1 Notmuch 0.20.1 (2015-06-01)
2 ===========================
7 Work around apparent gdb bug on arm64
9 Notmuch 0.20 (2015-05-31)
10 =========================
12 Command-Line Interface
13 ----------------------
15 There is a new `mimetype:` search prefix
17 The new `mimetype:` search prefix allows searching for the
18 content-type of attachments, which is now indexed. See the
19 `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for details.
21 Path to gpg is now configurable
23 On systems with multiple versions of gpg, you can tell
24 notmuch which one to use by setting `crypto.gpg_path`
29 Avoid rendering large text attachements.
31 Improved rendering of CID references in HTML.
36 Vim client now respects excluded tags.
41 Support messages without Message-IDs.
46 Undeprecate single message mboxes
48 It seems more trouble to remove this feature than expected, so
49 `notmuch new` will no longer nag about mboxes with a single message.
51 New error logging facility
53 Clients should call `notmuch_database_status_string` to retrieve
54 output formerly printed to stderr.
56 Several bug fixes related to stale iterators
58 New status code returning API for n_query_search_{messages,thread}
60 Fix for library `install_name` on Mac OS X
62 Fix for rounding of seconds
67 Sphinx is now mandatory to build docs
69 Support for using rst2man in place of sphinx to build the
70 docmumentation has been removed.
72 Improved notmuch-search-terms.7
74 The man page `notmuch-search-terms(7)` has been extended, merging
75 some material from the relicensed wiki.
80 `notmuch-deliver` is removed. As far as we know, all functionality
81 previously provided by `notmuch-deliver` should now be provided by
82 `notmuch insert`, provided by the main notmuch binary.
87 `nmbug-status` now only matches local branches when reading
88 `status-config.json` from the `config` branch of the `NMBGIT`
89 repository. To help new users running `nmbug-status`, `nmbug clone`
90 now creates a local `config` branch tracking `origin/config`. Folks
91 who use `nmbug-status` with an in-Git config (i.e. you don't use the
92 `--config` option) who already have `NMBGIT` set up are encouraged to
95 git checkout config origin/config
97 in their `NMBGIT` repository (usually `~/.nmbug`).
99 Notmuch 0.19 (2014-11-14)
100 =========================
105 This release improves the reliability of `notmuch dump` and the error
106 handling for `notmuch insert`. The new `notmuch address` command is
107 intended to make searching for email addresses more convenient. At the
108 library level the revised handling of missing messages fixes at least
109 one bug in threading. The release also includes several interface
110 improvements to the emacs interface, most notably the ability to bind
111 keyboard shortcuts to saved searches.
113 Command-Line Interface
114 ----------------------
116 Stopped `notmuch dump` failing if someone writes to the database
118 The dump command now takes the write lock when running. This
119 prevents other processes from writing to the database during the
120 dump which would cause the dump to fail. Note, if another notmuch
121 process already has the write lock the dump will not start, so
122 script callers should still check the return value.
124 `notmuch insert` requires succesful message indexing for success status
126 Previously the `notmuch insert` subcommand indicated success even if
127 the message indexing failed, as long as the message was delivered to
128 file system. This could have lead to delivered messages missing
129 tags, etc. `notmuch insert` is now more strict, also requiring
130 succesful indexing for success status. Use the new `--keep` option
131 to revert to the old behaviour (keeping the delivered message file
132 and returning success even if indexing fails).
134 `notmuch insert` has gained support for `post-insert` hook
136 The new `post-insert` hook is run after message delivery, similar to
137 `post-new`. There's also a new option `notmuch insert --no-hooks` to
138 skip the hook. See the notmuch-hooks(1) man page for details.
140 `notmuch deliver` is deprecated
142 With this release we believe that `notmuch insert` has reached
143 parity with `notmuch deliver`. We recommend that all users of
144 `notmuch deliver` switch to `notmuch insert` as the former is
145 currently unmaintained.
147 `notmuch search` now supports `--duplicate=N` option with `--output=messages`
149 Complementing the `notmuch search --duplicate=N --output=files`
150 options, the new `--duplicate=N --output=messages` combination
151 limits output of message IDs to messages matching search terms that
152 have at least `N` files associated with them.
154 Added `notmuch address` subcommand
156 This new subcommand searches for messages matching the given search
157 terms, and prints the addresses from them. Duplicate addresses are
158 filtered out. The `--output` option controls which of the following
159 information is printed: sender addresses, recipient addresses and
160 count of duplicate addresses.
165 Use the `j` key to access saved searches from anywhere in notmuch
167 `j` is now globally bound to `notmuch-jump`, which provides fast,
168 interactive keyboard shortcuts to saved searches. For example,
169 with the default saved searches `j i` from anywhere in notmuch will
172 Improved handling of the unread tag
174 Notmuch now marks an open message read (i.e., removes the unread
175 tag) if point enters the message at any time in a show buffer
176 regardless of how point got there (mouse click, cursor command, page
177 up/down, notmuch commands such as n,N etc). This fixes various
178 anomalies or bugs in the previous handling. Additionally it is
179 possible to customize the mark read handling by setting
180 `notmuch-show-mark-read-function` to a custom function.
182 Expanded default saved search settings
184 The default saved searches now include several more common searches,
185 as well as shortcut keys for `notmuch-jump`.
187 Improved `q` binding in notmuch buffers
189 `q` will now bury rather than kill a notmuch search, show or tree
190 buffer if there are multiple windows showing the buffer. If only a
191 single window is showing the buffer, it is killed.
193 `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link-alist` now supports functions
195 Some list archives may use a more complicated scheme for referring
196 to messages than just concatenated URL and message ID. For example,
197 patchwork requires a query to translate message ID to a patchwork
198 patch ID. `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link-alist` now supports
199 functions to better cover such cases. See the help documentation for
200 the variable for details.
205 Introduced database version 3 with support for "database features."
207 Features are independent aspects of the database schema.
208 Representing these independently of the database version number will
209 let us evolve the database format faster and more incrementally,
210 while maintaining better forwards and backwards compatibility.
212 Library users are no longer required to call `notmuch_database_upgrade`
214 Previously, library users were required to call
215 `notmuch_database_needs_upgrade` and `notmuch_database_upgrade`
216 before using a writable database. Even the CLI didn't get this
217 right, and it is no longer required. Now, individual APIs may
218 return `NOTMUCH_STATUS_UPGRADE_REQUIRED` if the database format is
219 too out of date for that API.
221 Library users can now abort an atomic section by closing the database
223 Previously there was no supported way to abort an atomic section.
224 Callers can now simply close the database, and any outstanding
225 atomic section will be aborted.
227 Add return status to `notmuch_database_close` and
228 `notmuch_database_destroy`
230 Bug fixes and performance improvements for thread linking
232 The database now represents missing-but-referenced messages ("ghost
233 messages") similarly to how it represents regular messages. This
234 enables an improved thread linking algorithm that performs better
235 and fixes a bug that sometimes prevented notmuch from linking
236 messages into the same thread.
241 The Perl script has been translated to Python; you'll need Python 2.7
242 or anything from the 3.x line. Most of the user-facing interface is
243 the same, but `nmbug help` is now `nmbug --help`, and the following nmbug
244 commands have slightly different interfaces: `archive`, `commit`,
245 `fetch`, `log`, `pull`, `push`, and `status`. For details on the
246 new interface for a given command, run `nmbug COMMAND --help`.
251 `nmbug-status` can now optionally load header and footer templates
252 from the config file. Use something like:
256 "header": "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang="en">\n...",
257 "footer": "</body></html>",
266 Add support for `notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude`
271 The notmuch binaries and libraries are now build with debugging symbols
272 by default. Users concerned with disk space should change the
273 defaults when configuring or use the strip(1) command.
275 Notmuch 0.18.2 (2014-10-25)
276 ===========================
281 Translate T380-atomicity to use gdb/python
283 The new version is compatible with gdb 7.8
285 Emacs 24.4 related bug fixes
287 The Messages buffer became read-only, and the generated mime
288 structure for signatures changed slightly.
290 Simplify T360-symbol-hiding
292 Replace the use of `objdump` on the object files with `nm` on the
295 Notmuch 0.18.1 (2014-06-25)
296 ===========================
298 This is a bug fix and portability release.
303 Add a workaround for systems without zlib.pc
305 Make emacs install robust against the non-existence of emacs
307 Put notmuch lib directory first in RPATH
309 Fix handling of `html_static_path` in sphinx
311 Both the python bindings and the main docs had spurious settings of
317 Use --quick when starting emacs
319 This avoids a hang in the T160-json tests.
321 Allow pending break points in atomicity script
323 This allows the atomicity tests to run on several more architectures/OSes.
325 Command-Line Interface
326 ----------------------
328 To improve portability use fsync instead of fdatasync in
329 `notmuch-dump`. There should be no functional difference.
334 Resurrect support for single-message mbox files
336 The removal introduced a bug with previously indexed single-message
337 mboxes. This support remains deprecated.
339 Fix for phrase indexing
341 There were several bugs where words intermingled from different
342 headers and MIME parts could match a single phrase query. This fix
343 will affect only newly indexed messages.
348 Make sure tagging on an empty query is harmless
350 Previously tagging an empty query could lead to tags being
351 unintentionally removed.
353 Notmuch 0.18 (2014-05-06)
354 =========================
359 This new release includes some enhancements to searching for messages
360 by filesystem location (`folder:` and `path:` prefixes under *General*
361 below). Saved searches in *Emacs* have also been enhanced to allow
362 distinct search orders for each one. Another enhancement to the
363 *Emacs* interface is that replies to encrypted messages are now
364 encrypted, reducing the risk of unintentional information disclosure.
365 The default dump output format has changed to the more robust
366 `batch-tag` format. The previously deprecated parsing of single
367 message mboxes has been removed. For detailed release notes, see
373 The `folder:` search prefix now requires an exact match
375 The `folder:` prefix has been changed to search for email messages
376 by the exact, case sensitive maildir or MH folder name. Wildcard
377 matching (`folder:foo*`) is no longer supported. The new behaviour
378 allows for more accurate mail folder based searches, makes it
379 possible to search for messages in the top-level folder, and should
380 lead to less surprising results than the old behaviour. Users are
381 advised to see the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for details,
382 and review how the change affects their existing `folder:` searches.
384 There is a new `path:` search prefix
386 The new `path:` search prefix complements the `folder:` prefix. The
387 `path:` prefix searches for email messages that are in particular
388 directories within the mail store, optionally recursively using a
389 special syntax. See the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for
392 Notmuch database upgrade due to `folder:` and `path:` changes
394 The above mentioned changes to the `folder:` prefix and the addition
395 of `path:` prefix require a Notmuch database upgrade. This will be
396 done automatically, without prompting on the next time `notmuch new`
397 is run after the upgrade. The upgrade is not reversible, and the
398 upgraded database will not be readable by older versions of
399 Notmuch. As a safeguard, a database dump will be created in the
400 `.notmuch` directory before upgrading.
405 Notmuch database upgrade
407 The libnotmuch consumers are reminded to handle database upgrades
408 properly, either by relying on running `notmuch new`, or checking
409 `notmuch_database_needs_upgrade()` and calling
410 `notmuch_database_upgrade()` as necessary. This has always been the
411 case, but in practise there have been no database upgrades in any
412 released version of Notmuch before now.
414 Support for indexing mbox files has been dropped
416 There has never been proper support for mbox files containing
417 multiple messages, and the support for single-message mbox files has
418 been deprecated since Notmuch 0.15. The support has now been
419 dropped, and all mbox files will be rejected during indexing.
421 Message header parsing changes
423 Notmuch previously had an internal parser for message headers. The
424 parser has now been dropped in favour of letting GMime parse both
425 the headers and the message MIME structure at the same pass. This is
426 mostly an internal change, but the GMime parser is stricter in its
427 interpretation of the headers. This may result in messages with
428 slightly malformed message headers being now rejected.
430 Command-Line Interface
431 ----------------------
433 `notmuch dump` now defaults to `batch-tag` format
435 The old format is still available with `--format=sup`.
437 `notmuch new` has a --quiet option
439 This option suppresses the progress and summary reports.
441 `notmuch insert` respects maildir.synchronize_flags config option
443 Do not synchronize tags to maildir flags in `notmuch insert` if the
444 user does not want it.
446 The commands set consistent exit status codes on failures
448 The cli commands now consistently set exit status of 1 on failures,
449 except where explicitly otherwise noted. The notable expections are
450 the status codes for format version mismatches for commands that
451 support formatted output.
453 Bug fix for checking configured new.tags for invalid tags
455 `notmuch new` and `notmuch insert` now check the user configured
456 new.tags for invalid tags, and refuse to apply them, similar to
457 `notmuch tag`. Invalid tags are currently the empty string and tags
465 If the file pointed by new variable `notmuch-init-file` (typically
466 `~/.emacs.d/notmuch-config.el`) exists, it is loaded at the end of
467 `notmuch.el`. Users can put their personal notmuch emacs lisp based
468 configuration/customization items there instead of filling
469 `~/.emacs` with these.
471 Changed format for saved searches
473 The format for `notmuch-saved-searches` has changed, but old style
474 saved searches are still supported. The new style means that a saved
475 search can store the desired sort order for the search, and it can
476 store a separate query to use for generating the count notmuch
479 The variable is fully customizable and any configuration done
480 through customize should *just work*, with the additional options
481 mentioned above. For manual customization see the documentation for
482 `notmuch-saved-searches`.
484 IMPORTANT: a new style notmuch-saved-searches variable will break
485 previous versions of notmuch-emacs (even search will not work); to
486 fix remove the customization for notmuch-saved-searches.
488 If you have a custom saved search sort function (not unsorted or
489 alphabetical) then the sort function will need to be
490 modified. Replacing (car saved-search) by (notmuch-saved-search-get
491 saved-search :name) and (cdr saved-search) by
492 (notmuch-saved-search-get saved-search :query) should be sufficient.
494 The keys of `notmuch-tag-formats` are now regexps
496 Previously, the keys were literal strings. Customized settings of
497 `notmuch-tag-formats` will continue to work as before unless tags
498 contain regexp special characters like `.` or `*`.
500 Changed tags are now shown in the buffer
502 Previously tag changes made in a buffer were shown immediately. In
503 some cases (particularly automatic tag changes like marking read)
504 this made it hard to see what had happened (e.g., whether the
505 message had been unread).
507 The changes are now shown explicitly in the buffer: by default
508 deleted tags are displayed with red strike-through and added tags
509 are displayed underlined in green (inverse video is used for deleted
510 tags if the terminal does not support strike-through).
512 The variables `notmuch-tag-deleted-formats` and
513 `notmuch-tag-added-formats`, which have the same syntax as
514 `notmuch-tag-formats`, allow this to be customized.
516 Setting `notmuch-tag-deleted-formats` to `'((".*" nil))` and
517 `notmuch-tag-added-formats` to `'((".*" tag))` will give the old
518 behavior of hiding deleted tags and showing added tags identically
519 to tags already present.
523 The new, build-time generated variable `notmuch-emacs-version` is used
524 to distinguish between notmuch cli and notmuch emacs versions.
525 The function `notmuch-hello-versions` (bound to 'v' in notmuch-hello
526 window) prints both notmuch cli and notmuch emacs versions in case
527 these differ from each other.
528 This is especially useful when using notmuch remotely.
530 Ido-completing-read initialization in Emacs 23
532 `ido-completing-read` in Emacs 23 versions 1 through 3 freezes unless
533 it is initialized. Defadvice-based *Ido* initialization is defined
534 for these Emacs versions.
536 Bug fix for saved searches with newlines in them
538 Split lines confuse `notmuch count --batch`, so we remove embedded
539 newlines before calling notmuch count.
541 Bug fixes for sender identities
543 Previously, Emacs would rewrite some sender identities in unexpected
544 and undesirable ways. Now it will use identities exactly as
545 configured in `notmuch-identities`.
547 Replies to encrypted messages will be encrypted by default
549 In the interest of maintaining confidentiality of communications,
550 the Notmuch Emacs interface now automatically adds the mml tag to
551 encrypt replies to encrypted messages. This should make it less
552 likely to accidentally reply to encrypted messages in plain text.
554 Reply pushes mark before signature
556 We push mark and set point on reply so that the user can easily cut
557 the quoted text. The mark is now pushed before the signature, if
558 any, instead of end of buffer so the signature is preserved.
560 Message piping uses the originating buffer's working directory
562 `notmuch-show-pipe-message` now uses the originating buffer's
563 current default directory instead of that of the `*notmuch-pipe*`
569 nmbug adds a `clone` command for setting up the initial repository and
570 uses `@{upstream}` instead of `FETCH_HEAD` to track upstream changes.
572 The `@{upstream}` change reduces ambiguity when fetching multiple
573 branches, but requires existing users update their `NMBGIT`
574 repository (usually `~/.nmbug`) to distinguish between local and
575 remote-tracking branches. The easiest way to do this is:
577 1. If you have any purely local commits (i.e. they aren't in the
578 nmbug repository on nmbug.tethera.net), push them to a remote
579 repository. We'll restore them from the backup in step 4.
580 2. Remove your `NMBGIT` repository (e.g. `mv .nmbug .nmbug.bak`).
581 3. Use the new `clone` command to create a fresh clone:
583 nmbug clone http://nmbug.tethera.net/git/nmbug-tags.git
585 4. If you had local commits in step 1, add a remote for that
586 repository and fetch them into the new repository.
588 Notmuch 0.17 (2013-12-30)
589 =========================
591 Incompatible change in SHA1 computation
592 ---------------------------------------
594 Previously on big endian architectures like sparc and powerpc the
595 computation of SHA1 hashes was incorrect. This meant that messages
596 with overlong or missing message-ids were given different computed
597 message-ids than on more common little endian architectures like i386
598 and amd64. If you use notmuch on a big endian architecture, you are
599 strongly advised to make a backup of your tags using `notmuch dump`
600 before this upgrade. You can locate the affected files using something
604 awk '/^notmuch-sha1-[0-9a-f]{40} / \
605 {system("notmuch search --exclude=false --output=files id:" $1)}'
607 Command-Line Interface
608 ----------------------
610 New options to better support handling duplicate messages
612 If more than one message file is associated with a message-id,
613 `notmuch search --output=files` will print all of them. A new
614 `--duplicate=N` option can be used to specify which duplicate to
615 print for each message.
617 `notmuch count` now supports `--output=files` option to output the
618 number of files associated with matching messages. This may be
619 bigger than the number of matching messages due to duplicates
620 (i.e. multiple files having the same message-id).
622 Improved `notmuch new` performance for unchanged folders
624 `notmuch new` now skips over unchanged folders more efficiently,
625 which can substantially improve the performance of checking for new
626 mail in some situations (like NFS-mounted Maildirs).
628 `notmuch reply --format=text` RFC 2047-encodes headers
630 Previously, this used a mix of standard MIME encoding for the reply
631 body and UTF-8 for the headers. Now, the text format reply template
632 RFC 2047-encodes the headers, making the output a valid RFC 2822
633 message. The JSON/sexp format is unchanged.
635 `notmuch compact` command
637 The new `compact` command exposes Xapian's compaction
638 functionality through a more convenient interface than
639 `xapian-compact`. `notmuch compact` will compact the database to a
640 temporary location, optionally backup the original database, and
641 move the compacted database into place.
646 `notmuch-tree` (formerly `notmuch-pick`) has been added to mainline
648 `notmuch-tree` is a threaded message view for the emacs
649 interface. Each message is one line in the results and the thread
650 structure is shown using UTF-8 box drawing characters (similar to
651 Mutt's threaded view). It comes between search and show in terms of
652 amount of output and can be useful for viewing both single threads
653 and multiple threads.
657 The main key entries to notmuch tree are
659 'z' enter a query to view using notmuch tree (works in hello,
660 search, show and tree mode itself)
662 'Z' view the current query in tree notmuch tree (works from search
665 Once in tree mode, keybindings are mostly in line with the rest of
666 notmuch and are all viewable with '?' as usual.
668 Customising `notmuch-tree`
670 `notmuch-tree` has several customisation variables. The most
671 significant is the first notmuch-tree-show-out which determines the
672 behaviour when selecting a message (with RET) in tree view. By
673 default tree view uses a split window showing the single message in
674 the bottom pane. However, if this option is set then it views the
675 whole thread in the complete window jumping to the selected message
676 in the thread. In either case command-prefix selects the other option.
678 Tagging threads in search is now race-free
680 Previously, adding or removing a tag from a thread in a search
681 buffer would affect messages that had arrived after the search was
682 performed, resulting in, for example, archiving messages that were
683 never seen. Tagging now affects only the messages that were in the
684 thread when the search was performed.
686 `notmuch-hello` refreshes when switching to the buffer
688 The hello buffer now refreshes whenever you switch to the buffer,
689 regardless of how you get there. You can disable automatic
690 refreshing by customizing `notmuch-hello-auto-refresh`.
692 Specific mini-buffer prompts for tagging operations
694 When entering tags to add or remove, the mini-buffer prompt now
695 indicates what operation will be performed (e.g., "Tag thread", "Tag
698 Built-in help improvements
700 Documentation for many commands has been improved, as displayed by
701 `notmuch-help` (usually bound to "?"). The bindings listed by
702 `notmuch-help` also now include descriptions of prefixed commands.
704 Quote replies as they are displayed in show view
706 We now render the parts for reply quoting the same way they are
707 rendered for show. At this time, the notable change is that replies
708 to text/calendar are now pretty instead of raw vcalendar.
710 Fixed inconsistent use of configured search order
712 All ways of interactively invoking search now honor the value of
713 `notmuch-search-oldest-first`.
715 Common keymap for notmuch-wide bindings
717 Several key bindings have been moved from mode-specific keymaps to
718 the single `notmuch-common-keymap`, which is inherited by each
719 notmuch mode. If you've customized your key bindings, you may want
720 to move some of them to the common keymap.
722 The `notmuch-tag` function now requires a list of tag changes
724 For users who have scripted the Emacs interface: the `notmuch-tag`
725 API has changed. Previously, it accepted either a list of tag
726 changes or a space-separated string of tag changes. The latter is
727 no longer supported and the function now returns nothing.
729 Fixed `notmuch-reply` putting reply in primary selection
731 On emacs 24 notmuch-reply used to put the cited text into the
732 primary selection (which could lead to inadvertently pasting this
733 cited text elsewhere). Now the primary-selection is not changed.
735 Fixed `notmuch-show` invisible part handling
737 In some obscure cases part buttons and invisibility had strange
738 interactions: in particular, the default action for some parts gave
739 the wrong action. This has been fixed.
741 Fixed `notmuch-show` attachment viewers and stderr
743 In emacs 24.3+ viewing an attachment could cause spurious text to
744 appear in the show buffer (any stderr or stdout the viewer
745 produced). By default this output is now discarded. For debugging,
746 setting `notmuch-show-attachment-debug` causes notmuch to keep the
747 viewer's stderr and stdout in a separate buffer.
749 Fixed `notmuch-mua-reply` point placement when signature involved
751 By restricting cursor movement to body section for cursor placement
752 after signature is inserted, the cursor cannot "leak" to header
753 section anymore. Now inserted citation content will definitely go to
754 the body part of the message.
759 It is now possible to compose new messages in the Vim interface, as
760 opposed reply to existing messages. There is also support for
761 going straight to a search (bypassing the folders view).
763 Notmuch 0.16 (2013-08-03)
764 =========================
766 Command-Line Interface
767 ----------------------
769 Support for delivering messages to Maildir
771 There is a new command `insert` that adds a message to a Maildir
772 folder and notmuch index.
774 `notmuch count --batch` option
776 `notmuch count` now supports batch operations similar to `notmuch
777 tag`. This is mostly an optimization for remote notmuch usage.
779 `notmuch tag` option to remove all tags from matching messages
781 `notmuch tag --remove-all` option has been added to remove all tags
782 from matching messages. This can be combined with adding new tags,
783 resulting in setting (rather than modifying) the tags of the
786 Decrypting commands explicitly expect a gpg-agent
788 Decryption in `notmuch show` and `notmuch reply` has only ever
789 worked with a functioning gpg-agent. This is now made explicit in
790 code and documentation. The functional change is that it's now
791 possible to have gpg-agent running, but gpg "use-agent"
792 configuration option disabled, not forcing the user to use the agent
795 Configuration file saves follow symbolic links
797 The notmuch commands that save the configuration file now follow
798 symbolic links instead of overwrite them.
800 Top level option to specify configuration file
802 It's now possible to specify the configuration file to use on the
803 command line using the `notmuch --config=FILE` option.
805 Bash command-line completion
807 The notmuch command-line completion support for the bash shell has
808 been rewritten. Supported completions include all the notmuch
809 commands, command-line arguments, values for keyword arguments,
810 search prefixes (such as "subject:" or "from:") in all commands that
811 use search terms, tags after + and - in `notmuch tag`, tags after
812 "tag:" prefix, user's email addresses after "from:" and "to:"
813 prefixes, and config options (and some config option values) in
814 `notmuch config`. The new completion support depends on the
815 bash-completion package.
817 Deprecated commands "part" and "search-tags" are removed.
822 New keymap to view/save parts; removed s/v/o/| part button bindings
824 The commands to view, save, and open MIME parts are now prefixed
825 with "." (". s" to save, ". v" to view, etc) and can be invoked with
826 point anywhere in a part, unlike the old commands, which were
827 restricted to part buttons. The old "s"/"v"/"o"/"|" commands on
828 part buttons have been removed since they clashed with other
829 bindings (notably "s" for search!) and could not be invoked when
830 there was no part button. The new, prefixed bindings appear in
831 show's help, so you no longer have to memorize them.
833 Default part save directory is now `mm-default-directory`
835 Previously, notmuch offered to save parts and attachments to a mix
836 of `mm-default-directory`, `mailcap-download-directory`, and `~/`.
837 This has been standardized on `mm-default-directory`.
839 Key bindings for next/previous thread
841 Show view has new key bindings M-n and M-p to move to the next and
842 previous thread in the search results.
844 Better handling of errors in search buffers
846 Instead of interleaving errors in search result buffers, search mode
847 now reports errors in the minibuffer.
849 Faster search and show
851 Communication between Emacs and the notmuch CLI is now more
852 efficient because it uses the CLI's S-expression support. As a
853 result, search mode should now fill search buffers faster and
854 threads should show faster.
858 The Emacs 22 support added late 2010 was sufficient only for a short
859 period of time. After being incomplete for roughly 2 years the code
860 in question was now removed from this release.
865 The vim based front-end has been replaced with a new one that uses the Ruby
866 bindings. The old font-end is available in the contrib subfolder.
871 Fix loading of libnotmuch shared library on OS X (Darwin) systems.
873 Notmuch 0.15.2 (2013-02-17)
874 ===========================
879 Update dependencies to avoid problems when building in parallel.
881 Internal test framework changes
882 -------------------------------
884 Adjust Emacs test watchdog mechanism to cope with `process-attributes`
887 Notmuch 0.15.1 (2013-01-24)
888 ===========================
890 Internal test framework changes
891 -------------------------------
893 Set a default value for TERM when running tests. This fixes certain
894 build failures in non-interactive environments.
896 Notmuch 0.15 (2013-01-18)
897 =========================
902 Date range search support
904 The `date:` prefix can now be used in queries to restrict the results
905 to only messages within a particular time range (based on the Date:
906 header) with a range syntax of `date:<since>..<until>`. Notmuch
907 supports a wide variety of expressions in `<since>` and
908 `<until>`. Please refer to the `notmuch-search-terms(7)` manual page
911 Empty tag names and tags beginning with "-" are deprecated
913 Such tags have been a frequent source of confusion and cause
914 (sometimes unresolvable) conflicts with other syntax. notmuch tag
915 no longer allows such tags to be added to messages. Removing such
916 tags continues to be supported to allow cleanup of existing tags,
917 but may be removed in a future release.
919 Command-Line Interface
920 ----------------------
922 `notmuch new` no longer chokes on mboxes
924 `notmuch new` now rejects mbox files containing more than one
925 message, rather than treating the file as one giant message.
927 Support for single message mboxes is deprecated
929 For historical reasons, `notmuch new` will index mbox files
930 containing a single message; however, this behavior is now
931 officially deprecated.
933 Fixed `notmuch new` to skip ignored broken symlinks
935 `notmuch new` now correctly skips symlinks if they are in the
936 ignored files list. Previously, it would abort when encountering
937 broken symlink, even if it was ignored.
939 New dump/restore format and tagging interface
941 There is a new `batch-tag` format for dump and restore that is more
942 robust, particularly with respect to tags and message-ids containing
945 `notmuch tag` now supports the ability to read tag operations and
946 queries from an input stream, in a format compatible with the new
949 Bcc and Reply-To headers are now available in notmuch show json output
951 The `notmuch show --format=json` now includes "Bcc" and "Reply-To" headers.
952 For example notmuch Emacs client can now have these headers visible
953 when the headers are added to the `notmuch-message-headers` variable.
955 CLI callers can now request a specific output format version
957 `notmuch` subcommands that support structured output now support a
958 `--format-version` argument for requesting a specific version of the
959 structured output, enabling better compatibility and error handling.
961 `notmuch search` has gained a null character separated text output format
963 The new --format=text0 output format for `notmuch search` prints
964 output separated by null characters rather than newline
965 characters. This is similar to the find(1) -print0 option, and works
966 together with the xargs(1) -0 option.
971 Removal of the deprecated `notmuch-folders` variable
973 `notmuch-folders` has been deprecated since the introduction of saved
974 searches and the notmuch hello view in notmuch 0.3. `notmuch-folders`
975 has now been removed. Any remaining users should migrate to
976 `notmuch-saved-searches`.
978 Visibility of MIME parts can be toggled
980 Each part of a multi-part MIME email can now be shown or hidden
981 using the button at the top of each part (by pressing RET on it or
982 by clicking). For emails with multiple alternative formats (e.g.,
983 plain text and HTML), only the preferred format is shown initially,
984 but other formats can be shown using their part buttons. To control
985 the behavior of this, see
986 `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` and
987 `notmuch-show-all-multipart/alternative-parts`.
989 Note notmuch-show-print-message (bound to '#' by default) will print
990 all parts of multipart/alternative message regardless of whether
991 they are currently hidden or shown in the buffer.
993 Emacs now buttonizes mid: links
995 mid: links are a standardized way to link to messages by message ID
996 (see RFC 2392). Emacs now hyperlinks mid: links to the appropriate
999 Handle errors from bodypart insertions
1001 If displaying the text of a message in show mode causes an error (in
1002 the `notmuch-show-insert-part-*` functions), notmuch no longer cuts
1003 off thread display at the offending message. The error is now
1004 simply displayed in place of the message.
1006 Emacs now detects version mismatches with the notmuch CLI
1008 Emacs now detects and reports when the Emacs interface version and
1009 the notmuch CLI version are incompatible.
1011 Improved text/calendar content handling
1013 Carriage returns in embedded text/calendar content caused insertion
1014 of the calendar content fail. Now CRs are removed before calling icalendar
1015 to extract icalendar data. In case icalendar extraction fails an error
1016 is thrown for the bodypart insertion function to deal with.
1018 Disabled coding conversions when reading in `with-current-notmuch-show-message`
1020 Depending on the user's locale, saving attachments containing 8-bit
1021 data may have performed an unintentional encoding conversion,
1022 corrupting the saved attachment. This has been fixed by making
1023 `with-current-notmuch-show-message` disable coding conversion.
1025 Fixed errors with HTML email containing images in Emacs 24
1027 Emacs 24 ships with a new HTML renderer that produces better output,
1028 but is slightly buggy. We work around a bug that caused it to fail
1029 for HTML email containing images.
1031 Fixed handling of tags with unusual characters in them
1033 Emacs now handles tags containing spaces, quotes, and parenthesis.
1035 Fixed buttonization of id: links without quote characters
1037 Emacs now correctly buttonizes id: links where the message ID is not
1040 `notmuch-hello` refresh point placement improvements
1042 Refreshing the `notmuch-hello` buffer does a better job of keeping
1043 the point where it was.
1045 Automatic tag changes are now unified and customizable
1047 All the automatic tag changes that the Emacs interface makes when
1048 reading, archiving, or replying to messages, can now be
1049 customized. Any number of tag additions and removals is supported
1050 through the `notmuch-show-mark-read`, `notmuch-archive-tags`, and
1051 `notmuch-message-replied-tags` customization variables.
1053 Support for stashing the thread id in show view
1055 Invoking `notmuch-show-stash-message-id` with a prefix argument
1056 stashes the (local and database specific) thread id of the current
1057 thread instead of the message id.
1059 New add-on tool: notmuch-pick
1060 -----------------------------
1062 The new contrib/ tool `notmuch-pick` is an experimental threaded message
1063 view for the emacs interface. Each message is one line in the results
1064 and the thread structure is shown using UTF-8 box drawing characters
1065 (similar to Mutt's threaded view). It comes between search and show in
1066 terms of amount of output and can be useful for viewing both single
1067 threads and multiple threads. See the notmuch-pick README file for
1068 further details and installation.
1073 notmuch now builds on OpenBSD.
1075 Internal test framework changes
1076 -------------------------------
1078 The emacsclient binary is now user-configurable
1080 The test framework now accepts `TEST_EMACSCLIENT` in addition to
1081 `TEST_EMACS` for configuring the emacsclient to use. This is
1082 necessary to avoid using an old emacsclient with a new emacs, which
1083 can result in buggy behavior.
1085 Notmuch 0.14 (2012-08-20)
1086 =========================
1091 Maildir tag synchronization
1093 Maildir flag-to-tag synchronization now applies only to messages in
1094 maildir-like directory structures. Previously, it applied to any
1095 message that had a maildir "info" part, which meant it could
1096 incorrectly synchronize tags for non-maildir messages, while at the
1097 same time failing to synchronize tags for newly received maildir
1098 messages (typically causing new messages to not receive the "unread"
1101 Command-Line Interface
1102 ----------------------
1104 The deprecated positional output file argument to `notmuch dump` has
1105 been replaced with an `--output` option. The input file positional
1106 argument to `notmuch restore` has been replaced with an `--input`
1107 option for consistency with dump. These changes simplify the syntax
1108 of dump/restore options and make them more consistent with other
1114 Search results now get re-colored when tags are updated
1116 The formatting of tags in search results can now be customized
1118 Previously, attempting to change the format of tags in
1119 `notmuch-search-result-format` would usually break tagging from
1120 search-mode. We no longer make assumptions about the format.
1122 Experimental support for multi-line search result formats
1124 It is now possible to embed newlines in
1125 `notmuch-search-result-format` to make individual search results
1126 span multiple lines.
1128 Next/previous in search and show now move by boundaries
1130 All "next" and "previous" commands in the search and show modes now
1131 move to the next/previous result or message boundary. This doesn't
1132 change the behavior of "next", but "previous" commands will first
1133 move to the beginning of the current result or message if point is
1134 inside the result or message.
1136 Search now uses the JSON format internally
1138 This should address problems with unusual characters in authors and
1139 subject lines that could confuse the old text-based search parser.
1141 The date shown in search results is no longer padded before applying
1142 user-specified formatting
1144 Previously, the date in the search results was padded to fixed width
1145 before being formatted with `notmuch-search-result-format`. It is
1146 no longer padded. The default format has been updated, but if
1147 you've customized this variable, you may have to change your date
1148 format from `"%s "` to `"%12s "`.
1150 The thread-id for the `target-thread` argument for `notmuch-search` should
1151 now be supplied without the "thread:" prefix.
1153 Notmuch 0.13.2 (2012-06-02)
1154 ===========================
1159 Update `contrib/notmuch-deliver` for API changes in 0.13. This fixes a
1160 compilation error for this contrib package.
1162 Notmuch 0.13.1 (2012-05-29)
1163 ===========================
1168 Fix inserting of UTF-8 characters from *text/plain* parts in reply
1170 While notmuch gained ability to insert content from other than *text/plain*
1171 parts of email whenever *text/plain* parts are not available (notably
1172 HTML-only emails), replying to mails that do have *text/plain* the
1173 non-ASCII characters were incorrectly decoded. This is now fixed.
1175 `notmuch_database_get_directory` and
1176 `notmuch_database_find_message_by_filename` now work on read-only
1179 Previously, these functions attempted to create directory documents
1180 that didn't exist and would return an error or abort when given a
1181 read-only database. Now they no longer create directory documents
1182 and simply return a `NULL` object if the directory does not exist,
1185 Fix compilation of ruby bindings
1187 Revert to dynamic linking, since the statically linked bindings did
1190 Notmuch 0.13 (2012-05-15)
1191 =========================
1193 Command-Line Interface
1194 ----------------------
1198 `notmuch reply` can now produce JSON output that contains the headers
1199 for a reply message and full information about the original message
1200 begin replied to. This allows MUAs to create replies intelligently.
1201 For example, an MUA that can parse HTML might quote HTML parts.
1203 Calling notmuch reply with `--format=json` imposes the restriction that
1204 only a single message is returned by the search, as replying to
1205 multiple messages does not have a well-defined behavior. The default
1206 retains its current behavior for multiple message replies.
1210 Tags can be automatically excluded from search results by adding them
1211 to the new `search.exclude_tags` option in the Notmuch config file.
1213 This behaviour can be overridden by explicitly including an excluded
1214 tag in your query, for example:
1216 notmuch search $your_query and tag:$excluded_tag
1218 Existing users will probably want to run `notmuch setup` again to add
1219 the new well-commented [search] section to the configuration file.
1221 For new configurations, accepting the default setting will cause the
1222 tags "deleted" and "spam" to be excluded, equivalent to running:
1224 notmuch config set search.exclude_tags deleted spam
1226 Raw show format changes
1228 The output of show `--format=raw` has changed for multipart and
1229 message parts. Previously, the output was a mash of somewhat-parsed
1230 headers and transfer-decoded bodies. Now, such parts are reproduced
1231 faithfully from the original source. Message parts (which includes
1232 part 0) output the full message, including the message headers (but
1233 not the transfer headers). Multipart parts output the part as
1234 encoded in the original message, including the part's headers. Leaf
1235 parts, as before, output the part's transfer-decoded body.
1237 Listing configuration items
1239 The new `config list` command prints out all configuration items and
1245 Changes to tagging interface
1247 The user-facing tagging functions in the Emacs interface have been
1248 normalized across all notmuch modes. The tagging functions are now
1249 notmuch-search-tag in search-mode, and notmuch-show-tag in
1250 show-mode. They accept a string representing a single tag change,
1251 or a list of tag changes. See 'M-x describe-function notmuch-tag'
1252 for more information.
1254 NOTE: This breaks compatibility with old tagging functions, so user
1255 may need to update in custom configurations.
1257 Reply improvement using the JSON format
1259 Emacs now uses the JSON reply format to create replies. It obeys
1260 the customization variables message-citation-line-format and
1261 message-citation-line-function when creating the first line of the
1262 reply body, and it will quote HTML parts if no text/plain parts are
1265 New add-on tool: notmuch-mutt
1266 -----------------------------
1268 The new contrib/ tool `notmuch-mutt` provides Notmuch integration for
1269 the Mutt mail user agent. Using it, Mutt users can perform mail
1270 search, thread reconstruction, and mail tagging/untagging without
1271 leaving Mutt. notmuch-mutt, formerly distributed under the name
1272 `mutt-notmuch` by Stefano Zacchiroli, will be maintained as a notmuch
1273 contrib/ from now on.
1278 The API changes detailed below break binary and source compatibility,
1279 so libnotmuch has been bumped to version 3.0.0.
1281 The function `notmuch_database_close` has been split into
1282 `notmuch_database_close` and `notmuch_database_destroy`
1284 This makes it possible for long running programs to close the xapian
1285 database and thus release the lock associated with it without
1286 destroying the data structures obtained from it.
1288 `notmuch_database_open`, `notmuch_database_create`, and
1289 `notmuch_database_get_directory` now return errors
1291 The type signatures of these functions have changed so that the
1292 functions now return a `notmuch_status_t` and take an out-argument for
1293 returning the new database object or directory object.
1300 The go bindings and the `notmuch-addrlookup` utility are now
1301 compatible with go 1.
1303 Notmuch 0.12 (2012-03-20)
1304 =========================
1306 Command-Line Interface
1307 ----------------------
1311 `notmuch reply` has gained the ability to create a reply template
1312 for replying just to the sender of the message, in addition to reply
1313 to all. The feature is available through the new command line option
1314 `--reply-to=(all|sender)`.
1316 Mail store folder/file ignore
1318 A new configuration option, `new.ignore`, lets users specify a
1319 ;-separated list of file and directory names that will not be
1320 searched for messages by `notmuch new`.
1322 NOTE: *Every* file/directory that goes by one of those names will
1323 be ignored, independent of its depth/location in the mail store.
1325 Unified help and manual pages
1327 The notmuch help command now runs man for the appropriate page. If
1328 you install notmuch somewhere "unusual", you may need to update
1331 Manual page for notmuch configuration options
1333 The notmuch CLI configuration file options are now documented in the
1334 notmuch-config(1) manual page in addition to the configuration file
1342 The Emacs interface has, with the new CLI support, gained the
1343 ability to reply to sender in addition to reply to all. In both show
1344 and search modes, 'r' has been bound to reply to sender, replacing
1345 reply to all, which now has key binding 'R'.
1347 More flexible and consistent tagging operations
1349 All tagging operations ('+', '-', '*') now accept multiple tags with
1350 '+' or '-' prefix, like '*' operation in notmuch-search view before.
1352 '*' operation (`notmuch-show-tag-all`) is now available in
1355 `notmuch-show-{add,remove}-tag` functions no longer accept tag
1356 argument, `notmuch-show-tag-message` should be used instead. Custom
1357 bindings using these functions should be updated, e.g.:
1359 (notmuch-show-remove-tag "unread")
1361 should be changed to:
1363 (notmuch-show-tag-message "-unread")
1365 Refreshing the show view ('=' by default) no longer opens or closes messages
1367 To get the old behavior of putting messages back in their initial
1368 opened/closed state, use a prefix argument, e.g., 'C-u ='.
1370 Attachment buttons can be used to view or save attachments.
1372 When the cursor is on an attachment button the key 's' can be used
1373 to save the attachment, the key 'v' to view the attachment in the
1374 default mailcap application, and the key 'o' prompts the user for an
1375 application to use to open the attachment. By default Enter or mouse
1376 button 1 saves the attachment but this is customisable (option
1377 Notmuch Show Part Button Default Action).
1381 `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link{,-and-go}` allow stashing and
1382 optionally visiting a URI to the current message at one of a number
1383 of Mailing List Archives.
1385 Fix MML tag quoting in replies
1387 The MML tag quoting fix of 0.11.1 unintentionally quoted tags
1388 inserted in `message-setup-hook`. Quoting is now limited to the
1391 Show view archiving key binding changes
1393 The show view archiving key bindings 'a' and 'x' now remove the
1394 "inbox" tag from the current message only (instead of thread), and
1395 move to the next message. At the last message, 'a' proceeds to the
1396 next thread in search results, and 'x' returns to search
1397 results. The thread archiving functions are now available in 'A' and
1400 Support text/calendar MIME type
1402 The text/calendar MIME type is now supported in addition to
1405 Generate inline patch fake attachment file names from message subject
1407 Use the message subject to generate file names for the inline patch
1408 fake attachments. The names are now similar to the ones generated by
1409 'git format-patch' instead of just "inline patch". See "Notmuch Show
1410 Insert Text/Plain Hook" in the notmuch customize interface.
1412 Enable `notmuch-search-line-faces` by default
1414 Make the `notmuch-search-line-faces` functionality more discoverable
1415 for new users by showing "unread" messages bold and "flagged"
1416 messages blue by default in the search view.
1420 notmuch-show mode now has simple printing support, bound to '#' by
1421 default. You can customize the variable notmuch-print-mechanism.
1428 `notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude` supports the new tag exclusion
1431 Python bindings changes
1432 -----------------------
1434 Python 3.2 compatibility
1436 The python bindings are now compatible with both python 2.5+ and 3.2.
1438 Added missing unicode conversions
1440 Python strings have to be encoded to and decoded from utf-8 when
1441 calling libnotmuch functions. Porting the bindings to python 3.2
1442 revealed a few function calls that were missing these conversions.
1447 Compatibility with GMime 2.6
1449 It is now possible to build notmuch against both GMime 2.4 and 2.6.
1450 However, a bug in GMime 2.6 before 2.6.5 causes notmuch not to
1451 report signatures where the signer key is unavailable (GNOME bug
1452 668085). For compatibility with GMime 2.4's tolerance of "From "
1453 headers we require GMime 2.6 >= 2.6.7.
1455 Notmuch 0.11.1 (2012-02-03)
1456 ===========================
1461 Fix error handling in python bindings
1463 The python bindings in 0.11 failed to detect NULL pointers being
1464 returned from libnotmuch functions and thus failed to raise
1465 exceptions to indicate the error condition. Any subsequent calls
1466 into libnotmuch caused segmentation faults.
1468 Quote MML tags in replies
1470 MML tags are text codes that Emacs uses to indicate attachments
1471 (among other things) in messages being composed. The Emacs
1472 interface did not quote MML tags in the quoted text of a reply.
1473 User could be tricked into replying to a maliciously formatted
1474 message and not editing out the MML tags from the quoted text. This
1475 could lead to files from the user's machine being attached to the
1476 outgoing message. The Emacs interface now quotes these tags in
1477 reply text, so that they do not effect outgoing messages.
1479 Notmuch 0.11 (2012-01-13)
1480 =========================
1482 Command-Line Interface
1483 ----------------------
1487 Hooks have been introduced to notmuch. Hooks are scripts that notmuch
1488 invokes before and after certain actions. Initially, `notmuch new`
1489 supports `pre-new` and `post-new` hooks that are run before and after
1490 importing new messages into the database.
1492 `notmuch reply --decrypt bugfix`
1494 The `notmuch reply` command with `--decrypt` argument had a rarely
1495 occurring bug that caused an encrypted message not to be decrypted
1496 sometimes. This is now fixed.
1501 Automatic tag query optimization
1503 `notmuch tag` now automatically optimizes the user's query to
1504 exclude messages whose tags won't change. In the past, we've
1505 suggested that people do this by hand; this is no longer necessary.
1507 Don't sort messages when creating a dump file
1509 This speeds up tag dumps considerably, without any loss of
1510 information. To replicate the old behavior of sorted output (for
1511 example to compare two dump files), one can use e.g. `sort(1)`.
1516 Reduction of memory leaks
1518 Two memory leaks when searching and showing messages were identified
1519 and fixed in this release.
1526 notmuch-show-advance (bound to the spacebar in notmuch-show-mode) had
1527 a bug that caused it to always jump to the next message, even if it
1528 should have scrolled down to show more of the current message instead.
1531 Support `notmuch new` as a notmuch-poll-script
1533 It's now possible to use `notmuch new` as a notmuch-poll-script
1534 directly. This is also the new default. This allows taking better
1535 advantage of the `notmuch new` hooks from emacs without intermediate
1538 Improvements in saved search management
1540 New saved searches are now appended to the list of saved searches,
1541 not inserted in front. It's also possible to define a sort function
1542 for displaying saved searches; alphabetical sort is provided.
1544 Hooks for notmuch-hello
1546 Two new hooks have been added: "notmuch-hello-mode-hook" (called after
1547 entering notmuch-hello-mode) and "notmuch-hello-refresh-hook" (called
1548 after updating a notmuch-hello buffer).
1550 New face for crypto parts headers
1552 Crypto parts used to be displayed with a hardcoded color. A new face
1553 has been introduced to fix this: notmuch-crypto-part-header. It
1554 defaults to the same value as before, but can be customized to match
1557 Use space as default thousands separator
1559 Large numbers in notmuch-hello are now displayed using a space as
1560 thousands separator (e.g. "123 456" instead of "123,456"). This can be
1561 changed by customizing "notmuch-hello-thousands-separator".
1563 Call notmuch-show instead of notmuch-search when clicking on
1564 buttonized id: links
1566 New function notmuch-show-advance
1568 This new function advances through just the current thread, and is
1569 less invasive than notmuch-show-advance-and-archive. It can easily
1570 be bound to SPC with:
1572 (define-key notmuch-show-mode-map " " 'notmuch-show-advance)
1574 Various performance improvements
1579 The tool `contrib/notmuch-deliver` helps with initial delivery and
1580 tagging of mail (replacing running `notmuch new`).
1583 Notmuch 0.10.2 (2011-12-04)
1584 ===========================
1589 Fix crash in python bindings
1591 The python bindings did not call `g_type_init`, which caused crashes
1592 for some, but not all users.
1594 Notmuch 0.10.1 (2011-11-25)
1595 ===========================
1600 Fix `--help` argument
1602 Argument processing changes in 0.10 introduced a bug where
1603 `notmuch --help` crashed while `notmuch help` worked fine.
1604 This is fixed in 0.10.1.
1606 Notmuch 0.10 (2011-11-23)
1607 =========================
1609 New build and testing features
1610 ------------------------------
1612 Emacs tests are now done in `dtach`. This means that dtach is now
1613 needed to run the notmuch test suite, at least until the checking for
1614 prerequisites is improved.
1616 Full test coverage of the stashing feature in Emacs.
1618 New command-line features
1619 -------------------------
1621 Add `notmuch restore --accumulate` option
1623 The `--accumulate` switch causes the union of the existing and new tags to
1624 be applied, instead of replacing each message's tags as they are read in
1627 Add search terms to `notmuch dump`
1629 The dump command now takes an optional search term much like notmuch
1630 search/show/tag. The output file argument of dump is deprecated in
1631 favour of using stdout.
1633 Add `notmuch search` `--offset` and `--limit` options
1635 The search command now takes options `--offset=[-]N` and `--limit=N` to
1636 limit the number of results shown.
1638 Add `notmuch count --output` option
1640 The count command is now capable of counting threads in addition to
1641 messages. This is selected using the new `--output=(threads|messages)`
1644 New emacs UI features
1645 ---------------------
1647 Add tab-completion for `notmuch-search` and `notmuch-search-filter`
1649 These functions now support completion tags for query parts
1650 starting with "tag:".
1652 Turn "id:MSG-ID" links into buttons associated with notmuch searches
1654 Text of the form "id:MSG-ID" in mails is now a clickable button that
1655 opens a notmuch search for the given message id.
1657 Add keybinding ('c I') for stashing Message-ID's without an id: prefix
1659 Reduces manual labour when stashing them for use outside notmuch.
1661 Do not query on `notmuch-search` exit
1663 It is harmless to kill the external notmuch process, so the user
1664 is no longer interrogated when they interrupt a search.
1669 Emacs now constructs large search buffers more efficiently
1671 Search avoids opening and parsing message files
1673 We now store more information in the database so search no longer
1674 has to open every message file to get basic headers. This can
1675 improve search speed by as much as 10X, but taking advantage of this
1676 requires a database rebuild:
1678 notmuch dump > notmuch.dump
1679 # Backup, then remove notmuch database ($MAIL/.notmuch)
1681 notmuch restore notmuch.dump
1683 New collection of add-on tools
1684 ------------------------------
1686 The source directory "contrib" contains tools built on notmuch. These
1687 tools are not part of notmuch, and you should check their individual
1688 licenses. Feel free to report problems with them to the notmuch
1691 nmbug - share tags with a given prefix
1693 nmbug helps maintain a git repo containing all tags with a given
1694 prefix (by default "notmuch::"). Tags can be shared by commiting
1695 them to git in one location and restoring in another.
1697 Notmuch 0.9 (2011-10-01)
1698 ========================
1700 New, general features
1701 ---------------------
1703 Correct handling of interruptions during `notmuch new`
1705 `notmuch new` now operates as a series of small, self-consistent
1706 transactions, so it can correctly resume after an interruption or
1707 crash. Previously, interruption could lose existing tags, fail to
1708 detect messages on resume, or leave the database in a state
1709 temporarily or permanently inconsistent with the mail store.
1716 `notmuch_database_begin_atomic` and `notmuch_database_end_atomic`
1717 allow multiple database operations to be performed atomically.
1719 `notmuch_database_find_message_by_filename` does exactly what it says.
1723 `notmuch_database_find_message` (and `n_d_f_m_by_filename`) now return
1724 a status indicator and uses an output parameter for the
1725 message. This change required changing the SONAME of libnotmuch to
1728 Python bindings changes
1729 -----------------------
1731 - Re-encode python unicode objects to utf-8 before passing back to
1733 - Support `Database().begin_atomic()/end_atomic()`
1734 - Support `Database().find_message_by_filename()`
1735 NB! This needs a db opened in READ-WRITE mode currently, or it will crash
1736 the python process. The is a limitation (=bug) of the underlying libnotmuch.
1737 - Fixes where we would not throw NotmuchErrors when we should (Justus Winter)
1738 - Update for `n_d_find_message*` API changes (see above).
1740 Ruby bindings changes
1741 ---------------------
1743 - Wrap new library functions `notmuch_database_{begin,end}_atomic.`
1744 - Add new exception `Notmuch::UnbalancedAtomicError.`
1745 - Rename destroy to destroy! according to Ruby naming conventions.
1746 - Update for `n_d_find_message*` API changes (see above).
1751 * Add gpg callback to crypto sigstatus buttons to retrieve/refresh
1753 * Add `notmuch-show-refresh-view` function (and corresponding binding)
1754 to refresh the view of a notmuch-show buffer.
1756 Reply formatting cleanup
1757 ------------------------
1759 `notmuch reply` no longer includes notification that non-leafnode
1760 MIME parts are being suppressed.
1762 Notmuch 0.8 (2011-09-10)
1763 ========================
1765 Improved handling of message/rfc822 parts
1767 Both in the CLI and the emacs interface. Output of rfc822 parts now
1768 includes the primary headers, as well as the body and all subparts.
1769 Output of the completely raw rfc822-formatted message, including all
1770 headers, is unfortunately not yet supported (but hopefully will be
1773 Improved Build system portability
1775 Certain parts of the shell script generating notmuch.sym were
1776 specific to the GNU versions of sed and nm. The new version should
1777 be more portable to e.g. OpenBSD.
1779 Documentation update for Ruby bindings
1781 Added documentation, typo fixes, and improved support for rdoc.
1783 Unicode, iterator, PEP8 changes for python bindings
1785 - PEP8 (code formatting) changes for python files.
1786 - Remove `Tags.__len__` ; see 0.6 release notes for motivation.
1787 - Decode headers as UTF8, encode (unicode) database paths as UTF8.
1789 Notmuch 0.7 (2011-08-01)
1790 ========================
1792 Vim interface improvements
1793 --------------------------
1795 Jason Woofenden provided a number of bug fixes for the Vim interface
1797 * fix citation/signature fold lengths
1798 * fix cig/cit parsing within multipart/*
1799 * fix on-screen instructions for show-signature
1800 * fix from list reformatting in search view
1801 * fix space key: now archives (did opposite)
1803 Uwe Kleine-König contributed
1805 * use full path for sendmail/doc fix
1806 * fix compose temp file name
1808 Python Bindings changes
1809 -----------------------
1811 Sebastian Spaeth contributed two changes related to unicode and UTF8:
1813 * message tags are now explicitly unicode
1814 * query string is encoded as a UTF8 byte string
1816 Build-System improvements
1817 -------------------------
1819 Generate notmuch.sym after the relevant object files
1821 This fixes a bug in parallel building. Thanks to Thomas Jost for the
1824 Notmuch 0.6.1 (2011-07-17)
1825 ==========================
1830 Re-export Xapian exception typeinfo symbols
1832 It turned out our aggressive symbol hiding caused problems for
1833 people running gcc 4.4.5.
1835 Notmuch 0.6 (2011-07-01)
1836 =======================
1838 New, general features
1839 ---------------------
1841 Folder-based searching
1843 Notmuch queries can now include a search term to match the
1844 directories in which mail files are stored (within the mail
1845 storage). The syntax is as follows:
1849 For example, one might use things such as:
1855 to match any path containing a directory "spam", "work/todo", or
1856 containing a directory starting with "2011-", respectively.
1858 This feature is particularly useful for users of delivery-agent
1859 software (such as procmail or maildrop) that is filtering mail and
1860 delivering it to particular folders, or users of systems such as
1861 Gmail that use filesystem directories to indicate message tags.
1863 NOTE: Only messages that are newly indexed with this version of
1864 notmuch will be searchable with folder: terms. In order to enable
1865 this feature for all mail, the entire notmuch index will need to be
1868 notmuch dump > notmuch.dump
1869 # Backup, then remove notmuch database ($MAIL/.notmuch)
1871 notmuch restore notmuch.dump
1873 Support for PGP/MIME
1875 Both the command-line interface and the emacs-interface have new
1876 support for PGP/MIME, detailed below. Thanks to Daniel Kahn Gillmor
1877 and Jameson Graef Rollins for making this happen.
1879 New, automatic tags: "signed" and "encrypted"
1881 These tags will automatically be applied to messages containing
1882 multipart/signed and multipart/encrypted parts.
1884 NOTE: Only messages that are newly indexed with this version of
1885 notmuch will receive these tags.
1887 New command-line features
1888 -------------------------
1890 Add new "notmuch show --verify" option for signature verification
1892 This option instruct notmuch to verify the signature of
1893 PGP/MIME-signed parts.
1895 Add new "notmuch show --decrypt" and "notmuch reply --decrypt" options
1897 This option instructs notmuch to decrypt PGP/MIME-encrypted parts.
1898 Note that this feature currently requires gpg-agent and a passphrase entry
1899 tool (e.g. pinentry-gtk or pinentry-curses).
1901 Proper nesting of multipart parts in "notmuch show" output
1903 MIME parts are now display with proper nesting to reflect original
1904 MIME hierarchy of a message. This allows clients to correctly
1905 analyze the MIME structure, (such as, for example, determining to
1906 which parts a signature part applies).
1908 Add new "notmuch show --part" option
1910 This is a replacement for the older "notmuch part" command, (which
1911 is now deprecated—it should still work as always, but is no longer
1912 documented). Putting part output under "notmuch show" allows for all
1913 of the "notmuch show" options to be applied when extracting a single
1914 part, (such as --format=json for extracting a message part with JSON
1917 Deprecate "notmuch search-tags" (in favor of "notmuch search --output=tags *")
1919 The "notmuch search-tags" sub-command has been redundant since the
1920 addition of the --output=tags option to "notmuch search". We now
1921 make that more clear by deprecating "notmuch search-tags", (dropping
1922 it from the documentation). We do continue to support the old syntax
1923 by translating it internally to the new call.
1925 Performance improvements
1926 ------------------------
1928 Faster searches (by doing fewer searches to construct threads)
1930 Whenever a user asks for search results as threads, notmuch first
1931 performs a search for messages matching the query, then performs
1932 additional searches to find other messages in the resulting threads.
1934 Removing inefficiencies and redundancies in these secondary searches
1935 results in a measured speedups of 1.5x for a typical search.
1937 Faster searches (by doing fewer passes to gather message data)
1939 Optimizing Xapian data access patterns (using a single pass to get
1940 all message-document data rather than a pass for each data type)
1941 results in a measured speedup of 1.7x for a typical search.
1943 The benefits of this optimization combine with the preceding
1944 optimization. With both in place, Austin Clements measured a speedup
1945 of 2.5x for a search of all messages in his inbox (was 4.5s, now
1946 1.8s). Thanks, Austin!
1948 Faster initial indexing
1950 More efficient indexing of new messages results in a measured
1951 speedup of 1.4x for the initial indexing of 3 GB of mail (1h 14m
1952 rather than 1h 46m). Thanks to Austin Clements and Michal Sojka.
1954 Make "notmuch new" faster for unchanged directories
1956 Optimizing to not do any further examinations of sub-directories
1957 when the filesystem indicates that a directory is unchanged from the
1958 last "notmuch new" results in measured speedups of 8.5 for the "No
1959 new mail" case, (was 0.77s, now 0.09s). Thanks to Karel Zak.
1961 New emacs-interface features
1962 ----------------------------
1964 Support for PGP/MIME (GnuPG)
1966 Automatically indicate validity of signatures for multipart/signed
1967 messages. Automatically display decrypted content for
1968 multipart/encrypted messages. See the emacs variable
1969 notmuch-crypto-process-mime for more information. Note that this
1970 needs gpg-agent and a pinentry tool just as the command-line tools.
1971 Also note there is no support SMIME yet.
1973 Output of pipe command is now displayed if pipe command fails
1975 This is extremely useful in the common use case of piping a patch to
1976 "git am". If git fails to cleanly merge the patch the error messages
1977 from the failed merge are now clearly displayed to the user, (where
1978 previously they were silently hidden from the user).
1980 User-selectable From address
1982 A user can choose which configured email addresses should be used as
1983 the From address whenever composing a new message. To do so, simply
1984 press C-u before the command which will open a new message. Emacs
1985 will prompt for the from address to use.
1987 The user can customize the "Notmuch Identities" setting in the
1988 notmuch customize group in order to use addresses other than those in
1989 the notmuch configuration file if desired.
1991 The user can also choose to always be prompted for the from address
1992 when composing a new message (without having to use C-u) by setting
1993 the "Notmuch Always Prompt For Sender" option in the notmuch
1996 Hiding of repeated subjects in collapsed thread view
1998 In notmuch-show mode, if a collapsed message has the same subject as
1999 its parent, the subject is not shown.
2001 Automatic detection and hiding of original message in top-posted message
2003 When a message contains a line looking something like:
2005 ----- Original Message -----
2007 emacs hides this and all subsequent lines as an "original message",
2008 (allowing the user to click or press enter on the "original message"
2009 button to display it again). This makes the handling of top-posted
2010 citations work much like conventional citations.
2012 New hooks for running code when tags are modified
2014 Some users want to perform additional actions whenever a particular
2015 tag is added/removed from a message. This could be used to, for
2016 example, interface with some external spam-recognition training
2017 tool. To facilitate this, two new hooks are added which can be
2018 modified in the following settings of the notmuch customize group:
2020 Notmuch Before Tag Hook
2021 Notmuch After Tag Hook
2023 New optional support for hiding some multipart/alternative parts
2025 Many emails are sent with redundant content within a
2026 multipart/alternative group (such as a text/plain part as well as a
2027 text/html part). Users can configure the setting:
2029 Notmuch Show All Multipart/Alternative Parts
2031 to "off" in the notmuch customize group to have the interface
2032 automatically hide some part alternatives (such as text/html
2033 parts). This new part hiding is not configured by default yet
2034 because there's not yet a simple way to re-display such a hidden
2035 part if it is not actually redundant with a displayed part.
2037 Better rendering of text/x-vcalendar parts
2039 These parts are now displayed in a format suitable for use with the
2042 Avoid getting confused by Subject and Author fields with newline characters
2044 Replacing all characters with ASCII code less than 32 with a question mark.
2046 Cleaner display of From line in email messages
2048 Remove double quotes, and drop "name" if it's actually just a repeat of
2051 Vim interface improvements
2052 --------------------------
2054 Felipe Contreras provided a number of updates for the vim interface:
2056 * Using sendmail directly rather than mailx,
2057 * Implementing archive in show view
2058 * Add support to mark as read in show and search views
2059 * Add delete commands
2062 Bindings improvements
2063 ---------------------
2065 Ruby bindings are now much more complete
2067 Including `QUERY.sort`, `QUERY.to_s`, `MESSAGE.maildir_flags_to_tags`,
2068 `MESSAGE.tags_to_maildir_flags`, and `MESSAGE.get_filenames`
2070 Python bindings have been updated and extended
2072 (docs online at http://packages.python.org/notmuch/)
2076 - `Message().get_filenames()`, `Message().tags_to_maildir_flags()`,
2077 `Message().maildir_flags_to_tags()`, `list(Threads())` and
2078 `list(Messages)` works now
2079 - `Message().__cmp__()` and `__hash__()`
2081 These allow, for example:
2083 if msg1 == msg2: ...
2085 As well as set arithmetic on `Messages()`:
2087 s1, s2 = set(msgs1), set(msgs2)
2093 - `len(Messages())` as it exhausted the iterator
2095 Use `len(list(Messages()))` or `Query.count_messages()`
2098 Added initial Go bindings in bindings/go
2100 New build-system features
2101 -------------------------
2103 Added support for building in a directory other than the source directory
2105 This can be used with the widely-supported idiom of simply running
2106 the configure script from some other directory:
2113 Fix to save configure options for future, implicit runs of configure
2115 When a user updates the source (such as with "git pull") calling
2116 "make" may cause an automatic re-run of the configure script. When
2117 this happens, the configure script will automatically be called with
2118 the same options the user originally passed in the most-recent
2119 manual invocation of configure.
2121 New test-suite feature
2122 ----------------------
2124 Binary for bash for running test suite now located via PATH
2126 The notmuch test suite requires a fairly recent version of bash (>=
2127 bash 4). As some systems supply an older version of bash at
2128 /bin/bash, the test suite is now updated to search $PATH to locate
2129 the bash binary. This allows users of systems with old /bin/bash to
2130 simply install bash >= 4 somewhere on $PATH before /bin and then use
2133 Support for testing output with a trailing newline
2135 Previously, some tests would fail to notice a difference in the
2136 presence/absence of a trailing newline in a program output, (which
2137 has led to bugs in the past). Now, carefully-written tests (using
2138 `test_expect_equal_file` rather than `test_expect_equal`) will detect
2139 any change in the presence/absence of a trailing newline. Many tests
2140 are updated to take advantage of this.
2142 Avoiding accessing user's $HOME while running test suite
2144 The test suite now carefully creates its own HOME directory. This
2145 allows the test suite to be run with no existing HOME directory, (as
2146 some build systems apparently do), and avoids test-suite differences
2147 due to configuration files in the users HOME directory.
2153 Output *all* files for "notmuch search --output=files"
2155 For the cases where multiple files have the same Message ID,
2156 previous versions of notmuch would output only one such file. This
2157 command is now fixed to correctly output all files.
2159 Fixed spurious search results from "overlapped" indexing of addresses
2161 This fixed a bug where a search for:
2163 to:user@elsewhere.com
2165 would incorrectly match a message sent:
2167 To: user@example,com, someone@elsewhere.com
2169 Fix --output=json when search has no results
2171 A bug present since notmuch 0.4 had caused searches with no results
2172 to produce an invalid json object. This is now fixed to cleanly
2173 return a valid json object representing an empty array "[]" as
2176 Fix the automatic detection of the From address for "notmuch reply"
2177 from the Received headers in some cases
2179 Fix core dump on DragonFlyBSD due to -1 return value from
2180 `sysconf(_SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX)`
2182 Cleaned up several memory leaks
2184 Eliminated a few, rare segmentation faults and a double-free
2186 Fix libnotmuch library to only export notmuch API functions
2188 Previous release of the notmuch library also exported some Xapian
2189 C++ exception type symbols. These were never part of the library
2190 interface and were never intended to be exported.
2192 Emacs-interface bug fixes
2193 -------------------------
2195 Display any unexpected output or errors from "notmuch search" invocations
2197 Previously any misformatted output or trailing error messages were
2198 silently ignored. This output is now clearly displayed. This fix was
2199 very helpful in identifying and fixing the bug described below.
2201 Fix bug where some threads would be missing from large search results
2203 When a search returned a "large" number of results, the emacs
2204 interface was incorrectly dropping one thread every time the output
2205 of the "notmuch search" process spanned the emacs read-buffer. This
2208 Avoid re-compression of .gz files (and similar) when saving attachment
2210 Emacs was being too clever for its own good and trying to
2211 re-compress pre-compressed .gz files when saving such attachments
2212 (potentially corrupting the attachment). The emacs interface is
2213 fixed to avoid this bug.
2215 Fix hiding of a message when a previously-hidden citation is visible
2217 Previously the citation would remain visible in this case. This is
2218 fixed so that hiding a message hides all parts.
2220 Notmuch 0.5 (2010-11-11)
2221 ========================
2223 New, general features
2224 ---------------------
2226 Maildir-flag synchronization
2228 Notmuch now knows how to synchronize flags in maildir filenames with
2229 tags in the notmuch database. The following flag/tag mappings are
2238 'S' unread (added when 'S' flag is not present)
2240 The synchronization occurs in both directions, (for example, adding
2241 the 'S' flag to a file will cause the "unread" tag to be added, and
2242 adding the "replied" tag to a message will cause the file to be
2243 renamed with an 'R' flag).
2245 This synchronization is enabled by default for users of the
2246 command-line interface, (though only files in directories named
2247 "cur" or "new" will be renamed). It can be disabled by setting the
2248 new `maildir.synchronize_flags` option in the configuration file. For
2251 notmuch config set maildir.synchronize_flags false
2253 Users upgrading may also want to run "notmuch setup" once (just
2254 accept the existing configuration) to get a new, nicely-commented
2255 [maildir] section added to the configuration file.
2257 For users of the notmuch library, the new synchronization
2258 functionality is available with the following two new functions:
2260 notmuch_message_maildir_flags_to_tags
2261 notmuch_message_tags_to_maildir_flags
2263 It is anticipated that future improvements to this support will
2264 allow for safe synchronization of the 'T' flag with the "deleted"
2265 tag, as well as support for custom flag/tag mappings.
2267 New library features
2268 --------------------
2270 Support for querying multiple filenames for a single message
2272 It is common for the mailstore to contain multiple files with the
2273 same message ID. Previously, notmuch would always hide these
2274 duplicate files, (returning a single, arbitrary filename with
2275 `notmuch_message_get_filename`).
2277 With this release, library users can access all filenames for a
2278 message with the new function:
2280 notmuch_message_get_filenames
2282 Together with `notmuch_filenames_valid`, `notmuch_filenames_get`,
2283 and `notmuch_filenames_move_to_next` it is now possible to iterate
2284 over all available filenames for a given message.
2286 New command-line features
2287 -------------------------
2289 New "notmuch show --format=raw" for getting at original email contents
2291 This new feature allows for a fully-functional email client to be
2292 built on top of the notmuch command-line without needing any direct
2293 access to the mail store itself.
2295 For example, it's now possible to run "emacs -f notmuch" on a local
2296 machine with only ssh access to the mail store/notmuch database. To
2297 do this, simply set the notmuch-command variable in emacs to the
2298 name of a script containing:
2300 ssh user@host notmuch "$@"
2302 If the ssh client has enabled connection sharing (ControlMaster
2303 option in OpenSSH), the emacs interface can be quite responsive this
2309 Fix "notmuch search" to print nothing when nothing matches
2311 The 0.4 release had a bug in which:
2313 notmuch search <expression-with-no-matches>
2315 would produce a single blank line of output, (where previous
2316 versions would produce no output. This fix also causes a change in
2317 the --format=json output, (which would previously produce "[]" and
2318 now produces nothing).
2320 Emacs interface improvements
2321 ----------------------------
2323 Fix to allow pipe ('|') command to work when using notmuch over ssh
2325 Fix count of lines in hidden signatures
2327 Omit repeated subject lines in (collapsed) thread display
2329 Display current thread subject in a header line
2331 Provide a "c i" binding to copy a thread ID from the search view
2333 Allow for notmuch-fcc-dirs to have a value of nil
2335 Also, the more complex form of notmuch-fcc-dirs now has a slightly
2336 different format. It no longer has a special first-element, fallback
2337 string. Instead it's now a list of cons cells where the car of each
2338 cell is a regular expression to be matched against the sender
2339 address, and the cdr is the name of a folder to use for an FCC. So
2340 the old fallback behavior can be achieved by including a final cell
2341 of (".*" . "default-fcc-folder").
2343 Vim interface improvements
2344 --------------------------
2346 Felipe Contreras provided a number of updates for the vim interface
2348 These include optimizations, support for newer versions of vim, fixed
2349 support for sending mail on modern systems, new commands, and
2355 Added initial ruby bindings in bindings/ruby
2357 Notmuch 0.4 (2010-11-01)
2358 ========================
2360 New command-line features
2361 -------------------------
2363 `notmuch search --output=(summary|threads|messages|tags|files)`
2365 This new option allows for particular items to be returned from
2366 notmuch searches. The "summary" option is the default and behaves
2367 just as "notmuch search" has historically behaved.
2369 The new option values allow for thread IDs, message IDs, lists of
2370 tags, and lists of filenames to be returned from searches. It is
2371 expected that this new option will be very useful in shell
2372 scripts. For example:
2374 for file in $(notmuch search --output=files <search-terms>); do
2375 <operations-on> "$file"
2378 `notmuch show --format=mbox <search-specification>`
2380 This new option allows for the messages matching a search
2381 specification to be presented as an mbox. Specifically the "mboxrd"
2382 format is used which allows for reversible quoting of lines
2383 beginning with "From ". A reader should remove a single '>' from the
2384 beginning of all lines beginning with one or more '>' characters
2385 followed by the 5 characters "From ".
2387 `notmuch config [get|set] <section>.<item> [value ...]`
2389 The new top-level "config" command allows for any value in the
2390 notmuch configuration file to be queried or set to a new value. Both
2391 single-valued and multi-valued items are supported, as our any
2392 custom items stored in the configuration file.
2394 Avoid setting Bcc header in "notmuch reply"
2396 We decided that this was a bit heavy-handed as the actual mail
2397 user-agent should be responsible for setting any Bcc option. Also,
2398 see below for the notmuch/emacs user-agent now setting an Fcc by
2399 default rather than Bcc.
2401 New library features
2402 --------------------
2404 Add `notmuch_query_get_query_string` and `notmuch_query_get_sort`
2406 These are simply functions for querying properties of a
2407 `notmuch_query_t` object.
2412 Enable Fcc of all sent messages by default (to "sent" directory)
2414 All messages sent from the emacs interface will now be saved to the
2415 notmuch mail store where they will be incorporated to the database
2416 by the next "notmuch new". By default, messages are saved to the
2417 "sent" directory at the top-level of the mail store. This directory
2418 can be customized by means of the "Notmuch Fcc Dirs" option in the
2419 notmuch customize interface.
2421 Ability to all open messages in a thread to a pipe
2423 Historically, the '|' keybinding allows for piping a single message
2424 to an external command. Now, by prefixing this key with a prefix
2425 argument, (for example, by pressing "Control-U |"), all open
2426 messages in the current thread will be sent to the external command.
2428 Optional support for detecting inline patches
2430 This hook is disabled by default but can be enabled with a checkbox
2431 under "Notmuch Show Insert Text/Plain Hook" in the notmuch customize
2432 interface. It allows for inline patches to be detected and treated
2433 as if they were attachments, (with context-sensitive highlighting).
2435 Automatically tag messages as "replied" when sending a reply
2437 Messages replied to within the emacs interface will now be tagged as
2438 "replied". This feature can easily be customized to add or remove
2439 other tags as well. For example, a user might use a tag of
2440 "needs-reply" and can configure this feature to automatically remove
2441 that tag when replying. See "Notmuch Message Mark Replied" in the
2442 notmuch customize interface.
2444 Allow search-result color specifications to overlay each other
2446 For example, one tag can specify the background color of matching
2447 lines, while another can specify the foreground. With this change,
2448 both settings will now be visible simultaneously, (which was not the
2449 case in previous releases). See "Notmuch Search Line Faces" in the
2450 notmuch customize interface.
2452 Make hidden author names still available for incremental search
2454 When there is insufficient space to display all authors of a thread
2455 in search results, the names of hidden authors are now still made
2456 available to emacs' incremental search commands. As the user
2457 searches, matching lines will temporarily expand to show the hidden
2460 New binding of Control-TAB (works like TAB in reverse)
2462 Many notmuch nodes already use TAB to navigate forward through
2463 various items allowing actions, (message headers, email attachments,
2464 etc.). The new Control-TAB binding operates similarly but in the
2467 New build-system features
2468 -------------------------
2470 Various portability fixes have been applied
2472 These include fixes for build failures on at least Solaris, FreeBSD,
2473 and Fedora systems. We're hopeful that the notmuch code base is now
2474 more portable than ever before.
2476 Arrange for libnotmuch to be found automatically after make install
2478 The notmuch build system is now careful to help the user avoid
2479 errors of the form "libnotmuch.so could not be found" immediately
2480 after installing. This support takes two forms:
2482 1. If the library is installed to a system directory,
2483 (configured in /etc/ld.so.conf), then "make install" will
2484 automatically run ldconfig.
2486 2. If the library is installed to a non-system directory, the
2487 build system adds a `DR_RUNPATH` entry to the final binary
2488 pointing to the directory to which the library is installed.
2490 When this support works, the user should be able to run notmuch
2491 immediately after "make install", without any errors trying to find
2492 the notmuch library, and without having to manually set environment
2493 variables such as `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`.
2495 Check compiler/linker options before using them
2497 The configure script now carefully checks that any desired
2498 compilation options, (whether for enabling compiler warnings, or for
2499 embedding rpath, etc.), are supported. Only supported options are
2500 used in the resulting Makefile.
2502 New test-suite features
2503 -----------------------
2505 New modularization of test suite
2507 Thanks to a gracious relicensing of the test-suite infrastructure
2508 from the git project, notmuch now has a modular test suite. This
2509 provides the ability to run individual sections of the test suite
2510 rather than the whole things. It also provides better summary of
2511 test results, with support for tests that are expected to fail
2512 (BROKEN and FIXED) in addition to PASS and FAIL. Finally, it makes
2513 it easy to run the test suite within valgrind (pass --valgrind to
2514 notmuch-test or to any sub-script) which has been very useful.
2516 New testing of emacs interface
2518 The test suite has been augmented to allow automated testing of the
2519 emacs interfaces. So far, this includes basic searches, display of
2520 threads, and tag manipulation. This also includes a test that a new
2521 message can successfully be sent out through a (dummy) SMTP server
2522 and that said message is successfully integrated into the notmuch
2523 database via the FCC setting.
2528 Fix potential corruption of database when "notmuch new" is interrupted
2530 Previously, an interruption of "notmuch new" would (rarely) result
2531 in a corrupt database. The corruption would manifest itself by a
2532 persistent error of the form:
2534 document ID of 1234 has no thread ID
2536 The message-adding code has been carefully audited and reworked to
2537 avoid this sort of corruption regardless of when it is interrupted.
2539 Fix failure with extremely long message ID headers
2541 Previously, a message with an extremely long message ID, (say, more
2542 than 300 characters), would fail to be added to notmuch, (triggering
2543 Xapian exceptions). This has now been fixed.
2545 Fix for messages with "charset=unknown-8bit"
2547 Previously, messages with this charset would cause notmuch to emit a
2548 GMime warning, (which would then trip up emacs or other interfaces
2549 parsing the notmuch results).
2551 Fix `notmuch_query_search_threads` function to return NULL on any exception
2553 Fix "notmuch search" to return non-zero if `notmuch_query_search_threads`
2556 Previously, this command could confusingly report a Xapian
2557 exception, yet still return an error code of 0. It now correctly
2558 returns a failing error code of 1 in this case.
2563 Fix to handle a message with a subject containing, for example "[1234]"
2565 Previously, a message subject containing a sequence of digits within
2566 square brackets would cause the emacs interface to mis-parse the
2567 output of "notmuch search". This would result in the message being
2568 mis-displayed and prevent the user from manipulating the message in
2569 the emacs interface.
2571 Fix to correctly handle message IDs containing ".."
2573 The emacs interface now properly quotes message IDs to avoid a
2574 Xapian bug in which the ".." within a message ID would be
2575 misinterpreted as a numeric range specification.
2577 Python-binding fixes
2578 --------------------
2580 The python bindings for notmuch have been updated to work with python3.
2582 Debian-specific fixes
2583 ---------------------
2585 Fix emacs initialization so "M-x notmuch" works for users by default
2587 Now, a new Debian user can immediately run "emacs -f notmuch" after
2588 "apt-get install notmuch". Previously, the user would have had to
2589 edit the ~/.emacs file to add "(require 'notmuch)" before this would
2592 Notmuch 0.3.1 (2010-04-27)
2593 ==========================
2598 Fix an infinite loop in "notmuch reply"
2600 This bug could be triggered by replying to a message where the
2601 user's primary email address did not appear in the To: header and
2602 the user had not configured any secondary email addresses. The bug
2603 was a simple re-use of the same iterator variable in nested loops.
2605 Fix a potential SEGV in "notmuch search"
2607 This bug could be triggered by an author name ending in a ','.
2608 Admittedly - that's almost certainly a spam email, but we never
2609 want notmuch to crash.
2614 Fix calculations for line wrapping in the primary "notmuch" view
2616 Fix Fcc support to prompt to create a directory if the specified Fcc
2617 directory does not exist
2622 Fix build on OpenSolaris (at least) due to missing 'extern "C"' block
2624 Without this, the C++ sources could not find strcasestr and the
2625 final linking of notmuch would fail.
2627 Notmuch 0.3 (2010-04-27)
2628 ========================
2630 New command-line features
2631 -------------------------
2633 User-configurable tags for new messages
2635 A new "new.tags" option is available in the configuration file to
2636 determine which tags are applied to new messages. Run "notmuch
2637 setup" to generate new documentation within ~/.notmuch-config on how
2638 to specify this value.
2640 Threads search results named based on subjects that match search
2642 This means that when new mails arrived to a thread you've previously
2643 read, and the new mails have a new subject, you will see that
2644 subject in the search results rather than the old subject.
2646 Faster operation of "notmuch tag" (avoid unneeded sorting)
2648 Since the user just wants to tag all matching messages, we can make
2649 things perform a bit faster by avoiding the sort.
2651 Even Better guessing of From: header for "notmuch reply"
2653 Notmuch now looks at a number of headers when trying to figure out
2654 the best From: header to use in a reply. This is helpful if you have
2655 several configured email addresses, and you also subscribe to various
2656 mailing lists with different addresses, (so that mails you are
2657 replying to won't always include your subscribed address in the To:
2660 Indication of author names that match a search
2662 When notmuch displays threads as the result of a search, it now
2663 lists the authors that match the search before listing the other
2664 authors in the thread. It inserts a pipe '|' symbol between the last
2665 matching and first non-matching author. This is especially useful in
2666 a search that includes tag:unread. Now the authors of the unread
2667 messages in the thread are listed first.
2669 New: Python bindings
2670 --------------------
2672 Sebastian Spaeth has contributed his python bindings for the notmuch
2673 library to the central repository. These bindings were previously
2674 known as "cnotmuch" within python but have now been renamed to be
2675 accessible with a simple, and more official-looking "import notmuch".
2677 The bindings have already proven very useful as people proficient in
2678 python have been able to easily develop programs to do notmuch-based
2679 searches for email-address completion, maildir-flag synchronization,
2682 These bindings are available within the bindings/python directory, but
2683 are not yet integrated into the top-level Makefiles, nor the top-level
2684 package-building scripts. Improvements are welcome.
2686 Emacs interface improvements
2687 ----------------------------
2689 An entirely new initial view for notmuch, (friendly yet powerful)
2691 Some of us call the new view "notmuch hello" but you can get at it
2692 by simply calling "emacs -f notmuch". The new view provides a search
2693 bar where new searches can be performed. It also displays a list of
2694 recent searches, along with a button to save any of these, giving it
2695 a new name as a "saved search". Many people find these "saved
2696 searches" one of the most convenient ways of organizing their mail,
2697 (providing all of the features of "folders" in other mail clients,
2698 but without any of the disadvantages).
2700 Finally, this view can also optionally display all of the tags that
2701 exist in the database, along with a count for each tag, and a custom
2702 search of messages with that tag that's simply a click (or keypress)
2705 NOTE: For users that liked the original mode of "emacs -f notmuch"
2706 immediately displaying a particular search result, we recommend
2707 instead running something like:
2709 emacs --eval '(notmuch search "tag:inbox" t)'
2711 The "t" means to sort the messages in an "oldest first" order,
2712 (as notmuch would do previously by default). You can also
2713 leave that off to have your search results in "newest first"
2716 Full-featured "customize" support for configuring notmuch
2718 Notmuch now plugs in well to the emacs "customize" mode to make it
2719 much simpler to find things about the notmuch interface that can be
2720 tweaked by the user.
2722 You can get to this mode by starting at the main "Customize" menu in
2723 emacs, then browsing through "Applications", "Mail", and
2724 "Notmuch". Or you can go straight to "M-x customize-group"
2727 Once you're at the customize screen, you'll see a list of documented
2728 options that can be manipulated along with checkboxes, drop-down
2729 selectors, and text-entry boxes for configuring the various
2732 Support for doing tab-completion of email addresses
2734 This support currently relies on an external program,
2735 (notmuch-addresses), that is not yet shipped with notmuch
2736 itself. But multiple, suitable implementations of this program have
2737 already been written that generate address completions by doing
2738 notmuch searches of your email collection. For example, providing
2739 first those addresses that you have composed messages to in the
2742 One such program (implemented in python with the python bindings to
2743 notmuch) is available via:
2745 git clone http://jkr.acm.jhu.edu/git/notmuch_addresses.git
2747 Install that program as notmuch-addresses on your PATH, and then
2748 hitting TAB on a partial email address or name within the To: or Cc:
2749 line of an email message will provide matching completions.
2751 Support for file-based (Fcc) delivery of sent messages to mail store
2753 This isn't yet enabled by default. To enable this, one will have to
2754 set the "Notmuch Fcc Dirs" setting within the notmuch customize
2755 screen, (see its documentation there for details). We anticipate
2756 making this automatic in a future release.
2758 New 'G' key binding to trigger mail refresh (G == "Get new mail")
2760 The 'G' key works wherever '=' works. Before refreshing the screen
2761 it calls an external program that can be used to poll email servers,
2762 run notmuch new and set up specific tags for the new emails. The
2763 script to be called should be configured with the "Notmuch Poll
2764 Script" setting in the customize interface. This script will
2765 typically invoke "notmuch new" and then perhaps several "notmuch
2768 Implement emacs message display with the JSON output from notmuch
2770 This is much more robust than the previous implementation, (where
2771 some HTML mails and mail quoting the notmuch code with the delimiter
2772 characters in it would cause the parser to fall over).
2774 Better handling of HTML messages and MIME attachments (inline images!)
2776 Allow for any MIME parts that emacs can display to be displayed
2777 inline. This includes inline viewing of image attachments, (provided
2778 the window is large enough to fit the image at its natural size).
2780 Much more robust handling of HTML messages. Currently both text/plain
2781 and text/html alternates will be rendered next to each other. In a
2782 future release, users will be able to decide to see only one or the
2783 other representation.
2785 Each attachment now has its own button so that attachments can be
2786 saved individually (the 'w' key is still available to save all
2789 Customizable support for tidying of text/plain message content
2791 Many new functions are available for tidying up message
2792 content. These include options such as wrapping long lines,
2793 compressing duplicate blank lines, etc.
2795 Most of these are disabled by default, but can easily be enabled by
2796 clicking the available check boxes under the "Notmuch Show Insert
2797 Text/Plain Hook" within the notmuch customize screen.
2799 New support for searchable citations (even when hidden)
2801 When portions of overly-long citations are hidden, the contents of
2802 these citations will still be available for emacs' standard
2803 "incremental search" functions. When the search matches any portion
2804 of a hidden citation, the citation will become visible temporarily
2805 to display the search result.
2807 More flexible handling of header visibility
2809 As an answer to complaints from many users, the To, Cc, and Date
2810 headers of messages are no longer hidden by default. For those users
2811 that liked that these were hidden, a new "Notmuch Messages Headers
2812 Visible" option in the customize interface can be set to nil. The
2813 visibility of headers can still be toggled on a per-message basis
2814 with the 'h' keybinding.
2816 For users that don't want to see some subset of those headers, the
2817 new "Notmuch Message Headers" variable can be customized to list
2818 only those headers that should be present in the display of a message.
2820 The Return key now toggles message visibility anywhere
2822 Previously this worked only on the first summary-line of a message.
2824 Customizable formatting of search results
2826 The user can easily customize the order, width, and formatting of
2827 the various fields in a "notmuch search" buffer. See the "Notmuch
2828 Search Result Format" section of the customize interface.
2830 Generate nicer names for search buffers when using a saved search
2832 Add a notmuch User-Agent header when sending mail from notmuch/emacs
2834 New keybinding (M-Ret) to open all collapsed messages in a thread
2839 Provide a new `NOTMUCH_SORT_UNSORTED` value for queries
2841 This can be somewhat faster when sorting simply isn't desired. For
2842 example when collecting a set of messages that will all be
2843 manipulated identically, (adding a tag, removing a tag, deleting the
2844 messages), then there's no advantage to sorting the messages by
2850 Fix to compile against GMime 2.6
2852 Previously notmuch insisted on being able to find GMime 2.4, (even
2853 though GMime 2.6 would have worked all along).
2855 Fix configure script to accept (and ignore) various standard options
2857 For example, those that the Gentoo build scripts expect configure to
2858 accept are now all accepted.
2863 A large number of new tests for the many new features
2865 Better display of output from failed tests
2867 Now shows failures with diff rather than forcing the user to gaze at
2868 complete actual and expected output looking for deviation.
2870 Notmuch 0.2 (2010-04-16)
2871 ========================
2873 This is the second release of the notmuch mail system, with actual
2874 detailed release notes this time!
2876 This release consists of a number of minor new features that make
2877 notmuch more pleasant to use, and a few fairly major bug fixes.
2879 We didn't quite hit our release target of "about a week" from the 0.1
2880 release, (0.2 is happening 11 days after 0.1), but we hope to do
2881 better for next week. Look forward to some major features coming to
2882 notmuch in subsequent releases.
2889 Better guessing of From: header
2891 Notmuch now tries harder to guess which configured address should be
2892 used as the From: line in a "notmuch reply". It will examine the
2893 Received: headers if it fails to find any configured address in To:
2894 or Cc:. This allows it to often choose the correct address even when
2895 replying to a message sent to a mailing list, and not directly to a
2898 Make "notmuch count" with no arguments count all messages
2900 Previously, it was hard to construct a search term that was
2901 guaranteed to match all messages.
2903 Provide a new special-case search term of "*" to match all messages
2905 This can be used in any command accepting a search term, such as
2906 "notmuch search '*'". Note that you'll want to take care that the
2907 shell doesn't expand * against the current files. And note that the
2908 support for "*" is a special case. It's only meaningful as a single
2909 search term and loses its special meaning when combined with any
2912 Automatically detect thread connections even when a parent message is
2915 Previously, if two or more message were received with a common
2916 parent, but that parent was not received, then these messages would
2917 not be recognized as belonging to the same thread. This is now fixed
2918 so that such messages are properly connected in a thread.
2923 Fix potential data loss in "notmuch new" with SIGINT
2925 One code path in "notmuch new" was not properly handling
2926 SIGINT. Previously, this could lead to messages being removed from
2927 the database (and their tags being lost) if the user pressed
2928 Control-C while "notmuch new" was working.
2930 Fix segfault when a message includes a MIME part that is empty
2932 Fix handling of non-ASCII characters with --format=json
2934 Previously, characters outside the range of 7-bit ASCII were
2935 silently dropped from the JSON output. This led to corrupted display
2936 of utf-8 content in the upcoming notmuch web-based frontends.
2938 Fix headers to be properly decoded in "notmuch reply"
2940 Previously, the user might see:
2942 Subject: Re: =?iso-8859-2?q?Rozlu=E8ka?=
2946 Subject: Re: Rozlučka
2948 The former text is properly encoded to be RFC-compliant SMTP, will
2949 be sent correctly, and will be properly decoded by the
2950 recipient. But the user trying to edit the reply would likely be
2951 unable to read or edit that field in its encoded form.
2953 Emacs client features
2954 ---------------------
2956 Show the last few lines of citations as well as the first few lines
2958 It's often the case that the last sentence of a citation is what is
2959 being replied to directly, so the last few lines are often much more
2960 important. The number of lines shown at the beginning and end of any
2961 citation can be configured, (notmuch-show-citation-lines-prefix and
2962 notmuch-show-citation-lines-suffix).
2964 The '+' and '-' commands in the search view can now add and remove
2967 Selective bulk tagging is now possible by selecting a region of
2968 threads and then using either the '+' or '-' keybindings. Bulk
2969 tagging is still available for all threads matching the current
2970 search with the '*' binding.
2972 More meaningful buffer names for thread-view buffers
2974 Notmuch now uses the Subject of the thread as the buffer
2975 name. Previously it was using the thread ID, which is a meaningless
2978 Provide for customized colors of threads in search view based on tags
2980 See the documentation of notmuch-search-line-faces, (or us "M-x
2981 customize" and browse to the "notmuch" group within "Applications"
2982 and "Mail"), for details on how to configure this colorization.
2984 Build-system features
2985 ---------------------
2987 Add support to properly build libnotmuch on Darwin systems (OS X)
2989 Add support to configure for many standard options
2991 We include actual support for:
2993 --includedir --mandir --sysconfdir
2995 And accept and silently ignore several more:
2997 --build --infodir --libexecdir --localstatedir
2998 --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking
3000 Install emacs client in "make install" rather than requiring a
3001 separate "make install-emacs"
3003 Automatically compute versions numbers between releases
3005 This support uses the git-describe notation, so a version such as
3006 0.1-144-g43cbbfc indicates a version that is 144 commits since the
3007 0.1 release and is available as git commit "43cbbfc".
3009 Add a new "make test" target to run the test suite and actually
3012 Notmuch 0.1 (2010-04-05)
3013 ========================
3015 This is the first release of the notmuch mail system.
3017 It includes the libnotmuch library, the notmuch command-line
3018 interface, and an emacs-based interface to notmuch.
3020 Note: Notmuch will work best with Xapian 1.0.18 (or later) or Xapian
3021 1.1.4 (or later). Previous versions of Xapian (whether 1.0 or 1.1) had
3022 a performance bug that made notmuch very slow when modifying
3023 tags. This would cause distracting pauses when reading mail while
3024 notmuch would wait for Xapian when removing the "inbox" and "unread"
3025 tags from messages in a thread.
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