[notmuch] suggestion/request about notmuch config

Carl Worth cworth at cworth.org
Sat Nov 21 20:26:18 PST 2009


On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:06:38 -0500, Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins at finestructure.net> wrote:
> Hi, folks.  I just recently heard about notmuch and am very excited by
> it.  It looks like exactly what I've been waiting years for.  Also
> excited to see so much good development work happening.

Hi Jamie, welcome to notmuch!

> I would prefer to see all notmuch files and data in the same
> directory, preferably:
> 
> ~/.notmuch
> 
> The config file could be:
> 
> ~/.notmuch/config
> 
> and the database could be:
> 
> ~/.notmuch/db

I suppose that's totally reasonable, (though I wouldn't abbreviate
"database" to "db"). I think the only thing I'd miss is that I can
currently point the config file to a different database, (which is
usually just for testing.)

And really, for that what I really want is a "-f" option to the notmuch
command to make it read from a specified configuration file. So if I had
that option then I don't think I'd mind this change at all.

> Let me know what people think.  Looking forward to working with
> notmuch!

And I'm looking forward to your contributions.

Thanks again,

-Carl


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