(make-variable-buffer-local 'notmuch-show-previous-subject)
(defun notmuch-show-choose-duplicate (duplicate)
+ "Display message file with index DUPLICATE in place of the current one.
+
+Message file indices are based on the order the files are
+discovered by `notmuch new' (and hence are somewhat arbitrary),
+and correspond to those passed to the \"\\-\\-duplicate\" arguments
+to the CLI.
+
+When called interactively, the function will prompt for the index
+of the file to display. An error will be signaled if the index
+is out of range."
(interactive "Nduplicate: ")
(let ((count (length (notmuch-show-get-prop :filename))))
(when (or (> duplicate count)
(interactive (let ((query-string (if current-prefix-arg
"Pipe all open messages to command: "
"Pipe message to command: ")))
- (list current-prefix-arg (read-string query-string))))
+ (list current-prefix-arg (read-shell-command query-string))))
(let (shell-command)
(if entire-thread
(setq shell-command