[PATCH v2 06/10] cli: Introduce "notmuch address" command

David Bremner david at tethera.net
Mon Nov 3 22:52:15 PST 2014


Michal Sojka <sojkam1 at fel.cvut.cz> writes:

> +{
> +    local cur prev words cword split
> +    _init_completion -s || return
> +
> +    $split &&
> +    case "${prev}" in
> +	--format)
> +	    COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "json sexp text text0" -- "${cur}" ) )
> +	    return
> +	    ;;
> +	--output)
> +	    COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "sender recipients" -- "${cur}" ) )
> +	    return
> +	    ;;
> +	--sort)
> +	    COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "newest-first oldest-first" -- "${cur}" ) )
> +	    return
> +	    ;;
> +	--exclude)
> +	    COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "true false flag all" -- "${cur}" ) )
> +	    return
> +	    ;;
> +    esac
> +
> +    ! $split &&
> +    case "${cur}" in
> +	-*)
> +	    local options="--format= --output= --sort= --exclude="
> +	    compopt -o nospace
> +	    COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "$options" -- ${cur}) )
> +	    ;;
> +	*)
> +	    _notmuch_search_terms
> +	    ;;
> +    esac
> +}
> +

I am reminded that we have no tests for shell completion stuff, which
seems pretty fragile.

> +
> +    ``--format=``\ (**json**\ \|\ **sexp**\ \|\ **text**\ \|\ **text0**)
> +        Presents the results in either JSON, S-Expressions, newline
> +        character separated plain-text (default), or null character
> +        separated plain-text (compatible with **xargs(1)** -0 option
> +        where available).
> +
> +    ``--format-version=N``
> +        Use the specified structured output format version. This is
> +        intended for programs that invoke **notmuch(1)** internally. If
> +        omitted, the latest supported version will be used.
> +


I wonder if at some point we should have a notmuch-output-formats.7 page.


> +    ``--exclude=(true|false|all|flag)``
> +        A message is called "excluded" if it matches at least one tag in
> +        search.tag\_exclude that does not appear explicitly in the
> +        search terms. This option specifies whether to omit excluded
> +        messages in the search process.

Similarly for excludes.  I'm ok with the duplication for now, and I can
see an argument for not making the user chase references.



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