[PATCH] emacs: introduce notmuch-search-by-tag

David Edmondson dme at dme.org
Tue Apr 14 05:13:19 PDT 2020


On Monday, 2020-04-13 at 22:10:50 +02, Keegan Carruthers-Smith wrote:

> This is like notmuch-search-filter-by-tag, but creates a new search
> rather than filtering the current search. We add this to
> notmuch-common-keymap since this can be used by many contexts. We bind
> to the key "t", which is the same key used by
> notmuch-search-filter-by-tag in notmuch-search-mode-map. This is done
> intentionally since the keybinding for notmuch-search-mode-map can be
> seen as a specialization of creating a new search.
>
> This change was motivated for use in "notmuch-hello". It is a more
> convenient way to search a tag than expanding the list of all tags. I
> also noticed many saved searches people use are simply tags.

Reviewed-by: David Edmondson <dme at dme.org>

> ---
>  devel/emacs-keybindings.org | 2 +-
>  emacs/notmuch-lib.el        | 1 +
>  emacs/notmuch.el            | 6 ++++++
>  3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/devel/emacs-keybindings.org b/devel/emacs-keybindings.org
> index 464b9467..65dfe0eb 100644
> --- a/devel/emacs-keybindings.org
> +++ b/devel/emacs-keybindings.org
> @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
>  | q         | notmuch-bury-or-kill-this-buffer       | notmuch-bury-or-kill-this-buffer                      | notmuch-bury-or-kill-this-buffer        |
>  | r         | notmuch-search-reply-to-thread-sender  | notmuch-show-reply-sender                             | notmuch-show-reply-sender               |
>  | s         | notmuch-search                         | notmuch-search                                        | notmuch-search                          |
> -| t         | notmuch-search-filter-by-tag           | toggle-truncate-lines                                 |                                         |
> +| t         | notmuch-search-filter-by-tag           | toggle-truncate-lines                                 | notmuch-search-by-tag                   |
>  | u         |                                        |                                                       |                                         |
>  | v         |                                        |                                                       | notmuch-show-view-all-mime-parts        |
>  | w         |                                        | notmuch-show-save-attachments                         | notmuch-show-save-attachments           |
> diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-lib.el b/emacs/notmuch-lib.el
> index 73b165e4..e085a06b 100644
> --- a/emacs/notmuch-lib.el
> +++ b/emacs/notmuch-lib.el
> @@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ For example, if you wanted to remove an \"inbox\" tag and add an
>      (define-key map "?" 'notmuch-help)
>      (define-key map "q" 'notmuch-bury-or-kill-this-buffer)
>      (define-key map "s" 'notmuch-search)
> +    (define-key map "t" 'notmuch-search-by-tag)
>      (define-key map "z" 'notmuch-tree)
>      (define-key map "u" 'notmuch-unthreaded)
>      (define-key map "m" 'notmuch-mua-new-mail)
> diff --git a/emacs/notmuch.el b/emacs/notmuch.el
> index f4789b4f..f5f03244 100644
> --- a/emacs/notmuch.el
> +++ b/emacs/notmuch.el
> @@ -1077,6 +1077,12 @@ current search results AND that are tagged with the given tag."
>     (list (notmuch-select-tag-with-completion "Filter by tag: " notmuch-search-query-string)))
>    (notmuch-search (concat notmuch-search-query-string " and tag:" tag) notmuch-search-oldest-first))
>  
> +(defun notmuch-search-by-tag (tag)
> +  "Display threads matching TAG in a notmuch-search buffer."
> +  (interactive
> +   (list (notmuch-select-tag-with-completion "Notmuch search tag: ")))
> +  (notmuch-search (concat "tag:" tag)))
> +
>  ;;;###autoload
>  (defun notmuch ()
>    "Run notmuch and display saved searches, known tags, etc."
> -- 
> 2.26.0
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