr buffer. This is
610 needed on e.g. macOS.
612 Call `notmuch-mua-send-hook` hooks when sending a message
614 This hook was documented, but not functional for a very long time.
619 The zsh completion has been updated to cover most of the notmuch
620 CLI. Internally it uses regexp searching, so needs at least Notmuch
626 The build system now installs notmuch-mutt and notmuch-emacs-mua with
627 absolute shebangs, following the conventions of most Linux
633 Fix certain tests that were failing with GMime 2.6. Users are reminded
634 that support for versions of GMime before 3.0.3 has been deprecated
637 Notmuch 0.27 (2018-06-13)
638 =========================
643 Add support for thread:{} queries
645 Queries of the form `thread:{foo} and thread:{bar}` match threads
646 containing (possibly distinct) messages matching foo and bar. See
647 `notmuch-search-terms(7)` for details.
649 Command Line Interface
650 ----------------------
652 Add the --full-scan option to `notmuch new`
654 This option disables mtime based optimization of scanning for new mail.
656 Add new --decrypt=stash option for `notmuch show`
658 This facilitates a workflow for encrypted messages where message
659 cleartext are indexed on first read, but the user's decryption key
660 does not have to be available during message receipt.
665 An initial manual for `notmuch-emacs` is now installed by default (in
671 As of this release, support for versions of Xapian before 1.4.0 is
672 deprecated, and may disappear in a future release of notmuch.
674 Notmuch 0.26.2 (2018-04-28)
675 ===========================
680 Work around Xapian bug with `get_mset(0,0, x)`
682 This causes aborts in `_notmuch_query_count_documents` on
683 e.g. Fedora 28. The underlying bug is fixed in Xapian commit
684 f92e2a936c1592, and will be fixed in Xapian 1.4.6.
686 Make thread indexing more robust against reference loops
688 Choose a thread root by date in case of reference loops. Fix a
689 related abort in `notmuch show`.
691 Notmuch 0.26.1 (2018-04-02)
692 ===========================
697 Bump the library minor version. This should have happened in 0.26, but
698 better late than never.
701 Notmuch 0.26 (2018-01-09)
702 =========================
704 Command Line Interface
705 ----------------------
707 Support for re-indexing existing messages
709 There is a new subcommand, `notmuch reindex`, which re-indexes all
710 messages matching supplied search terms. This permits users to
711 change the way specific messages are indexed.
713 Note that for messages with multiple variants in the message
714 archive, the recorded Subject: of may change upon reindexing,
715 depending on the order in which the variants are indexed.
717 Improved error reporting in notmuch new
719 Give more details when reporting certain Xapian exceptions.
721 Support maildir synced tags in `new.tags`
723 Tags `draft`, `flagged`, `passed`, and `replied` are now supported
724 in `new.tags`. The tag `unread` is still special in the presence of
725 maildir syncing, and will be added for files in `new/` regardless of
726 the setting of `new.tags`.
728 Support /regex/ in new.ignore
730 Files and directories may be ignored based on regular expressions.
732 Allow `notmuch insert --folder=""`
734 This inserts into the top level folder.
736 Strip trailing '/' from folder path for notmuch insert
738 This prevents a potential problem with duplicated database records.
740 New option --output=address for notmuch address
742 Make `notmuch show` more robust against deleting duplicate files
744 The option --decrypt now takes an explicit argument
746 The --decrypt option to `notmuch show` and `notmuch reply` now takes
747 an explicit argument. If you were used to invoking `notmuch show
748 --decrypt`, you should switch to `notmuch show --decrypt=true`.
750 Boolean and keyword arguments now take a `--no-` prefix
755 Indexing cleartext of encrypted e-mails
757 It's now possible to include the cleartext of encrypted e-mails in
758 the notmuch index. This makes it possible to search your encrypted
759 e-mails with the same ease as searching cleartext. This can be done
760 on a per-message basis by passing --decrypt=true to indexing
761 commands (new, insert, reindex), or by default by running "notmuch
762 config set index.decrypt true".
764 Encrypted messages whose cleartext is indexed will typically also
765 have their session keys stashed as properties associated with the
766 message. Stashed session keys permit rapid rendering of long
767 encrypted threads, and disposal of expired encryption-capable keys.
768 If for some reason you want cleartext indexing without stashed
769 session keys, use --decrypt=nostash for your indexing commands (or
770 run "notmuch config set index.decrypt nostash"). See `index.decrypt`
771 in notmuch-config(1) for more details.
773 Note that stashed session keys permit reconstruction of the
774 cleartext of the encrypted message itself, and the contents of the
775 index are roughly equivalent to the cleartext as well. DO NOT USE
776 this feature without considering the security of your index.
781 Guard against concurrent searches in notmuch-tree
783 Use make-process when available
785 This allows newer Emacs to separate stdout and stderr from the
786 notmuch command without using temporary files.
791 Indexing files with duplicate message-id
793 Files with duplicate message-id's are now indexed, and searchable
794 via terms and phrases. There are known issues related to
795 presentation of results and regular-expression search, but in
796 principle no mail file should be completely unsearchable now.
798 New functions to count files
800 Two new functions in the libnotmuch API:
801 `notmuch_message_count_files`, and `notmuch_thread_get_total_files`.
803 New function to remove properties
805 A new function was added to the libnotmuch API to make it easier to
806 drop all properties with a common pattern:
807 `notmuch_message_remove_all_properties_with_prefix`
809 Change of return value of `notmuch_thread_get_authors`
811 In certain corner cases, `notmuch_thread_get_authors` previously
812 returned NULL. This has been replaced by an empty string, since the
813 possibility of NULL was not documented.
815 Transition `notmuch_database_add_message` to `notmuch_database_index_file`
817 When indexing an e-mail message, the new
818 `notmuch_database_index_file` function is the preferred form, and
819 the old `notmuch_database_add_message` is deprecated. The new form
820 allows passing a set of options to the indexing engine, which the
821 operator may decide to change from message to message.
828 The test suite now works properly with out-of-tree builds, i.e. with
829 separate source and build directories. The --root option to tests
830 has been dropped. The same can now be achieved more reliably using
836 Python bindings specific Debian packaging is removed
838 The bindings have been build by the top level Debian packaging for a
839 long time, and `bindings/python/debian` has bit-rotted.
841 Open mail files in binary mode when using Python 3
843 This avoids certain encoding related crashes under Python 3.
845 Add python bindings for `notmuch_database_{get,set}_config*`
847 Optional `decrypt_policy` flag is available for notmuch.database().index_file()
852 nmbug's internal version increases to 0.3 in this notmuch release.
853 User-facing changes with this notmuch release:
855 * Accept failures to unset `core.worktree` in `clone`, which allows
856 nmbug to be used with Git 2.11.0 and later.
857 * Auto-checkout in `clone` if it wouldn't clobber existing content,
858 which makes the initial clone more convenient.
859 * Only error for invalid diff lines in `tags/`, which allows for
860 `README`s and similar in nmbug repositories.
865 New man page: notmuch-properties(7)
867 This new page to the manual describes common conventions for how
868 properties are used by libnotmuch, the CLI, and associated programs.
869 External projects that use properties are encouraged to claim their
870 properties and conventions here to avoid collisions.
872 Notmuch 0.25.3 (2017-12-08)
873 ===========================
878 Extend mitigation (disabling handling x-display in text/enriched) for
879 Emacs bug #28350 to Emacs versions before 24.4 (i.e. without
882 Command Line Interface
883 ----------------------
885 Correctly report userid validity. Fix test suite failure for GMime >=
886 3.0.3. This change raises the minimum supported version of GMime 3.x
889 Notmuch 0.25.2 (2017-11-05)
890 ===========================
892 Command Line Interface
893 ----------------------
895 Fix segfault in notmuch-show crypto handling when compiled against
896 GMime 2.6; this was a regression in 0.25.
901 Support for GMime before 3.0 is now deprecated, and will be removed in
904 Notmuch 0.25.1 (2017-09-11)
905 ===========================
910 Disable handling x-display in text/enriched messages. Mitigation for
913 Notmuch 0.25 (2017-07-25)
914 =========================
919 Add regexp searching for mid, paths, and tags.
921 Skip HTML tags when indexing
923 In particular this avoids indexing large inline images.
925 Command Line Interface
926 ----------------------
928 Bash completion is now installed to /usr/share by default.
930 Allow space as separator for keyword arguments.
935 Support for stashing message timestamp in show and tree views
937 Invoking `notmuch-show-stash-date` with a prefix argument
938 stashes the unix timestamp of the current message instead of
941 Don't use 'function' as variable name, workaround emacs bug 26406.
946 Add workaround for date parsing of bad input in older GMime
948 In certain circumstances, older GMime libraries could return
949 negative numbers when parsing syntactically invalid dates.
951 Replace deprecated functions with status returning versions
953 API of notmuch_query_{search,count}_{messages,threads} has
954 changed. notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude now returns a status
957 Add support for building against GMime 3.0.
959 Rename libutil.a to libnotmuch_util.a.
961 libnotmuch SONAME is incremented to libnotmuch.so.5.
963 Notmuch 0.24.2 (2017-06-01)
964 ===========================
966 Command Line Interface
967 ----------------------
969 Fix output from `notmuch dump --include=properties` to not include tags.
974 Fix filename stashing in tree view.
976 Notmuch 0.24.1 (2017-04-01)
977 ===========================
982 Fix regressions in non-regexp search for `from:` and `subject:`
984 The regexp search code in 0.24 introduced a regression in the
985 handling of empty queries and wildcards. These are both corrected in
988 Command Line Interface
989 ----------------------
991 Fix several memory leaks in `notmuch show`
993 Update NEWS for 0.24 to mention schema changes
995 Fix bug in dump header
997 The previous version of the dump header failed to mention the
998 inclusion of tags. This fix bumps the version number of the dump
999 format to 3. There are no other changes to the format.
1004 Fix a read-after-free in the library.
1006 Notmuch 0.24 (2017-03-12)
1007 =========================
1012 Regular expression searches supported for `from:` and `subject:`
1014 This requires recent Xapian (1.4+) See notmuch-search-terms(7) for
1017 Command Line Interface
1018 ----------------------
1020 Run external `notmuch-` prefixed commands as subcommands
1022 You can now add your own `notmuch-` prefixed commands in PATH, and
1023 have notmuch run them as if they were notmuch commands. See the
1024 `notmuch(1)` man page for details
1026 New default output format to 3
1028 See devel/schemata for details. Users of the structured output
1029 format are reminded of the `--format-version` argument to `notmuch
1030 show` and `notmuch search` which can prevent breakage when the
1031 default format changes.
1036 Postpone and resume messages in `notmuch-message-mode` (composition)
1038 Notmuch now has built in support for postponing, saving and resuming
1039 messages. The default bindings are C-x C-s to save a draft, C-c C-p
1040 to postpone a draft (save and exit compose buffer), and "e" in show
1041 or tree view to resume.
1043 Draft messages are tagged with `notmuch-draft-tags` (draft by
1044 default) so you may wish to add that to the excluded tags list. When
1045 saving a previously saved draft message the earlier draft gets
1048 Note that attachments added before postponing will be included as
1049 they were when you postponed in the final message.
1053 It is now possible to save the list of address completions for
1054 notmuch's internal completion between runs of emacs. This makes the
1055 first calls to address completion much better and faster. For
1056 privacy reasons it is disabled by default, to enable set or
1057 customize `notmuch-address-save-filename`.
1061 It is now possible to configure tagging shortcuts (with an interface
1062 like notmuch jump). For example (by default) k u will remove the
1063 unread tag, and k s will add a tag "spam" and remove the inbox
1064 tag. Pressing k twice will do the reverse operation so, for example,
1065 k k s removes the spam tag and adds the inbox tag. See the customize
1066 variable `notmuch-tagging-keys` for more information.
1070 It is now possible to refresh all notmuch buffers to reflect the
1071 current state of the database with a single command, `M-=`.
1073 Stop display of `application/*` parts
1075 By default gnus displays all `application/*` parts such as
1076 application/zip in the message buffer. This has several undesirable
1077 effects for notmuch (security, triggering errors etc). Notmuch now
1078 overrides this and does not display them by default. If you have
1079 customized `mm-inline-override-types` then we assume you know what
1080 you want and do not interfere; if you do want to stop the display of
1081 `application/*` add `application/*` to your customization. If you want
1082 to allow `application/*` then set `mm-inline-override-types` to
1085 Small change in the api for notmuch-search-tag
1087 When `notmuch-search-tag` is called non-interactively and the region
1088 is set, then it only tags the threads in the region. (Previously it
1089 only tagged the current thread.)
1091 Bugfix for sending messages with very long headers
1093 Previously emacs didn't fold very long headers when sending which
1094 could cause the MTA to refuse to send the message. This makes sure
1095 it does fold any long headers so the message is RFC compliant.
1097 `notmuch emacs-mua` command installed with the Emacs interface
1099 We've carried a `notmuch-emacs-mua` script in the source tree for
1100 quite some time. It can be used to launch the Notmuch Emacs
1101 interface from the command line in many different ways. Starting
1102 with this release, it will be installed with the Emacs
1103 interface. With the new external subcommand support, the script
1104 transparently becomes a new notmuch command. See the
1105 `notmuch-emacs-mua(1)` man page for details.
1107 Notmuch Emacs desktop integration
1109 The desktop integration file will now be installed with the Notmuch
1110 Emacs interface, adding a Notmuch menu item and configuration to
1111 allow the user to set up Notmuch Emacs as the `mailto:` URL handler.
1116 `notmuch_query_count_messages` is now non-destructive
1118 Internally the implementation of excludes has changed to make this
1121 Improved handling of DatabaseModifiedError
1123 Previously uncaught exceptions reading message metadata are now
1126 Notmuch 0.23.7 (2017-02-28)
1127 ===========================
1132 Drop use of gpgconf --create-socketdir. Move $GNUPGHOME to /tmp.
1134 It turns out the hardcoded use of /run/user in gpg doesn't work out
1135 that well in some environments. The more low tech fix is to move all
1136 of $GNUPGHOME to somewhere where we can control the length of the
1139 Notmuch 0.23.6 (2017-02-27)
1140 ===========================
1142 Command Line Interface
1143 ----------------------
1145 Fix read-after-free bug in `notmuch new`.
1150 Use gpgconf --create-socketdir if available.
1152 GnuPG has a facility to use sockets in /run or /var/run to avoid
1153 problems with long socket paths, but this is not enabled by default
1154 for GNUPGHOME other than $HOME/.gnupg. Enable it, if possible.
1156 Notmuch 0.23.5 (2017-01-09)
1157 ===========================
1162 Fix quoting bug in configure. This had introduced a RUNPATH into the
1163 notmuch binary in cases where it was not not needed.
1165 Notmuch 0.23.4 (2016-12-24)
1166 ===========================
1168 Command Line Interface
1169 ----------------------
1171 Improve error handling in notmuch insert
1173 Database lock errors no longer prevent message file delivery to the
1174 filesystem. Certain errors during `notmuch insert` most likely to
1175 be temporary return EX_TEMPFAIL.
1180 Restore autoload cookie for notmuch-search.
1182 Notmuch 0.23.3 (2016-11-27)
1183 ===========================
1185 Command Line Interface
1186 ----------------------
1188 Treat disappearing files during notmuch new as non-fatal.
1193 Fix incompatibility (related to signature size) with gnupg 2.1.16.
1195 Notmuch 0.23.2 (2016-11-20)
1196 ===========================
1201 Fix notmuch-interesting-buffer and notmuch-cycle-notmuch-buffers.
1203 notmuch-tree-mode and notmuch-message-mode buffers are now
1204 considered interesting by `notmuch-interesting-buffer` and
1205 `notmuch-cycle-notmuch-buffers`.
1207 Restore compatibility with Emacs 23.
1209 Notmuch support for Emacs 23 is now deprecated.
1211 Notmuch 0.23.1 (2016-10-23)
1212 ===========================
1217 Require Xapian >= 1.2.6
1219 The ifdef branch for older Xapian (pre-compact API) had bit-rotted.
1224 Fix default colours for unread and flagged messages
1226 In 0.23 the default colours for unread and flagged messages in
1227 search view were accidentally swapped. This release returns them to
1228 the original colours.
1230 A related change in 0.23 broke the customize widget for
1231 notmuch-search-line-faces. This is now fixed.
1233 Fix test failure with Emacs 25.1
1235 A previously undiscovered jit-lock related bug was exposed by Emacs
1236 25, causing a notmuch-show mode test to fail. This release fixes the
1237 bug, and hence the test.
1239 Notmuch 0.23 (2016-10-03)
1240 =========================
1242 General (Xapian 1.4+)
1243 ---------------------
1245 Compiling against Xapian 1.4 enables several new features.
1247 Support for single argument date: queries
1249 `date:<expr>` is equivalent to `date:<expr>..<expr>`.
1251 Support for blocking opens
1253 When opening a database notmuch by default will wait for another
1254 process to release a write lock, rather than returning an error.
1256 Support for named queries
1258 Named queries (also known as 'saved searches') can be defined with a
1259 `query:name` format. The expansion of these queries is stored in the
1260 database and they can be used from any notmuch client.
1265 Message property API
1267 libnotmuch now supports the attachment of arbitrary key-value pairs
1268 to messages. These can be used by various tools to manage their
1269 private data without polluting the user tag space. They also support
1270 iteration of values with the same key or same key prefix.
1272 Bug fix for `notmuch_directory_set_mtime`
1274 Update cached mtime to match on-disk mtime.
1279 Support for compile time options
1281 A group of `built_with` keys is now supported for notmuch
1282 config. Initial keys in this group are `compact`, `field_processor`,
1285 Dump/Restore support for configuration information and properties
1287 Any configuration information stored in the database (initially just
1288 named queries) is dumped and restored. Similarly any properties
1289 attached to messages are also dumped and restored. Any new
1290 information in the dump format is prefixed by '#' to allow existing
1291 scripts to ignore it.
1296 Make notmuch-message-mode use insert for fcc
1298 Notmuch-message-mode now defaults to using notmuch insert for
1299 fcc. The old file based fcc behaviour can be restored by setting the
1300 defcustom `notmuch-maildir-use-notmuch-insert` to nil.
1302 When using notmuch insert, `notmuch-fcc-dirs` must be a subdirectory
1303 of the mailstore (absolute paths are not permitted) followed by any
1304 tag changes to be applied to the inserted message. The tag changes
1305 are applied after the default tagging for new messages. For example
1306 setting the header to "sentmail -inbox +sent" would insert the
1307 message in the subdirectory sentmail of the mailstore, add the tag
1308 "sent", and not add the (normally added) "inbox" tag.
1310 Finally, if the insert fails (e.g. if the database is locked) the
1311 user is presented with the option to retry, ignore, or edit the
1314 Make internal address completion customizable
1316 There is a new defcustom `notmuch-address-internal-completion` which
1317 controls how the internal completion works: it allows the user to
1318 choose whether to match on messages the user sent, or the user
1319 received, and to filter the messages used for the match, for example
1322 Allow internal address completion on an individual basis
1324 There is a new function `notmuch-address-toggle-internal-completion`
1325 (by default it has no keybinding) which allows users who normally
1326 use an external completion command to use the builtin internal
1327 completion for the current buffer.
1329 Alternatively, if the user has company-mode enabled, then the user
1330 can use company mode commands such as `company-complete` to
1331 activate the builtin completion for an individual completion.
1335 The function `notmuch-show-resend-message` (bound to `b` in show
1336 and tree modes) will (attempt to) send current message to new
1337 recipients. The headers of the message won't be altered (e.g. `To:`
1338 may point to yourself). New `Resent-To:`, `Resent-From:` and so on
1339 will be added instead.
1341 Face customization is easier
1343 New faces `notmuch-tag-unread`, `notmuch-tag-flagged`,
1344 `notmuch-tag-deleted`, `notmuch-tag-added`,
1345 `notmuch-search-flagged-face` and `notmuch-search-unread-face` are
1346 now used by default. Customize `notmuch-faces` to modify them.
1348 Omit User-Agent header by default when sending mail
1353 Add support for `notmuch_database_get_all_tags`
1358 Go bindings moved to contrib
1360 Add support for `notmuch_threads_t` and `notmuch_thread_t`
1362 Fixed constant values so they are not all zero anymore
1364 Previously, it was impossible to open writable database handles,
1365 because `DATABASE_MODE_READ_ONLY` and `DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE` were
1367 The same issue occurred with sort modes.
1369 Notmuch 0.22.2 (2016-09-08)
1370 ===========================
1377 Have gdb write to a log file instead of stdout, hiding some more
1378 (harmless) stderr chatter which causes test failures.
1380 Hardcode fingerprint in PGP/MIME tests
1382 Make the tests more robust against changing GnuPG output formats.
1384 Notmuch 0.22.1 (2016-07-19)
1385 ===========================
1390 Correct the definition of `LIBNOTMUCH_CHECK_VERSION`.
1392 Document the (lack of) operations permitted on a closed database.
1397 Fix race condition in dump / restore tests.
1402 Use `env` to locate perl.
1407 Tell `message-mode` mode that outgoing messages are mail
1409 This makes message-mode configuration behave more predictably.
1411 Respect charset of MIME parts when reading them
1413 Fix previous assumption that everyone uses UTF-8.
1415 Notmuch 0.22 (2016-04-26)
1416 =========================
1423 Notmuch should now build (and the test suite should pass) on recent
1424 releases of Xapian 1.3.x. It has been tested with Xapian 1.3.5.
1426 Limited support for S/MIME messages
1428 Signature verification is supported, but not decryption. S/MIME
1429 signature creation and S/MIME encryption are supported via built-in
1430 support in Emacs. S/MIME support is not extensively tested at this
1435 Fix for threading bug involving deleting and re-adding
1436 messages. Fix for case-sensitive content disposition headers. Fix
1437 handling of 1 character directory names at top level.
1439 Command Line Interface
1440 ----------------------
1442 `notmuch show` now supports verifying S/MIME signatures
1444 This support relies on an appropriately configured `gpgsm`.
1449 Drop dependency on "pkg-config emacs".
1454 Notmuch replies now include all parts shown in the show view
1456 There are two main user visible changes. The first is that rfc822
1457 parts are now included in replies.
1459 The second change is that part headers are now included in the reply
1460 buffer to provide visible separation of the parts. The choice of
1461 which part headers to show is customizable via the variable
1462 `notmuch-mua-reply-insert-header-p-function`.
1464 Filtering or Limiting messages is now bound to `l` in the search view
1466 This binding now matches the analogous binding in show view.
1468 `F` forwards all open messages in a thread
1470 When viewing a thread of messages, the new binding `F` can be used
1471 to generate a new outgoing message which forwards all of the open
1472 messages in the thread. This is analogous to the `f` binding, which
1473 forwards only the current message.
1475 Preferred content type can be determined from the message content
1477 More flexibility in choosing which sub-part of a
1478 multipart/alternative part is initially shown is available by
1479 setting `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` to a function
1480 that returns a list of discouraged types. The function so specified
1481 is passed the message as an argument and can examine the message
1482 content to determine which content types should be discouraged. This
1483 is in addition to the current capabilities (i.e. setting
1484 `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` to a list of discouraged
1487 When viewing a thread ("show" mode), queries that match no messages no
1488 longer generate empty buffers
1490 Should an attempt be made to view the thread corresponding to a
1491 query that matches no messages, a warning message is now displayed
1492 and the terminal bell rung rather than displaying an empty buffer
1493 (or, in some cases, displaying an empty buffer and throwing an
1494 error). This also affects re-display of the current thread.
1496 Handle S/MIME signatures in emacs
1498 The emacs interface is now capable making and verifying S/MIME
1501 `notmuch-message-address-insinuate` is now a no-op
1503 This reduces the amount of interference with non-notmuch uses of
1506 Address completion improvements
1508 An external script is no longer needed for address completion; if
1509 you previously configured one, customize the variable
1510 `notmuch-address-command` to try the internal completion. If
1511 `company-mode` is available, notmuch uses it by default for
1512 interactive address completion.
1514 Test and experiment with the emacs MUA available in source tree
1516 `./devel/try-emacs-mua` runs emacs and fills the window with
1517 information how to try the MUA safely. Emacs is configured to use
1518 the notmuch (lisp) files located in `./emacs` directory.
1523 New `notmuch-report(1)` and `notmuch-report.json(5)` man pages
1524 describe `notmuch-report` and its JSON configuration file. You can
1525 build these files by running `make` in the `devel/nmbug/doc`
1531 Renamed from `nmbug-status`. This script generates reports based on
1532 notmuch queries, and doesn't really have anything to do with nmbug,
1533 except for sharing the `NMBGIT` environment variable. The new name
1534 focuses on the script's action, instead of its historical association
1535 with the nmbug workflow. This should make it more discoverable for
1536 users looking for generic notmuch reporting tools.
1538 The default configuration file name (extracted from the `config`
1539 branch of `NBMGIT` has changed from `status-config.json` to
1540 `notmuch-report.json` so it is more obviously associated with the
1541 report-generating script. The configuration file also has a new
1542 `meta.message-url` setting, which is documented in
1543 `notmuch-report.json(5)`.
1545 `notmuch-report` now wraps query phrases in parentheses when and-ing
1546 them together, to avoid confusion about clause grouping.
1548 Notmuch 0.21 (2015-10-29)
1549 =========================
1554 Notmuch now requires gmime >= 2.6.7. The gmime 2.4 series is no longer
1557 Database revision tracking: `lastmod:` queries
1559 Each message now has a metadata revision number that increases with
1560 every tagging operation. See the discussion of `lastmod:` in
1561 `notmuch-search-terms(7)` for more information.
1563 Date queries now support `date:<expr>..!` shorthand for
1564 `date:<expr>..<expr>`
1566 You can use, for example, `date:yesterday..!` to match from the
1567 beginning of yesterday to the end of yesterday. For further details,
1568 please refer to the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page.
1570 Notmuch database upgrade to support `lastmod:` queries
1572 The above mentioned `lastmod:` prefix. This will be done
1573 automatically, without prompting on the next time `notmuch new` is
1574 run after the upgrade. The upgrade is not reversible, and the
1575 upgraded database will not be readable by older versions of
1576 Notmuch. As a safeguard, a database dump will be created in the
1577 `.notmuch` directory before upgrading.
1582 The ruby bindings are now built as part of the main notmuch build
1583 process. This can be disabled with the `--without-ruby` option to
1586 Building the documentation can be disabled with the `--without-docs`
1587 option to configure.
1589 Skipped individual tests are no longer considered as failures.
1591 Command Line Interface
1592 ----------------------
1594 Database revision tracking
1596 Two new options were added to support revision tracking. A global
1597 option "--uuid" (`notmuch(1)`) was added for to detect counter
1598 rollover and reinitialization, and `notmuch-count(1)` gained a
1599 `--lastmod` option to query database revision tracking data.
1601 The `notmuch address` command supports new deduplication schemes
1603 `notmuch address` has gained a new `--deduplicate` option to specify
1604 how the results should be deduplicated, if at all. The alternatives
1605 are `no` (do not deduplicate, useful for processing the results with
1606 external tools), `mailbox` (deduplicate based on the full, case
1607 sensitive name and email address), and `address` (deduplicate based
1608 on the case insensitive address part). See the `notmuch-address`
1609 manual page for further information.
1614 `notmuch-emacs-version` is used in `User-Agent` header
1616 The value of recently introduced variable `notmuch-emacs-version` is
1617 now used as a part of `User-Agent` header when sending emails.
1619 Removed `notmuch-version` function by renaming it to `notmuch-cli-version`
1621 With existing variable `notmuch-emacs-version` the accompanied
1622 function which retrieves the version of `notmuch-command` is
1623 better named as `notmuch-cli-version`.
1625 Query input now supports completion for "is:<tag>"
1627 New message composition mode: `notmuch-compose-mode`
1629 This is mainly to fix fcc handling, but may be useful for user
1630 customization as well.
1632 Allow filtering of search results in `notmuch-show`
1634 Add function to rerun current tree-view search in search mode
1636 Bug fix for replying to encrypted messages in `notmuch-tree` mode
1638 Allow saved searched to specify tree view rather than search view
1640 Applies to saved searches run from `notmuch-hello`, or by a keyboard
1641 shortcut (`notmuch-jump`). Can be set in the customize interface, or
1642 by adding :search-type tree to the appropriate saved search plist in
1643 `notmuch-saved-searches`.
1645 Increase maximum size of rendered text parts
1647 The variable `notmuch-show-max-text-part-size` controls the maximum
1648 size (in bytes) which is automatically rendered. This may make
1649 rendering large threads slower. To get the previous behaviour set
1650 this variable to 10000.
1655 The use of absolute paths is now enforced when calling
1656 `notmuch_database_{open, create}`
1658 New function `notmuch_directory_delete` to delete directory documents
1660 Previously there was no way to delete directory documents from the
1661 database, leading to confusing results when the "ghost" directory
1662 document of a renamed or deleted filesystem directory was
1663 encountered every time the parent directory was being scanned by
1664 `notmuch new`. The mtime of the old directory document was also used
1665 if a directory by the same name was added again in the filesystem,
1666 potentially bypassing the scan for the directory. The issues are
1667 fixed by providing a library call to delete directory documents, and
1668 deleting the old documents in `notmuch new` on filesystem directory
1671 Database revision tracking
1673 Revision tracking is supported via a new prefix "lastmod:" in the
1674 query parser and the new function
1675 `notmuch_database_get_revision`. For the latter, see `notmuch(3)`.
1677 New status code returning API for n_query_count_{messages,threads}
1679 Deprecated functions
1681 `notmuch_query_search_threads`, `notmuch_query_search_messages`,
1682 `notmuch_query_count_messages`, and `notmuch_query_count_threads`
1683 are all deprecated as of this release. Clients are encouraged to
1684 transition to the `_st` variants supporting better error reporting.
1689 `nmbug-status` now supports specifying the sort order for each view.
1691 Notmuch 0.20.2 (2015-06-27)
1692 ===========================
1697 Bug fix for marking messages read in `notmuch-tree` mode.
1699 Notmuch 0.20.1 (2015-06-01)
1700 ===========================
1705 Work around apparent gdb bug on arm64.
1707 Notmuch 0.20 (2015-05-31)
1708 =========================
1710 Command-Line Interface
1711 ----------------------
1713 There is a new `mimetype:` search prefix
1715 The new `mimetype:` search prefix allows searching for the
1716 content-type of attachments, which is now indexed. See the
1717 `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for details.
1719 Path to gpg is now configurable
1721 On systems with multiple versions of gpg, you can tell
1722 notmuch which one to use by setting `crypto.gpg_path`
1727 Avoid rendering large text attachments.
1729 Improved rendering of CID references in HTML.
1734 Vim client now respects excluded tags.
1739 Support messages without Message-IDs.
1744 Undeprecate single message mboxes
1746 It seems more trouble to remove this feature than expected, so
1747 `notmuch new` will no longer nag about mboxes with a single message.
1749 New error logging facility
1751 Clients should call `notmuch_database_status_string` to retrieve
1752 output formerly printed to stderr.
1754 Several bug fixes related to stale iterators
1756 New status code returning API for n_query_search_{messages,thread}
1758 Fix for library `install_name` on Mac OS X
1760 Fix for rounding of seconds
1765 Sphinx is now mandatory to build docs
1767 Support for using rst2man in place of sphinx to build the
1768 documentation has been removed.
1770 Improved notmuch-search-terms.7
1772 The man page `notmuch-search-terms(7)` has been extended, merging
1773 some material from the relicensed wiki.
1778 `notmuch-deliver` is removed. As far as we know, all functionality
1779 previously provided by `notmuch-deliver` should now be provided by
1780 `notmuch insert`, provided by the main notmuch binary.
1785 `nmbug-status` now only matches local branches when reading
1786 `status-config.json` from the `config` branch of the `NMBGIT`
1787 repository. To help new users running `nmbug-status`, `nmbug clone`
1788 now creates a local `config` branch tracking `origin/config`. Folks
1789 who use `nmbug-status` with an in-Git config (i.e. you don't use the
1790 `--config` option) who already have `NMBGIT` set up are encouraged to
1793 git checkout config origin/config
1795 in their `NMBGIT` repository (usually `~/.nmbug`).
1797 Notmuch 0.19 (2014-11-14)
1798 =========================
1803 This release improves the reliability of `notmuch dump` and the error
1804 handling for `notmuch insert`. The new `notmuch address` command is
1805 intended to make searching for email addresses more convenient. At the
1806 library level the revised handling of missing messages fixes at least
1807 one bug in threading. The release also includes several interface
1808 improvements to the emacs interface, most notably the ability to bind
1809 keyboard shortcuts to saved searches.
1811 Command-Line Interface
1812 ----------------------
1814 Stopped `notmuch dump` failing if someone writes to the database
1816 The dump command now takes the write lock when running. This
1817 prevents other processes from writing to the database during the
1818 dump which would cause the dump to fail. Note, if another notmuch
1819 process already has the write lock the dump will not start, so
1820 script callers should still check the return value.
1822 `notmuch insert` requires successful message indexing for success status
1824 Previously the `notmuch insert` subcommand indicated success even if
1825 the message indexing failed, as long as the message was delivered to
1826 file system. This could have lead to delivered messages missing
1827 tags, etc. `notmuch insert` is now more strict, also requiring
1828 successful indexing for success status. Use the new `--keep` option
1829 to revert to the old behaviour (keeping the delivered message file
1830 and returning success even if indexing fails).
1832 `notmuch insert` has gained support for `post-insert` hook
1834 The new `post-insert` hook is run after message delivery, similar to
1835 `post-new`. There's also a new option `notmuch insert --no-hooks` to
1836 skip the hook. See the notmuch-hooks(1) man page for details.
1838 `notmuch deliver` is deprecated
1840 With this release we believe that `notmuch insert` has reached
1841 parity with `notmuch deliver`. We recommend that all users of
1842 `notmuch deliver` switch to `notmuch insert` as the former is
1843 currently unmaintained.
1845 `notmuch search` now supports `--duplicate=N` option with `--output=messages`
1847 Complementing the `notmuch search --duplicate=N --output=files`
1848 options, the new `--duplicate=N --output=messages` combination
1849 limits output of message IDs to messages matching search terms that
1850 have at least `N` files associated with them.
1852 Added `notmuch address` subcommand
1854 This new subcommand searches for messages matching the given search
1855 terms, and prints the addresses from them. Duplicate addresses are
1856 filtered out. The `--output` option controls which of the following
1857 information is printed: sender addresses, recipient addresses and
1858 count of duplicate addresses.
1863 Use the `j` key to access saved searches from anywhere in notmuch
1865 `j` is now globally bound to `notmuch-jump`, which provides fast,
1866 interactive keyboard shortcuts to saved searches. For example,
1867 with the default saved searches `j i` from anywhere in notmuch will
1870 Improved handling of the unread tag
1872 Notmuch now marks an open message read (i.e., removes the unread
1873 tag) if point enters the message at any time in a show buffer
1874 regardless of how point got there (mouse click, cursor command, page
1875 up/down, notmuch commands such as n,N etc). This fixes various
1876 anomalies or bugs in the previous handling. Additionally it is
1877 possible to customize the mark read handling by setting
1878 `notmuch-show-mark-read-function` to a custom function.
1880 Expanded default saved search settings
1882 The default saved searches now include several more common searches,
1883 as well as shortcut keys for `notmuch-jump`.
1885 Improved `q` binding in notmuch buffers
1887 `q` will now bury rather than kill a notmuch search, show or tree
1888 buffer if there are multiple windows showing the buffer. If only a
1889 single window is showing the buffer, it is killed.
1891 `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link-alist` now supports functions
1893 Some list archives may use a more complicated scheme for referring
1894 to messages than just concatenated URL and message ID. For example,
1895 patchwork requires a query to translate message ID to a patchwork
1896 patch ID. `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link-alist` now supports
1897 functions to better cover such cases. See the help documentation for
1898 the variable for details.
1903 Introduced database version 3 with support for "database features."
1905 Features are independent aspects of the database schema.
1906 Representing these independently of the database version number will
1907 let us evolve the database format faster and more incrementally,
1908 while maintaining better forwards and backwards compatibility.
1910 Library users are no longer required to call `notmuch_database_upgrade`
1912 Previously, library users were required to call
1913 `notmuch_database_needs_upgrade` and `notmuch_database_upgrade`
1914 before using a writable database. Even the CLI didn't get this
1915 right, and it is no longer required. Now, individual APIs may
1916 return `NOTMUCH_STATUS_UPGRADE_REQUIRED` if the database format is
1917 too out of date for that API.
1919 Library users can now abort an atomic section by closing the database
1921 Previously there was no supported way to abort an atomic section.
1922 Callers can now simply close the database, and any outstanding
1923 atomic section will be aborted.
1925 Add return status to `notmuch_database_close` and
1926 `notmuch_database_destroy`
1928 Bug fixes and performance improvements for thread linking
1930 The database now represents missing-but-referenced messages ("ghost
1931 messages") similarly to how it represents regular messages. This
1932 enables an improved thread linking algorithm that performs better
1933 and fixes a bug that sometimes prevented notmuch from linking
1934 messages into the same thread.
1939 The Perl script has been translated to Python; you'll need Python 2.7
1940 or anything from the 3.x line. Most of the user-facing interface is
1941 the same, but `nmbug help` is now `nmbug --help`, and the following nmbug
1942 commands have slightly different interfaces: `archive`, `commit`,
1943 `fetch`, `log`, `pull`, `push`, and `status`. For details on the
1944 new interface for a given command, run `nmbug COMMAND --help`.
1949 `nmbug-status` can now optionally load header and footer templates
1950 from the config file. Use something like:
1954 "header": "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang="en">\n...",
1955 "footer": "</body></html>",
1964 Add support for `notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude`
1969 The notmuch binaries and libraries are now build with debugging symbols
1970 by default. Users concerned with disk space should change the
1971 defaults when configuring or use the strip(1) command.
1973 Notmuch 0.18.2 (2014-10-25)
1974 ===========================
1979 Translate T380-atomicity to use gdb/python
1981 The new version is compatible with gdb 7.8
1983 Emacs 24.4 related bug fixes
1985 The Messages buffer became read-only, and the generated mime
1986 structure for signatures changed slightly.
1988 Simplify T360-symbol-hiding
1990 Replace the use of `objdump` on the object files with `nm` on the
1993 Notmuch 0.18.1 (2014-06-25)
1994 ===========================
1996 This is a bug fix and portability release.
2001 Add a workaround for systems without zlib.pc
2003 Make emacs install robust against the non-existence of emacs
2005 Put notmuch lib directory first in RPATH
2007 Fix handling of `html_static_path` in sphinx
2009 Both the python bindings and the main docs had spurious settings of
2015 Use --quick when starting emacs
2017 This avoids a hang in the T160-json tests.
2019 Allow pending break points in atomicity script
2021 This allows the atomicity tests to run on several more architectures/OSes.
2023 Command-Line Interface
2024 ----------------------
2026 To improve portability use fsync instead of fdatasync in
2027 `notmuch-dump`. There should be no functional difference.
2032 Resurrect support for single-message mbox files
2034 The removal introduced a bug with previously indexed single-message
2035 mboxes. This support remains deprecated.
2037 Fix for phrase indexing
2039 There were several bugs where words intermingled from different
2040 headers and MIME parts could match a single phrase query. This fix
2041 will affect only newly indexed messages.
2046 Make sure tagging on an empty query is harmless
2048 Previously tagging an empty query could lead to tags being
2049 unintentionally removed.
2051 Notmuch 0.18 (2014-05-06)
2052 =========================
2057 This new release includes some enhancements to searching for messages
2058 by filesystem location (`folder:` and `path:` prefixes under *General*
2059 below). Saved searches in *Emacs* have also been enhanced to allow
2060 distinct search orders for each one. Another enhancement to the
2061 *Emacs* interface is that replies to encrypted messages are now
2062 encrypted, reducing the risk of unintentional information disclosure.
2063 The default dump output format has changed to the more robust
2064 `batch-tag` format. The previously deprecated parsing of single
2065 message mboxes has been removed. For detailed release notes, see
2071 The `folder:` search prefix now requires an exact match
2073 The `folder:` prefix has been changed to search for email messages
2074 by the exact, case sensitive maildir or MH folder name. Wildcard
2075 matching (`folder:foo*`) is no longer supported. The new behaviour
2076 allows for more accurate mail folder based searches, makes it
2077 possible to search for messages in the top-level folder, and should
2078 lead to less surprising results than the old behaviour. Users are
2079 advised to see the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for details,
2080 and review how the change affects their existing `folder:` searches.
2082 There is a new `path:` search prefix
2084 The new `path:` search prefix complements the `folder:` prefix. The
2085 `path:` prefix searches for email messages that are in particular
2086 directories within the mail store, optionally recursively using a
2087 special syntax. See the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for
2090 Notmuch database upgrade due to `folder:` and `path:` changes
2092 The above mentioned changes to the `folder:` prefix and the addition
2093 of `path:` prefix require a Notmuch database upgrade. This will be
2094 done automatically, without prompting on the next time `notmuch new`
2095 is run after the upgrade. The upgrade is not reversible, and the
2096 upgraded database will not be readable by older versions of
2097 Notmuch. As a safeguard, a database dump will be created in the
2098 `.notmuch` directory before upgrading.
2103 Notmuch database upgrade
2105 The libnotmuch consumers are reminded to handle database upgrades
2106 properly, either by relying on running `notmuch new`, or checking
2107 `notmuch_database_needs_upgrade()` and calling
2108 `notmuch_database_upgrade()` as necessary. This has always been the
2109 case, but in practise there have been no database upgrades in any
2110 released version of Notmuch before now.
2112 Support for indexing mbox files has been dropped
2114 There has never been proper support for mbox files containing
2115 multiple messages, and the support for single-message mbox files has
2116 been deprecated since Notmuch 0.15. The support has now been
2117 dropped, and all mbox files will be rejected during indexing.
2119 Message header parsing changes
2121 Notmuch previously had an internal parser for message headers. The
2122 parser has now been dropped in favour of letting GMime parse both
2123 the headers and the message MIME structure at the same pass. This is
2124 mostly an internal change, but the GMime parser is stricter in its
2125 interpretation of the headers. This may result in messages with
2126 slightly malformed message headers being now rejected.
2128 Command-Line Interface
2129 ----------------------
2131 `notmuch dump` now defaults to `batch-tag` format
2133 The old format is still available with `--format=sup`.
2135 `notmuch new` has a --quiet option
2137 This option suppresses the progress and summary reports.
2139 `notmuch insert` respects maildir.synchronize_flags config option
2141 Do not synchronize tags to maildir flags in `notmuch insert` if the
2142 user does not want it.
2144 The commands set consistent exit status codes on failures
2146 The cli commands now consistently set exit status of 1 on failures,
2147 except where explicitly otherwise noted. The notable exceptions are
2148 the status codes for format version mismatches for commands that
2149 support formatted output.
2151 Bug fix for checking configured new.tags for invalid tags
2153 `notmuch new` and `notmuch insert` now check the user configured
2154 new.tags for invalid tags, and refuse to apply them, similar to
2155 `notmuch tag`. Invalid tags are currently the empty string and tags
2163 If the file pointed by new variable `notmuch-init-file` (typically
2164 `~/.emacs.d/notmuch-config.el`) exists, it is loaded at the end of
2165 `notmuch.el`. Users can put their personal notmuch emacs lisp based
2166 configuration/customization items there instead of filling
2167 `~/.emacs` with these.
2169 Changed format for saved searches
2171 The format for `notmuch-saved-searches` has changed, but old style
2172 saved searches are still supported. The new style means that a saved
2173 search can store the desired sort order for the search, and it can
2174 store a separate query to use for generating the count notmuch
2177 The variable is fully customizable and any configuration done
2178 through customize should *just work*, with the additional options
2179 mentioned above. For manual customization see the documentation for
2180 `notmuch-saved-searches`.
2182 IMPORTANT: a new style notmuch-saved-searches variable will break
2183 previous versions of notmuch-emacs (even search will not work); to
2184 fix remove the customization for notmuch-saved-searches.
2186 If you have a custom saved search sort function (not unsorted or
2187 alphabetical) then the sort function will need to be
2188 modified. Replacing (car saved-search) by (notmuch-saved-search-get
2189 saved-search :name) and (cdr saved-search) by
2190 (notmuch-saved-search-get saved-search :query) should be sufficient.
2192 The keys of `notmuch-tag-formats` are now regexps
2194 Previously, the keys were literal strings. Customized settings of
2195 `notmuch-tag-formats` will continue to work as before unless tags
2196 contain regexp special characters like `.` or `*`.
2198 Changed tags are now shown in the buffer
2200 Previously tag changes made in a buffer were shown immediately. In
2201 some cases (particularly automatic tag changes like marking read)
2202 this made it hard to see what had happened (e.g., whether the
2203 message had been unread).
2205 The changes are now shown explicitly in the buffer: by default
2206 deleted tags are displayed with red strike-through and added tags
2207 are displayed underlined in green (inverse video is used for deleted
2208 tags if the terminal does not support strike-through).
2210 The variables `notmuch-tag-deleted-formats` and
2211 `notmuch-tag-added-formats`, which have the same syntax as
2212 `notmuch-tag-formats`, allow this to be customized.
2214 Setting `notmuch-tag-deleted-formats` to `'((".*" nil))` and
2215 `notmuch-tag-added-formats` to `'((".*" tag))` will give the old
2216 behavior of hiding deleted tags and showing added tags identically
2217 to tags already present.
2221 The new, build-time generated variable `notmuch-emacs-version` is used
2222 to distinguish between notmuch cli and notmuch emacs versions.
2223 The function `notmuch-hello-versions` (bound to 'v' in notmuch-hello
2224 window) prints both notmuch cli and notmuch emacs versions in case
2225 these differ from each other.
2226 This is especially useful when using notmuch remotely.
2228 Ido-completing-read initialization in Emacs 23
2230 `ido-completing-read` in Emacs 23 versions 1 through 3 freezes unless
2231 it is initialized. Defadvice-based *Ido* initialization is defined
2232 for these Emacs versions.
2234 Bug fix for saved searches with newlines in them
2236 Split lines confuse `notmuch count --batch`, so we remove embedded
2237 newlines before calling notmuch count.
2239 Bug fixes for sender identities
2241 Previously, Emacs would rewrite some sender identities in unexpected
2242 and undesirable ways. Now it will use identities exactly as
2243 configured in `notmuch-identities`.
2245 Replies to encrypted messages will be encrypted by default
2247 In the interest of maintaining confidentiality of communications,
2248 the Notmuch Emacs interface now automatically adds the mml tag to
2249 encrypt replies to encrypted messages. This should make it less
2250 likely to accidentally reply to encrypted messages in plain text.
2252 Reply pushes mark before signature
2254 We push mark and set point on reply so that the user can easily cut
2255 the quoted text. The mark is now pushed before the signature, if
2256 any, instead of end of buffer so the signature is preserved.
2258 Message piping uses the originating buffer's working directory
2260 `notmuch-show-pipe-message` now uses the originating buffer's
2261 current default directory instead of that of the `*notmuch-pipe*`
2267 nmbug adds a `clone` command for setting up the initial repository and
2268 uses `@{upstream}` instead of `FETCH_HEAD` to track upstream changes.
2270 The `@{upstream}` change reduces ambiguity when fetching multiple
2271 branches, but requires existing users update their `NMBGIT`
2272 repository (usually `~/.nmbug`) to distinguish between local and
2273 remote-tracking branches. The easiest way to do this is:
2275 1. If you have any purely local commits (i.e. they aren't in the
2276 nmbug repository on nmbug.tethera.net), push them to a remote
2277 repository. We'll restore them from the backup in step 4.
2278 2. Remove your `NMBGIT` repository (e.g. `mv .nmbug .nmbug.bak`).
2279 3. Use the new `clone` command to create a fresh clone:
2281 nmbug clone https://nmbug.notmuchmail.org/git/nmbug-tags.git
2283 4. If you had local commits in step 1, add a remote for that
2284 repository and fetch them into the new repository.
2286 Notmuch 0.17 (2013-12-30)
2287 =========================
2289 Incompatible change in SHA1 computation
2290 ---------------------------------------
2292 Previously on big endian architectures like sparc and powerpc the
2293 computation of SHA1 hashes was incorrect. This meant that messages
2294 with overlong or missing message-ids were given different computed
2295 message-ids than on more common little endian architectures like i386
2296 and amd64. If you use notmuch on a big endian architecture, you are
2297 strongly advised to make a backup of your tags using `notmuch dump`
2298 before this upgrade. You can locate the affected files using something
2302 awk '/^notmuch-sha1-[0-9a-f]{40} / \
2303 {system("notmuch search --exclude=false --output=files id:" $1)}'
2305 Command-Line Interface
2306 ----------------------
2308 New options to better support handling duplicate messages
2310 If more than one message file is associated with a message-id,
2311 `notmuch search --output=files` will print all of them. A new
2312 `--duplicate=N` option can be used to specify which duplicate to
2313 print for each message.
2315 `notmuch count` now supports `--output=files` option to output the
2316 number of files associated with matching messages. This may be
2317 bigger than the number of matching messages due to duplicates
2318 (i.e. multiple files having the same message-id).
2320 Improved `notmuch new` performance for unchanged folders
2322 `notmuch new` now skips over unchanged folders more efficiently,
2323 which can substantially improve the performance of checking for new
2324 mail in some situations (like NFS-mounted Maildirs).
2326 `notmuch reply --format=text` RFC 2047-encodes headers
2328 Previously, this used a mix of standard MIME encoding for the reply
2329 body and UTF-8 for the headers. Now, the text format reply template
2330 RFC 2047-encodes the headers, making the output a valid RFC 2822
2331 message. The JSON/sexp format is unchanged.
2333 `notmuch compact` command
2335 The new `compact` command exposes Xapian's compaction
2336 functionality through a more convenient interface than
2337 `xapian-compact`. `notmuch compact` will compact the database to a
2338 temporary location, optionally backup the original database, and
2339 move the compacted database into place.
2344 `notmuch-tree` (formerly `notmuch-pick`) has been added to mainline
2346 `notmuch-tree` is a threaded message view for the emacs
2347 interface. Each message is one line in the results and the thread
2348 structure is shown using UTF-8 box drawing characters (similar to
2349 Mutt's threaded view). It comes between search and show in terms of
2350 amount of output and can be useful for viewing both single threads
2351 and multiple threads.
2353 Using `notmuch-tree`
2355 The main key entries to notmuch tree are
2357 'z' enter a query to view using notmuch tree (works in hello,
2358 search, show and tree mode itself)
2360 'Z' view the current query in tree notmuch tree (works from search
2363 Once in tree mode, keybindings are mostly in line with the rest of
2364 notmuch and are all viewable with '?' as usual.
2366 Customising `notmuch-tree`
2368 `notmuch-tree` has several customisation variables. The most
2369 significant is the first notmuch-tree-show-out which determines the
2370 behaviour when selecting a message (with RET) in tree view. By
2371 default tree view uses a split window showing the single message in
2372 the bottom pane. However, if this option is set then it views the
2373 whole thread in the complete window jumping to the selected message
2374 in the thread. In either case command-prefix selects the other option.
2376 Tagging threads in search is now race-free
2378 Previously, adding or removing a tag from a thread in a search
2379 buffer would affect messages that had arrived after the search was
2380 performed, resulting in, for example, archiving messages that were
2381 never seen. Tagging now affects only the messages that were in the
2382 thread when the search was performed.
2384 `notmuch-hello` refreshes when switching to the buffer
2386 The hello buffer now refreshes whenever you switch to the buffer,
2387 regardless of how you get there. You can disable automatic
2388 refreshing by customizing `notmuch-hello-auto-refresh`.
2390 Specific mini-buffer prompts for tagging operations
2392 When entering tags to add or remove, the mini-buffer prompt now
2393 indicates what operation will be performed (e.g., "Tag thread", "Tag
2396 Built-in help improvements
2398 Documentation for many commands has been improved, as displayed by
2399 `notmuch-help` (usually bound to "?"). The bindings listed by
2400 `notmuch-help` also now include descriptions of prefixed commands.
2402 Quote replies as they are displayed in show view
2404 We now render the parts for reply quoting the same way they are
2405 rendered for show. At this time, the notable change is that replies
2406 to text/calendar are now pretty instead of raw vcalendar.
2408 Fixed inconsistent use of configured search order
2410 All ways of interactively invoking search now honor the value of
2411 `notmuch-search-oldest-first`.
2413 Common keymap for notmuch-wide bindings
2415 Several key bindings have been moved from mode-specific keymaps to
2416 the single `notmuch-common-keymap`, which is inherited by each
2417 notmuch mode. If you've customized your key bindings, you may want
2418 to move some of them to the common keymap.
2420 The `notmuch-tag` function now requires a list of tag changes
2422 For users who have scripted the Emacs interface: the `notmuch-tag`
2423 API has changed. Previously, it accepted either a list of tag
2424 changes or a space-separated string of tag changes. The latter is
2425 no longer supported and the function now returns nothing.
2427 Fixed `notmuch-reply` putting reply in primary selection
2429 On emacs 24 notmuch-reply used to put the cited text into the
2430 primary selection (which could lead to inadvertently pasting this
2431 cited text elsewhere). Now the primary-selection is not changed.
2433 Fixed `notmuch-show` invisible part handling
2435 In some obscure cases part buttons and invisibility had strange
2436 interactions: in particular, the default action for some parts gave
2437 the wrong action. This has been fixed.
2439 Fixed `notmuch-show` attachment viewers and stderr
2441 In emacs 24.3+ viewing an attachment could cause spurious text to
2442 appear in the show buffer (any stderr or stdout the viewer
2443 produced). By default this output is now discarded. For debugging,
2444 setting `notmuch-show-attachment-debug` causes notmuch to keep the
2445 viewer's stderr and stdout in a separate buffer.
2447 Fixed `notmuch-mua-reply` point placement when signature involved
2449 By restricting cursor movement to body section for cursor placement
2450 after signature is inserted, the cursor cannot "leak" to header
2451 section anymore. Now inserted citation content will definitely go to
2452 the body part of the message.
2457 It is now possible to compose new messages in the Vim interface, as
2458 opposed reply to existing messages. There is also support for
2459 going straight to a search (bypassing the folders view).
2461 Notmuch 0.16 (2013-08-03)
2462 =========================
2464 Command-Line Interface
2465 ----------------------
2467 Support for delivering messages to Maildir
2469 There is a new command `insert` that adds a message to a Maildir
2470 folder and notmuch index.
2472 `notmuch count --batch` option
2474 `notmuch count` now supports batch operations similar to `notmuch
2475 tag`. This is mostly an optimization for remote notmuch usage.
2477 `notmuch tag` option to remove all tags from matching messages
2479 `notmuch tag --remove-all` option has been added to remove all tags
2480 from matching messages. This can be combined with adding new tags,
2481 resulting in setting (rather than modifying) the tags of the
2484 Decrypting commands explicitly expect a gpg-agent
2486 Decryption in `notmuch show` and `notmuch reply` has only ever
2487 worked with a functioning gpg-agent. This is now made explicit in
2488 code and documentation. The functional change is that it's now
2489 possible to have gpg-agent running, but gpg "use-agent"
2490 configuration option disabled, not forcing the user to use the agent
2493 Configuration file saves follow symbolic links
2495 The notmuch commands that save the configuration file now follow
2496 symbolic links instead of overwrite them.
2498 Top level option to specify configuration file
2500 It's now possible to specify the configuration file to use on the
2501 command line using the `notmuch --config=FILE` option.
2503 Bash command-line completion
2505 The notmuch command-line completion support for the bash shell has
2506 been rewritten. Supported completions include all the notmuch
2507 commands, command-line arguments, values for keyword arguments,
2508 search prefixes (such as "subject:" or "from:") in all commands that
2509 use search terms, tags after + and - in `notmuch tag`, tags after
2510 "tag:" prefix, user's email addresses after "from:" and "to:"
2511 prefixes, and config options (and some config option values) in
2512 `notmuch config`. The new completion support depends on the
2513 bash-completion package.
2515 Deprecated commands "part" and "search-tags" are removed.
2520 New keymap to view/save parts; removed s/v/o/| part button bindings
2522 The commands to view, save, and open MIME parts are now prefixed
2523 with "." (". s" to save, ". v" to view, etc) and can be invoked with
2524 point anywhere in a part, unlike the old commands, which were
2525 restricted to part buttons. The old "s"/"v"/"o"/"|" commands on
2526 part buttons have been removed since they clashed with other
2527 bindings (notably "s" for search!) and could not be invoked when
2528 there was no part button. The new, prefixed bindings appear in
2529 show's help, so you no longer have to memorize them.
2531 Default part save directory is now `mm-default-directory`
2533 Previously, notmuch offered to save parts and attachments to a mix
2534 of `mm-default-directory`, `mailcap-download-directory`, and `~/`.
2535 This has been standardized on `mm-default-directory`.
2537 Key bindings for next/previous thread
2539 Show view has new key bindings M-n and M-p to move to the next and
2540 previous thread in the search results.
2542 Better handling of errors in search buffers
2544 Instead of interleaving errors in search result buffers, search mode
2545 now reports errors in the minibuffer.
2547 Faster search and show
2549 Communication between Emacs and the notmuch CLI is now more
2550 efficient because it uses the CLI's S-expression support. As a
2551 result, search mode should now fill search buffers faster and
2552 threads should show faster.
2556 The Emacs 22 support added late 2010 was sufficient only for a short
2557 period of time. After being incomplete for roughly 2 years the code
2558 in question was now removed from this release.
2563 The vim based front-end has been replaced with a new one that uses the Ruby
2564 bindings. The old font-end is available in the contrib subfolder.
2569 Fix loading of libnotmuch shared library on OS X (Darwin) systems.
2571 Notmuch 0.15.2 (2013-02-17)
2572 ===========================
2577 Update dependencies to avoid problems when building in parallel.
2579 Internal test framework changes
2580 -------------------------------
2582 Adjust Emacs test watchdog mechanism to cope with `process-attributes`
2583 being unimplemented.
2585 Notmuch 0.15.1 (2013-01-24)
2586 ===========================
2588 Internal test framework changes
2589 -------------------------------
2591 Set a default value for TERM when running tests. This fixes certain
2592 build failures in non-interactive environments.
2594 Notmuch 0.15 (2013-01-18)
2595 =========================
2600 Date range search support
2602 The `date:` prefix can now be used in queries to restrict the results
2603 to only messages within a particular time range (based on the Date:
2604 header) with a range syntax of `date:<since>..<until>`. Notmuch
2605 supports a wide variety of expressions in `<since>` and
2606 `<until>`. Please refer to the `notmuch-search-terms(7)` manual page
2609 Empty tag names and tags beginning with "-" are deprecated
2611 Such tags have been a frequent source of confusion and cause
2612 (sometimes unresolvable) conflicts with other syntax. notmuch tag
2613 no longer allows such tags to be added to messages. Removing such
2614 tags continues to be supported to allow cleanup of existing tags,
2615 but may be removed in a future release.
2617 Command-Line Interface
2618 ----------------------
2620 `notmuch new` no longer chokes on mboxes
2622 `notmuch new` now rejects mbox files containing more than one
2623 message, rather than treating the file as one giant message.
2625 Support for single message mboxes is deprecated
2627 For historical reasons, `notmuch new` will index mbox files
2628 containing a single message; however, this behavior is now
2629 officially deprecated.
2631 Fixed `notmuch new` to skip ignored broken symlinks
2633 `notmuch new` now correctly skips symlinks if they are in the
2634 ignored files list. Previously, it would abort when encountering
2635 broken symlink, even if it was ignored.
2637 New dump/restore format and tagging interface
2639 There is a new `batch-tag` format for dump and restore that is more
2640 robust, particularly with respect to tags and message-ids containing
2643 `notmuch tag` now supports the ability to read tag operations and
2644 queries from an input stream, in a format compatible with the new
2645 dump/restore format.
2647 Bcc and Reply-To headers are now available in notmuch show json output
2649 The `notmuch show --format=json` now includes "Bcc" and "Reply-To" headers.
2650 For example notmuch Emacs client can now have these headers visible
2651 when the headers are added to the `notmuch-message-headers` variable.
2653 CLI callers can now request a specific output format version
2655 `notmuch` subcommands that support structured output now support a
2656 `--format-version` argument for requesting a specific version of the
2657 structured output, enabling better compatibility and error handling.
2659 `notmuch search` has gained a null character separated text output format
2661 The new --format=text0 output format for `notmuch search` prints
2662 output separated by null characters rather than newline
2663 characters. This is similar to the find(1) -print0 option, and works
2664 together with the xargs(1) -0 option.
2669 Removal of the deprecated `notmuch-folders` variable
2671 `notmuch-folders` has been deprecated since the introduction of saved
2672 searches and the notmuch hello view in notmuch 0.3. `notmuch-folders`
2673 has now been removed. Any remaining users should migrate to
2674 `notmuch-saved-searches`.
2676 Visibility of MIME parts can be toggled
2678 Each part of a multi-part MIME email can now be shown or hidden
2679 using the button at the top of each part (by pressing RET on it or
2680 by clicking). For emails with multiple alternative formats (e.g.,
2681 plain text and HTML), only the preferred format is shown initially,
2682 but other formats can be shown using their part buttons. To control
2683 the behavior of this, see
2684 `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` and
2685 `notmuch-show-all-multipart/alternative-parts`.
2687 Note notmuch-show-print-message (bound to '#' by default) will print
2688 all parts of multipart/alternative message regardless of whether
2689 they are currently hidden or shown in the buffer.
2691 Emacs now buttonizes mid: links
2693 mid: links are a standardized way to link to messages by message ID
2694 (see RFC 2392). Emacs now hyperlinks mid: links to the appropriate
2697 Handle errors from bodypart insertions
2699 If displaying the text of a message in show mode causes an error (in
2700 the `notmuch-show-insert-part-*` functions), notmuch no longer cuts
2701 off thread display at the offending message. The error is now
2702 simply displayed in place of the message.
2704 Emacs now detects version mismatches with the notmuch CLI
2706 Emacs now detects and reports when the Emacs interface version and
2707 the notmuch CLI version are incompatible.
2709 Improved text/calendar content handling
2711 Carriage returns in embedded text/calendar content caused insertion
2712 of the calendar content fail. Now CRs are removed before calling icalendar
2713 to extract icalendar data. In case icalendar extraction fails an error
2714 is thrown for the bodypart insertion function to deal with.
2716 Disabled coding conversions when reading in `with-current-notmuch-show-message`
2718 Depending on the user's locale, saving attachments containing 8-bit
2719 data may have performed an unintentional encoding conversion,
2720 corrupting the saved attachment. This has been fixed by making
2721 `with-current-notmuch-show-message` disable coding conversion.
2723 Fixed errors with HTML email containing images in Emacs 24
2725 Emacs 24 ships with a new HTML renderer that produces better output,
2726 but is slightly buggy. We work around a bug that caused it to fail
2727 for HTML email containing images.
2729 Fixed handling of tags with unusual characters in them
2731 Emacs now handles tags containing spaces, quotes, and parenthesis.
2733 Fixed buttonization of id: links without quote characters
2735 Emacs now correctly buttonizes id: links where the message ID is not
2738 `notmuch-hello` refresh point placement improvements
2740 Refreshing the `notmuch-hello` buffer does a better job of keeping
2741 the point where it was.
2743 Automatic tag changes are now unified and customizable
2745 All the automatic tag changes that the Emacs interface makes when
2746 reading, archiving, or replying to messages, can now be
2747 customized. Any number of tag additions and removals is supported
2748 through the `notmuch-show-mark-read`, `notmuch-archive-tags`, and
2749 `notmuch-message-replied-tags` customization variables.
2751 Support for stashing the thread id in show view
2753 Invoking `notmuch-show-stash-message-id` with a prefix argument
2754 stashes the (local and database specific) thread id of the current
2755 thread instead of the message id.
2757 New add-on tool: notmuch-pick
2758 -----------------------------
2760 The new contrib/ tool `notmuch-pick` is an experimental threaded message
2761 view for the emacs interface. Each message is one line in the results
2762 and the thread structure is shown using UTF-8 box drawing characters
2763 (similar to Mutt's threaded view). It comes between search and show in
2764 terms of amount of output and can be useful for viewing both single
2765 threads and multiple threads. See the notmuch-pick README file for
2766 further details and installation.
2771 notmuch now builds on OpenBSD.
2773 Internal test framework changes
2774 -------------------------------
2776 The emacsclient binary is now user-configurable
2778 The test framework now accepts `TEST_EMACSCLIENT` in addition to
2779 `TEST_EMACS` for configuring the emacsclient to use. This is
2780 necessary to avoid using an old emacsclient with a new emacs, which
2781 can result in buggy behavior.
2783 Notmuch 0.14 (2012-08-20)
2784 =========================
2789 Maildir tag synchronization
2791 Maildir flag-to-tag synchronization now applies only to messages in
2792 maildir-like directory structures. Previously, it applied to any
2793 message that had a maildir "info" part, which meant it could
2794 incorrectly synchronize tags for non-maildir messages, while at the
2795 same time failing to synchronize tags for newly received maildir
2796 messages (typically causing new messages to not receive the "unread"
2799 Command-Line Interface
2800 ----------------------
2802 The deprecated positional output file argument to `notmuch dump` has
2803 been replaced with an `--output` option. The input file positional
2804 argument to `notmuch restore` has been replaced with an `--input`
2805 option for consistency with dump. These changes simplify the syntax
2806 of dump/restore options and make them more consistent with other
2812 Search results now get re-colored when tags are updated
2814 The formatting of tags in search results can now be customized
2816 Previously, attempting to change the format of tags in
2817 `notmuch-search-result-format` would usually break tagging from
2818 search-mode. We no longer make assumptions about the format.
2820 Experimental support for multi-line search result formats
2822 It is now possible to embed newlines in
2823 `notmuch-search-result-format` to make individual search results
2824 span multiple lines.
2826 Next/previous in search and show now move by boundaries
2828 All "next" and "previous" commands in the search and show modes now
2829 move to the next/previous result or message boundary. This doesn't
2830 change the behavior of "next", but "previous" commands will first
2831 move to the beginning of the current result or message if point is
2832 inside the result or message.
2834 Search now uses the JSON format internally
2836 This should address problems with unusual characters in authors and
2837 subject lines that could confuse the old text-based search parser.
2839 The date shown in search results is no longer padded before applying
2840 user-specified formatting
2842 Previously, the date in the search results was padded to fixed width
2843 before being formatted with `notmuch-search-result-format`. It is
2844 no longer padded. The default format has been updated, but if
2845 you've customized this variable, you may have to change your date
2846 format from `"%s "` to `"%12s "`.
2848 The thread-id for the `target-thread` argument for `notmuch-search` should
2849 now be supplied without the "thread:" prefix.
2851 Notmuch 0.13.2 (2012-06-02)
2852 ===========================
2857 Update `contrib/notmuch-deliver` for API changes in 0.13. This fixes a
2858 compilation error for this contrib package.
2860 Notmuch 0.13.1 (2012-05-29)
2861 ===========================
2866 Fix inserting of UTF-8 characters from *text/plain* parts in reply
2868 While notmuch gained ability to insert content from other than *text/plain*
2869 parts of email whenever *text/plain* parts are not available (notably
2870 HTML-only emails), replying to mails that do have *text/plain* the
2871 non-ASCII characters were incorrectly decoded. This is now fixed.
2873 `notmuch_database_get_directory` and
2874 `notmuch_database_find_message_by_filename` now work on read-only
2877 Previously, these functions attempted to create directory documents
2878 that didn't exist and would return an error or abort when given a
2879 read-only database. Now they no longer create directory documents
2880 and simply return a `NULL` object if the directory does not exist,
2883 Fix compilation of ruby bindings
2885 Revert to dynamic linking, since the statically linked bindings did
2888 Notmuch 0.13 (2012-05-15)
2889 =========================
2891 Command-Line Interface
2892 ----------------------
2896 `notmuch reply` can now produce JSON output that contains the headers
2897 for a reply message and full information about the original message
2898 begin replied to. This allows MUAs to create replies intelligently.
2899 For example, an MUA that can parse HTML might quote HTML parts.
2901 Calling notmuch reply with `--format=json` imposes the restriction that
2902 only a single message is returned by the search, as replying to
2903 multiple messages does not have a well-defined behavior. The default
2904 retains its current behavior for multiple message replies.
2908 Tags can be automatically excluded from search results by adding them
2909 to the new `search.exclude_tags` option in the Notmuch config file.
2911 This behaviour can be overridden by explicitly including an excluded
2912 tag in your query, for example:
2914 notmuch search $your_query and tag:$excluded_tag
2916 Existing users will probably want to run `notmuch setup` again to add
2917 the new well-commented [search] section to the configuration file.
2919 For new configurations, accepting the default setting will cause the
2920 tags "deleted" and "spam" to be excluded, equivalent to running:
2922 notmuch config set search.exclude_tags deleted spam
2924 Raw show format changes
2926 The output of show `--format=raw` has changed for multipart and
2927 message parts. Previously, the output was a mash of somewhat-parsed
2928 headers and transfer-decoded bodies. Now, such parts are reproduced
2929 faithfully from the original source. Message parts (which includes
2930 part 0) output the full message, including the message headers (but
2931 not the transfer headers). Multipart parts output the part as
2932 encoded in the original message, including the part's headers. Leaf
2933 parts, as before, output the part's transfer-decoded body.
2935 Listing configuration items
2937 The new `config list` command prints out all configuration items and
2943 Changes to tagging interface
2945 The user-facing tagging functions in the Emacs interface have been
2946 normalized across all notmuch modes. The tagging functions are now
2947 notmuch-search-tag in search-mode, and notmuch-show-tag in
2948 show-mode. They accept a string representing a single tag change,
2949 or a list of tag changes. See 'M-x describe-function notmuch-tag'
2950 for more information.
2952 NOTE: This breaks compatibility with old tagging functions, so user
2953 may need to update in custom configurations.
2955 Reply improvement using the JSON format
2957 Emacs now uses the JSON reply format to create replies. It obeys
2958 the customization variables message-citation-line-format and
2959 message-citation-line-function when creating the first line of the
2960 reply body, and it will quote HTML parts if no text/plain parts are
2963 New add-on tool: notmuch-mutt
2964 -----------------------------
2966 The new contrib/ tool `notmuch-mutt` provides Notmuch integration for
2967 the Mutt mail user agent. Using it, Mutt users can perform mail
2968 search, thread reconstruction, and mail tagging/untagging without
2969 leaving Mutt. notmuch-mutt, formerly distributed under the name
2970 `mutt-notmuch` by Stefano Zacchiroli, will be maintained as a notmuch
2971 contrib/ from now on.
2976 The API changes detailed below break binary and source compatibility,
2977 so libnotmuch has been bumped to version 3.0.0.
2979 The function `notmuch_database_close` has been split into
2980 `notmuch_database_close` and `notmuch_database_destroy`
2982 This makes it possible for long running programs to close the xapian
2983 database and thus release the lock associated with it without
2984 destroying the data structures obtained from it.
2986 `notmuch_database_open`, `notmuch_database_create`, and
2987 `notmuch_database_get_directory` now return errors
2989 The type signatures of these functions have changed so that the
2990 functions now return a `notmuch_status_t` and take an out-argument for
2991 returning the new database object or directory object.
2998 The go bindings and the `notmuch-addrlookup` utility are now
2999 compatible with go 1.
3001 Notmuch 0.12 (2012-03-20)
3002 =========================
3004 Command-Line Interface
3005 ----------------------
3009 `notmuch reply` has gained the ability to create a reply template
3010 for replying just to the sender of the message, in addition to reply
3011 to all. The feature is available through the new command line option
3012 `--reply-to=(all|sender)`.
3014 Mail store folder/file ignore
3016 A new configuration option, `new.ignore`, lets users specify a
3017 ;-separated list of file and directory names that will not be
3018 searched for messages by `notmuch new`.
3020 NOTE: *Every* file/directory that goes by one of those names will
3021 be ignored, independent of its depth/location in the mail store.
3023 Unified help and manual pages
3025 The notmuch help command now runs man for the appropriate page. If
3026 you install notmuch somewhere "unusual", you may need to update
3029 Manual page for notmuch configuration options
3031 The notmuch CLI configuration file options are now documented in the
3032 notmuch-config(1) manual page in addition to the configuration file
3040 The Emacs interface has, with the new CLI support, gained the
3041 ability to reply to sender in addition to reply to all. In both show
3042 and search modes, 'r' has been bound to reply to sender, replacing
3043 reply to all, which now has key binding 'R'.
3045 More flexible and consistent tagging operations
3047 All tagging operations ('+', '-', '*') now accept multiple tags with
3048 '+' or '-' prefix, like '*' operation in notmuch-search view before.
3050 '*' operation (`notmuch-show-tag-all`) is now available in
3053 `notmuch-show-{add,remove}-tag` functions no longer accept tag
3054 argument, `notmuch-show-tag-message` should be used instead. Custom
3055 bindings using these functions should be updated, e.g.:
3057 (notmuch-show-remove-tag "unread")
3059 should be changed to:
3061 (notmuch-show-tag-message "-unread")
3063 Refreshing the show view ('=' by default) no longer opens or closes messages
3065 To get the old behavior of putting messages back in their initial
3066 opened/closed state, use a prefix argument, e.g., 'C-u ='.
3068 Attachment buttons can be used to view or save attachments.
3070 When the cursor is on an attachment button the key 's' can be used
3071 to save the attachment, the key 'v' to view the attachment in the
3072 default mailcap application, and the key 'o' prompts the user for an
3073 application to use to open the attachment. By default Enter or mouse
3074 button 1 saves the attachment but this is customisable (option
3075 Notmuch Show Part Button Default Action).
3079 `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link{,-and-go}` allow stashing and
3080 optionally visiting a URI to the current message at one of a number
3081 of Mailing List Archives.
3083 Fix MML tag quoting in replies
3085 The MML tag quoting fix of 0.11.1 unintentionally quoted tags
3086 inserted in `message-setup-hook`. Quoting is now limited to the
3089 Show view archiving key binding changes
3091 The show view archiving key bindings 'a' and 'x' now remove the
3092 "inbox" tag from the current message only (instead of thread), and
3093 move to the next message. At the last message, 'a' proceeds to the
3094 next thread in search results, and 'x' returns to search
3095 results. The thread archiving functions are now available in 'A' and
3098 Support text/calendar MIME type
3100 The text/calendar MIME type is now supported in addition to
3103 Generate inline patch fake attachment file names from message subject
3105 Use the message subject to generate file names for the inline patch
3106 fake attachments. The names are now similar to the ones generated by
3107 'git format-patch' instead of just "inline patch". See "Notmuch Show
3108 Insert Text/Plain Hook" in the notmuch customize interface.
3110 Enable `notmuch-search-line-faces` by default
3112 Make the `notmuch-search-line-faces` functionality more discoverable
3113 for new users by showing "unread" messages bold and "flagged"
3114 messages blue by default in the search view.
3118 notmuch-show mode now has simple printing support, bound to '#' by
3119 default. You can customize the variable notmuch-print-mechanism.
3126 `notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude` supports the new tag exclusion
3129 Python bindings changes
3130 -----------------------
3132 Python 3.2 compatibility
3134 The python bindings are now compatible with both python 2.5+ and 3.2.
3136 Added missing unicode conversions
3138 Python strings have to be encoded to and decoded from utf-8 when
3139 calling libnotmuch functions. Porting the bindings to python 3.2
3140 revealed a few function calls that were missing these conversions.
3145 Compatibility with GMime 2.6
3147 It is now possible to build notmuch against both GMime 2.4 and 2.6.
3148 However, a bug in GMime 2.6 before 2.6.5 causes notmuch not to
3149 report signatures where the signer key is unavailable (GNOME bug
3150 668085). For compatibility with GMime 2.4's tolerance of "From "
3151 headers we require GMime 2.6 >= 2.6.7.
3153 Notmuch 0.11.1 (2012-02-03)
3154 ===========================
3159 Fix error handling in python bindings
3161 The python bindings in 0.11 failed to detect NULL pointers being
3162 returned from libnotmuch functions and thus failed to raise
3163 exceptions to indicate the error condition. Any subsequent calls
3164 into libnotmuch caused segmentation faults.
3166 Quote MML tags in replies
3168 MML tags are text codes that Emacs uses to indicate attachments
3169 (among other things) in messages being composed. The Emacs
3170 interface did not quote MML tags in the quoted text of a reply.
3171 User could be tricked into replying to a maliciously formatted
3172 message and not editing out the MML tags from the quoted text. This
3173 could lead to files from the user's machine being attached to the
3174 outgoing message. The Emacs interface now quotes these tags in
3175 reply text, so that they do not effect outgoing messages.
3177 Notmuch 0.11 (2012-01-13)
3178 =========================
3180 Command-Line Interface
3181 ----------------------
3185 Hooks have been introduced to notmuch. Hooks are scripts that notmuch
3186 invokes before and after certain actions. Initially, `notmuch new`
3187 supports `pre-new` and `post-new` hooks that are run before and after
3188 importing new messages into the database.
3190 `notmuch reply --decrypt bugfix`
3192 The `notmuch reply` command with `--decrypt` argument had a rarely
3193 occurring bug that caused an encrypted message not to be decrypted
3194 sometimes. This is now fixed.
3199 Automatic tag query optimization
3201 `notmuch tag` now automatically optimizes the user's query to
3202 exclude messages whose tags won't change. In the past, we've
3203 suggested that people do this by hand; this is no longer necessary.
3205 Don't sort messages when creating a dump file
3207 This speeds up tag dumps considerably, without any loss of
3208 information. To replicate the old behavior of sorted output (for
3209 example to compare two dump files), one can use e.g. `sort(1)`.
3214 Reduction of memory leaks
3216 Two memory leaks when searching and showing messages were identified
3217 and fixed in this release.
3224 notmuch-show-advance (bound to the spacebar in notmuch-show-mode) had
3225 a bug that caused it to always jump to the next message, even if it
3226 should have scrolled down to show more of the current message instead.
3229 Support `notmuch new` as a notmuch-poll-script
3231 It's now possible to use `notmuch new` as a notmuch-poll-script
3232 directly. This is also the new default. This allows taking better
3233 advantage of the `notmuch new` hooks from emacs without intermediate
3236 Improvements in saved search management
3238 New saved searches are now appended to the list of saved searches,
3239 not inserted in front. It's also possible to define a sort function
3240 for displaying saved searches; alphabetical sort is provided.
3242 Hooks for notmuch-hello
3244 Two new hooks have been added: "notmuch-hello-mode-hook" (called after
3245 entering notmuch-hello-mode) and "notmuch-hello-refresh-hook" (called
3246 after updating a notmuch-hello buffer).
3248 New face for crypto parts headers
3250 Crypto parts used to be displayed with a hardcoded color. A new face
3251 has been introduced to fix this: notmuch-crypto-part-header. It
3252 defaults to the same value as before, but can be customized to match
3255 Use space as default thousands separator
3257 Large numbers in notmuch-hello are now displayed using a space as
3258 thousands separator (e.g. "123 456" instead of "123,456"). This can be
3259 changed by customizing "notmuch-hello-thousands-separator".
3261 Call notmuch-show instead of notmuch-search when clicking on
3262 buttonized id: links
3264 New function notmuch-show-advance
3266 This new function advances through just the current thread, and is
3267 less invasive than notmuch-show-advance-and-archive. It can easily
3268 be bound to SPC with:
3270 (define-key notmuch-show-mode-map " " 'notmuch-show-advance)
3272 Various performance improvements
3277 The tool `contrib/notmuch-deliver` helps with initial delivery and
3278 tagging of mail (replacing running `notmuch new`).
3281 Notmuch 0.10.2 (2011-12-04)
3282 ===========================
3287 Fix crash in python bindings
3289 The python bindings did not call `g_type_init`, which caused crashes
3290 for some, but not all users.
3292 Notmuch 0.10.1 (2011-11-25)
3293 ===========================
3298 Fix `--help` argument
3300 Argument processing changes in 0.10 introduced a bug where
3301 `notmuch --help` crashed while `notmuch help` worked fine.
3302 This is fixed in 0.10.1.
3304 Notmuch 0.10 (2011-11-23)
3305 =========================
3307 New build and testing features
3308 ------------------------------
3310 Emacs tests are now done in `dtach`. This means that dtach is now
3311 needed to run the notmuch test suite, at least until the checking for
3312 prerequisites is improved.
3314 Full test coverage of the stashing feature in Emacs.
3316 New command-line features
3317 -------------------------
3319 Add `notmuch restore --accumulate` option
3321 The `--accumulate` switch causes the union of the existing and new tags to
3322 be applied, instead of replacing each message's tags as they are read in
3325 Add search terms to `notmuch dump`
3327 The dump command now takes an optional search term much like notmuch
3328 search/show/tag. The output file argument of dump is deprecated in
3329 favour of using stdout.
3331 Add `notmuch search` `--offset` and `--limit` options
3333 The search command now takes options `--offset=[-]N` and `--limit=N` to
3334 limit the number of results shown.
3336 Add `notmuch count --output` option
3338 The count command is now capable of counting threads in addition to
3339 messages. This is selected using the new `--output=(threads|messages)`
3342 New emacs UI features
3343 ---------------------
3345 Add tab-completion for `notmuch-search` and `notmuch-search-filter`
3347 These functions now support completion tags for query parts
3348 starting with "tag:".
3350 Turn "id:MSG-ID" links into buttons associated with notmuch searches
3352 Text of the form "id:MSG-ID" in mails is now a clickable button that
3353 opens a notmuch search for the given message id.
3355 Add keybinding ('c I') for stashing Message-ID's without an id: prefix
3357 Reduces manual labor when stashing them for use outside notmuch.
3359 Do not query on `notmuch-search` exit
3361 It is harmless to kill the external notmuch process, so the user
3362 is no longer interrogated when they interrupt a search.
3367 Emacs now constructs large search buffers more efficiently
3369 Search avoids opening and parsing message files
3371 We now store more information in the database so search no longer
3372 has to open every message file to get basic headers. This can
3373 improve search speed by as much as 10X, but taking advantage of this
3374 requires a database rebuild:
3376 notmuch dump > notmuch.dump
3377 # Backup, then remove notmuch database ($MAIL/.notmuch)
3379 notmuch restore notmuch.dump
3381 New collection of add-on tools
3382 ------------------------------
3384 The source directory "contrib" contains tools built on notmuch. These
3385 tools are not part of notmuch, and you should check their individual
3386 licenses. Feel free to report problems with them to the notmuch
3389 nmbug - share tags with a given prefix
3391 nmbug helps maintain a git repo containing all tags with a given
3392 prefix (by default "notmuch::"). Tags can be shared by committing
3393 them to git in one location and restoring in another.
3395 Notmuch 0.9 (2011-10-01)
3396 ========================
3398 New, general features
3399 ---------------------
3401 Correct handling of interruptions during `notmuch new`
3403 `notmuch new` now operates as a series of small, self-consistent
3404 transactions, so it can correctly resume after an interruption or
3405 crash. Previously, interruption could lose existing tags, fail to
3406 detect messages on resume, or leave the database in a state
3407 temporarily or permanently inconsistent with the mail store.
3414 `notmuch_database_begin_atomic` and `notmuch_database_end_atomic`
3415 allow multiple database operations to be performed atomically.
3417 `notmuch_database_find_message_by_filename` does exactly what it says.
3421 `notmuch_database_find_message` (and `n_d_f_m_by_filename`) now return
3422 a status indicator and uses an output parameter for the
3423 message. This change required changing the SONAME of libnotmuch to
3426 Python bindings changes
3427 -----------------------
3429 - Re-encode python unicode objects to utf-8 before passing back to
3431 - Support `Database().begin_atomic()/end_atomic()`
3432 - Support `Database().find_message_by_filename()`
3433 NB! This needs a db opened in READ-WRITE mode currently, or it will crash
3434 the python process. The is a limitation (=bug) of the underlying libnotmuch.
3435 - Fixes where we would not throw NotmuchErrors when we should (Justus Winter)
3436 - Update for `n_d_find_message*` API changes (see above).
3438 Ruby bindings changes
3439 ---------------------
3441 - Wrap new library functions `notmuch_database_{begin,end}_atomic.`
3442 - Add new exception `Notmuch::UnbalancedAtomicError.`
3443 - Rename destroy to destroy! according to Ruby naming conventions.
3444 - Update for `n_d_find_message*` API changes (see above).
3449 * Add gpg callback to crypto sigstatus buttons to retrieve/refresh
3451 * Add `notmuch-show-refresh-view` function (and corresponding binding)
3452 to refresh the view of a notmuch-show buffer.
3454 Reply formatting cleanup
3455 ------------------------
3457 `notmuch reply` no longer includes notification that non-leafnode
3458 MIME parts are being suppressed.
3460 Notmuch 0.8 (2011-09-10)
3461 ========================
3463 Improved handling of message/rfc822 parts
3465 Both in the CLI and the emacs interface. Output of rfc822 parts now
3466 includes the primary headers, as well as the body and all subparts.
3467 Output of the completely raw rfc822-formatted message, including all
3468 headers, is unfortunately not yet supported (but hopefully will be
3471 Improved Build system portability
3473 Certain parts of the shell script generating notmuch.sym were
3474 specific to the GNU versions of sed and nm. The new version should
3475 be more portable to e.g. OpenBSD.
3477 Documentation update for Ruby bindings
3479 Added documentation, typo fixes, and improved support for rdoc.
3481 Unicode, iterator, PEP8 changes for python bindings
3483 - PEP8 (code formatting) changes for python files.
3484 - Remove `Tags.__len__` ; see 0.6 release notes for motivation.
3485 - Decode headers as UTF8, encode (unicode) database paths as UTF8.
3487 Notmuch 0.7 (2011-08-01)
3488 ========================
3490 Vim interface improvements
3491 --------------------------
3493 Jason Woofenden provided a number of bug fixes for the Vim interface
3495 * fix citation/signature fold lengths
3496 * fix cig/cit parsing within multipart/*
3497 * fix on-screen instructions for show-signature
3498 * fix from list reformatting in search view
3499 * fix space key: now archives (did opposite)
3501 Uwe Kleine-König contributed
3503 * use full path for sendmail/doc fix
3504 * fix compose temp file name
3506 Python Bindings changes
3507 -----------------------
3509 Sebastian Spaeth contributed two changes related to unicode and UTF8:
3511 * message tags are now explicitly unicode
3512 * query string is encoded as a UTF8 byte string
3514 Build-System improvements
3515 -------------------------
3517 Generate notmuch.sym after the relevant object files
3519 This fixes a bug in parallel building. Thanks to Thomas Jost for the
3522 Notmuch 0.6.1 (2011-07-17)
3523 ==========================
3528 Re-export Xapian exception typeinfo symbols
3530 It turned out our aggressive symbol hiding caused problems for
3531 people running gcc 4.4.5.
3533 Notmuch 0.6 (2011-07-01)
3534 =======================
3536 New, general features
3537 ---------------------
3539 Folder-based searching
3541 Notmuch queries can now include a search term to match the
3542 directories in which mail files are stored (within the mail
3543 storage). The syntax is as follows:
3547 For example, one might use things such as:
3553 to match any path containing a directory "spam", "work/todo", or
3554 containing a directory starting with "2011-", respectively.
3556 This feature is particularly useful for users of delivery-agent
3557 software (such as procmail or maildrop) that is filtering mail and
3558 delivering it to particular folders, or users of systems such as
3559 Gmail that use filesystem directories to indicate message tags.
3561 NOTE: Only messages that are newly indexed with this version of
3562 notmuch will be searchable with folder: terms. In order to enable
3563 this feature for all mail, the entire notmuch index will need to be
3566 notmuch dump > notmuch.dump
3567 # Backup, then remove notmuch database ($MAIL/.notmuch)
3569 notmuch restore notmuch.dump
3571 Support for PGP/MIME
3573 Both the command-line interface and the emacs-interface have new
3574 support for PGP/MIME, detailed below. Thanks to Daniel Kahn Gillmor
3575 and Jameson Graef Rollins for making this happen.
3577 New, automatic tags: "signed" and "encrypted"
3579 These tags will automatically be applied to messages containing
3580 multipart/signed and multipart/encrypted parts.
3582 NOTE: Only messages that are newly indexed with this version of
3583 notmuch will receive these tags.
3585 New command-line features
3586 -------------------------
3588 Add new "notmuch show --verify" option for signature verification
3590 This option instruct notmuch to verify the signature of
3591 PGP/MIME-signed parts.
3593 Add new "notmuch show --decrypt" and "notmuch reply --decrypt" options
3595 This option instructs notmuch to decrypt PGP/MIME-encrypted parts.
3596 Note that this feature currently requires gpg-agent and a passphrase entry
3597 tool (e.g. pinentry-gtk or pinentry-curses).
3599 Proper nesting of multipart parts in "notmuch show" output
3601 MIME parts are now display with proper nesting to reflect original
3602 MIME hierarchy of a message. This allows clients to correctly
3603 analyze the MIME structure, (such as, for example, determining to
3604 which parts a signature part applies).
3606 Add new "notmuch show --part" option
3608 This is a replacement for the older "notmuch part" command, (which
3609 is now deprecated—it should still work as always, but is no longer
3610 documented). Putting part output under "notmuch show" allows for all
3611 of the "notmuch show" options to be applied when extracting a single
3612 part, (such as --format=json for extracting a message part with JSON
3615 Deprecate "notmuch search-tags" (in favor of "notmuch search --output=tags *")
3617 The "notmuch search-tags" sub-command has been redundant since the
3618 addition of the --output=tags option to "notmuch search". We now
3619 make that more clear by deprecating "notmuch search-tags", (dropping
3620 it from the documentation). We do continue to support the old syntax
3621 by translating it internally to the new call.
3623 Performance improvements
3624 ------------------------
3626 Faster searches (by doing fewer searches to construct threads)
3628 Whenever a user asks for search results as threads, notmuch first
3629 performs a search for messages matching the query, then performs
3630 additional searches to find other messages in the resulting threads.
3632 Removing inefficiencies and redundancies in these secondary searches
3633 results in a measured speedups of 1.5x for a typical search.
3635 Faster searches (by doing fewer passes to gather message data)
3637 Optimizing Xapian data access patterns (using a single pass to get
3638 all message-document data rather than a pass for each data type)
3639 results in a measured speedup of 1.7x for a typical search.
3641 The benefits of this optimization combine with the preceding
3642 optimization. With both in place, Austin Clements measured a speedup
3643 of 2.5x for a search of all messages in his inbox (was 4.5s, now
3644 1.8s). Thanks, Austin!
3646 Faster initial indexing
3648 More efficient indexing of new messages results in a measured
3649 speedup of 1.4x for the initial indexing of 3 GB of mail (1h 14m
3650 rather than 1h 46m). Thanks to Austin Clements and Michal Sojka.
3652 Make "notmuch new" faster for unchanged directories
3654 Optimizing to not do any further examinations of sub-directories
3655 when the filesystem indicates that a directory is unchanged from the
3656 last "notmuch new" results in measured speedups of 8.5 for the "No
3657 new mail" case, (was 0.77s, now 0.09s). Thanks to Karel Zak.
3659 New emacs-interface features
3660 ----------------------------
3662 Support for PGP/MIME (GnuPG)
3664 Automatically indicate validity of signatures for multipart/signed
3665 messages. Automatically display decrypted content for
3666 multipart/encrypted messages. See the emacs variable
3667 notmuch-crypto-process-mime for more information. Note that this
3668 needs gpg-agent and a pinentry tool just as the command-line tools.
3669 Also note there is no support SMIME yet.
3671 Output of pipe command is now displayed if pipe command fails
3673 This is extremely useful in the common use case of piping a patch to
3674 "git am". If git fails to cleanly merge the patch the error messages
3675 from the failed merge are now clearly displayed to the user, (where
3676 previously they were silently hidden from the user).
3678 User-selectable From address
3680 A user can choose which configured email addresses should be used as
3681 the From address whenever composing a new message. To do so, simply
3682 press C-u before the command which will open a new message. Emacs
3683 will prompt for the from address to use.
3685 The user can customize the "Notmuch Identities" setting in the
3686 notmuch customize group in order to use addresses other than those in
3687 the notmuch configuration file if desired.
3689 The user can also choose to always be prompted for the from address
3690 when composing a new message (without having to use C-u) by setting
3691 the "Notmuch Always Prompt For Sender" option in the notmuch
3694 Hiding of repeated subjects in collapsed thread view
3696 In notmuch-show mode, if a collapsed message has the same subject as
3697 its parent, the subject is not shown.
3699 Automatic detection and hiding of original message in top-posted message
3701 When a message contains a line looking something like:
3703 ----- Original Message -----
3705 emacs hides this and all subsequent lines as an "original message",
3706 (allowing the user to click or press enter on the "original message"
3707 button to display it again). This makes the handling of top-posted
3708 citations work much like conventional citations.
3710 New hooks for running code when tags are modified
3712 Some users want to perform additional actions whenever a particular
3713 tag is added/removed from a message. This could be used to, for
3714 example, interface with some external spam-recognition training
3715 tool. To facilitate this, two new hooks are added which can be
3716 modified in the following settings of the notmuch customize group:
3718 Notmuch Before Tag Hook
3719 Notmuch After Tag Hook
3721 New optional support for hiding some multipart/alternative parts
3723 Many emails are sent with redundant content within a
3724 multipart/alternative group (such as a text/plain part as well as a
3725 text/html part). Users can configure the setting:
3727 Notmuch Show All Multipart/Alternative Parts
3729 to "off" in the notmuch customize group to have the interface
3730 automatically hide some part alternatives (such as text/html
3731 parts). This new part hiding is not configured by default yet
3732 because there's not yet a simple way to re-display such a hidden
3733 part if it is not actually redundant with a displayed part.
3735 Better rendering of text/x-vcalendar parts
3737 These parts are now displayed in a format suitable for use with the
3740 Avoid getting confused by Subject and Author fields with newline characters
3742 Replacing all characters with ASCII code less than 32 with a question mark.
3744 Cleaner display of From line in email messages
3746 Remove double quotes, and drop "name" if it's actually just a repeat of
3749 Vim interface improvements
3750 --------------------------
3752 Felipe Contreras provided a number of updates for the vim interface:
3754 * Using sendmail directly rather than mailx,
3755 * Implementing archive in show view
3756 * Add support to mark as read in show and search views
3757 * Add delete commands
3760 Bindings improvements
3761 ---------------------
3763 Ruby bindings are now much more complete
3765 Including `QUERY.sort`, `QUERY.to_s`, `MESSAGE.maildir_flags_to_tags`,
3766 `MESSAGE.tags_to_maildir_flags`, and `MESSAGE.get_filenames`
3768 Python bindings have been updated and extended
3770 (docs online at https://notmuch.readthedocs.io/)
3774 - `Message().get_filenames()`, `Message().tags_to_maildir_flags()`,
3775 `Message().maildir_flags_to_tags()`, `list(Threads())` and
3776 `list(Messages)` works now
3777 - `Message().__cmp__()` and `__hash__()`
3779 These allow, for example:
3781 if msg1 == msg2: ...
3783 As well as set arithmetic on `Messages()`:
3785 s1, s2 = set(msgs1), set(msgs2)
3791 - `len(Messages())` as it exhausted the iterator
3793 Use `len(list(Messages()))` or `Query.count_messages()`
3796 Added initial Go bindings in bindings/go
3798 New build-system features
3799 -------------------------
3801 Added support for building in a directory other than the source directory
3803 This can be used with the widely-supported idiom of simply running
3804 the configure script from some other directory:
3811 Fix to save configure options for future, implicit runs of configure
3813 When a user updates the source (such as with "git pull") calling
3814 "make" may cause an automatic re-run of the configure script. When
3815 this happens, the configure script will automatically be called with
3816 the same options the user originally passed in the most-recent
3817 manual invocation of configure.
3819 New test-suite feature
3820 ----------------------
3822 Binary for bash for running test suite now located via PATH
3824 The notmuch test suite requires a fairly recent version of bash (>=
3825 bash 4). As some systems supply an older version of bash at
3826 /bin/bash, the test suite is now updated to search $PATH to locate
3827 the bash binary. This allows users of systems with old /bin/bash to
3828 simply install bash >= 4 somewhere on $PATH before /bin and then use
3831 Support for testing output with a trailing newline
3833 Previously, some tests would fail to notice a difference in the
3834 presence/absence of a trailing newline in a program output, (which
3835 has led to bugs in the past). Now, carefully-written tests (using
3836 `test_expect_equal_file` rather than `test_expect_equal`) will detect
3837 any change in the presence/absence of a trailing newline. Many tests
3838 are updated to take advantage of this.
3840 Avoiding accessing user's $HOME while running test suite
3842 The test suite now carefully creates its own HOME directory. This
3843 allows the test suite to be run with no existing HOME directory, (as
3844 some build systems apparently do), and avoids test-suite differences
3845 due to configuration files in the users HOME directory.
3851 Output *all* files for "notmuch search --output=files"
3853 For the cases where multiple files have the same Message ID,
3854 previous versions of notmuch would output only one such file. This
3855 command is now fixed to correctly output all files.
3857 Fixed spurious search results from "overlapped" indexing of addresses
3859 This fixed a bug where a search for:
3861 to:user@elsewhere.com
3863 would incorrectly match a message sent:
3865 To: user@example,com, someone@elsewhere.com
3867 Fix --output=json when search has no results
3869 A bug present since notmuch 0.4 had caused searches with no results
3870 to produce an invalid json object. This is now fixed to cleanly
3871 return a valid json object representing an empty array "[]" as
3874 Fix the automatic detection of the From address for "notmuch reply"
3875 from the Received headers in some cases
3877 Fix core dump on DragonFlyBSD due to -1 return value from
3878 `sysconf(_SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX)`
3880 Cleaned up several memory leaks
3882 Eliminated a few, rare segmentation faults and a double-free
3884 Fix libnotmuch library to only export notmuch API functions
3886 Previous release of the notmuch library also exported some Xapian
3887 C++ exception type symbols. These were never part of the library
3888 interface and were never intended to be exported.
3890 Emacs-interface bug fixes
3891 -------------------------
3893 Display any unexpected output or errors from "notmuch search" invocations
3895 Previously any misformatted output or trailing error messages were
3896 silently ignored. This output is now clearly displayed. This fix was
3897 very helpful in identifying and fixing the bug described below.
3899 Fix bug where some threads would be missing from large search results
3901 When a search returned a "large" number of results, the emacs
3902 interface was incorrectly dropping one thread every time the output
3903 of the "notmuch search" process spanned the emacs read-buffer. This
3906 Avoid re-compression of .gz files (and similar) when saving attachment
3908 Emacs was being too clever for its own good and trying to
3909 re-compress pre-compressed .gz files when saving such attachments
3910 (potentially corrupting the attachment). The emacs interface is
3911 fixed to avoid this bug.
3913 Fix hiding of a message when a previously-hidden citation is visible
3915 Previously the citation would remain visible in this case. This is
3916 fixed so that hiding a message hides all parts.
3918 Notmuch 0.5 (2010-11-11)
3919 ========================
3921 New, general features
3922 ---------------------
3924 Maildir-flag synchronization
3926 Notmuch now knows how to synchronize flags in maildir filenames with
3927 tags in the notmuch database. The following flag/tag mappings are
3936 'S' unread (added when 'S' flag is not present)
3938 The synchronization occurs in both directions, (for example, adding
3939 the 'S' flag to a file will cause the "unread" tag to be added, and
3940 adding the "replied" tag to a message will cause the file to be
3941 renamed with an 'R' flag).
3943 This synchronization is enabled by default for users of the
3944 command-line interface, (though only files in directories named
3945 "cur" or "new" will be renamed). It can be disabled by setting the
3946 new `maildir.synchronize_flags` option in the configuration file. For
3949 notmuch config set maildir.synchronize_flags false
3951 Users upgrading may also want to run "notmuch setup" once (just
3952 accept the existing configuration) to get a new, nicely-commented
3953 [maildir] section added to the configuration file.
3955 For users of the notmuch library, the new synchronization
3956 functionality is available with the following two new functions:
3958 notmuch_message_maildir_flags_to_tags
3959 notmuch_message_tags_to_maildir_flags
3961 It is anticipated that future improvements to this support will
3962 allow for safe synchronization of the 'T' flag with the "deleted"
3963 tag, as well as support for custom flag/tag mappings.
3965 New library features
3966 --------------------
3968 Support for querying multiple filenames for a single message
3970 It is common for the mailstore to contain multiple files with the
3971 same message ID. Previously, notmuch would always hide these
3972 duplicate files, (returning a single, arbitrary filename with
3973 `notmuch_message_get_filename`).
3975 With this release, library users can access all filenames for a
3976 message with the new function:
3978 notmuch_message_get_filenames
3980 Together with `notmuch_filenames_valid`, `notmuch_filenames_get`,
3981 and `notmuch_filenames_move_to_next` it is now possible to iterate
3982 over all available filenames for a given message.
3984 New command-line features
3985 -------------------------
3987 New "notmuch show --format=raw" for getting at original email contents
3989 This new feature allows for a fully-functional email client to be
3990 built on top of the notmuch command-line without needing any direct
3991 access to the mail store itself.
3993 For example, it's now possible to run "emacs -f notmuch" on a local
3994 machine with only ssh access to the mail store/notmuch database. To
3995 do this, simply set the notmuch-command variable in emacs to the
3996 name of a script containing:
3998 ssh user@host notmuch "$@"
4000 If the ssh client has enabled connection sharing (ControlMaster
4001 option in OpenSSH), the emacs interface can be quite responsive this
4007 Fix "notmuch search" to print nothing when nothing matches
4009 The 0.4 release had a bug in which:
4011 notmuch search <expression-with-no-matches>
4013 would produce a single blank line of output, (where previous
4014 versions would produce no output. This fix also causes a change in
4015 the --format=json output, (which would previously produce "[]" and
4016 now produces nothing).
4018 Emacs interface improvements
4019 ----------------------------
4021 Fix to allow pipe ('|') command to work when using notmuch over ssh
4023 Fix count of lines in hidden signatures
4025 Omit repeated subject lines in (collapsed) thread display
4027 Display current thread subject in a header line
4029 Provide a "c i" binding to copy a thread ID from the search view
4031 Allow for notmuch-fcc-dirs to have a value of nil
4033 Also, the more complex form of notmuch-fcc-dirs now has a slightly
4034 different format. It no longer has a special first-element, fallback
4035 string. Instead it's now a list of cons cells where the car of each
4036 cell is a regular expression to be matched against the sender
4037 address, and the cdr is the name of a folder to use for an FCC. So
4038 the old fallback behavior can be achieved by including a final cell
4039 of (".*" . "default-fcc-folder").
4041 Vim interface improvements
4042 --------------------------
4044 Felipe Contreras provided a number of updates for the vim interface
4046 These include optimizations, support for newer versions of vim, fixed
4047 support for sending mail on modern systems, new commands, and
4053 Added initial ruby bindings in bindings/ruby
4055 Notmuch 0.4 (2010-11-01)
4056 ========================
4058 New command-line features
4059 -------------------------
4061 `notmuch search --output=(summary|threads|messages|tags|files)`
4063 This new option allows for particular items to be returned from
4064 notmuch searches. The "summary" option is the default and behaves
4065 just as "notmuch search" has historically behaved.
4067 The new option values allow for thread IDs, message IDs, lists of
4068 tags, and lists of filenames to be returned from searches. It is
4069 expected that this new option will be very useful in shell
4070 scripts. For example:
4072 for file in $(notmuch search --output=files <search-terms>); do
4073 <operations-on> "$file"
4076 `notmuch show --format=mbox <search-specification>`
4078 This new option allows for the messages matching a search
4079 specification to be presented as an mbox. Specifically the "mboxrd"
4080 format is used which allows for reversible quoting of lines
4081 beginning with "From ". A reader should remove a single '>' from the
4082 beginning of all lines beginning with one or more '>' characters
4083 followed by the 5 characters "From ".
4085 `notmuch config [get|set] <section>.<item> [value ...]`
4087 The new top-level "config" command allows for any value in the
4088 notmuch configuration file to be queried or set to a new value. Both
4089 single-valued and multi-valued items are supported, as our any
4090 custom items stored in the configuration file.
4092 Avoid setting Bcc header in "notmuch reply"
4094 We decided that this was a bit heavy-handed as the actual mail
4095 user-agent should be responsible for setting any Bcc option. Also,
4096 see below for the notmuch/emacs user-agent now setting an Fcc by
4097 default rather than Bcc.
4099 New library features
4100 --------------------
4102 Add `notmuch_query_get_query_string` and `notmuch_query_get_sort`
4104 These are simply functions for querying properties of a
4105 `notmuch_query_t` object.
4110 Enable Fcc of all sent messages by default (to "sent" directory)
4112 All messages sent from the emacs interface will now be saved to the
4113 notmuch mail store where they will be incorporated to the database
4114 by the next "notmuch new". By default, messages are saved to the
4115 "sent" directory at the top-level of the mail store. This directory
4116 can be customized by means of the "Notmuch Fcc Dirs" option in the
4117 notmuch customize interface.
4119 Ability to all open messages in a thread to a pipe
4121 Historically, the '|' keybinding allows for piping a single message
4122 to an external command. Now, by prefixing this key with a prefix
4123 argument, (for example, by pressing "Control-U |"), all open
4124 messages in the current thread will be sent to the external command.
4126 Optional support for detecting inline patches
4128 This hook is disabled by default but can be enabled with a checkbox
4129 under "Notmuch Show Insert Text/Plain Hook" in the notmuch customize
4130 interface. It allows for inline patches to be detected and treated
4131 as if they were attachments, (with context-sensitive highlighting).
4133 Automatically tag messages as "replied" when sending a reply
4135 Messages replied to within the emacs interface will now be tagged as
4136 "replied". This feature can easily be customized to add or remove
4137 other tags as well. For example, a user might use a tag of
4138 "needs-reply" and can configure this feature to automatically remove
4139 that tag when replying. See "Notmuch Message Mark Replied" in the
4140 notmuch customize interface.
4142 Allow search-result color specifications to overlay each other
4144 For example, one tag can specify the background color of matching
4145 lines, while another can specify the foreground. With this change,
4146 both settings will now be visible simultaneously, (which was not the
4147 case in previous releases). See "Notmuch Search Line Faces" in the
4148 notmuch customize interface.
4150 Make hidden author names still available for incremental search
4152 When there is insufficient space to display all authors of a thread
4153 in search results, the names of hidden authors are now still made
4154 available to emacs' incremental search commands. As the user
4155 searches, matching lines will temporarily expand to show the hidden
4158 New binding of Control-TAB (works like TAB in reverse)
4160 Many notmuch nodes already use TAB to navigate forward through
4161 various items allowing actions, (message headers, email attachments,
4162 etc.). The new Control-TAB binding operates similarly but in the
4165 New build-system features
4166 -------------------------
4168 Various portability fixes have been applied
4170 These include fixes for build failures on at least Solaris, FreeBSD,
4171 and Fedora systems. We're hopeful that the notmuch code base is now
4172 more portable than ever before.
4174 Arrange for libnotmuch to be found automatically after make install
4176 The notmuch build system is now careful to help the user avoid
4177 errors of the form "libnotmuch.so could not be found" immediately
4178 after installing. This support takes two forms:
4180 1. If the library is installed to a system directory,
4181 (configured in /etc/ld.so.conf), then "make install" will
4182 automatically run ldconfig.
4184 2. If the library is installed to a non-system directory, the
4185 build system adds a `DR_RUNPATH` entry to the final binary
4186 pointing to the directory to which the library is installed.
4188 When this support works, the user should be able to run notmuch
4189 immediately after "make install", without any errors trying to find
4190 the notmuch library, and without having to manually set environment
4191 variables such as `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`.
4193 Check compiler/linker options before using them
4195 The configure script now carefully checks that any desired
4196 compilation options, (whether for enabling compiler warnings, or for
4197 embedding rpath, etc.), are supported. Only supported options are
4198 used in the resulting Makefile.
4200 New test-suite features
4201 -----------------------
4203 New modularization of test suite
4205 Thanks to a gracious relicensing of the test-suite infrastructure
4206 from the git project, notmuch now has a modular test suite. This
4207 provides the ability to run individual sections of the test suite
4208 rather than the whole things. It also provides better summary of
4209 test results, with support for tests that are expected to fail
4210 (BROKEN and FIXED) in addition to PASS and FAIL. Finally, it makes
4211 it easy to run the test suite within valgrind (pass --valgrind to
4212 notmuch-test or to any sub-script) which has been very useful.
4214 New testing of emacs interface
4216 The test suite has been augmented to allow automated testing of the
4217 emacs interfaces. So far, this includes basic searches, display of
4218 threads, and tag manipulation. This also includes a test that a new
4219 message can successfully be sent out through a (dummy) SMTP server
4220 and that said message is successfully integrated into the notmuch
4221 database via the FCC setting.
4226 Fix potential corruption of database when "notmuch new" is interrupted
4228 Previously, an interruption of "notmuch new" would (rarely) result
4229 in a corrupt database. The corruption would manifest itself by a
4230 persistent error of the form:
4232 document ID of 1234 has no thread ID
4234 The message-adding code has been carefully audited and reworked to
4235 avoid this sort of corruption regardless of when it is interrupted.
4237 Fix failure with extremely long message ID headers
4239 Previously, a message with an extremely long message ID, (say, more
4240 than 300 characters), would fail to be added to notmuch, (triggering
4241 Xapian exceptions). This has now been fixed.
4243 Fix for messages with "charset=unknown-8bit"
4245 Previously, messages with this charset would cause notmuch to emit a
4246 GMime warning, (which would then trip up emacs or other interfaces
4247 parsing the notmuch results).
4249 Fix `notmuch_query_search_threads` function to return NULL on any exception
4251 Fix "notmuch search" to return non-zero if `notmuch_query_search_threads`
4254 Previously, this command could confusingly report a Xapian
4255 exception, yet still return an error code of 0. It now correctly
4256 returns a failing error code of 1 in this case.
4261 Fix to handle a message with a subject containing, for example "[1234]"
4263 Previously, a message subject containing a sequence of digits within
4264 square brackets would cause the emacs interface to mis-parse the
4265 output of "notmuch search". This would result in the message being
4266 mis-displayed and prevent the user from manipulating the message in
4267 the emacs interface.
4269 Fix to correctly handle message IDs containing ".."
4271 The emacs interface now properly quotes message IDs to avoid a
4272 Xapian bug in which the ".." within a message ID would be
4273 misinterpreted as a numeric range specification.
4275 Python-binding fixes
4276 --------------------
4278 The python bindings for notmuch have been updated to work with python3.
4280 Debian-specific fixes
4281 ---------------------
4283 Fix emacs initialization so "M-x notmuch" works for users by default
4285 Now, a new Debian user can immediately run "emacs -f notmuch" after
4286 "apt-get install notmuch". Previously, the user would have had to
4287 edit the ~/.emacs file to add "(require 'notmuch)" before this would
4290 Notmuch 0.3.1 (2010-04-27)
4291 ==========================
4296 Fix an infinite loop in "notmuch reply"
4298 This bug could be triggered by replying to a message where the
4299 user's primary email address did not appear in the To: header and
4300 the user had not configured any secondary email addresses. The bug
4301 was a simple re-use of the same iterator variable in nested loops.
4303 Fix a potential SEGV in "notmuch search"
4305 This bug could be triggered by an author name ending in a ','.
4306 Admittedly - that's almost certainly a spam email, but we never
4307 want notmuch to crash.
4312 Fix calculations for line wrapping in the primary "notmuch" view
4314 Fix Fcc support to prompt to create a directory if the specified Fcc
4315 directory does not exist
4320 Fix build on OpenSolaris (at least) due to missing 'extern "C"' block
4322 Without this, the C++ sources could not find strcasestr and the
4323 final linking of notmuch would fail.
4325 Notmuch 0.3 (2010-04-27)
4326 ========================
4328 New command-line features
4329 -------------------------
4331 User-configurable tags for new messages
4333 A new "new.tags" option is available in the configuration file to
4334 determine which tags are applied to new messages. Run "notmuch
4335 setup" to generate new documentation within ~/.notmuch-config on how
4336 to specify this value.
4338 Threads search results named based on subjects that match search
4340 This means that when new mails arrived to a thread you've previously
4341 read, and the new mails have a new subject, you will see that
4342 subject in the search results rather than the old subject.
4344 Faster operation of "notmuch tag" (avoid unneeded sorting)
4346 Since the user just wants to tag all matching messages, we can make
4347 things perform a bit faster by avoiding the sort.
4349 Even Better guessing of From: header for "notmuch reply"
4351 Notmuch now looks at a number of headers when trying to figure out
4352 the best From: header to use in a reply. This is helpful if you have
4353 several configured email addresses, and you also subscribe to various
4354 mailing lists with different addresses, (so that mails you are
4355 replying to won't always include your subscribed address in the To:
4358 Indication of author names that match a search
4360 When notmuch displays threads as the result of a search, it now
4361 lists the authors that match the search before listing the other
4362 authors in the thread. It inserts a pipe '|' symbol between the last
4363 matching and first non-matching author. This is especially useful in
4364 a search that includes tag:unread. Now the authors of the unread
4365 messages in the thread are listed first.
4367 New: Python bindings
4368 --------------------
4370 Sebastian Spaeth has contributed his python bindings for the notmuch
4371 library to the central repository. These bindings were previously
4372 known as "cnotmuch" within python but have now been renamed to be
4373 accessible with a simple, and more official-looking "import notmuch".
4375 The bindings have already proven very useful as people proficient in
4376 python have been able to easily develop programs to do notmuch-based
4377 searches for email-address completion, maildir-flag synchronization,
4380 These bindings are available within the bindings/python directory, but
4381 are not yet integrated into the top-level Makefiles, nor the top-level
4382 package-building scripts. Improvements are welcome.
4384 Emacs interface improvements
4385 ----------------------------
4387 An entirely new initial view for notmuch, (friendly yet powerful)
4389 Some of us call the new view "notmuch hello" but you can get at it
4390 by simply calling "emacs -f notmuch". The new view provides a search
4391 bar where new searches can be performed. It also displays a list of
4392 recent searches, along with a button to save any of these, giving it
4393 a new name as a "saved search". Many people find these "saved
4394 searches" one of the most convenient ways of organizing their mail,
4395 (providing all of the features of "folders" in other mail clients,
4396 but without any of the disadvantages).
4398 Finally, this view can also optionally display all of the tags that
4399 exist in the database, along with a count for each tag, and a custom
4400 search of messages with that tag that's simply a click (or keypress)
4403 NOTE: For users that liked the original mode of "emacs -f notmuch"
4404 immediately displaying a particular search result, we recommend
4405 instead running something like:
4407 emacs --eval '(notmuch search "tag:inbox" t)'
4409 The "t" means to sort the messages in an "oldest first" order,
4410 (as notmuch would do previously by default). You can also
4411 leave that off to have your search results in "newest first"
4414 Full-featured "customize" support for configuring notmuch
4416 Notmuch now plugs in well to the emacs "customize" mode to make it
4417 much simpler to find things about the notmuch interface that can be
4418 tweaked by the user.
4420 You can get to this mode by starting at the main "Customize" menu in
4421 emacs, then browsing through "Applications", "Mail", and
4422 "Notmuch". Or you can go straight to "M-x customize-group"
4425 Once you're at the customize screen, you'll see a list of documented
4426 options that can be manipulated along with checkboxes, drop-down
4427 selectors, and text-entry boxes for configuring the various
4430 Support for doing tab-completion of email addresses
4432 This support currently relies on an external program,
4433 (notmuch-addresses), that is not yet shipped with notmuch
4434 itself. But multiple, suitable implementations of this program have
4435 already been written that generate address completions by doing
4436 notmuch searches of your email collection. For example, providing
4437 first those addresses that you have composed messages to in the
4440 One such program (implemented in python with the python bindings to
4441 notmuch) is available via:
4443 git clone http://jkr.acm.jhu.edu/git/notmuch_addresses.git
4445 Install that program as notmuch-addresses on your PATH, and then
4446 hitting TAB on a partial email address or name within the To: or Cc:
4447 line of an email message will provide matching completions.
4449 Support for file-based (Fcc) delivery of sent messages to mail store
4451 This isn't yet enabled by default. To enable this, one will have to
4452 set the "Notmuch Fcc Dirs" setting within the notmuch customize
4453 screen, (see its documentation there for details). We anticipate
4454 making this automatic in a future release.
4456 New 'G' key binding to trigger mail refresh (G == "Get new mail")
4458 The 'G' key works wherever '=' works. Before refreshing the screen
4459 it calls an external program that can be used to poll email servers,
4460 run notmuch new and set up specific tags for the new emails. The
4461 script to be called should be configured with the "Notmuch Poll
4462 Script" setting in the customize interface. This script will
4463 typically invoke "notmuch new" and then perhaps several "notmuch
4466 Implement emacs message display with the JSON output from notmuch
4468 This is much more robust than the previous implementation, (where
4469 some HTML mails and mail quoting the notmuch code with the delimiter
4470 characters in it would cause the parser to fall over).
4472 Better handling of HTML messages and MIME attachments (inline images!)
4474 Allow for any MIME parts that emacs can display to be displayed
4475 inline. This includes inline viewing of image attachments, (provided
4476 the window is large enough to fit the image at its natural size).
4478 Much more robust handling of HTML messages. Currently both text/plain
4479 and text/html alternates will be rendered next to each other. In a
4480 future release, users will be able to decide to see only one or the
4481 other representation.
4483 Each attachment now has its own button so that attachments can be
4484 saved individually (the 'w' key is still available to save all
4487 Customizable support for tidying of text/plain message content
4489 Many new functions are available for tidying up message
4490 content. These include options such as wrapping long lines,
4491 compressing duplicate blank lines, etc.
4493 Most of these are disabled by default, but can easily be enabled by
4494 clicking the available check boxes under the "Notmuch Show Insert
4495 Text/Plain Hook" within the notmuch customize screen.
4497 New support for searchable citations (even when hidden)
4499 When portions of overly-long citations are hidden, the contents of
4500 these citations will still be available for emacs' standard
4501 "incremental search" functions. When the search matches any portion
4502 of a hidden citation, the citation will become visible temporarily
4503 to display the search result.
4505 More flexible handling of header visibility
4507 As an answer to complaints from many users, the To, Cc, and Date
4508 headers of messages are no longer hidden by default. For those users
4509 that liked that these were hidden, a new "Notmuch Messages Headers
4510 Visible" option in the customize interface can be set to nil. The
4511 visibility of headers can still be toggled on a per-message basis
4512 with the 'h' keybinding.
4514 For users that don't want to see some subset of those headers, the
4515 new "Notmuch Message Headers" variable can be customized to list
4516 only those headers that should be present in the display of a message.
4518 The Return key now toggles message visibility anywhere
4520 Previously this worked only on the first summary-line of a message.
4522 Customizable formatting of search results
4524 The user can easily customize the order, width, and formatting of
4525 the various fields in a "notmuch search" buffer. See the "Notmuch
4526 Search Result Format" section of the customize interface.
4528 Generate nicer names for search buffers when using a saved search
4530 Add a notmuch User-Agent header when sending mail from notmuch/emacs
4532 New keybinding (M-Ret) to open all collapsed messages in a thread
4537 Provide a new `NOTMUCH_SORT_UNSORTED` value for queries
4539 This can be somewhat faster when sorting simply isn't desired. For
4540 example when collecting a set of messages that will all be
4541 manipulated identically, (adding a tag, removing a tag, deleting the
4542 messages), then there's no advantage to sorting the messages by
4548 Fix to compile against GMime 2.6
4550 Previously notmuch insisted on being able to find GMime 2.4, (even
4551 though GMime 2.6 would have worked all along).
4553 Fix configure script to accept (and ignore) various standard options
4555 For example, those that the Gentoo build scripts expect configure to
4556 accept are now all accepted.
4561 A large number of new tests for the many new features
4563 Better display of output from failed tests
4565 Now shows failures with diff rather than forcing the user to gaze at
4566 complete actual and expected output looking for deviation.
4568 Notmuch 0.2 (2010-04-16)
4569 ========================
4571 This is the second release of the notmuch mail system, with actual
4572 detailed release notes this time!
4574 This release consists of a number of minor new features that make
4575 notmuch more pleasant to use, and a few fairly major bug fixes.
4577 We didn't quite hit our release target of "about a week" from the 0.1
4578 release, (0.2 is happening 11 days after 0.1), but we hope to do
4579 better for next week. Look forward to some major features coming to
4580 notmuch in subsequent releases.
4587 Better guessing of From: header
4589 Notmuch now tries harder to guess which configured address should be
4590 used as the From: line in a "notmuch reply". It will examine the
4591 Received: headers if it fails to find any configured address in To:
4592 or Cc:. This allows it to often choose the correct address even when
4593 replying to a message sent to a mailing list, and not directly to a
4596 Make "notmuch count" with no arguments count all messages
4598 Previously, it was hard to construct a search term that was
4599 guaranteed to match all messages.
4601 Provide a new special-case search term of "*" to match all messages
4603 This can be used in any command accepting a search term, such as
4604 "notmuch search '*'". Note that you'll want to take care that the
4605 shell doesn't expand * against the current files. And note that the
4606 support for "*" is a special case. It's only meaningful as a single
4607 search term and loses its special meaning when combined with any
4610 Automatically detect thread connections even when a parent message is
4613 Previously, if two or more message were received with a common
4614 parent, but that parent was not received, then these messages would
4615 not be recognized as belonging to the same thread. This is now fixed
4616 so that such messages are properly connected in a thread.
4621 Fix potential data loss in "notmuch new" with SIGINT
4623 One code path in "notmuch new" was not properly handling
4624 SIGINT. Previously, this could lead to messages being removed from
4625 the database (and their tags being lost) if the user pressed
4626 Control-C while "notmuch new" was working.
4628 Fix segfault when a message includes a MIME part that is empty
4630 Fix handling of non-ASCII characters with --format=json
4632 Previously, characters outside the range of 7-bit ASCII were
4633 silently dropped from the JSON output. This led to corrupted display
4634 of utf-8 content in the upcoming notmuch web-based frontends.
4636 Fix headers to be properly decoded in "notmuch reply"
4638 Previously, the user might see:
4640 Subject: Re: =?iso-8859-2?q?Rozlu=E8ka?=
4644 Subject: Re: Rozlučka
4646 The former text is properly encoded to be RFC-compliant SMTP, will
4647 be sent correctly, and will be properly decoded by the
4648 recipient. But the user trying to edit the reply would likely be
4649 unable to read or edit that field in its encoded form.
4651 Emacs client features
4652 ---------------------
4654 Show the last few lines of citations as well as the first few lines
4656 It's often the case that the last sentence of a citation is what is
4657 being replied to directly, so the last few lines are often much more
4658 important. The number of lines shown at the beginning and end of any
4659 citation can be configured, (notmuch-show-citation-lines-prefix and
4660 notmuch-show-citation-lines-suffix).
4662 The '+' and '-' commands in the search view can now add and remove
4665 Selective bulk tagging is now possible by selecting a region of
4666 threads and then using either the '+' or '-' keybindings. Bulk
4667 tagging is still available for all threads matching the current
4668 search with the '*' binding.
4670 More meaningful buffer names for thread-view buffers
4672 Notmuch now uses the Subject of the thread as the buffer
4673 name. Previously it was using the thread ID, which is a meaningless
4676 Provide for customized colors of threads in search view based on tags
4678 See the documentation of notmuch-search-line-faces, (or us "M-x
4679 customize" and browse to the "notmuch" group within "Applications"
4680 and "Mail"), for details on how to configure this colorization.
4682 Build-system features
4683 ---------------------
4685 Add support to properly build libnotmuch on Darwin systems (OS X)
4687 Add support to configure for many standard options
4689 We include actual support for:
4691 --includedir --mandir --sysconfdir
4693 And accept and silently ignore several more:
4695 --build --infodir --libexecdir --localstatedir
4696 --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking
4698 Install emacs client in "make install" rather than requiring a
4699 separate "make install-emacs"
4701 Automatically compute versions numbers between releases
4703 This support uses the git-describe notation, so a version such as
4704 0.1-144-g43cbbfc indicates a version that is 144 commits since the
4705 0.1 release and is available as git commit "43cbbfc".
4707 Add a new "make test" target to run the test suite and actually
4710 Notmuch 0.1 (2010-04-05)
4711 ========================
4713 This is the first release of the notmuch mail system.
4715 It includes the libnotmuch library, the notmuch command-line
4716 interface, and an emacs-based interface to notmuch.
4718 Note: Notmuch will work best with Xapian 1.0.18 (or later) or Xapian
4719 1.1.4 (or later). Previous versions of Xapian (whether 1.0 or 1.1) had
4720 a performance bug that made notmuch very slow when modifying
4721 tags. This would cause distracting pauses when reading mail while
4722 notmuch would wait for Xapian when removing the "inbox" and "unread"
4723 tags from messages in a thread.
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