[PATCH] emacs: make `notmuch-show-open-or-close-all' toggle visibility

Pieter Praet pieter at praet.org
Thu Jan 26 05:02:15 PST 2012


On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:35:33 +0000, David Edmondson <dme at dme.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:25:39 +0100, Pieter Praet <pieter at praet.org> wrote:
> > * emacs/notmuch-show.el (notmuch-show-open-or-close-all):
> >   Rename to `notmuch-show-toggle-all-messages', and make it toggle
> >   visibility of all messages based on the visibility of the current
> >   message, instead of setting visibility based on whether or not a
> >   prefix arg was supplied.
> > 
> > Same functionality, less effort (reaching for 'C-u' is a pain)...
> 
> -1.
> 
> The behaviour you've provided is not what I want, from two perspectives:
>         - currently it's clear what will happen when I use M-RET or
>           C-uM-RET without me having to think about whether the cursor
>           is over an open message,
>         - often I'll be reading an open message and I want to open all
>           of the rest to look at some context. That's a little more
>           awkward after this change.

I may be missing something, but wouldn't both issues be solved by simply
pressing M-RET a second time?  I've been using this for a little while
now, and IMO it makes navigating through long and diverging threads a lot
faster, much like zooming in/out on an outline.

How about if C-u M-RET behaved as usual ?


> > 
> > ---
> >  emacs/notmuch-show.el |   22 ++++++++++++----------
> >  1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-show.el b/emacs/notmuch-show.el
> > index e6a5b31..2d17f74 100644
> > --- a/emacs/notmuch-show.el
> > +++ b/emacs/notmuch-show.el
> > @@ -1050,8 +1050,8 @@ thread id.  If a prefix is given, crypto processing is toggled."
> >  	(define-key map "p" 'notmuch-show-previous-open-message)
> >  	(define-key map (kbd "DEL") 'notmuch-show-rewind)
> >  	(define-key map " " 'notmuch-show-advance-and-archive)
> > -	(define-key map (kbd "M-RET") 'notmuch-show-open-or-close-all)
> >  	(define-key map (kbd "RET") 'notmuch-show-toggle-message)
> > +	(define-key map (kbd "M-RET") 'notmuch-show-toggle-all-messages)
> >  	(define-key map "#" 'notmuch-show-print-message)
> >  	map)
> >        "Keymap for \"notmuch show\" buffers.")
> > @@ -1502,16 +1502,18 @@ the result."
> >       (not (plist-get props :message-visible))))
> >    (force-window-update))
> >  
> > -(defun notmuch-show-open-or-close-all ()
> > -  "Set the visibility all of the messages in the current thread.
> > -By default make all of the messages visible. With a prefix
> > -argument, hide all of the messages."
> > +(defun notmuch-show-toggle-all-messages ()
> > +  "Toggle the visibility of all messages in the current thread.
> > +If the current message is visible, hide all messages -- and vice versa."
> >    (interactive)
> > -  (save-excursion
> > -    (goto-char (point-min))
> > -    (loop do (notmuch-show-message-visible (notmuch-show-get-message-properties)
> > -					   (not current-prefix-arg))
> > -	  until (not (notmuch-show-goto-message-next))))
> > +  (let ((toggle (notmuch-show-message-visible-p)))
> > +    (save-excursion
> > +      (goto-char (point-min))
> > +      (loop do (notmuch-show-message-visible
> > +		(notmuch-show-get-message-properties)
> > +		(not toggle))
> > +	    until (not (notmuch-show-goto-message-next)))))
> > +  (recenter-top-bottom 1)
> >    (force-window-update))
> >  
> >  (defun notmuch-show-next-button ()
> > -- 
> > 1.7.8.1
> > 
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Peace

-- 
Pieter


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