Re: [PATCH v2] emacs: Add support for saved search accelerators

Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] emacs: Add support for saved search accelerators

Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 16:06:44 +0100

To: Austin Clements, David Bremner

Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org

From: Mark Walters


> Quoth David Bremner on Jul 13 at 11:20 am:
>> Austin Clements <amdragon@MIT.EDU> writes:
>> 
>> > The right answer might be something between notmuch-go and dme's
>> > patch.  Currently notmuch-go uses a hard-coded set of searches, while
>> > dme's patch derives them from the saved searches.
>> 
>> I'm not really looking for a solution for my own use, just wearing my
>> integration manager hat. In that context, a second set of hard coded
>> saved searches would be a blocker.
>
> Sorry, it seems my email wasn't clear.  Does notmuch-go address your
> user unfriendliness concerns with dme's patch?
>
> If so, we should combine notmuch-go's UI with dme's customizable key
> bindings and think about pushing that (clearly we wouldn't push
> notmuch-go as it is).

I think dme's patch is only user unfriendly if there are no saved
searches configured: if there are some then ? shows them. The problem is
that ? does nothing if there aren't any.

I don't know whether always showing the bindings (like notmuch-go) or
only showing them after ? is pressed (like this series) is better.

Best wishes

Mark

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