[PATCH 1/4] emacs: unify search mechanisms

[Dmitry Kurochkin]

On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:35:37 +0000, David Edmondson <dme at dme.org> wrote:
> 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?

Right.  We will just need to fix the 's' key binding.  Looking forward
for that.

Regards,
  Dmitry