I used edebug to trace through the execution of notmuch-search in notmuch.el. At line 1096, we have the code (let ((proc (notmuch-start-notmuch "notmuch-search" buffer #'notmuch-search-process-sentinel "search" "--format=sexp" "--format-version=5" (if oldest-first "--sort=oldest-first" "--sort=newest-first") (if hide-excluded "--exclude=true" "--exclude=false") query))) I think the problem is the line (If hide-excluded This is the (optional) argument passed to notmuch-search. If it was not passed, this test fails and “—exclude=false” gets selected. I think we’re testing the wrong variable here. It looks like it should be (If notmuch-search-hide-excluded instead, since this variable is set to its default value if no argument is passed to notmuch-search. [Similarly with the preceding test for oldest-first, I think.] > On Apr 16, 2024, at 3:22 PM, Richard H. Stanton <rhstanton@berkeley.edu> wrote: > > Running > > (notmuch-search "tag:unread" t t) > > gives the correct results, so it looks like notmuch-search-hide-excluded is not getting set to the correct default value. > >> On Apr 16, 2024, at 3:15 PM, Richard H. Stanton <rhstanton@berkeley.edu> wrote: >> >> Oh, wait… It's not working on my office machine either. I’ll start tracing things and see what happens. >> >> By the way, >> >> (notmuch-config-get "search.exclude_tags”) >> >> returns >> >> "spam >> trash" >> >> which is what it should be returning. >> >>> On Apr 16, 2024, at 12:00 PM, Richard H. Stanton <rhstanton@berkeley.edu> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks, David. >>> >>> It all seems to be working fine on my work machine! >>> >>> I can’t decide if that’s good or bad news… I suspect it’ll take me longer to track down what’s going on than if the behavior were consistent on my two machines. >>> >>>> On Apr 16, 2024, at 7:23 AM, David Bremner <david@tethera.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> Richard Stanton <rhstanton@berkeley.edu> writes: >>>> >>>>> I have spam and trash defined as excluded tags for notmuch searches and when I run (at the command line) the command >>>>> >>>>> notmuch search tag:unread >>>>> >>>>> I get a list of unread messages that does *not* include unread spam or trash emails. But when I put the following into my *scratch* buffer and execute it: >>>>> >>>>> (notmuch-search “tag:unread”) >>>>> >>>>> I now get ALL unread messages, including those tagged as spam or trash. Am I missing something? >>>> >>>> Hi Richard; >>>> >>>> As for as I know it _should_ work (modulo the curly quotes being invalid >>>> syntax). I don't have any real hypothesis for what is going wrong, but a >>>> few ideas for gather data. >>>> >>>> 1) As a start, maybe try evaluating >>>> >>>> (notmuch-config-get "search.exclude_tags") >>>> >>>> in emacs and make sure it matches the corresponding >>>> >>>> notmuch config get search.exclude_tags >>>> >>>> 2) If possible, run notmuch with a minimal configuration (i.e. just loading >>>> notmuch, no personal configuration or other packages). There is a script >>>> ./devel/try-emacs-mua in the source if you have a self-built notmuch. >>> >> > _______________________________________________ notmuch mailing list -- notmuch@notmuchmail.org To unsubscribe send an email to notmuch-leave@notmuchmail.org