This patch series adds a function to refresh all buffers, including an option to silently refresh them in the background i.e. to not show the newly refreshed buffer in any window. This is very useful for asynchronously updating all buffers when new mail arrives, using logic similar to the following (it's what I use): (setq process-connection-type nil) (defun done-index-sentinel (process event) (notmuch-refresh-all-buffers t) (message "Mail sync complete")) (defun done-sync-sentinel (process event) (message "Indexing mail using notmuch") (set-process-sentinel (start-process "notmuch" nil "notmuch" "new") 'done-index-sentinel)) (defun run-mail-sync () (message "Syncing mail in background") (set-process-sentinel (start-process "mbsync" nil "mbsync" "gmail") 'done-sync-sentinel)) (run-with-idle-timer 600 nil 'run-mail-sync) Ioan-Adrian Ratiu (4): emacs: reuse buffer when refreshing searches emacs: adjust all types of notmuch show buffers emacs: add refresh buffer optional no-display arg emacs: add refresh all buffers function emacs/notmuch-lib.el | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++--- emacs/notmuch-show.el | 11 ++++++++++- emacs/notmuch.el | 24 ++++++++++++++++-------- 3 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) -- 2.9.3