Hi Dmitry,

thank you for the comments. I included an updated patch that also
includes Daniel's comment regarding the default value. 

I didn't change the "when" though--not because of personal reasons
;)--but because it is used for determining indentation of multi-parts.


Cheers,
Felix



On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:53:04 +0400, Dmitry Kurochkin <dmitry.kurochkin@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Felix.
> 
> On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:42:04 +0200, Felix Geller <fgeller@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I added a variable to toggle message indentation in Emacs.
> > 
> > Please let me know what you think.
> > 
> 
> I like the change.  Though I do not think I would use it without
> chronological sorting.
> 
> Comments on the code below.
> 
> Regards,
>   Dmitry
> 
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Felix
> > 
> > 
> > diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-show.el b/emacs/notmuch-show.el
> > index a433dec..8101c27 100644
> > --- a/emacs/notmuch-show.el
> > +++ b/emacs/notmuch-show.el
> > @@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ any given message."
> >    :group 'notmuch
> >    :type 'boolean)
> >  
> > +(defcustom notmuch-show-indent-messages-in-thread nil
> > +  "Should the messages in a thread be indented according to their respective depth in the thread?"
> 
> This line is too long and should be split.
> 
> > +  :group 'notmuch
> > +  :type 'boolean)
> > +
> >  (defcustom notmuch-show-indent-multipart nil
> >    "Should the sub-parts of a multipart/* part be indented?"
> >    ;; dme: Not sure which is a good default.
> > @@ -237,7 +242,9 @@ unchanged ADDRESS if parsing fails."
> >    "Insert a notmuch style headerline based on HEADERS for a
> >  message at DEPTH in the current thread."
> >    (let ((start (point)))
> > -    (insert (notmuch-show-spaces-n depth)
> > +    (insert (if notmuch-show-indent-messages-in-thread
> > +		(notmuch-show-spaces-n depth)
> > +	      "")
> 
> (if notmuch-show-indent-messages-in-thread
>     (insert (notmuch-show-spaces-n depth)))
> 
> Is cleaner and avoids useless empty string insert.
> 
> >  	    (notmuch-show-clean-address (plist-get headers :From))
> >  	    " ("
> >  	    date
> > @@ -733,7 +740,8 @@ current buffer, if possible."
> >      (setq content-end (point-marker))
> >  
> >      ;; Indent according to the depth in the thread.
> > -    (indent-rigidly content-start content-end depth)
> > +    (when notmuch-show-indent-messages-in-thread
> > +      (indent-rigidly content-start content-end depth))
> 
> Not a big deal, but I would prefer `if' instead of `when' here.
> 
> Regards,
>   Dmitry
> 
> >  
> >      (setq message-end (point-max-marker))
> >  
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commit f90fafdc0545a825ea4b69db5e51c2e866a4ff5e
Author: Felix Geller <fgeller@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Jul 11 10:39:00 2011 +0200

    Added a variable to toggle message indentation for thread view in emacs.
     - includes adjustments according to comments from ML

diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-show.el b/emacs/notmuch-show.el
index a433dec..1834066 100644
--- a/emacs/notmuch-show.el
+++ b/emacs/notmuch-show.el
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ any given message."
   :group 'notmuch
   :type 'boolean)
 
+(defcustom notmuch-show-indent-messages-in-thread t
+  "Should messages be indented according to their depth in a thread?"
+  :group 'notmuch
+  :type 'boolean)
+
 (defcustom notmuch-show-indent-multipart nil
   "Should the sub-parts of a multipart/* part be indented?"
   ;; dme: Not sure which is a good default.
@@ -237,8 +242,9 @@ unchanged ADDRESS if parsing fails."
   "Insert a notmuch style headerline based on HEADERS for a
 message at DEPTH in the current thread."
   (let ((start (point)))
-    (insert (notmuch-show-spaces-n depth)
-	    (notmuch-show-clean-address (plist-get headers :From))
+    (when notmuch-show-indent-messages-in-thread
+      (insert (notmuch-show-spaces-n depth)))
+    (insert (notmuch-show-clean-address (plist-get headers :From))
 	    " ("
 	    date
 	    ") ("
@@ -733,7 +739,8 @@ current buffer, if possible."
     (setq content-end (point-marker))
 
     ;; Indent according to the depth in the thread.
-    (indent-rigidly content-start content-end depth)
+    (when notmuch-show-indent-messages-in-thread
+      (indent-rigidly content-start content-end depth))
 
     (setq message-end (point-max-marker))