On Sat, 09 Jul 2011 10:09:09 -0700, Neeum Zawan <mailinglists@nawaz.org> wrote:
> 3. One thing I *sorely* would like: Keybindings to go to the
>    next/previous messages *in the query*. This would be my primary way
>    of dealing with emails. If only one message in the middle of the
>    thread matches the query, then I should be able to go to the next
>    match with one keystroke (and no, defining a macro for "q", "n",
>    "Enter" won't always work - what if two messages in a query match the
>    search?) If there's a way to do this now, I'd like to know...

'n' and 'p' already do something similar to this, since by default only
messages matching the query will be open and all the other ones closed,
when you enter a thread from a notmuch-search buffer. As 'n' and 'p'
only move between opened messages, they should effectively work like you
want them to.

Cheers,
Daniel