notmuch-hello refresh status message

[obsolete/notmuch-wiki] / emacstips.mdwn

diff --git a/emacstips.mdwn b/emacstips.mdwn
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@@ -92,6 +92,17 @@ 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.
 
 -----
 
@@ -528,3 +539,43 @@ 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)