On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:39:30 +0000, David Edmondson <dme@dme.org> wrote: > Is there a mechanistic way to determine the correct behaviour in this > respect? I suspect that it's exactly the kind of thing that Carl wanted > to be included in 'notmuch' itself, so that other UIs can benefit. Agreed. I think it's generally better to get the functionality we want in the CLI if we can, so that all UIs benefit. Emacs is still certainly the most actively developed UI, and it's gotten quite complicated with quite a few special features, but to the extent that we can put new functionality into the CLI we should. jamie.