Re: [PATCH] emacs: add notmuch-expr, sexp-style queries

Subject: Re: [PATCH] emacs: add notmuch-expr, sexp-style queries

Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 17:32:22 -0400

To: Tom Fitzhenry, notmuch@notmuchmail.org

Cc: Tom Fitzhenry

From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor


On Wed 2020-05-13 20:00:24 +1000, Tom Fitzhenry wrote:
> notmuch-expr allows you to write notmuch search queries in sexp style like:
>
> (notmuch-expr
>   '(and
>     (to "emacs-devel")
>     "info manual"
>     (or
>       (not (is "spam"))
>       (is "important"))))
>
> which will generate the textual query:
>
> "to:emacs-devel AND (NOT is:spam OR is:important) AND \"info manual\""

I like this idea!

> +(defun notmuch-expr--quote (s)
> +  ;; FIXME Escape s.
> +  (concat "\"" s "\""))

Shouldn't this FIXME be resolved before we consider merging?

          --dkg
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