Change the buffer name to a uniquified subject of the thread (i.e. the subject of the first message in the thread) instead of the thread-id. This is more meaningful to the user, and will make it easier to scroll through numerous open buffers. Note that this patch adds an optional `buffer-name' argument to notmuch show. This version supersedes V1 and V2 of this patch. It is rebased on HEAD, ensures that the buffer names are unique, and that the `notmuch-show' command can still be used interactively (fixing a clumsy bug in V2 which prevented that). Signed-off-by: Jesse Rosenthal <jrosenthal@jhu.edu> --- notmuch.el | 21 +++++++++++++++++---- 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/notmuch.el b/notmuch.el index 6482170..685b2cd 100644 --- a/notmuch.el +++ b/notmuch.el @@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ All currently available key bindings: (lambda() (hl-line-mode 1) )) -(defun notmuch-show (thread-id &optional parent-buffer query-context) +(defun notmuch-show (thread-id &optional parent-buffer query-context buffer-name) "Run \"notmuch show\" with the given thread ID and display results. The optional PARENT-BUFFER is the notmuch-search buffer from @@ -1172,7 +1172,10 @@ thread from that buffer can be show when done with this one). The optional QUERY-CONTEXT is a notmuch search term. Only messages from the thread matching this search term are shown if non-nil. " (interactive "sNotmuch show: ") - (let ((buffer (get-buffer-create (concat "*notmuch-show-" thread-id "*")))) + (when (null (buffer-name)) + (setq buffer-name (concat "*notmuch-" thread-id "*"))) + (let* ((thread-buffer-name (generate-new-buffer-name buffer-name)) + (buffer (get-buffer-create thread-buffer-name))) (switch-to-buffer buffer) (notmuch-show-mode) (set (make-local-variable 'notmuch-show-parent-buffer) parent-buffer) @@ -1363,9 +1366,19 @@ Complete list of currently available key bindings: (defun notmuch-search-show-thread () "Display the currently selected thread." (interactive) - (let ((thread-id (notmuch-search-find-thread-id))) + (let ((thread-id (notmuch-search-find-thread-id)) + (subject (notmuch-search-find-subject)) + buffer-name) + (when (string-match "^[ \t]*$" subject) + (setq subject "[No Subject]")) + (setq buffer-name (concat "*" + (truncate-string-to-width subject 32 nil nil t) + "*")) (if (> (length thread-id) 0) - (notmuch-show thread-id (current-buffer) notmuch-search-query-string) + (notmuch-show thread-id + (current-buffer) + notmuch-search-query-string + buffer-name) (error "End of search results")))) (defun notmuch-search-reply-to-thread () -- 1.6.3.3