Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] emacs: Bind filter in search to 'l'

Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] emacs: Bind filter in search to 'l'

Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 10:17:29 +0200

To: Mark Walters, David Edmondson, notmuch@notmuchmail.org

Cc:

From: Tomi Ollila


On Tue, Feb 09 2016, Mark Walters <markwalters1009@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 09 Feb 2016, David Edmondson <dme@dme.org> wrote:
>> On Sat, Jun 13 2015, Mark Walters wrote:
>>> Change the key binding for filter (or "limit") in search-mode. This
>>> gives consistency with the new filter in show-mode, and frees 'f' for
>>> forward-thread in the future.
>>
>> Is there a conclusion on this change? The patch itself seems obviously
>> fine from a code perspective, at issue is more whether it's acceptable
>> to change the key binding.
>>
>> The equivalent binding in notmuch-show mode is already "l", and I think
>> that it makes sense to be consistent (i.e. the change should be
>> applied).
>
> I broadly agree, particularly as it will free up f for forwarding a
> thread in search view (which is easy to do on top of
> id:1454931262-21362-1-git-send-email-dme@dme.org).
>
> It will be annoying in the short term to learn the change, but I don't
> see a way round that.

In short, +1 for the change.

Tomi

>
> Best wishes
>
> Mark
>
>>> ---
>>>  emacs/notmuch.el | 4 ++--
>>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/emacs/notmuch.el b/emacs/notmuch.el
>>> index 6564816..06e3b94 100644
>>> --- a/emacs/notmuch.el
>>> +++ b/emacs/notmuch.el
>>> @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ (defvar notmuch-search-mode-map
>>>      (define-key map "o" 'notmuch-search-toggle-order)
>>>      (define-key map "c" 'notmuch-search-stash-map)
>>>      (define-key map "t" 'notmuch-search-filter-by-tag)
>>> -    (define-key map "f" 'notmuch-search-filter)
>>> +    (define-key map "l" 'notmuch-search-filter)
>>>      (define-key map [mouse-1] 'notmuch-search-show-thread)
>>>      (define-key map "*" 'notmuch-search-tag-all)
>>>      (define-key map "a" 'notmuch-search-archive-thread)
>>> @@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ (defun notmuch-search-toggle-order ()
>>>    (notmuch-search-refresh-view))
>>>  
>>>  (defun notmuch-search-filter (query)
>>> -  "Filter the current search results based on an additional query string.
>>> +  "Filter or LIMIT the current search results based on an additional query string.
>>>  
>>>  Runs a new search matching only messages that match both the
>>>  current search results AND the additional query string provided."
>>> -- 
>>> 2.1.4

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