[PATCH] Have --format=mbox insert Status:

[Michal Sojka]

On Wed, 02 Feb 2011, Peter John Hartman wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> This is not a complete patch, but should give you an idea.  (It works well
> enough for me, but I think it could do more).
> 
> diff --git a/notmuch-show.c b/notmuch-show.c
> index ef421ec..dff66de 100644
> --- a/notmuch-show.c
> +++ b/notmuch-show.c
> @@ -272,6 +272,12 @@ format_message_mbox (const void *ctx,
>  
>      printf ("From %s %s", from, date_asctime);
>  
> +    if (strstr(_get_tags_as_string(ctx,message),"unread") != NULL) {
> +      printf ("Status: O\n");
> +    } else {
> +      printf ("Status: RO\n");
> +    }
> +

Hi Peter,

would this output be compatible with all mbox consumers or only with
those who expect the Status: line? If the latter, we would probably want
a command line option to enable this.

> For instance, I combine notmuch with mutt as follows:
> 
> notmuch show --format=mbox $(notmuch search thread:xxx | cut -d' ' -f1) >
> tmp.mbox && mutt -f tmp.mbox && rm -f tmp.mbox

Interesting :)

-Michal