On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:06:39 +0530, "Aneesh Kumar K. V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 09:28:40 +0000, David Edmondson <dme@dme.org> wrote: > > On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:56:57 +0530, "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > > > From: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@gmail.com> > > > > > > When you have long thread, it would be nice to be able to > > > show the message to which the current message is a reply > > > > The patch fires up a new search, destroying my context. Shouldn't the > > parent message be visible in the current thread and, if so, perhaps just > > searching in the current buffer for it (and jumping back there) be > > possible? (Maybe even with a key to pop back to the child easily.) > > > > It should actually stack up. That is, it fires up a new search but then a > 'q' should bring back the old context. One of the thing i really > wanted to keep was the ability to go back to the old context with a key > binding which in this case is achieved by 'q' I played some more and I agree, it's fine as is.