[PATCH 2/2] emacs: Tag forwarded messages with +forwarded (customizable)

Örjan Ekeberg ekeberg at kth.se
Sat Mar 30 14:48:21 PDT 2019


Use the buffer-local variable notmuch-message-queued-tag-changes
to change tags when the forwarding message is sent.
---
 emacs/notmuch-message.el | 13 +++++++++++++
 emacs/notmuch-mua.el     | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-message.el b/emacs/notmuch-message.el
index 513bbe66..f6466de8 100644
--- a/emacs/notmuch-message.el
+++ b/emacs/notmuch-message.el
@@ -38,6 +38,19 @@ the \"inbox\" and \"todo\" tags, you would set:
   :type '(repeat string)
   :group 'notmuch-send)
 
+(defcustom notmuch-message-forwarded-tags '("+forwarded")
+  "List of tag changes to apply to a message when it has been forwarded.
+
+Tags starting with \"+\" (or not starting with either \"+\" or
+\"-\") in the list will be added, and tags starting with \"-\"
+will be removed from the message being forwarded.
+
+For example, if you wanted to add a \"forwarded\" tag and remove
+the \"inbox\" tag, you would set:
+    (\"+forwarded\" \"-inbox\")"
+  :type '(repeat string)
+  :group 'notmuch-send)
+
 ;; This function is not used by default, but kept for backward compatibility
 (defun notmuch-message-mark-replied ()
   ;; get the in-reply-to header and parse it for the message id.
diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-mua.el b/emacs/notmuch-mua.el
index b23a8c2d..4030399e 100644
--- a/emacs/notmuch-mua.el
+++ b/emacs/notmuch-mua.el
@@ -477,7 +477,8 @@ the From: address."
 	    (list (cons 'From (notmuch-mua-prompt-for-sender)))))
 	 forward-subject  ;; Comes from the first message and is
 			  ;; applied later.
-	 forward-references) ;; Accumulated message-ids of forwarded messages
+	 forward-references ;; List of accumulated message-references of forwarded messages
+	 forward-queries) ;; List of corresponding message-query
 
     ;; Generate the template for the outgoing message.
     (notmuch-mua-mail nil "" other-headers nil (notmuch-mua-get-switch-function))
@@ -496,11 +497,8 @@ the From: address."
 		  ;; always generate a forwarded subject, then use the
 		  ;; last (i.e. first) one.
 		  (setq forward-subject (message-make-forward-subject))
-		  (if forward-references
-		      (setq forward-references
-			    (concat forward-references ", "
-				    (message-fetch-field "Message-ID")))
-		    (setq forward-references (message-fetch-field "Message-ID"))))
+		  (push (message-fetch-field "Message-ID") forward-references)
+		  (push id forward-queries))
 		;; Make a copy ready to be forwarded in the
 		;; composition buffer.
 		(message-forward-make-body temp-buffer)
@@ -516,7 +514,16 @@ the From: address."
 	(message-remove-header "Subject")
 	(message-add-header (concat "Subject: " forward-subject))
 	(message-remove-header "References")
-	(message-add-header (concat "References: " forward-references)))
+	(message-add-header (concat "References: "
+				    (mapconcat 'identity forward-references ", "))))
+
+      ;; Create a buffer-local queue for tag changes triggered when sending the message
+      (when notmuch-message-forwarded-tags
+	(setq-local notmuch-message-queued-tag-changes
+		    (loop for id in forward-queries
+			  collect
+			  (cons id
+				notmuch-message-forwarded-tags))))
 
       ;; `message-forward-make-body' shows the User-agent header.  Hide
       ;; it again.
-- 
2.20.1



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