This series looks good to me. Just one possible thought: would it be
worth time-stamping the errors (mostly in case the user does not quit
the error buffer). But +1 anyway

Best wishes

Mark


On Sat, 15 Dec 2012, Austin Clements <amdragon@MIT.EDU> wrote:
> This obsoletes id:1355548513-10085-1-git-send-email-amdragon@mit.edu
> and fixes the things Mark and Tomi commented on.  The interdiff is
> below.
>
> diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-lib.el b/emacs/notmuch-lib.el
> index cf61635..8f84087 100644
> --- a/emacs/notmuch-lib.el
> +++ b/emacs/notmuch-lib.el
> @@ -326,10 +326,12 @@ the user dismisses it."
>      (with-current-buffer buf
>        (view-mode-enter nil #'kill-buffer)
>        (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
> +	(goto-char (point-max))
> +	(unless (bobp)
> +	  (insert "\n"))
>  	(insert msg)
>  	(unless (bolp)
> -	  (insert "\n"))
> -	(goto-char (point-min))))
> +	  (insert "\n"))))
>      (pop-to-buffer buf)))
>  
>  (defun notmuch-check-async-exit-status (proc msg)
> diff --git a/emacs/notmuch.el b/emacs/notmuch.el
> index c20de13..b0fd387 100644
> --- a/emacs/notmuch.el
> +++ b/emacs/notmuch.el
> @@ -536,8 +536,9 @@ If BARE is set then do not prefix with \"thread:\""
>  (defun notmuch-call-notmuch-process (&rest args)
>    "Synchronously invoke \"notmuch\" with the given list of arguments.
>  
> -Output from the process will be presented to the user as an error
> -and will also appear in a buffer named \"*Notmuch errors*\"."
> +If notmuch exits with a non-zero status, output from the process
> +will appear in a buffer named \"*Notmuch errors*\" and an error
> +will be signaled."
>    (with-temp-buffer
>      (let ((status (apply #'call-process notmuch-command nil t nil args)))
>        (notmuch-check-exit-status status (cons notmuch-command args)
> @@ -649,7 +650,7 @@ of the result."
>  		      (insert "Incomplete search results (search process was killed).\n"))
>  		  (when (eq status 'exit)
>  		    (insert "End of search results.\n")
> -		    (condition-case err
> +		    (condition-case nil
>  			(notmuch-check-async-exit-status proc msg)
>  		      ;; Suppress the error signal since strange
>  		      ;; things happen if a sentinel signals.
> diff --git a/test/emacs b/test/emacs
> index 88b062c..5067d67 100755
> --- a/test/emacs
> +++ b/test/emacs
> @@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ This is output
>  Error: Unexpected output from notmuch search:
>  This is an error
>  End of search results.
> -Error invoking notmuch.  /tmp/nmtest/tmp.emacs/notmuch_fail search --format=json --sort=newest-first tag:inbox exited with status 1."
> +Error invoking notmuch.  $PWD/notmuch_fail search --format=json --sort=newest-first tag:inbox exited with status 1."
>  
>  
>  test_done
> diff --git a/test/emacs-show b/test/emacs-show
> index c67c6a4..40fab61 100755
> --- a/test/emacs-show
> +++ b/test/emacs-show
> @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ test_emacs "(let ((notmuch-command \"$PWD/notmuch_fail\"))
>  	       (with-current-buffer \"*Notmuch errors*\"
>  		  (test-output \"ERROR\")))"
>  test_expect_equal "$(cat OUTPUT ERROR)" "\
> -Error invoking notmuch.  /tmp/nmtest/tmp.emacs-show/notmuch_fail show --format=json --exclude=false ' * ' exited with status 1.
> +Error invoking notmuch.  $PWD/notmuch_fail show --format=json --exclude=false ' * ' exited with status 1.
>  Error:
>  This is an error
>  Output: