On Sat, 06 Feb 2016, David Edmondson <dme@dme.org> wrote: > If the basic query passed to `notmuch-show' generates no results, > throw an error and inform the user that no messages matched the query > rather than displaying an empty buffer and showing an obscure error. Hi First this is a clear improvement on the current behaviour, an I am happy with it as is. However, I wonder if we actually want an error at all in this case, rather than just a "message". I think some people run with debug-on-error enabled and it might be annoying in that case (though clearly less annoying than the current situation). [If anyone cares the current error comes from the marking read code in the post-command hook which assumes the buffer has a message] Best wishes Mark > --- > emacs/notmuch-show.el | 8 +++++++- > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-show.el b/emacs/notmuch-show.el > index 3345878..335992e 100644 > --- a/emacs/notmuch-show.el > +++ b/emacs/notmuch-show.el > @@ -1248,7 +1248,13 @@ function is used." > (when (and (eq (buffer-size) 0) > notmuch-show-query-context) > (notmuch-show-insert-forest > - (notmuch-query-get-threads (append cli-args basic-args))))) > + (notmuch-query-get-threads (append cli-args basic-args)))) > + > + ;; If there are still no results, kill the buffer and throw an > + ;; error. > + (when (eq (buffer-size) 0) > + (kill-buffer (current-buffer)) > + (error "No messages matched the query."))) > > (jit-lock-register #'notmuch-show-buttonise-links) > > -- > 2.1.4 > > _______________________________________________ > notmuch mailing list > notmuch@notmuchmail.org > https://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch