On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:59:39 +0100, Daniel Schoepe <daniel@schoepe.org> wrote: > On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:46:36 -0800, Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@finestructure.net> wrote: > > Hey, Mark. I really like the idea, since I've been looking for > > something like this for a while, but there's something I'm confused > > about. Is this meant to replace notmuch-search, or notmuch-show? I had > > been hoping for a notmuch *show* replacement that shows the nice tree > > view for the thread, with a single message view below. But it sounds > > like you're meant to be replacing notmuch search? That seems confusing > > to me, particularly in light of the big performance hit you describe. > > As far as I can tell, it is intended as a third option and can be used > for both, viewing all messages matching a search in a tree structure > (with a pane for an individual message) as in most other mail clients > (mutt, thunderbird, Gnus, etc.) and viewing a single thread in the > manner you described. > > This has the added bonus, that it can be offered _in addition_ to show > in search, since I wouldn't want to give up the current > search-view. notmuch-show might also be preferred by some users (due to > its similarity to sup and gmail). Of course, this would mean that we > would have to maintain threading capabilities for two modes. (It relies > on show for displaying a single message, so that part is not > duplicated). This is exactly my view: it comes somewhere between search and show. I use it both ways: as a view for my inbox (i.e., as a replacement for search) and when I get lost "showing" a long thread. I haven't tried Daniel's suggestion of notmuch-search-pick (going from a thread to the pick view of that thread). But I will add it as an option. Best wishes Mark