X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=emacstips.mdwn;h=820d181725c7b02b2a16f7a80fe467638a9a9aac;hb=4f2481e3c1e193f931b015499040820e6ed0bdc2;hp=18e2d84dd82a5f1fc8eec79decc9fb363f85a9ab;hpb=9a1c7b7b76c64a0a6a6f97e8a70f67fb0b653aca;p=obsolete%2Fnotmuch-wiki diff --git a/emacstips.mdwn b/emacstips.mdwn index 18e2d84..820d181 100644 --- a/emacstips.mdwn +++ b/emacstips.mdwn @@ -3,13 +3,17 @@ One of the more popular notmuch message reading clients is **notmuch.el**, an [emacs](http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) major mode for interacting with notmuch. It is included in the notmuch -package. This page goes over some usage tips for using notmuch with -Emacs. +package (notmuch-emacs in Debian). This page goes over some usage +tips for using notmuch with Emacs. [[!toc levels=2]] ## Setup +Have a look at the [Howto](http://notmuchmail.org/howto/) for +prerequisites. Be sure you have done the general setup using the +notmuch cli command! + To use the Notmuch emacs mode, first add the following line to your `.emacs` rc file: @@ -25,8 +29,11 @@ notmuch` from within a running emacs. ## Navigating & reading mails When first starting notmuch in emacs, you will be presented with the -notmuch "hello" page. From here you can do searches, see lists of -recent searches, saved searches, message tags, help information, etc. +notmuch "hello" page. If it exits with an error after writing +"Welcome to notmutch. You have" you need to do the basic notmuch setup +first (see above). +From here you can do searches, see lists of recent +searches, saved searches, message tags, help information, etc. Executing a search will open a new buffer in `notmuch-search-mode` displaying the search results. Each line in the search results @@ -92,6 +99,17 @@ mentioned as script arguments. (Note: The script expects that you have done emacsclient -a '' -c -e "(progn (compose-mail) $attach_cmds)" +## Issues with Emacs 24 + +If notmuch-show-mode behaves badly for you in emacs 24.x try adding one of + + (setq gnus-inhibit-images nil) + +or + + (require 'gnus-art) + +to your .emacs file. ----- @@ -122,6 +140,8 @@ a file called `~/.emacs.d/my-notmuch.el`: ;; uncomment & modify if you want to use external smtp server to send mail ;; (setq smtpmail-smtp-server "smtp.server.tld" ;; message-send-mail-function 'message-smtpmail-send-it) + ;; uncomment to debug smtp sending problems + ;; (setq smtpmail-debug-info t) Then, add to `.emacs`: @@ -255,12 +275,19 @@ And in search mode: The Emacs interface to notmuch will automatically add an `Fcc` header to your outgoing mail so that any messages you send will also be saved in your mail store. You can control where this copy of the -message is saved by setting the variables `message-directory` (which -defines a base directory) and `notmuch-fcc-dirs` which defines the -subdirectory relative to `message-directory` in which to save the -mail. Enter a directory (without the maildir `/cur` ending which -will be appended automatically). To customize both variables at the -same time, use the fancy command: +message is saved by setting the variable `notmuch-fcc-dirs` which defines the +subdirectory relative to the `database.path` setting from your +notmuch configuration in which to save the mail. Enter a directory +(without the maildir `/cur` ending which will be appended +automatically). Additional information can be found as usual using: + + M-x describe-variable notmuch-fcc-dirs + +An additional variable that can affect FCC settings in some cases is +`message-directory`. Emacs message-mode uses this variable for +postponed messages. + +To customize both variables at the same time, use the fancy command: M-x customize-apropos\(notmuch-fcc-dirs\)\|\(message-directory\) @@ -526,3 +553,121 @@ more information (some of these have "extensive documentation"): The last two do the same thing. See also the **Usage:** section in `gnus-alias.el`. + +## Resending (or bouncing) messages + +Add the following to your `.emacs` to be able to resend the current message in +show mode. + + (define-key notmuch-show-mode-map "b" + (lambda (&optional address) + "Bounce the current message." + (interactive "sBounce To: ") + (notmuch-show-view-raw-message) + (message-resend address))) + +## `notmuch-hello` refresh status message + +Add the following to your `.emacs` to get a status message about the change in +the number of messages in the mail store when refreshing the `notmuch-hello` +buffer. + + (defvar notmuch-hello-refresh-count 0) + + (defun notmuch-hello-refresh-status-message () + (unless no-display + (let* ((new-count + (string-to-number + (car (process-lines notmuch-command "count")))) + (diff-count (- new-count notmuch-hello-refresh-count))) + (cond + ((= notmuch-hello-refresh-count 0) + (message "You have %s messages." + (notmuch-hello-nice-number new-count))) + ((> diff-count 0) + (message "You have %s more messages since last refresh." + (notmuch-hello-nice-number diff-count))) + ((< diff-count 0) + (message "You have %s fewer messages since last refresh." + (notmuch-hello-nice-number (- diff-count))))) + (setq notmuch-hello-refresh-count new-count)))) + + (add-hook 'notmuch-hello-refresh-hook 'notmuch-hello-refresh-status-message) + +## Replacing tabs with spaces in subject and header + +Mailman mailing list software rewrites and rewraps long message subjects in +a way that causes TABs to appear in the middle of the subject and header +lines. Add this to your `.emacs` to replace tabs with spaces in subject +lines: + + (defun notmuch-show-subject-tabs-to-spaces () + "Replace tabs with spaces in subject line." + (goto-char (point-min)) + (when (re-search-forward "^Subject:" nil t) + (while (re-search-forward "\t" (line-end-position) t) + (replace-match " " nil nil)))) + + (add-hook 'notmuch-show-markup-headers-hook 'notmuch-show-subject-tabs-to-spaces) + +And in header lines (this will only work with the yet to be released +notmuch version 0.15): + + (defun notmuch-show-header-tabs-to-spaces () + "Replace tabs with spaces in header line." + (setq header-line-format + (notmuch-show-strip-re + (replace-regexp-in-string "\t" " " (notmuch-show-get-subject))))) + + (add-hook 'notmuch-show-hook 'notmuch-show-header-tabs-to-spaces) + +## Hiding unread messages in notmuch-show + +I like to have an inbox saved search, but only show unread messages when they +view a thread. This takes two steps: + +1. Apply +[this patch from Mark Walters](http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/2012/010817.html) +to add the `notmuch-show-filter-thread` function. +1. Add the following hook to your emacs configuration: + + (defun expand-only-unread-hook () (interactive) + (let ((unread nil) + (open (notmuch-show-get-message-ids-for-open-messages))) + (notmuch-show-mapc (lambda () + (when (member "unread" (notmuch-show-get-tags)) + (setq unread t)))) + (when unread + (let ((notmuch-show-hook (remove 'expand-only-unread-hook notmuch-show-hook))) + (notmuch-show-filter-thread "tag:unread"))))) + + (add-hook 'notmuch-show-hook 'expand-only-unread-hook) + +## Changing the color of a saved search based on some other search + +I like to have a saved search for my inbox, but have it change color when there +are thread with unread messages in the inbox. I accomplish this with the +following code in my emacs config: + + (defun color-inbox-if-unread () (interactive) + (save-excursion + (goto-char (point-min)) + (let ((cnt (car (process-lines "notmuch" "count" "tag:inbox and tag:unread")))) + (when (> (string-to-number cnt) 0) + (save-excursion + (when (search-forward "inbox" (point-max) t) + (let* ((overlays (overlays-in (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0))) + (overlay (car overlays))) + (when overlay + (overlay-put overlay 'face '((:inherit bold) (:foreground "green"))))))))))) + (add-hook 'notmuch-hello-refresh-hook 'color-inbox-if-unread) + +## Linking to notmuch messages and threads from the Circe IRC client + +[Circe](https://github.com/jorgenschaefer/circe/wiki) is an IRC client for emacs. +To have clickable buttons for notmuch messages and threads, add the following to +`lui-buttons-list` (using, e.g. M-x customize-variable) + + ("\\(?:id\\|mid\\|thread\\):[0-9A-Za-z][0-9A-Za-z.@-]*" 0 notmuch-show 0) + +If you have notmuch-pick installed, it works fine for this as well.