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| author | Mark Walters <markwalters1009@gmail.com> | 2014-05-04 09:32:57 +0100 |
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| committer | Mark Walters <markwalters1009@gmail.com> | 2014-05-04 09:32:57 +0100 |
| commit | 6eaa615a3f9f2eb42c6646aac6f64b7a37e040c8 (patch) | |
| tree | 54568ee1f882715c1c45e2bc4ac2cb5bf911d8a6 | |
| parent | 44097e84934cdeb300cb526b682e710c4784383d (diff) | |
emacstips: update to 0.18
Update the saved searches section to reflect the newstyle variable
introduced in 0.18.
| -rw-r--r-- | emacstips.mdwn | 27 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/emacstips.mdwn b/emacstips.mdwn index 1c84545..a90911c 100644 --- a/emacstips.mdwn +++ b/emacstips.mdwn @@ -329,14 +329,37 @@ saved searches displayed can be modified directly from the notmuch interface (using the `[save]` button next to a previous search) or by customising the variable `notmuch-saved-searches`. -An example setting might be: +An example setting for notmuch versions up to 0.17.x might be: (setq notmuch-saved-searches '(("inbox" . "tag:inbox") ("unread" . "tag:inbox AND tag:unread") ("notmuch" . "tag:inbox AND to:notmuchmail.org"))) +Starting from notmuch 0.18 the variable changed. It is backwards +compatible so the above will still work but the new style will be used +if you use customize and there are some new features available. The above would become + + (setq notmuch-saved-searches '((:name "inbox" :query "tag:inbox") + (:name "unread" :query "tag:inbox AND tag:unread") + (:name "notmuch" :query "tag:inbox AND to:notmuchmail.org"))) + +The additional features are the possibility to set the search order +for the search, and the possibility to specify a different query for +displaying the count for the saved-search. For example + + (setq notmuch-saved-searches '((:name "inbox" + :query "tag:inbox" + :count-query "tag:inbox and tag:unread" + :sort-order 'oldest-first))) + +specifies a single saved search for inbox, but the number displayed by +the search will be the number of unread messages in the inbox, and the +sort order for this search will be oldest-first. + Of course, you can have any number of saved searches, each configured -with any supported search terms (see "notmuch help search-terms"). +with any supported search terms (see "notmuch help search-terms"), and +in the new style variable they can each have different count-queries +and sort orders. Some users find it useful to add `and not tag:delete` to those searches, as they use the `delete` tag to mark messages as |