Re: [PATCH] emacs: show: make id links respect window

Subject: Re: [PATCH] emacs: show: make id links respect window

Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:54:35 -0400

To: Mark Walters, notmuch@notmuchmail.org

Cc:

From: David Bremner


Mark Walters <markwalters1009@gmail.com> writes:

> I think this is a bug but that could be debated. It is particularly
> easy to trigger with notmuch pick because that uses the split pane
> while focus usually remains in the `pick' pane rather than the `show'
> pane.

I can imagine that people would want/like the "open in other window" 
effect of the current code, even if the reason is a bug.

>  			  'action `(lambda (arg)
>  				     (notmuch-show ,(third link)))

Can you (or someone) explain why backquote is needed here? Is this some
kind of workaround for lack of lexical scope? If so, maybe a comment.

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