[PATCH 1/4] emacs: unify search mechanisms

[David Edmondson]

On Sun, 25 Dec 2011 08:14:52 +0400, Dmitry Kurochkin <dmitry.kurochkin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Before the change, there were two ways to do search in Emacs UI:
> search widget in notmuch-hello buffer and `notmuch-search'
> function bound to "s".  Internally, notmuch-hello search widget
> uses `notmuch-search' function.  But it uses widget field input
> instead of minibuffer.  Such duplication is a major issue for
> notmuch-hello usability: search interface is inconsistent and
> lacks features that are available in minibuffer (e.g. history and
> auto completion).  Some of these features may be relatively easy
> to implement for notmuch-hello search, others would be much more
> tricky.  So to avoid duplication, make UI more consistent, bring
> notmuch-hello search to feature parity with the minibuffer
> search, the patch replaces notmuch-hello search widget and with a
> button that works the same way as "s" key binding.

Dmitry, if Daniel re-submits his patches to allow the construction of
`notmuch-hello' buffers to be configured, it seems that this patchset
would become unnecessary. Is that correct?
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