problem with notmuch-search-authors-width in JSON emacs implementation

[Dirk Hohndel]

On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:09:35 -0400, Jameson Rollins <jrollins at finestructure.net> wrote:
> Hey, folks.  I just build from Carl's HEAD which includes the new emacs
> JSON interface and I'm noticing a problem with the
> notmuch-search-authors-width variable.  If I set the variable as
> follows:
> 
> (setq notmuch-search-authors-width 40)
> 
> author lists that overrun the specified width start spitting out into
> the subject field.  I think bremner just confirmed this on irc.  I'll
> try to look into this when I get a chance, but I don't have time right
> now.  Maybe someone with more intimate knowledge of this piece of code
> could figure it out more quickly.

I think you are no longer supposed to do that. Here's what I have
instead in my .emacs file

 '(notmuch-search-result-format (quote (("date" . "%s ") ("count" . "%-7s ") ("authors" . "%-50s ") ("subject" . "%s ") ("tags" . "(%s)"))))

Actually, I did this from the customize-group -> notmuch settings inside
emacs. I think the overruns come from a conflict between the '20' that's
in the default notmuch-search-result-format and the explicit '40' that
you set here.

Maybe the code should be changed to deal with setting this variable - or
it should be made "internal" :-)

/D

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Dirk Hohndel
Intel Open Source Technology Center