[PATCH 1/4] emacs: unify search mechanisms

[Xavier Maillard]

On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:23:17 +0200, Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila at nixu.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:42:47 +0200, Jani Nikula <jani at nikula.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:43:37 -0400, David Bremner <david at 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!

+1 but, like David, I'd like to be able to display/to hide the search
box via a keybinding and/or a configuration option.

/Xavier