[PATCH] emacs: support "notmuch new" as a notmuch-poll-script

Jani Nikula jani at nikula.org
Sun Dec 11 13:48:20 PST 2011


Let notmuch-poll-script be a function as well as a string. Make default
value nil instead of an empty string, but allow "" for backwards
compatibility. Add a notmuch poll function to call "notmuch new" using the
configured notmuch-command.

This allows taking better advantage of the "notmuch new" hooks from emacs
without intermediate scripts.

Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani at nikula.org>
---
 emacs/notmuch.el |   44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/emacs/notmuch.el b/emacs/notmuch.el
index 8936149..6c7e800 100644
--- a/emacs/notmuch.el
+++ b/emacs/notmuch.el
@@ -965,28 +965,48 @@ same relative position within the new buffer."
     (notmuch-search query oldest-first target-thread target-line continuation)
     (goto-char (point-min))))
 
-(defcustom notmuch-poll-script ""
-  "An external script to incorporate new mail into the notmuch database.
+(defcustom notmuch-poll-script nil
+  "A script or a function to incorporate new mail into the notmuch database.
 
-If this variable is non empty, then it should name a script to be
-invoked by `notmuch-search-poll-and-refresh-view' and
-`notmuch-hello-poll-and-update' (each have a default keybinding
-of 'G'). The script could do any of the following depending on
+This variable can be set to a function or the name of an external
+script to be invoked by `notmuch-search-poll-and-refresh-view'
+and `notmuch-hello-poll-and-update' (each have a default
+keybinding of 'G'). Set to nil to do nothing.
+
+The function or script could do any of the following depending on
 the user's needs:
 
 1. Invoke a program to transfer mail to the local mail store
 2. Invoke \"notmuch new\" to incorporate the new mail
-3. Invoke one or more \"notmuch tag\" commands to classify the mail"
-  :type 'string
+3. Invoke one or more \"notmuch tag\" commands to classify the mail
+
+You can also choose to use \"notmuch new\" through the provided
+`notmuch-poll-script-notmuch-new' function, and have the
+\"notmuch new\" hooks perform the actions above."
+  :type '(choice (const :tag "Not set" nil)
+		 (const :tag "Notmuch new" notmuch-poll-script-notmuch-new)
+		 (function :tag "Custom function"
+			   :value notmuch-poll-script-notmuch-new)
+		 (string :tag "Custom script"))
   :group 'notmuch)
 
+(defun notmuch-poll-script-notmuch-new ()
+  "Run \"notmuch new\"."
+  (call-process notmuch-command nil nil nil "new"))
+
 (defun notmuch-poll ()
-  "Run external script to import mail.
+  "Run external script or call a function to import mail.
 
-Invokes `notmuch-poll-script' if it is not set to an empty string."
+Invokes `notmuch-poll-script', which can be a function or the
+name of an external script. Does nothing if `notmuch-poll-script'
+is nil or an empty string."
   (interactive)
-  (if (not (string= notmuch-poll-script ""))
-      (call-process notmuch-poll-script nil nil)))
+  (cond
+   ((stringp notmuch-poll-script)
+    (if (not (string= notmuch-poll-script "")) ;; for backwards compatibility
+	(call-process notmuch-poll-script nil nil)))
+   ((functionp notmuch-poll-script)
+    (funcall notmuch-poll-script))))
 
 (defun notmuch-search-poll-and-refresh-view ()
   "Invoke `notmuch-poll' to import mail, then refresh the current view."
-- 
1.7.5.4



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