On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:42:47 +0200, Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:43:37 -0400, David Bremner <david@tethera.net> wrote:
> 
> > Personally I would like to be able to customize the hello screen to
> > remove the search box. I find it confusing that that 's' jumps to the
> > search box there, and everywhere else brings up the mini-buffer. That
> > might be just me, and the fact that I bind "C-c s" globally to
> > notmuch-search.  I could easily believe that for new users having a
> > search box is nicer.
> 
> Would it be a suitable compromise to bind 's' to notmuch-search (the
> mini-buffer search) also in notmuch-hello, while leaving the search box
> there with a common history?

I like this approach!

> I'm not sure moving the point to search box needs a keybinding (but
> notmuch-hello-goto-search could still be there if the user wants to add
> a keybinding).

yes.

> 
> 
> BR,
> Jani.

Tomi