### User-configurable tags for new messages
- A new "new.tags" option is available in the configuration file to
- determine which tags are applied to new messages. Run "notmuch
- setup" to generate new documentation within ~/.notmuch-config on how
- to specify this value.
+A new "new.tags" option is available in the configuration file to
+determine which tags are applied to new messages. Run "notmuch
+setup" to generate new documentation within ~/.notmuch-config on how
+to specify this value.
### Threads search results named based on subjects that match search
- This means that when new mails arrived to a thread you've previously
- read, and the new mails have a new subject, you will see that
- subject in the search results rather than the old subject.
+This means that when new mails arrived to a thread you've previously
+read, and the new mails have a new subject, you will see that
+subject in the search results rather than the old subject.
### Faster operation of "notmuch tag" (avoid unneeded sorting)
- Since the user just wants to tag all matching messages, we can make
- things perform a bit faster by avoiding the sort.
+Since the user just wants to tag all matching messages, we can make
+things perform a bit faster by avoiding the sort.
### Even Better guessing of From: header for "notmuch reply"
- Notmuch now looks at a number of headers when trying to figure out
- the best From: header to use in a reply. This is helpful if you have
- several configured email addresses, and you also subscribe to various
- mailing lists with different addresses, (so that mails you are
- replying to won't always include your subscribed address in the To:
- header).
+Notmuch now looks at a number of headers when trying to figure out
+the best From: header to use in a reply. This is helpful if you have
+several configured email addresses, and you also subscribe to various
+mailing lists with different addresses, (so that mails you are
+replying to won't always include your subscribed address in the To:
+header).
### Indication of author names that match a search
- When notmuch displays threads as the result of a search, it now
- lists the authors that match the search before listing the other
- authors in the thread. It inserts a pipe '|' symbol between the last
- matching and first non-matching author. This is especially useful in
- a search that includes tag:unread. Now the authors of the unread
- messages in the thread are listed first.
+When notmuch displays threads as the result of a search, it now
+lists the authors that match the search before listing the other
+authors in the thread. It inserts a pipe '|' symbol between the last
+matching and first non-matching author. This is especially useful in
+a search that includes tag:unread. Now the authors of the unread
+messages in the thread are listed first.
New: Python bindings
--------------------
### An entirely new initial view for notmuch, (friendly yet powerful)
- Some of us call the new view "notmuch hello" but you can get at it
- by simply calling "emacs -f notmuch". The new view provides a search
- bar where new searches can be performed. It also displays a list of
- recent searches, along with a button to save any of these, giving it
- a new name as a "saved search". Many people find these "saved
- searches" one of the most convenient ways of organizing their mail,
- (providing all of the features of "folders" in other mail clients,
- but without any of the disadvantages).
+Some of us call the new view "notmuch hello" but you can get at it
+by simply calling "emacs -f notmuch". The new view provides a search
+bar where new searches can be performed. It also displays a list of
+recent searches, along with a button to save any of these, giving it
+a new name as a "saved search". Many people find these "saved
+searches" one of the most convenient ways of organizing their mail,
+(providing all of the features of "folders" in other mail clients,
+but without any of the disadvantages).
- Finally, this view can also optionally display all of the tags that
- exist in the database, along with a count for each tag, and a custom
- search of messages with that tag that's simply a click (or keypress)
- away.
+Finally, this view can also optionally display all of the tags that
+exist in the database, along with a count for each tag, and a custom
+search of messages with that tag that's simply a click (or keypress)
+away.
- Note: For users that liked the original mode of "emacs -f notmuch"
- immediately displaying a particular search result, we
- recommend instead running something like:
+NOTE: For users that liked the original mode of "emacs -f notmuch"
+immediately displaying a particular search result, we recommend
+instead running something like:
- emacs --eval '(notmuch search "tag:inbox" t)'
+ emacs --eval '(notmuch search "tag:inbox" t)'
- The "t" means to sort the messages in an "oldest first" order,
- (as notmuch would do previously by default). You can also
- leave that off to have your search results in "newest first"
- order.
+The "t" means to sort the messages in an "oldest first" order,
+(as notmuch would do previously by default). You can also
+leave that off to have your search results in "newest first"
+order.
### Full-featured "customize" support for configuring notmuch
- Notmuch now plugs in well to the emacs "customize" mode to make it
- much simpler to find things about the notmuch interface that can be
- tweaked by the user.
+Notmuch now plugs in well to the emacs "customize" mode to make it
+much simpler to find things about the notmuch interface that can be
+tweaked by the user.
- You can get to this mode by starting at the main "Customize" menu in
- emacs, then browsing through "Applications", "Mail", and
- "Notmuch". Or you can go straight to "M-x customize-group"
- "notmuch".
+You can get to this mode by starting at the main "Customize" menu in
+emacs, then browsing through "Applications", "Mail", and
+"Notmuch". Or you can go straight to "M-x customize-group"
+"notmuch".
- Once you're at the customize screen, you'll see a list of documented
- options that can be manipulated along with checkboxes, drop-down
- selectors, and text-entry boxes for configuring the various
- settings.
+Once you're at the customize screen, you'll see a list of documented
+options that can be manipulated along with checkboxes, drop-down
+selectors, and text-entry boxes for configuring the various
+settings.
### Support for doing tab-completion of email addresses
- This support currently relies on an external program,
- (notmuch-addresses), that is not yet shipped with notmuch
- itself. But multiple, suitable implementations of this program have
- already been written that generate address completions by doing
- notmuch searches of your email collection. For example, providing
- first those addresses that you have composed messages to in the
- past, etc.
+This support currently relies on an external program,
+(notmuch-addresses), that is not yet shipped with notmuch
+itself. But multiple, suitable implementations of this program have
+already been written that generate address completions by doing
+notmuch searches of your email collection. For example, providing
+first those addresses that you have composed messages to in the
+past, etc.
- One such program (implemented in python with the python bindings to
- notmuch) is available via:
+One such program (implemented in python with the python bindings to
+notmuch) is available via:
- git clone http://jkr.acm.jhu.edu/git/notmuch_addresses.git
+ git clone http://jkr.acm.jhu.edu/git/notmuch_addresses.git
- Install that program as notmuch-addresses on your PATH, and then
- hitting TAB on a partial email address or name within the To: or Cc:
- line of an email message will provide matching completions.
+Install that program as notmuch-addresses on your PATH, and then
+hitting TAB on a partial email address or name within the To: or Cc:
+line of an email message will provide matching completions.
### Support for file-based (Fcc) delivery of sent messages to mail store
- This isn't yet enabled by default. To enable this, one will have to
- set the "Notmuch Fcc Dirs" setting within the notmuch customize
- screen, (see its documentation there for details). We anticipate
- making this automatic in a future release.
+This isn't yet enabled by default. To enable this, one will have to
+set the "Notmuch Fcc Dirs" setting within the notmuch customize
+screen, (see its documentation there for details). We anticipate
+making this automatic in a future release.
### New 'G' key binding to trigger mail refresh (G == "Get new mail")
- The 'G' key works wherever '=' works. Before refreshing the screen
- it calls an external program that can be used to poll email servers,
- run notmuch new and setup specific tags for the new emails. The
- script to be called should be configured with the "Notmuch Poll
- Script" setting in the customize interface. This script will
- typically invoke "notmuch new" and then perhaps several "notmuch
- tag" commands.
+The 'G' key works wherever '=' works. Before refreshing the screen
+it calls an external program that can be used to poll email servers,
+run notmuch new and set up specific tags for the new emails. The
+script to be called should be configured with the "Notmuch Poll
+Script" setting in the customize interface. This script will
+typically invoke "notmuch new" and then perhaps several "notmuch
+tag" commands.
### Implement emacs message display with the JSON output from notmuch
- This is much more robust than the previous implementation, (where
- some HTML mails and mail quoting the notmuch code with the delimiter
- characters in it would cause the parser to fall over).
+This is much more robust than the previous implementation, (where
+some HTML mails and mail quoting the notmuch code with the delimiter
+characters in it would cause the parser to fall over).
### Better handling of HTML messages and MIME attachments (inline images!)
- Allow for any MIME parts that emacs can display to be displayed
- inline. This includes inline viewing of image attachments, (provided
- the window is large enough to fit the image at its natural size).
+Allow for any MIME parts that emacs can display to be displayed
+inline. This includes inline viewing of image attachments, (provided
+the window is large enough to fit the image at its natural size).
- Much more robust handling of HTML messages. Currently both text/plain
- and text/html alternates will be rendered next to each other. In a
- future release, users will be able to decide to see only one or the
- other representation.
+Much more robust handling of HTML messages. Currently both text/plain
+and text/html alternates will be rendered next to each other. In a
+future release, users will be able to decide to see only one or the
+other representation.
- Each attachment now has its own button so that attachments can be
- saved individually (the 'w' key is still available to save all
- attachments).
+Each attachment now has its own button so that attachments can be
+saved individually (the 'w' key is still available to save all
+attachments).
### Customizable support for tidying of text/plain message content
- Many new functions are available for tidying up message
- content. These include options such as wrapping long lines,
- compressing duplicate blank lines, etc.
+Many new functions are available for tidying up message
+content. These include options such as wrapping long lines,
+compressing duplicate blank lines, etc.
- Most of these are disabled by default, but can easily be enabled by
- clicking the available check boxes under the "Notmuch Show Insert
- Text/Plain Hook" within the notmuch customize screen.
+Most of these are disabled by default, but can easily be enabled by
+clicking the available check boxes under the "Notmuch Show Insert
+Text/Plain Hook" within the notmuch customize screen.
### New support for searchable citations (even when hidden)
- When portions of overly-long citations are hidden, the contents of
- these citations will still be available for emacs' standard
- "incremental search" functions. When the search matches any portion
- of a hidden citation, the citation will become visible temporarily
- to display the search result.
+When portions of overly-long citations are hidden, the contents of
+these citations will still be available for emacs' standard
+"incremental search" functions. When the search matches any portion
+of a hidden citation, the citation will become visible temporarily
+to display the search result.
### More flexible handling of header visibility
- As an answer to complaints from many users, the To, Cc, and Date
- headers of messages are no longer hidden by default. For those users
- that liked that these were hidden, a new "Notmuch Messages Headers
- Visible" option in the customize interface can be set to nil. The
- visibility of headers can still be toggled on a per-message basis
- with the 'h' keybinding.
+As an answer to complaints from many users, the To, Cc, and Date
+headers of messages are no longer hidden by default. For those users
+that liked that these were hidden, a new "Notmuch Messages Headers
+Visible" option in the customize interface can be set to nil. The
+visibility of headers can still be toggled on a per-message basis
+with the 'h' keybinding.
- For users that don't want to see some subset of those headers, the
- new "Notmuch Message Headers" variable can be customized to list
- only those headers that should be present in the display of a message.
+For users that don't want to see some subset of those headers, the
+new "Notmuch Message Headers" variable can be customized to list
+only those headers that should be present in the display of a message.
### The Return key now toggles message visibility anywhere
- Previously this worked only on the first summary-line of a message.
+Previously this worked only on the first summary-line of a message.
### Customizable formatting of search results
- The user can easily customize the order, width, and formatting of
- the various fields in a "notmuch search" buffer. See the "Notmuch
- Search Result Format" section of the customize interface.
+The user can easily customize the order, width, and formatting of
+the various fields in a "notmuch search" buffer. See the "Notmuch
+Search Result Format" section of the customize interface.
### Generate nicer names for search buffers when using a saved search
### Provide a new `NOTMUCH_SORT_UNSORTED` value for queries
- This can be somewhat faster when sorting simply isn't desired. For
- example when collecting a set of messages that will all be
- manipulated identically, (adding a tag, removing a tag, deleting the
- messages), then there's no advantage to sorting the messages by
- date.
+This can be somewhat faster when sorting simply isn't desired. For
+example when collecting a set of messages that will all be
+manipulated identically, (adding a tag, removing a tag, deleting the
+messages), then there's no advantage to sorting the messages by
+date.
Build fixes
-----------
### Fix to compile against GMime 2.6
- Previously notmuch insisted on being able to find GMime 2.4, (even
- though GMime 2.6 would have worked all along).
+Previously notmuch insisted on being able to find GMime 2.4, (even
+though GMime 2.6 would have worked all along).
### Fix configure script to accept (and ignore) various standard options
- For example, those that the Gentoo build scripts expect configure to
- accept are now all accepted.
+For example, those that the Gentoo build scripts expect configure to
+accept are now all accepted.
Test suite
----------
### Better display of output from failed tests
- Now shows failures with diff rather than forcing the user to gaze at
- complete actual and expected output looking for deviation.
+Now shows failures with diff rather than forcing the user to gaze at
+complete actual and expected output looking for deviation.
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