1 Notmuch 0.33 (UNRELEASED)
2 =========================
7 Respect excluded tags when showing a thread.
9 Notmuch 0.32 (UNRELEASED)
10 =========================
15 This release includes a significant overhaul of the configuration
16 management facilities for notmuch. The previous distinction between
17 configuration items that can be modified via plain text configuration
18 files and those that must be set in the database via the "notmuch
19 config" subcommand is gone, and all configuration items can be set in
20 both ways. The external configuration file overrides configuration
21 items in the database. The location of database, hooks, and
22 configuration files is now more flexible, with several new
23 configuration variables. In particular XDG locations are now supported
24 as fallbacks for database, configuration and hooks. For more
25 information see `notmuch-config(1)`.
30 To support the new configuration facilities, several functions and
31 constants have been added to the notmuch API. Most notably:
33 - `notmuch_database_create_with_config`
34 - `notmuch_database_open_with_config`
35 - `notmuch_database_load_config`
36 - `notmuch_config_get`
38 A previously requested API change is that `notmuch_database_reopen` is
39 now exposed (and generalized).
41 The previously severe slowdowns from large numbers calls to
42 notmuch_database_remove_message or notmuch_message_delete in one
43 session has been fixed.
45 As always, the canonical source of API documentation is
46 `lib/notmuch.h`, or the doxygen formatted documentation in `notmuch(3)`
51 The `notmuch config set` subcommand gained a `--database` argument to
52 specify that the database should be updated, rather than a config file.
54 The speed of `notmuch new` and `notmuch reindex` in dealing with large
55 numbers of mail file deletions is significantly improved.
60 Completion related updates include: de-duplicating tags offered for
61 completion, use the actual initial input in address completion, allow
62 users to opt out of notmuch address completion, and do not force Ido
63 when prompting for senders.
65 Some keymaps used to contain bindings for unnamed commands. These
66 lambda expressions have been replaced by named commands (symbols), to
69 Lexical binding is now used in all notmuch-emacs libraries.
71 Fix bug in calling `notmuch-mua-mail` with a non-nil RETURN-ACTION.
73 Removed, inlined or renamed functions and variables:
74 `notmuch-address-locate-command`,
75 `notmuch-documentation-first-line`, `notmuch-folder`,
76 `notmuch-hello-trim', `notmuch-hello-versions` => `notmuch-version`,
77 `notmuch-remove-if-not`, `notmuch-search-disjunctive-regexp`,
78 `notmuch-sexp-eof`, `notmuch-split-content-type`, and
79 `notmuch-tree-button-activate`.
81 Notmuch 0.31.4 (2021-02-18)
82 ===========================
87 Fix include bug triggered by glib 2.67.
92 Fix race condition in T568-lib-thread.
94 Notmuch 0.31.3 (2020-12-25)
95 ===========================
100 Fix for exclude tags in notmuch2 bindings.
105 Portability update for T360-symbol-hiding
110 Fix for memory error in notmuch_database_get_config_list
112 Notmuch 0.31.2 (2020-11-08)
113 ===========================
118 Catch one more occurence of "version" in the build system, which
119 caused the file to be regenerated in the release tarball.
121 Notmuch 0.31.1 (2020-11-08)
122 ===========================
127 Fix a memory initialization bug in notmuch_database_get_config_list.
132 Rename file 'version' to 'version.txt'. The old file name conflicted
133 with a C++ header for some compilers.
135 Replace use of coreutils `realpath` in configure.
137 Notmuch 0.31 (2020-09-05)
138 =========================
143 Notmuch now supports Emacs 27.1. You may need to set
144 `mml-secure-openpgp-sign-with-sender` and/or
145 `mml-secure-smime-sign-with-sender` to continue signing messages.
147 The minimum supported major version of GNU Emacs is now 25.1.
149 Add support for moving between threads after notmuch-tree-from-search-thread.
151 New `notmuch-unthreaded` mode (added in Notmuch 0.30)
153 Unthreaded view is a mode where each matching message is shown on a
156 The main key entries to unthreaded view are
158 'u' enter a query to view in unthreaded mode (works in hello,
159 search, show and tree mode)
161 'U' view the current query in unthreaded mode (works from search,
164 Saved searches can also specify that they should open in unthreaded
167 Currently it is not possible to specify the sort order: it will
168 always be newest first.
173 The shell pipeline executed by notmuch-mutt, which symlinked matched
174 files to a maildir for mutt to access is replaced with internal perl
175 processing. This search operation is now more portable, and somewhat
181 Improve exception handling in the library. This should
182 largely eliminate terminations inside the library due to uncaught
183 exceptions or internal errors. No doubt there are a few uncovered
184 code paths still; please report them as bugs.
186 Add `notmuch_message_get_flag_st` and
187 `notmuch_message_has_maildir_flag_st`, and deprecate the existing
188 non-status providing versions.
190 Move memory de-allocation from `notmuch_database_close` to
191 `notmuch_database_destroy`.
193 Handle relative filenames in `notmuch_database_index_file`, as
194 promised in the documentation.
199 Documentation for the python bindings is merged into the main
200 sphinx-doc documentation tree. The merged documentation can be built
201 with e.g. `make sphinx-html`
206 We now support building notmuch against Xapian 1.5 (the current
207 development version).
212 Test suite fixes for compatibility with Emacs 27.1.
217 Man pages are now compressed reproducibly.
219 Notmuch 0.30 (2020-07-10)
220 =========================
225 Handle S/MIME (PKCS#7) messages -- one-part signed messages, encrypted
226 messages, and multilayer messages. Treat them symmetrically to
227 OpenPGP messages. This includes handling protected headers
230 If you're using Notmuch with S/MIME, you currently need to configure
236 Detect and automatically repair a common form of message mangling
237 created by Microsoft Exchange (see index.repaired=mixedup in
238 notmuch-properties(7)).
243 Avoid indexing the legacy-display part of an encrypted message that
244 has protected headers (see
245 index.repaired=skip-protected-headers-legacy-display in
246 notmuch-properties(7)).
251 Drop support for python2, focus on python3.
253 Introduce new CFFI-based python bindings in the python module named
254 "notmuch2". Officially deprecate (but still support) the older
260 Support for Xapian 1.2 is removed. The minimum supported version of
263 Notmuch 0.29.3 (2019-11-27)
264 ===========================
269 Fix for use-after-free in notmuch_config_list_{key,val}.
271 Fix for double close of file in notmuch-dump.
276 Drop python2 support from shipped debian packaging.
278 Notmuch 0.29.2 (2019-10-19)
279 ===========================
284 Fix for file descriptor leak when opening gzipped mail files. Thanks
285 to James Troup for the bug report and the fix.
287 Notmuch 0.29.1 (2019-06-11)
288 ===========================
293 Fix for installation failure with `configure --without-emacs`.
295 Notmuch 0.29 (2019-06-07)
296 =========================
301 Add "body:" field to allow searching for terms that occur only in the
302 message body. Users will need to reindex their mail to take advantage
305 Add support for indexing user specified headers (e.g. List-Id). See
306 notmuch-config(1) for details. This requires reindexing after changing
307 the set of headers to be indexed.
309 Fix bug for searching in some headers for Xapian keywords in quoted
312 Add support for gzip compressed mail messages (/not/ multi-message
313 mboxes); e.g. `gzip -9 $MAIL/archive/giant-message && notmuch new`
314 should work. Note that maildir flag syncing for gzipped messages is
317 Notmuch is now capable of indexing, searching and rendering
318 cryptographically-protected Subject: headers of the form produced by
319 Enigmail and K-9 mail in encrypted messages.
321 Command Line Interface
322 ----------------------
324 `notmuch show` now supports --body=false and --include-html with
327 Fix several performance problems with `notmuch reindex`.
329 `notmuch show` and `notmuch reply` now emit per-message cryptographic
330 status in their json and sexp output formats. See devel/schemata for
331 more details about what is included there. This status includes
332 information about cryptographic protections for the Subject header.
337 Optionally check for missing attachments in outgoing messages (see
338 function `notmuch-mua-attachment-check`).
340 Bind `B` to browse URLs in current message.
342 Bind `g` to refresh the current notmuch buffer.
344 Editing a message as new now includes an FCC header.
346 Forwarded messages are now tagged as +forwarded (customizable).
348 Add references header to link forwarded message to thread of original
351 The minimum supported major version of Emacs is now 24.
353 Support for GNU Emacs older than 25.1 is deprecated with this release,
354 and may be removed in a future release.
356 Notmuch-emacs documentation is somewhat expanded. More contributions
362 Notmuch release tarballs are now compressed with `xz`.
364 We now provide conventional detached signatures of the release
365 tarballs in addition to the signed `sha256sum` files.
370 Support for GMime 2.6 is removed. The minimum supported version of
371 GMime is now 3.0.3. GMime also needs to have been compiled with
372 cryptography support.
377 If either GNU parallel or moreutils parallel is installed, the tests
378 in the test suite will now be run in parallel (one per available
379 core). This can be disabled with NOTMUCH_TEST_SERIALIZE=1.
381 Notmuch 0.28.4 (2019-05-05)
382 ===========================
384 Command line interface
385 ----------------------
387 Fix a spurious error when using `notmuch show --raw` on messages whose
388 size is a multiple of the internal buffer size.
390 Notmuch 0.28.3 (2019-03-05)
391 ===========================
396 Fix a bug with the internal data structure _notmuch_string_map_t used
397 by message properties.
402 Serialize calls to sphinx-build to avoid race condition.
404 Notmuch 0.28.2 (2019-02-17)
405 ===========================
410 Invoke gpg with --batch and --no-tty.
415 Fix documentation build with Python 3.7. Note that Python >= 3.3 is
416 now needed to build this documentation.
418 Notmuch 0.28.1 (2019-02-01)
419 ===========================
424 `configure` no longer uses the special variable BASH, as this causes
425 problems on systems where /bin/sh is bash.
427 Notmuch 0.28 (2018-10-12)
428 =========================
435 The threading algorithm has been updated to consider all references,
436 not just the heuristically chosen parent (e.g. when that parent is
437 not in the database). The heuristic for choosing a parent message
438 has also been updated to again consider the In-Reply-To header, if
439 it looks sensible. Re-indexing might be needed to take advantage of
442 Handle mislabelled Windows-1252 parts
444 Messages that contain Windows-1252 are apparently frequently
445 mislabelled as ISO 8859-1. Use GMime functionality to apply the
446 correct encoding for such messages.
448 Command Line Interface
449 ----------------------
451 Support relative database paths
453 Database paths (i.e. parameters to `notmuch config set
454 database.path`) without a leading `/` are now interpreted relative
455 to $HOME of the invoking user.
460 Improve stderr handling
462 Add a real sentinel process to clean up stderr buffer. This is
463 needed on e.g. macOS.
465 Call `notmuch-mua-send-hook` hooks when sending a message
467 This hook was documented, but not functional for a very long time.
472 The zsh completion has been updated to cover most of the notmuch
473 CLI. Internally it uses regexp searching, so needs at least Notmuch
479 The build system now installs notmuch-mutt and notmuch-emacs-mua with
480 absolute shebangs, following the conventions of most Linux
486 Fix certain tests that were failing with GMime 2.6. Users are reminded
487 that support for versions of GMime before 3.0.3 has been deprecated
490 Notmuch 0.27 (2018-06-13)
491 =========================
496 Add support for thread:{} queries
498 Queries of the form `thread:{foo} and thread:{bar}` match threads
499 containing (possibly distinct) messages matching foo and bar. See
500 `notmuch-search-terms(7)` for details.
502 Command Line Interface
503 ----------------------
505 Add the --full-scan option to `notmuch new`
507 This option disables mtime based optimization of scanning for new mail.
509 Add new --decrypt=stash option for `notmuch show`
511 This facilitates a workflow for encrypted messages where message
512 cleartext are indexed on first read, but the user's decryption key
513 does not have to be available during message receipt.
518 An initial manual for `notmuch-emacs` is now installed by default (in
524 As of this release, support for versions of Xapian before 1.4.0 is
525 deprecated, and may disappear in a future release of notmuch.
527 Notmuch 0.26.2 (2018-04-28)
528 ===========================
533 Work around Xapian bug with `get_mset(0,0, x)`
535 This causes aborts in `_notmuch_query_count_documents` on
536 e.g. Fedora 28. The underlying bug is fixed in Xapian commit
537 f92e2a936c1592, and will be fixed in Xapian 1.4.6.
539 Make thread indexing more robust against reference loops
541 Choose a thread root by date in case of reference loops. Fix a
542 related abort in `notmuch show`.
544 Notmuch 0.26.1 (2018-04-02)
545 ===========================
550 Bump the library minor version. This should have happened in 0.26, but
551 better late than never.
554 Notmuch 0.26 (2018-01-09)
555 =========================
557 Command Line Interface
558 ----------------------
560 Support for re-indexing existing messages
562 There is a new subcommand, `notmuch reindex`, which re-indexes all
563 messages matching supplied search terms. This permits users to
564 change the way specific messages are indexed.
566 Note that for messages with multiple variants in the message
567 archive, the recorded Subject: of may change upon reindexing,
568 depending on the order in which the variants are indexed.
570 Improved error reporting in notmuch new
572 Give more details when reporting certain Xapian exceptions.
574 Support maildir synced tags in `new.tags`
576 Tags `draft`, `flagged`, `passed`, and `replied` are now supported
577 in `new.tags`. The tag `unread` is still special in the presence of
578 maildir syncing, and will be added for files in `new/` regardless of
579 the setting of `new.tags`.
581 Support /regex/ in new.ignore
583 Files and directories may be ignored based on regular expressions.
585 Allow `notmuch insert --folder=""`
587 This inserts into the top level folder.
589 Strip trailing '/' from folder path for notmuch insert
591 This prevents a potential problem with duplicated database records.
593 New option --output=address for notmuch address
595 Make `notmuch show` more robust against deleting duplicate files
597 The option --decrypt now takes an explicit argument
599 The --decrypt option to `notmuch show` and `notmuch reply` now takes
600 an explicit argument. If you were used to invoking `notmuch show
601 --decrypt`, you should switch to `notmuch show --decrypt=true`.
603 Boolean and keyword arguments now take a `--no-` prefix
608 Indexing cleartext of encrypted e-mails
610 It's now possible to include the cleartext of encrypted e-mails in
611 the notmuch index. This makes it possible to search your encrypted
612 e-mails with the same ease as searching cleartext. This can be done
613 on a per-message basis by passing --decrypt=true to indexing
614 commands (new, insert, reindex), or by default by running "notmuch
615 config set index.decrypt true".
617 Encrypted messages whose cleartext is indexed will typically also
618 have their session keys stashed as properties associated with the
619 message. Stashed session keys permit rapid rendering of long
620 encrypted threads, and disposal of expired encryption-capable keys.
621 If for some reason you want cleartext indexing without stashed
622 session keys, use --decrypt=nostash for your indexing commands (or
623 run "notmuch config set index.decrypt nostash"). See `index.decrypt`
624 in notmuch-config(1) for more details.
626 Note that stashed session keys permit reconstruction of the
627 cleartext of the encrypted message itself, and the contents of the
628 index are roughly equivalent to the cleartext as well. DO NOT USE
629 this feature without considering the security of your index.
634 Guard against concurrent searches in notmuch-tree
636 Use make-process when available
638 This allows newer Emacs to separate stdout and stderr from the
639 notmuch command without using temporary files.
644 Indexing files with duplicate message-id
646 Files with duplicate message-id's are now indexed, and searchable
647 via terms and phrases. There are known issues related to
648 presentation of results and regular-expression search, but in
649 principle no mail file should be completely unsearchable now.
651 New functions to count files
653 Two new functions in the libnotmuch API:
654 `notmuch_message_count_files`, and `notmuch_thread_get_total_files`.
656 New function to remove properties
658 A new function was added to the libnotmuch API to make it easier to
659 drop all properties with a common pattern:
660 `notmuch_message_remove_all_properties_with_prefix`
662 Change of return value of `notmuch_thread_get_authors`
664 In certain corner cases, `notmuch_thread_get_authors` previously
665 returned NULL. This has been replaced by an empty string, since the
666 possibility of NULL was not documented.
668 Transition `notmuch_database_add_message` to `notmuch_database_index_file`
670 When indexing an e-mail message, the new
671 `notmuch_database_index_file` function is the preferred form, and
672 the old `notmuch_database_add_message` is deprecated. The new form
673 allows passing a set of options to the indexing engine, which the
674 operator may decide to change from message to message.
681 The test suite now works properly with out-of-tree builds, i.e. with
682 separate source and build directories. The --root option to tests
683 has been dropped. The same can now be achieved more reliably using
689 Python bindings specific Debian packaging is removed
691 The bindings have been build by the top level Debian packaging for a
692 long time, and `bindings/python/debian` has bit-rotted.
694 Open mail files in binary mode when using Python 3
696 This avoids certain encoding related crashes under Python 3.
698 Add python bindings for `notmuch_database_{get,set}_config*`
700 Optional `decrypt_policy` flag is available for notmuch.database().index_file()
705 nmbug's internal version increases to 0.3 in this notmuch release.
706 User-facing changes with this notmuch release:
708 * Accept failures to unset `core.worktree` in `clone`, which allows
709 nmbug to be used with Git 2.11.0 and later.
710 * Auto-checkout in `clone` if it wouldn't clobber existing content,
711 which makes the initial clone more convenient.
712 * Only error for invalid diff lines in `tags/`, which allows for
713 `README`s and similar in nmbug repositories.
718 New man page: notmuch-properties(7)
720 This new page to the manual describes common conventions for how
721 properties are used by libnotmuch, the CLI, and associated programs.
722 External projects that use properties are encouraged to claim their
723 properties and conventions here to avoid collisions.
725 Notmuch 0.25.3 (2017-12-08)
726 ===========================
731 Extend mitigation (disabling handling x-display in text/enriched) for
732 Emacs bug #28350 to Emacs versions before 24.4 (i.e. without
735 Command Line Interface
736 ----------------------
738 Correctly report userid validity. Fix test suite failure for GMime >=
739 3.0.3. This change raises the minimum supported version of GMime 3.x
742 Notmuch 0.25.2 (2017-11-05)
743 ===========================
745 Command Line Interface
746 ----------------------
748 Fix segfault in notmuch-show crypto handling when compiled against
749 GMime 2.6; this was a regression in 0.25.
754 Support for GMime before 3.0 is now deprecated, and will be removed in
757 Notmuch 0.25.1 (2017-09-11)
758 ===========================
763 Disable handling x-display in text/enriched messages. Mitigation for
766 Notmuch 0.25 (2017-07-25)
767 =========================
772 Add regexp searching for mid, paths, and tags.
774 Skip HTML tags when indexing
776 In particular this avoids indexing large inline images.
778 Command Line Interface
779 ----------------------
781 Bash completion is now installed to /usr/share by default.
783 Allow space as separator for keyword arguments.
788 Support for stashing message timestamp in show and tree views
790 Invoking `notmuch-show-stash-date` with a prefix argument
791 stashes the unix timestamp of the current message instead of
794 Don't use 'function' as variable name, workaround emacs bug 26406.
799 Add workaround for date parsing of bad input in older GMime
801 In certain circumstances, older GMime libraries could return
802 negative numbers when parsing syntactically invalid dates.
804 Replace deprecated functions with status returning versions
806 API of notmuch_query_{search,count}_{messages,threads} has
807 changed. notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude now returns a status
810 Add support for building against GMime 3.0.
812 Rename libutil.a to libnotmuch_util.a.
814 libnotmuch SONAME is incremented to libnotmuch.so.5.
816 Notmuch 0.24.2 (2017-06-01)
817 ===========================
819 Command Line Interface
820 ----------------------
822 Fix output from `notmuch dump --include=properties` to not include tags.
827 Fix filename stashing in tree view.
829 Notmuch 0.24.1 (2017-04-01)
830 ===========================
835 Fix regressions in non-regexp search for `from:` and `subject:`
837 The regexp search code in 0.24 introduced a regression in the
838 handling of empty queries and wildcards. These are both corrected in
841 Command Line Interface
842 ----------------------
844 Fix several memory leaks in `notmuch show`
846 Update NEWS for 0.24 to mention schema changes
848 Fix bug in dump header
850 The previous version of the dump header failed to mention the
851 inclusion of tags. This fix bumps the version number of the dump
852 format to 3. There are no other changes to the format.
857 Fix a read-after-free in the library.
859 Notmuch 0.24 (2017-03-12)
860 =========================
865 Regular expression searches supported for `from:` and `subject:`
867 This requires recent Xapian (1.4+) See notmuch-search-terms(7) for
870 Command Line Interface
871 ----------------------
873 Run external `notmuch-` prefixed commands as subcommands
875 You can now add your own `notmuch-` prefixed commands in PATH, and
876 have notmuch run them as if they were notmuch commands. See the
877 `notmuch(1)` man page for details
879 New default output format to 3
881 See devel/schemata for details. Users of the structured output
882 format are reminded of the `--format-version` argument to `notmuch
883 show` and `notmuch search` which can prevent breakage when the
884 default format changes.
889 Postpone and resume messages in `notmuch-message-mode` (composition)
891 Notmuch now has built in support for postponing, saving and resuming
892 messages. The default bindings are C-x C-s to save a draft, C-c C-p
893 to postpone a draft (save and exit compose buffer), and "e" in show
894 or tree view to resume.
896 Draft messages are tagged with `notmuch-draft-tags` (draft by
897 default) so you may wish to add that to the excluded tags list. When
898 saving a previously saved draft message the earlier draft gets
901 Note that attachments added before postponing will be included as
902 they were when you postponed in the final message.
906 It is now possible to save the list of address completions for
907 notmuch's internal completion between runs of emacs. This makes the
908 first calls to address completion much better and faster. For
909 privacy reasons it is disabled by default, to enable set or
910 customize `notmuch-address-save-filename`.
914 It is now possible to configure tagging shortcuts (with an interface
915 like notmuch jump). For example (by default) k u will remove the
916 unread tag, and k s will add a tag "spam" and remove the inbox
917 tag. Pressing k twice will do the reverse operation so, for example,
918 k k s removes the spam tag and adds the inbox tag. See the customize
919 variable `notmuch-tagging-keys` for more information.
923 It is now possible to refresh all notmuch buffers to reflect the
924 current state of the database with a single command, `M-=`.
926 Stop display of `application/*` parts
928 By default gnus displays all `application/*` parts such as
929 application/zip in the message buffer. This has several undesirable
930 effects for notmuch (security, triggering errors etc). Notmuch now
931 overrides this and does not display them by default. If you have
932 customized `mm-inline-override-types` then we assume you know what
933 you want and do not interfere; if you do want to stop the display of
934 `application/*` add `application/*` to your customization. If you want
935 to allow `application/*` then set `mm-inline-override-types` to
938 Small change in the api for notmuch-search-tag
940 When `notmuch-search-tag` is called non-interactively and the region
941 is set, then it only tags the threads in the region. (Previously it
942 only tagged the current thread.)
944 Bugfix for sending messages with very long headers
946 Previously emacs didn't fold very long headers when sending which
947 could cause the MTA to refuse to send the message. This makes sure
948 it does fold any long headers so the message is RFC compliant.
950 `notmuch emacs-mua` command installed with the Emacs interface
952 We've carried a `notmuch-emacs-mua` script in the source tree for
953 quite some time. It can be used to launch the Notmuch Emacs
954 interface from the command line in many different ways. Starting
955 with this release, it will be installed with the Emacs
956 interface. With the new external subcommand support, the script
957 transparently becomes a new notmuch command. See the
958 `notmuch-emacs-mua(1)` man page for details.
960 Notmuch Emacs desktop integration
962 The desktop integration file will now be installed with the Notmuch
963 Emacs interface, adding a Notmuch menu item and configuration to
964 allow the user to set up Notmuch Emacs as the `mailto:` URL handler.
969 `notmuch_query_count_messages` is now non-destructive
971 Internally the implementation of excludes has changed to make this
974 Improved handling of DatabaseModifiedError
976 Previously uncaught exceptions reading message metadata are now
979 Notmuch 0.23.7 (2017-02-28)
980 ===========================
985 Drop use of gpgconf --create-socketdir. Move $GNUPGHOME to /tmp.
987 It turns out the hardcoded use of /run/user in gpg doesn't work out
988 that well in some environments. The more low tech fix is to move all
989 of $GNUPGHOME to somewhere where we can control the length of the
992 Notmuch 0.23.6 (2017-02-27)
993 ===========================
995 Command Line Interface
996 ----------------------
998 Fix read-after-free bug in `notmuch new`.
1003 Use gpgconf --create-socketdir if available.
1005 GnuPG has a facility to use sockets in /run or /var/run to avoid
1006 problems with long socket paths, but this is not enabled by default
1007 for GNUPGHOME other than $HOME/.gnupg. Enable it, if possible.
1009 Notmuch 0.23.5 (2017-01-09)
1010 ===========================
1015 Fix quoting bug in configure. This had introduced a RUNPATH into the
1016 notmuch binary in cases where it was not not needed.
1018 Notmuch 0.23.4 (2016-12-24)
1019 ===========================
1021 Command Line Interface
1022 ----------------------
1024 Improve error handling in notmuch insert
1026 Database lock errors no longer prevent message file delivery to the
1027 filesystem. Certain errors during `notmuch insert` most likely to
1028 be temporary return EX_TEMPFAIL.
1033 Restore autoload cookie for notmuch-search.
1035 Notmuch 0.23.3 (2016-11-27)
1036 ===========================
1038 Command Line Interface
1039 ----------------------
1041 Treat disappearing files during notmuch new as non-fatal.
1046 Fix incompatibility (related to signature size) with gnupg 2.1.16.
1048 Notmuch 0.23.2 (2016-11-20)
1049 ===========================
1054 Fix notmuch-interesting-buffer and notmuch-cycle-notmuch-buffers.
1056 notmuch-tree-mode and notmuch-message-mode buffers are now
1057 considered interesting by `notmuch-interesting-buffer` and
1058 `notmuch-cycle-notmuch-buffers`.
1060 Restore compatibility with Emacs 23.
1062 Notmuch support for Emacs 23 is now deprecated.
1064 Notmuch 0.23.1 (2016-10-23)
1065 ===========================
1070 Require Xapian >= 1.2.6
1072 The ifdef branch for older Xapian (pre-compact API) had bit-rotted.
1077 Fix default colours for unread and flagged messages
1079 In 0.23 the default colours for unread and flagged messages in
1080 search view were accidentally swapped. This release returns them to
1081 the original colours.
1083 A related change in 0.23 broke the customize widget for
1084 notmuch-search-line-faces. This is now fixed.
1086 Fix test failure with Emacs 25.1
1088 A previously undiscovered jit-lock related bug was exposed by Emacs
1089 25, causing a notmuch-show mode test to fail. This release fixes the
1090 bug, and hence the test.
1092 Notmuch 0.23 (2016-10-03)
1093 =========================
1095 General (Xapian 1.4+)
1096 ---------------------
1098 Compiling against Xapian 1.4 enables several new features.
1100 Support for single argument date: queries
1102 `date:<expr>` is equivalent to `date:<expr>..<expr>`.
1104 Support for blocking opens
1106 When opening a database notmuch by default will wait for another
1107 process to release a write lock, rather than returning an error.
1109 Support for named queries
1111 Named queries (also known as 'saved searches') can be defined with a
1112 `query:name` format. The expansion of these queries is stored in the
1113 database and they can be used from any notmuch client.
1118 Message property API
1120 libnotmuch now supports the attachment of arbitrary key-value pairs
1121 to messages. These can be used by various tools to manage their
1122 private data without polluting the user tag space. They also support
1123 iteration of values with the same key or same key prefix.
1125 Bug fix for `notmuch_directory_set_mtime`
1127 Update cached mtime to match on-disk mtime.
1132 Support for compile time options
1134 A group of `built_with` keys is now supported for notmuch
1135 config. Initial keys in this group are `compact`, `field_processor`,
1138 Dump/Restore support for configuration information and properties
1140 Any configuration information stored in the database (initially just
1141 named queries) is dumped and restored. Similarly any properties
1142 attached to messages are also dumped and restored. Any new
1143 information in the dump format is prefixed by '#' to allow existing
1144 scripts to ignore it.
1149 Make notmuch-message-mode use insert for fcc
1151 Notmuch-message-mode now defaults to using notmuch insert for
1152 fcc. The old file based fcc behaviour can be restored by setting the
1153 defcustom `notmuch-maildir-use-notmuch-insert` to nil.
1155 When using notmuch insert, `notmuch-fcc-dirs` must be a subdirectory
1156 of the mailstore (absolute paths are not permitted) followed by any
1157 tag changes to be applied to the inserted message. The tag changes
1158 are applied after the default tagging for new messages. For example
1159 setting the header to "sentmail -inbox +sent" would insert the
1160 message in the subdirectory sentmail of the mailstore, add the tag
1161 "sent", and not add the (normally added) "inbox" tag.
1163 Finally, if the insert fails (e.g. if the database is locked) the
1164 user is presented with the option to retry, ignore, or edit the
1167 Make internal address completion customizable
1169 There is a new defcustom `notmuch-address-internal-completion` which
1170 controls how the internal completion works: it allows the user to
1171 choose whether to match on messages the user sent, or the user
1172 received, and to filter the messages used for the match, for example
1175 Allow internal address completion on an individual basis
1177 There is a new function `notmuch-address-toggle-internal-completion`
1178 (by default it has no keybinding) which allows users who normally
1179 use an external completion command to use the builtin internal
1180 completion for the current buffer.
1182 Alternatively, if the user has company-mode enabled, then the user
1183 can use company mode commands such as `company-complete` to
1184 activate the builtin completion for an individual completion.
1188 The function `notmuch-show-resend-message` (bound to `b` in show
1189 and tree modes) will (attempt to) send current message to new
1190 recipients. The headers of the message won't be altered (e.g. `To:`
1191 may point to yourself). New `Resent-To:`, `Resent-From:` and so on
1192 will be added instead.
1194 Face customization is easier
1196 New faces `notmuch-tag-unread`, `notmuch-tag-flagged`,
1197 `notmuch-tag-deleted`, `notmuch-tag-added`,
1198 `notmuch-search-flagged-face` and `notmuch-search-unread-face` are
1199 now used by default. Customize `notmuch-faces` to modify them.
1201 Omit User-Agent header by default when sending mail
1206 Add support for `notmuch_database_get_all_tags`
1211 Go bindings moved to contrib
1213 Add support for `notmuch_threads_t` and `notmuch_thread_t`
1215 Fixed constant values so they are not all zero anymore
1217 Previously, it was impossible to open writable database handles,
1218 because `DATABASE_MODE_READ_ONLY` and `DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE` were
1220 The same issue occurred with sort modes.
1222 Notmuch 0.22.2 (2016-09-08)
1223 ===========================
1230 Have gdb write to a log file instead of stdout, hiding some more
1231 (harmless) stderr chatter which causes test failures.
1233 Hardcode fingerprint in PGP/MIME tests
1235 Make the tests more robust against changing GnuPG output formats.
1237 Notmuch 0.22.1 (2016-07-19)
1238 ===========================
1243 Correct the definition of `LIBNOTMUCH_CHECK_VERSION`.
1245 Document the (lack of) operations permitted on a closed database.
1250 Fix race condition in dump / restore tests.
1255 Use `env` to locate perl.
1260 Tell `message-mode` mode that outgoing messages are mail
1262 This makes message-mode configuration behave more predictably.
1264 Respect charset of MIME parts when reading them
1266 Fix previous assumption that everyone uses UTF-8.
1268 Notmuch 0.22 (2016-04-26)
1269 =========================
1276 Notmuch should now build (and the test suite should pass) on recent
1277 releases of Xapian 1.3.x. It has been tested with Xapian 1.3.5.
1279 Limited support for S/MIME messages
1281 Signature verification is supported, but not decryption. S/MIME
1282 signature creation and S/MIME encryption are supported via built-in
1283 support in Emacs. S/MIME support is not extensively tested at this
1288 Fix for threading bug involving deleting and re-adding
1289 messages. Fix for case-sensitive content disposition headers. Fix
1290 handling of 1 character directory names at top level.
1292 Command Line Interface
1293 ----------------------
1295 `notmuch show` now supports verifying S/MIME signatures
1297 This support relies on an appropriately configured `gpgsm`.
1302 Drop dependency on "pkg-config emacs".
1307 Notmuch replies now include all parts shown in the show view
1309 There are two main user visible changes. The first is that rfc822
1310 parts are now included in replies.
1312 The second change is that part headers are now included in the reply
1313 buffer to provide visible separation of the parts. The choice of
1314 which part headers to show is customizable via the variable
1315 `notmuch-mua-reply-insert-header-p-function`.
1317 Filtering or Limiting messages is now bound to `l` in the search view
1319 This binding now matches the analogous binding in show view.
1321 `F` forwards all open messages in a thread
1323 When viewing a thread of messages, the new binding `F` can be used
1324 to generate a new outgoing message which forwards all of the open
1325 messages in the thread. This is analogous to the `f` binding, which
1326 forwards only the current message.
1328 Preferred content type can be determined from the message content
1330 More flexibility in choosing which sub-part of a
1331 multipart/alternative part is initially shown is available by
1332 setting `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` to a function
1333 that returns a list of discouraged types. The function so specified
1334 is passed the message as an argument and can examine the message
1335 content to determine which content types should be discouraged. This
1336 is in addition to the current capabilities (i.e. setting
1337 `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` to a list of discouraged
1340 When viewing a thread ("show" mode), queries that match no messages no
1341 longer generate empty buffers
1343 Should an attempt be made to view the thread corresponding to a
1344 query that matches no messages, a warning message is now displayed
1345 and the terminal bell rung rather than displaying an empty buffer
1346 (or, in some cases, displaying an empty buffer and throwing an
1347 error). This also affects re-display of the current thread.
1349 Handle S/MIME signatures in emacs
1351 The emacs interface is now capable making and verifying S/MIME
1354 `notmuch-message-address-insinuate` is now a no-op
1356 This reduces the amount of interference with non-notmuch uses of
1359 Address completion improvements
1361 An external script is no longer needed for address completion; if
1362 you previously configured one, customize the variable
1363 `notmuch-address-command` to try the internal completion. If
1364 `company-mode` is available, notmuch uses it by default for
1365 interactive address completion.
1367 Test and experiment with the emacs MUA available in source tree
1369 `./devel/try-emacs-mua` runs emacs and fills the window with
1370 information how to try the MUA safely. Emacs is configured to use
1371 the notmuch (lisp) files located in `./emacs` directory.
1376 New `notmuch-report(1)` and `notmuch-report.json(5)` man pages
1377 describe `notmuch-report` and its JSON configuration file. You can
1378 build these files by running `make` in the `devel/nmbug/doc`
1384 Renamed from `nmbug-status`. This script generates reports based on
1385 notmuch queries, and doesn't really have anything to do with nmbug,
1386 except for sharing the `NMBGIT` environment variable. The new name
1387 focuses on the script's action, instead of its historical association
1388 with the nmbug workflow. This should make it more discoverable for
1389 users looking for generic notmuch reporting tools.
1391 The default configuration file name (extracted from the `config`
1392 branch of `NBMGIT` has changed from `status-config.json` to
1393 `notmuch-report.json` so it is more obviously associated with the
1394 report-generating script. The configuration file also has a new
1395 `meta.message-url` setting, which is documented in
1396 `notmuch-report.json(5)`.
1398 `notmuch-report` now wraps query phrases in parentheses when and-ing
1399 them together, to avoid confusion about clause grouping.
1401 Notmuch 0.21 (2015-10-29)
1402 =========================
1407 Notmuch now requires gmime >= 2.6.7. The gmime 2.4 series is no longer
1410 Database revision tracking: `lastmod:` queries
1412 Each message now has a metadata revision number that increases with
1413 every tagging operation. See the discussion of `lastmod:` in
1414 `notmuch-search-terms(7)` for more information.
1416 Date queries now support `date:<expr>..!` shorthand for
1417 `date:<expr>..<expr>`
1419 You can use, for example, `date:yesterday..!` to match from the
1420 beginning of yesterday to the end of yesterday. For further details,
1421 please refer to the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page.
1423 Notmuch database upgrade to support `lastmod:` queries
1425 The above mentioned `lastmod:` prefix. This will be done
1426 automatically, without prompting on the next time `notmuch new` is
1427 run after the upgrade. The upgrade is not reversible, and the
1428 upgraded database will not be readable by older versions of
1429 Notmuch. As a safeguard, a database dump will be created in the
1430 `.notmuch` directory before upgrading.
1435 The ruby bindings are now built as part of the main notmuch build
1436 process. This can be disabled with the `--without-ruby` option to
1439 Building the documentation can be disabled with the `--without-docs`
1440 option to configure.
1442 Skipped individual tests are no longer considered as failures.
1444 Command Line Interface
1445 ----------------------
1447 Database revision tracking
1449 Two new options were added to support revision tracking. A global
1450 option "--uuid" (`notmuch(1)`) was added for to detect counter
1451 rollover and reinitialization, and `notmuch-count(1)` gained a
1452 `--lastmod` option to query database revision tracking data.
1454 The `notmuch address` command supports new deduplication schemes
1456 `notmuch address` has gained a new `--deduplicate` option to specify
1457 how the results should be deduplicated, if at all. The alternatives
1458 are `no` (do not deduplicate, useful for processing the results with
1459 external tools), `mailbox` (deduplicate based on the full, case
1460 sensitive name and email address), and `address` (deduplicate based
1461 on the case insensitive address part). See the `notmuch-address`
1462 manual page for further information.
1467 `notmuch-emacs-version` is used in `User-Agent` header
1469 The value of recently introduced variable `notmuch-emacs-version` is
1470 now used as a part of `User-Agent` header when sending emails.
1472 Removed `notmuch-version` function by renaming it to `notmuch-cli-version`
1474 With existing variable `notmuch-emacs-version` the accompanied
1475 function which retrieves the version of `notmuch-command` is
1476 better named as `notmuch-cli-version`.
1478 Query input now supports completion for "is:<tag>"
1480 New message composition mode: `notmuch-compose-mode`
1482 This is mainly to fix fcc handling, but may be useful for user
1483 customization as well.
1485 Allow filtering of search results in `notmuch-show`
1487 Add function to rerun current tree-view search in search mode
1489 Bug fix for replying to encrypted messages in `notmuch-tree` mode
1491 Allow saved searched to specify tree view rather than search view
1493 Applies to saved searches run from `notmuch-hello`, or by a keyboard
1494 shortcut (`notmuch-jump`). Can be set in the customize interface, or
1495 by adding :search-type tree to the appropriate saved search plist in
1496 `notmuch-saved-searches`.
1498 Increase maximum size of rendered text parts
1500 The variable `notmuch-show-max-text-part-size` controls the maximum
1501 size (in bytes) which is automatically rendered. This may make
1502 rendering large threads slower. To get the previous behaviour set
1503 this variable to 10000.
1508 The use of absolute paths is now enforced when calling
1509 `notmuch_database_{open, create}`
1511 New function `notmuch_directory_delete` to delete directory documents
1513 Previously there was no way to delete directory documents from the
1514 database, leading to confusing results when the "ghost" directory
1515 document of a renamed or deleted filesystem directory was
1516 encountered every time the parent directory was being scanned by
1517 `notmuch new`. The mtime of the old directory document was also used
1518 if a directory by the same name was added again in the filesystem,
1519 potentially bypassing the scan for the directory. The issues are
1520 fixed by providing a library call to delete directory documents, and
1521 deleting the old documents in `notmuch new` on filesystem directory
1524 Database revision tracking
1526 Revision tracking is supported via a new prefix "lastmod:" in the
1527 query parser and the new function
1528 `notmuch_database_get_revision`. For the latter, see `notmuch(3)`.
1530 New status code returning API for n_query_count_{messages,threads}
1532 Deprecated functions
1534 `notmuch_query_search_threads`, `notmuch_query_search_messages`,
1535 `notmuch_query_count_messages`, and `notmuch_query_count_threads`
1536 are all deprecated as of this release. Clients are encouraged to
1537 transition to the `_st` variants supporting better error reporting.
1542 `nmbug-status` now supports specifying the sort order for each view.
1544 Notmuch 0.20.2 (2015-06-27)
1545 ===========================
1550 Bug fix for marking messages read in `notmuch-tree` mode.
1552 Notmuch 0.20.1 (2015-06-01)
1553 ===========================
1558 Work around apparent gdb bug on arm64.
1560 Notmuch 0.20 (2015-05-31)
1561 =========================
1563 Command-Line Interface
1564 ----------------------
1566 There is a new `mimetype:` search prefix
1568 The new `mimetype:` search prefix allows searching for the
1569 content-type of attachments, which is now indexed. See the
1570 `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for details.
1572 Path to gpg is now configurable
1574 On systems with multiple versions of gpg, you can tell
1575 notmuch which one to use by setting `crypto.gpg_path`
1580 Avoid rendering large text attachments.
1582 Improved rendering of CID references in HTML.
1587 Vim client now respects excluded tags.
1592 Support messages without Message-IDs.
1597 Undeprecate single message mboxes
1599 It seems more trouble to remove this feature than expected, so
1600 `notmuch new` will no longer nag about mboxes with a single message.
1602 New error logging facility
1604 Clients should call `notmuch_database_status_string` to retrieve
1605 output formerly printed to stderr.
1607 Several bug fixes related to stale iterators
1609 New status code returning API for n_query_search_{messages,thread}
1611 Fix for library `install_name` on Mac OS X
1613 Fix for rounding of seconds
1618 Sphinx is now mandatory to build docs
1620 Support for using rst2man in place of sphinx to build the
1621 documentation has been removed.
1623 Improved notmuch-search-terms.7
1625 The man page `notmuch-search-terms(7)` has been extended, merging
1626 some material from the relicensed wiki.
1631 `notmuch-deliver` is removed. As far as we know, all functionality
1632 previously provided by `notmuch-deliver` should now be provided by
1633 `notmuch insert`, provided by the main notmuch binary.
1638 `nmbug-status` now only matches local branches when reading
1639 `status-config.json` from the `config` branch of the `NMBGIT`
1640 repository. To help new users running `nmbug-status`, `nmbug clone`
1641 now creates a local `config` branch tracking `origin/config`. Folks
1642 who use `nmbug-status` with an in-Git config (i.e. you don't use the
1643 `--config` option) who already have `NMBGIT` set up are encouraged to
1646 git checkout config origin/config
1648 in their `NMBGIT` repository (usually `~/.nmbug`).
1650 Notmuch 0.19 (2014-11-14)
1651 =========================
1656 This release improves the reliability of `notmuch dump` and the error
1657 handling for `notmuch insert`. The new `notmuch address` command is
1658 intended to make searching for email addresses more convenient. At the
1659 library level the revised handling of missing messages fixes at least
1660 one bug in threading. The release also includes several interface
1661 improvements to the emacs interface, most notably the ability to bind
1662 keyboard shortcuts to saved searches.
1664 Command-Line Interface
1665 ----------------------
1667 Stopped `notmuch dump` failing if someone writes to the database
1669 The dump command now takes the write lock when running. This
1670 prevents other processes from writing to the database during the
1671 dump which would cause the dump to fail. Note, if another notmuch
1672 process already has the write lock the dump will not start, so
1673 script callers should still check the return value.
1675 `notmuch insert` requires successful message indexing for success status
1677 Previously the `notmuch insert` subcommand indicated success even if
1678 the message indexing failed, as long as the message was delivered to
1679 file system. This could have lead to delivered messages missing
1680 tags, etc. `notmuch insert` is now more strict, also requiring
1681 successful indexing for success status. Use the new `--keep` option
1682 to revert to the old behaviour (keeping the delivered message file
1683 and returning success even if indexing fails).
1685 `notmuch insert` has gained support for `post-insert` hook
1687 The new `post-insert` hook is run after message delivery, similar to
1688 `post-new`. There's also a new option `notmuch insert --no-hooks` to
1689 skip the hook. See the notmuch-hooks(1) man page for details.
1691 `notmuch deliver` is deprecated
1693 With this release we believe that `notmuch insert` has reached
1694 parity with `notmuch deliver`. We recommend that all users of
1695 `notmuch deliver` switch to `notmuch insert` as the former is
1696 currently unmaintained.
1698 `notmuch search` now supports `--duplicate=N` option with `--output=messages`
1700 Complementing the `notmuch search --duplicate=N --output=files`
1701 options, the new `--duplicate=N --output=messages` combination
1702 limits output of message IDs to messages matching search terms that
1703 have at least `N` files associated with them.
1705 Added `notmuch address` subcommand
1707 This new subcommand searches for messages matching the given search
1708 terms, and prints the addresses from them. Duplicate addresses are
1709 filtered out. The `--output` option controls which of the following
1710 information is printed: sender addresses, recipient addresses and
1711 count of duplicate addresses.
1716 Use the `j` key to access saved searches from anywhere in notmuch
1718 `j` is now globally bound to `notmuch-jump`, which provides fast,
1719 interactive keyboard shortcuts to saved searches. For example,
1720 with the default saved searches `j i` from anywhere in notmuch will
1723 Improved handling of the unread tag
1725 Notmuch now marks an open message read (i.e., removes the unread
1726 tag) if point enters the message at any time in a show buffer
1727 regardless of how point got there (mouse click, cursor command, page
1728 up/down, notmuch commands such as n,N etc). This fixes various
1729 anomalies or bugs in the previous handling. Additionally it is
1730 possible to customize the mark read handling by setting
1731 `notmuch-show-mark-read-function` to a custom function.
1733 Expanded default saved search settings
1735 The default saved searches now include several more common searches,
1736 as well as shortcut keys for `notmuch-jump`.
1738 Improved `q` binding in notmuch buffers
1740 `q` will now bury rather than kill a notmuch search, show or tree
1741 buffer if there are multiple windows showing the buffer. If only a
1742 single window is showing the buffer, it is killed.
1744 `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link-alist` now supports functions
1746 Some list archives may use a more complicated scheme for referring
1747 to messages than just concatenated URL and message ID. For example,
1748 patchwork requires a query to translate message ID to a patchwork
1749 patch ID. `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link-alist` now supports
1750 functions to better cover such cases. See the help documentation for
1751 the variable for details.
1756 Introduced database version 3 with support for "database features."
1758 Features are independent aspects of the database schema.
1759 Representing these independently of the database version number will
1760 let us evolve the database format faster and more incrementally,
1761 while maintaining better forwards and backwards compatibility.
1763 Library users are no longer required to call `notmuch_database_upgrade`
1765 Previously, library users were required to call
1766 `notmuch_database_needs_upgrade` and `notmuch_database_upgrade`
1767 before using a writable database. Even the CLI didn't get this
1768 right, and it is no longer required. Now, individual APIs may
1769 return `NOTMUCH_STATUS_UPGRADE_REQUIRED` if the database format is
1770 too out of date for that API.
1772 Library users can now abort an atomic section by closing the database
1774 Previously there was no supported way to abort an atomic section.
1775 Callers can now simply close the database, and any outstanding
1776 atomic section will be aborted.
1778 Add return status to `notmuch_database_close` and
1779 `notmuch_database_destroy`
1781 Bug fixes and performance improvements for thread linking
1783 The database now represents missing-but-referenced messages ("ghost
1784 messages") similarly to how it represents regular messages. This
1785 enables an improved thread linking algorithm that performs better
1786 and fixes a bug that sometimes prevented notmuch from linking
1787 messages into the same thread.
1792 The Perl script has been translated to Python; you'll need Python 2.7
1793 or anything from the 3.x line. Most of the user-facing interface is
1794 the same, but `nmbug help` is now `nmbug --help`, and the following nmbug
1795 commands have slightly different interfaces: `archive`, `commit`,
1796 `fetch`, `log`, `pull`, `push`, and `status`. For details on the
1797 new interface for a given command, run `nmbug COMMAND --help`.
1802 `nmbug-status` can now optionally load header and footer templates
1803 from the config file. Use something like:
1807 "header": "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang="en">\n...",
1808 "footer": "</body></html>",
1817 Add support for `notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude`
1822 The notmuch binaries and libraries are now build with debugging symbols
1823 by default. Users concerned with disk space should change the
1824 defaults when configuring or use the strip(1) command.
1826 Notmuch 0.18.2 (2014-10-25)
1827 ===========================
1832 Translate T380-atomicity to use gdb/python
1834 The new version is compatible with gdb 7.8
1836 Emacs 24.4 related bug fixes
1838 The Messages buffer became read-only, and the generated mime
1839 structure for signatures changed slightly.
1841 Simplify T360-symbol-hiding
1843 Replace the use of `objdump` on the object files with `nm` on the
1846 Notmuch 0.18.1 (2014-06-25)
1847 ===========================
1849 This is a bug fix and portability release.
1854 Add a workaround for systems without zlib.pc
1856 Make emacs install robust against the non-existence of emacs
1858 Put notmuch lib directory first in RPATH
1860 Fix handling of `html_static_path` in sphinx
1862 Both the python bindings and the main docs had spurious settings of
1868 Use --quick when starting emacs
1870 This avoids a hang in the T160-json tests.
1872 Allow pending break points in atomicity script
1874 This allows the atomicity tests to run on several more architectures/OSes.
1876 Command-Line Interface
1877 ----------------------
1879 To improve portability use fsync instead of fdatasync in
1880 `notmuch-dump`. There should be no functional difference.
1885 Resurrect support for single-message mbox files
1887 The removal introduced a bug with previously indexed single-message
1888 mboxes. This support remains deprecated.
1890 Fix for phrase indexing
1892 There were several bugs where words intermingled from different
1893 headers and MIME parts could match a single phrase query. This fix
1894 will affect only newly indexed messages.
1899 Make sure tagging on an empty query is harmless
1901 Previously tagging an empty query could lead to tags being
1902 unintentionally removed.
1904 Notmuch 0.18 (2014-05-06)
1905 =========================
1910 This new release includes some enhancements to searching for messages
1911 by filesystem location (`folder:` and `path:` prefixes under *General*
1912 below). Saved searches in *Emacs* have also been enhanced to allow
1913 distinct search orders for each one. Another enhancement to the
1914 *Emacs* interface is that replies to encrypted messages are now
1915 encrypted, reducing the risk of unintentional information disclosure.
1916 The default dump output format has changed to the more robust
1917 `batch-tag` format. The previously deprecated parsing of single
1918 message mboxes has been removed. For detailed release notes, see
1924 The `folder:` search prefix now requires an exact match
1926 The `folder:` prefix has been changed to search for email messages
1927 by the exact, case sensitive maildir or MH folder name. Wildcard
1928 matching (`folder:foo*`) is no longer supported. The new behaviour
1929 allows for more accurate mail folder based searches, makes it
1930 possible to search for messages in the top-level folder, and should
1931 lead to less surprising results than the old behaviour. Users are
1932 advised to see the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for details,
1933 and review how the change affects their existing `folder:` searches.
1935 There is a new `path:` search prefix
1937 The new `path:` search prefix complements the `folder:` prefix. The
1938 `path:` prefix searches for email messages that are in particular
1939 directories within the mail store, optionally recursively using a
1940 special syntax. See the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for
1943 Notmuch database upgrade due to `folder:` and `path:` changes
1945 The above mentioned changes to the `folder:` prefix and the addition
1946 of `path:` prefix require a Notmuch database upgrade. This will be
1947 done automatically, without prompting on the next time `notmuch new`
1948 is run after the upgrade. The upgrade is not reversible, and the
1949 upgraded database will not be readable by older versions of
1950 Notmuch. As a safeguard, a database dump will be created in the
1951 `.notmuch` directory before upgrading.
1956 Notmuch database upgrade
1958 The libnotmuch consumers are reminded to handle database upgrades
1959 properly, either by relying on running `notmuch new`, or checking
1960 `notmuch_database_needs_upgrade()` and calling
1961 `notmuch_database_upgrade()` as necessary. This has always been the
1962 case, but in practise there have been no database upgrades in any
1963 released version of Notmuch before now.
1965 Support for indexing mbox files has been dropped
1967 There has never been proper support for mbox files containing
1968 multiple messages, and the support for single-message mbox files has
1969 been deprecated since Notmuch 0.15. The support has now been
1970 dropped, and all mbox files will be rejected during indexing.
1972 Message header parsing changes
1974 Notmuch previously had an internal parser for message headers. The
1975 parser has now been dropped in favour of letting GMime parse both
1976 the headers and the message MIME structure at the same pass. This is
1977 mostly an internal change, but the GMime parser is stricter in its
1978 interpretation of the headers. This may result in messages with
1979 slightly malformed message headers being now rejected.
1981 Command-Line Interface
1982 ----------------------
1984 `notmuch dump` now defaults to `batch-tag` format
1986 The old format is still available with `--format=sup`.
1988 `notmuch new` has a --quiet option
1990 This option suppresses the progress and summary reports.
1992 `notmuch insert` respects maildir.synchronize_flags config option
1994 Do not synchronize tags to maildir flags in `notmuch insert` if the
1995 user does not want it.
1997 The commands set consistent exit status codes on failures
1999 The cli commands now consistently set exit status of 1 on failures,
2000 except where explicitly otherwise noted. The notable exceptions are
2001 the status codes for format version mismatches for commands that
2002 support formatted output.
2004 Bug fix for checking configured new.tags for invalid tags
2006 `notmuch new` and `notmuch insert` now check the user configured
2007 new.tags for invalid tags, and refuse to apply them, similar to
2008 `notmuch tag`. Invalid tags are currently the empty string and tags
2016 If the file pointed by new variable `notmuch-init-file` (typically
2017 `~/.emacs.d/notmuch-config.el`) exists, it is loaded at the end of
2018 `notmuch.el`. Users can put their personal notmuch emacs lisp based
2019 configuration/customization items there instead of filling
2020 `~/.emacs` with these.
2022 Changed format for saved searches
2024 The format for `notmuch-saved-searches` has changed, but old style
2025 saved searches are still supported. The new style means that a saved
2026 search can store the desired sort order for the search, and it can
2027 store a separate query to use for generating the count notmuch
2030 The variable is fully customizable and any configuration done
2031 through customize should *just work*, with the additional options
2032 mentioned above. For manual customization see the documentation for
2033 `notmuch-saved-searches`.
2035 IMPORTANT: a new style notmuch-saved-searches variable will break
2036 previous versions of notmuch-emacs (even search will not work); to
2037 fix remove the customization for notmuch-saved-searches.
2039 If you have a custom saved search sort function (not unsorted or
2040 alphabetical) then the sort function will need to be
2041 modified. Replacing (car saved-search) by (notmuch-saved-search-get
2042 saved-search :name) and (cdr saved-search) by
2043 (notmuch-saved-search-get saved-search :query) should be sufficient.
2045 The keys of `notmuch-tag-formats` are now regexps
2047 Previously, the keys were literal strings. Customized settings of
2048 `notmuch-tag-formats` will continue to work as before unless tags
2049 contain regexp special characters like `.` or `*`.
2051 Changed tags are now shown in the buffer
2053 Previously tag changes made in a buffer were shown immediately. In
2054 some cases (particularly automatic tag changes like marking read)
2055 this made it hard to see what had happened (e.g., whether the
2056 message had been unread).
2058 The changes are now shown explicitly in the buffer: by default
2059 deleted tags are displayed with red strike-through and added tags
2060 are displayed underlined in green (inverse video is used for deleted
2061 tags if the terminal does not support strike-through).
2063 The variables `notmuch-tag-deleted-formats` and
2064 `notmuch-tag-added-formats`, which have the same syntax as
2065 `notmuch-tag-formats`, allow this to be customized.
2067 Setting `notmuch-tag-deleted-formats` to `'((".*" nil))` and
2068 `notmuch-tag-added-formats` to `'((".*" tag))` will give the old
2069 behavior of hiding deleted tags and showing added tags identically
2070 to tags already present.
2074 The new, build-time generated variable `notmuch-emacs-version` is used
2075 to distinguish between notmuch cli and notmuch emacs versions.
2076 The function `notmuch-hello-versions` (bound to 'v' in notmuch-hello
2077 window) prints both notmuch cli and notmuch emacs versions in case
2078 these differ from each other.
2079 This is especially useful when using notmuch remotely.
2081 Ido-completing-read initialization in Emacs 23
2083 `ido-completing-read` in Emacs 23 versions 1 through 3 freezes unless
2084 it is initialized. Defadvice-based *Ido* initialization is defined
2085 for these Emacs versions.
2087 Bug fix for saved searches with newlines in them
2089 Split lines confuse `notmuch count --batch`, so we remove embedded
2090 newlines before calling notmuch count.
2092 Bug fixes for sender identities
2094 Previously, Emacs would rewrite some sender identities in unexpected
2095 and undesirable ways. Now it will use identities exactly as
2096 configured in `notmuch-identities`.
2098 Replies to encrypted messages will be encrypted by default
2100 In the interest of maintaining confidentiality of communications,
2101 the Notmuch Emacs interface now automatically adds the mml tag to
2102 encrypt replies to encrypted messages. This should make it less
2103 likely to accidentally reply to encrypted messages in plain text.
2105 Reply pushes mark before signature
2107 We push mark and set point on reply so that the user can easily cut
2108 the quoted text. The mark is now pushed before the signature, if
2109 any, instead of end of buffer so the signature is preserved.
2111 Message piping uses the originating buffer's working directory
2113 `notmuch-show-pipe-message` now uses the originating buffer's
2114 current default directory instead of that of the `*notmuch-pipe*`
2120 nmbug adds a `clone` command for setting up the initial repository and
2121 uses `@{upstream}` instead of `FETCH_HEAD` to track upstream changes.
2123 The `@{upstream}` change reduces ambiguity when fetching multiple
2124 branches, but requires existing users update their `NMBGIT`
2125 repository (usually `~/.nmbug`) to distinguish between local and
2126 remote-tracking branches. The easiest way to do this is:
2128 1. If you have any purely local commits (i.e. they aren't in the
2129 nmbug repository on nmbug.tethera.net), push them to a remote
2130 repository. We'll restore them from the backup in step 4.
2131 2. Remove your `NMBGIT` repository (e.g. `mv .nmbug .nmbug.bak`).
2132 3. Use the new `clone` command to create a fresh clone:
2134 nmbug clone https://nmbug.notmuchmail.org/git/nmbug-tags.git
2136 4. If you had local commits in step 1, add a remote for that
2137 repository and fetch them into the new repository.
2139 Notmuch 0.17 (2013-12-30)
2140 =========================
2142 Incompatible change in SHA1 computation
2143 ---------------------------------------
2145 Previously on big endian architectures like sparc and powerpc the
2146 computation of SHA1 hashes was incorrect. This meant that messages
2147 with overlong or missing message-ids were given different computed
2148 message-ids than on more common little endian architectures like i386
2149 and amd64. If you use notmuch on a big endian architecture, you are
2150 strongly advised to make a backup of your tags using `notmuch dump`
2151 before this upgrade. You can locate the affected files using something
2155 awk '/^notmuch-sha1-[0-9a-f]{40} / \
2156 {system("notmuch search --exclude=false --output=files id:" $1)}'
2158 Command-Line Interface
2159 ----------------------
2161 New options to better support handling duplicate messages
2163 If more than one message file is associated with a message-id,
2164 `notmuch search --output=files` will print all of them. A new
2165 `--duplicate=N` option can be used to specify which duplicate to
2166 print for each message.
2168 `notmuch count` now supports `--output=files` option to output the
2169 number of files associated with matching messages. This may be
2170 bigger than the number of matching messages due to duplicates
2171 (i.e. multiple files having the same message-id).
2173 Improved `notmuch new` performance for unchanged folders
2175 `notmuch new` now skips over unchanged folders more efficiently,
2176 which can substantially improve the performance of checking for new
2177 mail in some situations (like NFS-mounted Maildirs).
2179 `notmuch reply --format=text` RFC 2047-encodes headers
2181 Previously, this used a mix of standard MIME encoding for the reply
2182 body and UTF-8 for the headers. Now, the text format reply template
2183 RFC 2047-encodes the headers, making the output a valid RFC 2822
2184 message. The JSON/sexp format is unchanged.
2186 `notmuch compact` command
2188 The new `compact` command exposes Xapian's compaction
2189 functionality through a more convenient interface than
2190 `xapian-compact`. `notmuch compact` will compact the database to a
2191 temporary location, optionally backup the original database, and
2192 move the compacted database into place.
2197 `notmuch-tree` (formerly `notmuch-pick`) has been added to mainline
2199 `notmuch-tree` is a threaded message view for the emacs
2200 interface. Each message is one line in the results and the thread
2201 structure is shown using UTF-8 box drawing characters (similar to
2202 Mutt's threaded view). It comes between search and show in terms of
2203 amount of output and can be useful for viewing both single threads
2204 and multiple threads.
2206 Using `notmuch-tree`
2208 The main key entries to notmuch tree are
2210 'z' enter a query to view using notmuch tree (works in hello,
2211 search, show and tree mode itself)
2213 'Z' view the current query in tree notmuch tree (works from search
2216 Once in tree mode, keybindings are mostly in line with the rest of
2217 notmuch and are all viewable with '?' as usual.
2219 Customising `notmuch-tree`
2221 `notmuch-tree` has several customisation variables. The most
2222 significant is the first notmuch-tree-show-out which determines the
2223 behaviour when selecting a message (with RET) in tree view. By
2224 default tree view uses a split window showing the single message in
2225 the bottom pane. However, if this option is set then it views the
2226 whole thread in the complete window jumping to the selected message
2227 in the thread. In either case command-prefix selects the other option.
2229 Tagging threads in search is now race-free
2231 Previously, adding or removing a tag from a thread in a search
2232 buffer would affect messages that had arrived after the search was
2233 performed, resulting in, for example, archiving messages that were
2234 never seen. Tagging now affects only the messages that were in the
2235 thread when the search was performed.
2237 `notmuch-hello` refreshes when switching to the buffer
2239 The hello buffer now refreshes whenever you switch to the buffer,
2240 regardless of how you get there. You can disable automatic
2241 refreshing by customizing `notmuch-hello-auto-refresh`.
2243 Specific mini-buffer prompts for tagging operations
2245 When entering tags to add or remove, the mini-buffer prompt now
2246 indicates what operation will be performed (e.g., "Tag thread", "Tag
2249 Built-in help improvements
2251 Documentation for many commands has been improved, as displayed by
2252 `notmuch-help` (usually bound to "?"). The bindings listed by
2253 `notmuch-help` also now include descriptions of prefixed commands.
2255 Quote replies as they are displayed in show view
2257 We now render the parts for reply quoting the same way they are
2258 rendered for show. At this time, the notable change is that replies
2259 to text/calendar are now pretty instead of raw vcalendar.
2261 Fixed inconsistent use of configured search order
2263 All ways of interactively invoking search now honor the value of
2264 `notmuch-search-oldest-first`.
2266 Common keymap for notmuch-wide bindings
2268 Several key bindings have been moved from mode-specific keymaps to
2269 the single `notmuch-common-keymap`, which is inherited by each
2270 notmuch mode. If you've customized your key bindings, you may want
2271 to move some of them to the common keymap.
2273 The `notmuch-tag` function now requires a list of tag changes
2275 For users who have scripted the Emacs interface: the `notmuch-tag`
2276 API has changed. Previously, it accepted either a list of tag
2277 changes or a space-separated string of tag changes. The latter is
2278 no longer supported and the function now returns nothing.
2280 Fixed `notmuch-reply` putting reply in primary selection
2282 On emacs 24 notmuch-reply used to put the cited text into the
2283 primary selection (which could lead to inadvertently pasting this
2284 cited text elsewhere). Now the primary-selection is not changed.
2286 Fixed `notmuch-show` invisible part handling
2288 In some obscure cases part buttons and invisibility had strange
2289 interactions: in particular, the default action for some parts gave
2290 the wrong action. This has been fixed.
2292 Fixed `notmuch-show` attachment viewers and stderr
2294 In emacs 24.3+ viewing an attachment could cause spurious text to
2295 appear in the show buffer (any stderr or stdout the viewer
2296 produced). By default this output is now discarded. For debugging,
2297 setting `notmuch-show-attachment-debug` causes notmuch to keep the
2298 viewer's stderr and stdout in a separate buffer.
2300 Fixed `notmuch-mua-reply` point placement when signature involved
2302 By restricting cursor movement to body section for cursor placement
2303 after signature is inserted, the cursor cannot "leak" to header
2304 section anymore. Now inserted citation content will definitely go to
2305 the body part of the message.
2310 It is now possible to compose new messages in the Vim interface, as
2311 opposed reply to existing messages. There is also support for
2312 going straight to a search (bypassing the folders view).
2314 Notmuch 0.16 (2013-08-03)
2315 =========================
2317 Command-Line Interface
2318 ----------------------
2320 Support for delivering messages to Maildir
2322 There is a new command `insert` that adds a message to a Maildir
2323 folder and notmuch index.
2325 `notmuch count --batch` option
2327 `notmuch count` now supports batch operations similar to `notmuch
2328 tag`. This is mostly an optimization for remote notmuch usage.
2330 `notmuch tag` option to remove all tags from matching messages
2332 `notmuch tag --remove-all` option has been added to remove all tags
2333 from matching messages. This can be combined with adding new tags,
2334 resulting in setting (rather than modifying) the tags of the
2337 Decrypting commands explicitly expect a gpg-agent
2339 Decryption in `notmuch show` and `notmuch reply` has only ever
2340 worked with a functioning gpg-agent. This is now made explicit in
2341 code and documentation. The functional change is that it's now
2342 possible to have gpg-agent running, but gpg "use-agent"
2343 configuration option disabled, not forcing the user to use the agent
2346 Configuration file saves follow symbolic links
2348 The notmuch commands that save the configuration file now follow
2349 symbolic links instead of overwrite them.
2351 Top level option to specify configuration file
2353 It's now possible to specify the configuration file to use on the
2354 command line using the `notmuch --config=FILE` option.
2356 Bash command-line completion
2358 The notmuch command-line completion support for the bash shell has
2359 been rewritten. Supported completions include all the notmuch
2360 commands, command-line arguments, values for keyword arguments,
2361 search prefixes (such as "subject:" or "from:") in all commands that
2362 use search terms, tags after + and - in `notmuch tag`, tags after
2363 "tag:" prefix, user's email addresses after "from:" and "to:"
2364 prefixes, and config options (and some config option values) in
2365 `notmuch config`. The new completion support depends on the
2366 bash-completion package.
2368 Deprecated commands "part" and "search-tags" are removed.
2373 New keymap to view/save parts; removed s/v/o/| part button bindings
2375 The commands to view, save, and open MIME parts are now prefixed
2376 with "." (". s" to save, ". v" to view, etc) and can be invoked with
2377 point anywhere in a part, unlike the old commands, which were
2378 restricted to part buttons. The old "s"/"v"/"o"/"|" commands on
2379 part buttons have been removed since they clashed with other
2380 bindings (notably "s" for search!) and could not be invoked when
2381 there was no part button. The new, prefixed bindings appear in
2382 show's help, so you no longer have to memorize them.
2384 Default part save directory is now `mm-default-directory`
2386 Previously, notmuch offered to save parts and attachments to a mix
2387 of `mm-default-directory`, `mailcap-download-directory`, and `~/`.
2388 This has been standardized on `mm-default-directory`.
2390 Key bindings for next/previous thread
2392 Show view has new key bindings M-n and M-p to move to the next and
2393 previous thread in the search results.
2395 Better handling of errors in search buffers
2397 Instead of interleaving errors in search result buffers, search mode
2398 now reports errors in the minibuffer.
2400 Faster search and show
2402 Communication between Emacs and the notmuch CLI is now more
2403 efficient because it uses the CLI's S-expression support. As a
2404 result, search mode should now fill search buffers faster and
2405 threads should show faster.
2409 The Emacs 22 support added late 2010 was sufficient only for a short
2410 period of time. After being incomplete for roughly 2 years the code
2411 in question was now removed from this release.
2416 The vim based front-end has been replaced with a new one that uses the Ruby
2417 bindings. The old font-end is available in the contrib subfolder.
2422 Fix loading of libnotmuch shared library on OS X (Darwin) systems.
2424 Notmuch 0.15.2 (2013-02-17)
2425 ===========================
2430 Update dependencies to avoid problems when building in parallel.
2432 Internal test framework changes
2433 -------------------------------
2435 Adjust Emacs test watchdog mechanism to cope with `process-attributes`
2436 being unimplemented.
2438 Notmuch 0.15.1 (2013-01-24)
2439 ===========================
2441 Internal test framework changes
2442 -------------------------------
2444 Set a default value for TERM when running tests. This fixes certain
2445 build failures in non-interactive environments.
2447 Notmuch 0.15 (2013-01-18)
2448 =========================
2453 Date range search support
2455 The `date:` prefix can now be used in queries to restrict the results
2456 to only messages within a particular time range (based on the Date:
2457 header) with a range syntax of `date:<since>..<until>`. Notmuch
2458 supports a wide variety of expressions in `<since>` and
2459 `<until>`. Please refer to the `notmuch-search-terms(7)` manual page
2462 Empty tag names and tags beginning with "-" are deprecated
2464 Such tags have been a frequent source of confusion and cause
2465 (sometimes unresolvable) conflicts with other syntax. notmuch tag
2466 no longer allows such tags to be added to messages. Removing such
2467 tags continues to be supported to allow cleanup of existing tags,
2468 but may be removed in a future release.
2470 Command-Line Interface
2471 ----------------------
2473 `notmuch new` no longer chokes on mboxes
2475 `notmuch new` now rejects mbox files containing more than one
2476 message, rather than treating the file as one giant message.
2478 Support for single message mboxes is deprecated
2480 For historical reasons, `notmuch new` will index mbox files
2481 containing a single message; however, this behavior is now
2482 officially deprecated.
2484 Fixed `notmuch new` to skip ignored broken symlinks
2486 `notmuch new` now correctly skips symlinks if they are in the
2487 ignored files list. Previously, it would abort when encountering
2488 broken symlink, even if it was ignored.
2490 New dump/restore format and tagging interface
2492 There is a new `batch-tag` format for dump and restore that is more
2493 robust, particularly with respect to tags and message-ids containing
2496 `notmuch tag` now supports the ability to read tag operations and
2497 queries from an input stream, in a format compatible with the new
2498 dump/restore format.
2500 Bcc and Reply-To headers are now available in notmuch show json output
2502 The `notmuch show --format=json` now includes "Bcc" and "Reply-To" headers.
2503 For example notmuch Emacs client can now have these headers visible
2504 when the headers are added to the `notmuch-message-headers` variable.
2506 CLI callers can now request a specific output format version
2508 `notmuch` subcommands that support structured output now support a
2509 `--format-version` argument for requesting a specific version of the
2510 structured output, enabling better compatibility and error handling.
2512 `notmuch search` has gained a null character separated text output format
2514 The new --format=text0 output format for `notmuch search` prints
2515 output separated by null characters rather than newline
2516 characters. This is similar to the find(1) -print0 option, and works
2517 together with the xargs(1) -0 option.
2522 Removal of the deprecated `notmuch-folders` variable
2524 `notmuch-folders` has been deprecated since the introduction of saved
2525 searches and the notmuch hello view in notmuch 0.3. `notmuch-folders`
2526 has now been removed. Any remaining users should migrate to
2527 `notmuch-saved-searches`.
2529 Visibility of MIME parts can be toggled
2531 Each part of a multi-part MIME email can now be shown or hidden
2532 using the button at the top of each part (by pressing RET on it or
2533 by clicking). For emails with multiple alternative formats (e.g.,
2534 plain text and HTML), only the preferred format is shown initially,
2535 but other formats can be shown using their part buttons. To control
2536 the behavior of this, see
2537 `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` and
2538 `notmuch-show-all-multipart/alternative-parts`.
2540 Note notmuch-show-print-message (bound to '#' by default) will print
2541 all parts of multipart/alternative message regardless of whether
2542 they are currently hidden or shown in the buffer.
2544 Emacs now buttonizes mid: links
2546 mid: links are a standardized way to link to messages by message ID
2547 (see RFC 2392). Emacs now hyperlinks mid: links to the appropriate
2550 Handle errors from bodypart insertions
2552 If displaying the text of a message in show mode causes an error (in
2553 the `notmuch-show-insert-part-*` functions), notmuch no longer cuts
2554 off thread display at the offending message. The error is now
2555 simply displayed in place of the message.
2557 Emacs now detects version mismatches with the notmuch CLI
2559 Emacs now detects and reports when the Emacs interface version and
2560 the notmuch CLI version are incompatible.
2562 Improved text/calendar content handling
2564 Carriage returns in embedded text/calendar content caused insertion
2565 of the calendar content fail. Now CRs are removed before calling icalendar
2566 to extract icalendar data. In case icalendar extraction fails an error
2567 is thrown for the bodypart insertion function to deal with.
2569 Disabled coding conversions when reading in `with-current-notmuch-show-message`
2571 Depending on the user's locale, saving attachments containing 8-bit
2572 data may have performed an unintentional encoding conversion,
2573 corrupting the saved attachment. This has been fixed by making
2574 `with-current-notmuch-show-message` disable coding conversion.
2576 Fixed errors with HTML email containing images in Emacs 24
2578 Emacs 24 ships with a new HTML renderer that produces better output,
2579 but is slightly buggy. We work around a bug that caused it to fail
2580 for HTML email containing images.
2582 Fixed handling of tags with unusual characters in them
2584 Emacs now handles tags containing spaces, quotes, and parenthesis.
2586 Fixed buttonization of id: links without quote characters
2588 Emacs now correctly buttonizes id: links where the message ID is not
2591 `notmuch-hello` refresh point placement improvements
2593 Refreshing the `notmuch-hello` buffer does a better job of keeping
2594 the point where it was.
2596 Automatic tag changes are now unified and customizable
2598 All the automatic tag changes that the Emacs interface makes when
2599 reading, archiving, or replying to messages, can now be
2600 customized. Any number of tag additions and removals is supported
2601 through the `notmuch-show-mark-read`, `notmuch-archive-tags`, and
2602 `notmuch-message-replied-tags` customization variables.
2604 Support for stashing the thread id in show view
2606 Invoking `notmuch-show-stash-message-id` with a prefix argument
2607 stashes the (local and database specific) thread id of the current
2608 thread instead of the message id.
2610 New add-on tool: notmuch-pick
2611 -----------------------------
2613 The new contrib/ tool `notmuch-pick` is an experimental threaded message
2614 view for the emacs interface. Each message is one line in the results
2615 and the thread structure is shown using UTF-8 box drawing characters
2616 (similar to Mutt's threaded view). It comes between search and show in
2617 terms of amount of output and can be useful for viewing both single
2618 threads and multiple threads. See the notmuch-pick README file for
2619 further details and installation.
2624 notmuch now builds on OpenBSD.
2626 Internal test framework changes
2627 -------------------------------
2629 The emacsclient binary is now user-configurable
2631 The test framework now accepts `TEST_EMACSCLIENT` in addition to
2632 `TEST_EMACS` for configuring the emacsclient to use. This is
2633 necessary to avoid using an old emacsclient with a new emacs, which
2634 can result in buggy behavior.
2636 Notmuch 0.14 (2012-08-20)
2637 =========================
2642 Maildir tag synchronization
2644 Maildir flag-to-tag synchronization now applies only to messages in
2645 maildir-like directory structures. Previously, it applied to any
2646 message that had a maildir "info" part, which meant it could
2647 incorrectly synchronize tags for non-maildir messages, while at the
2648 same time failing to synchronize tags for newly received maildir
2649 messages (typically causing new messages to not receive the "unread"
2652 Command-Line Interface
2653 ----------------------
2655 The deprecated positional output file argument to `notmuch dump` has
2656 been replaced with an `--output` option. The input file positional
2657 argument to `notmuch restore` has been replaced with an `--input`
2658 option for consistency with dump. These changes simplify the syntax
2659 of dump/restore options and make them more consistent with other
2665 Search results now get re-colored when tags are updated
2667 The formatting of tags in search results can now be customized
2669 Previously, attempting to change the format of tags in
2670 `notmuch-search-result-format` would usually break tagging from
2671 search-mode. We no longer make assumptions about the format.
2673 Experimental support for multi-line search result formats
2675 It is now possible to embed newlines in
2676 `notmuch-search-result-format` to make individual search results
2677 span multiple lines.
2679 Next/previous in search and show now move by boundaries
2681 All "next" and "previous" commands in the search and show modes now
2682 move to the next/previous result or message boundary. This doesn't
2683 change the behavior of "next", but "previous" commands will first
2684 move to the beginning of the current result or message if point is
2685 inside the result or message.
2687 Search now uses the JSON format internally
2689 This should address problems with unusual characters in authors and
2690 subject lines that could confuse the old text-based search parser.
2692 The date shown in search results is no longer padded before applying
2693 user-specified formatting
2695 Previously, the date in the search results was padded to fixed width
2696 before being formatted with `notmuch-search-result-format`. It is
2697 no longer padded. The default format has been updated, but if
2698 you've customized this variable, you may have to change your date
2699 format from `"%s "` to `"%12s "`.
2701 The thread-id for the `target-thread` argument for `notmuch-search` should
2702 now be supplied without the "thread:" prefix.
2704 Notmuch 0.13.2 (2012-06-02)
2705 ===========================
2710 Update `contrib/notmuch-deliver` for API changes in 0.13. This fixes a
2711 compilation error for this contrib package.
2713 Notmuch 0.13.1 (2012-05-29)
2714 ===========================
2719 Fix inserting of UTF-8 characters from *text/plain* parts in reply
2721 While notmuch gained ability to insert content from other than *text/plain*
2722 parts of email whenever *text/plain* parts are not available (notably
2723 HTML-only emails), replying to mails that do have *text/plain* the
2724 non-ASCII characters were incorrectly decoded. This is now fixed.
2726 `notmuch_database_get_directory` and
2727 `notmuch_database_find_message_by_filename` now work on read-only
2730 Previously, these functions attempted to create directory documents
2731 that didn't exist and would return an error or abort when given a
2732 read-only database. Now they no longer create directory documents
2733 and simply return a `NULL` object if the directory does not exist,
2736 Fix compilation of ruby bindings
2738 Revert to dynamic linking, since the statically linked bindings did
2741 Notmuch 0.13 (2012-05-15)
2742 =========================
2744 Command-Line Interface
2745 ----------------------
2749 `notmuch reply` can now produce JSON output that contains the headers
2750 for a reply message and full information about the original message
2751 begin replied to. This allows MUAs to create replies intelligently.
2752 For example, an MUA that can parse HTML might quote HTML parts.
2754 Calling notmuch reply with `--format=json` imposes the restriction that
2755 only a single message is returned by the search, as replying to
2756 multiple messages does not have a well-defined behavior. The default
2757 retains its current behavior for multiple message replies.
2761 Tags can be automatically excluded from search results by adding them
2762 to the new `search.exclude_tags` option in the Notmuch config file.
2764 This behaviour can be overridden by explicitly including an excluded
2765 tag in your query, for example:
2767 notmuch search $your_query and tag:$excluded_tag
2769 Existing users will probably want to run `notmuch setup` again to add
2770 the new well-commented [search] section to the configuration file.
2772 For new configurations, accepting the default setting will cause the
2773 tags "deleted" and "spam" to be excluded, equivalent to running:
2775 notmuch config set search.exclude_tags deleted spam
2777 Raw show format changes
2779 The output of show `--format=raw` has changed for multipart and
2780 message parts. Previously, the output was a mash of somewhat-parsed
2781 headers and transfer-decoded bodies. Now, such parts are reproduced
2782 faithfully from the original source. Message parts (which includes
2783 part 0) output the full message, including the message headers (but
2784 not the transfer headers). Multipart parts output the part as
2785 encoded in the original message, including the part's headers. Leaf
2786 parts, as before, output the part's transfer-decoded body.
2788 Listing configuration items
2790 The new `config list` command prints out all configuration items and
2796 Changes to tagging interface
2798 The user-facing tagging functions in the Emacs interface have been
2799 normalized across all notmuch modes. The tagging functions are now
2800 notmuch-search-tag in search-mode, and notmuch-show-tag in
2801 show-mode. They accept a string representing a single tag change,
2802 or a list of tag changes. See 'M-x describe-function notmuch-tag'
2803 for more information.
2805 NOTE: This breaks compatibility with old tagging functions, so user
2806 may need to update in custom configurations.
2808 Reply improvement using the JSON format
2810 Emacs now uses the JSON reply format to create replies. It obeys
2811 the customization variables message-citation-line-format and
2812 message-citation-line-function when creating the first line of the
2813 reply body, and it will quote HTML parts if no text/plain parts are
2816 New add-on tool: notmuch-mutt
2817 -----------------------------
2819 The new contrib/ tool `notmuch-mutt` provides Notmuch integration for
2820 the Mutt mail user agent. Using it, Mutt users can perform mail
2821 search, thread reconstruction, and mail tagging/untagging without
2822 leaving Mutt. notmuch-mutt, formerly distributed under the name
2823 `mutt-notmuch` by Stefano Zacchiroli, will be maintained as a notmuch
2824 contrib/ from now on.
2829 The API changes detailed below break binary and source compatibility,
2830 so libnotmuch has been bumped to version 3.0.0.
2832 The function `notmuch_database_close` has been split into
2833 `notmuch_database_close` and `notmuch_database_destroy`
2835 This makes it possible for long running programs to close the xapian
2836 database and thus release the lock associated with it without
2837 destroying the data structures obtained from it.
2839 `notmuch_database_open`, `notmuch_database_create`, and
2840 `notmuch_database_get_directory` now return errors
2842 The type signatures of these functions have changed so that the
2843 functions now return a `notmuch_status_t` and take an out-argument for
2844 returning the new database object or directory object.
2851 The go bindings and the `notmuch-addrlookup` utility are now
2852 compatible with go 1.
2854 Notmuch 0.12 (2012-03-20)
2855 =========================
2857 Command-Line Interface
2858 ----------------------
2862 `notmuch reply` has gained the ability to create a reply template
2863 for replying just to the sender of the message, in addition to reply
2864 to all. The feature is available through the new command line option
2865 `--reply-to=(all|sender)`.
2867 Mail store folder/file ignore
2869 A new configuration option, `new.ignore`, lets users specify a
2870 ;-separated list of file and directory names that will not be
2871 searched for messages by `notmuch new`.
2873 NOTE: *Every* file/directory that goes by one of those names will
2874 be ignored, independent of its depth/location in the mail store.
2876 Unified help and manual pages
2878 The notmuch help command now runs man for the appropriate page. If
2879 you install notmuch somewhere "unusual", you may need to update
2882 Manual page for notmuch configuration options
2884 The notmuch CLI configuration file options are now documented in the
2885 notmuch-config(1) manual page in addition to the configuration file
2893 The Emacs interface has, with the new CLI support, gained the
2894 ability to reply to sender in addition to reply to all. In both show
2895 and search modes, 'r' has been bound to reply to sender, replacing
2896 reply to all, which now has key binding 'R'.
2898 More flexible and consistent tagging operations
2900 All tagging operations ('+', '-', '*') now accept multiple tags with
2901 '+' or '-' prefix, like '*' operation in notmuch-search view before.
2903 '*' operation (`notmuch-show-tag-all`) is now available in
2906 `notmuch-show-{add,remove}-tag` functions no longer accept tag
2907 argument, `notmuch-show-tag-message` should be used instead. Custom
2908 bindings using these functions should be updated, e.g.:
2910 (notmuch-show-remove-tag "unread")
2912 should be changed to:
2914 (notmuch-show-tag-message "-unread")
2916 Refreshing the show view ('=' by default) no longer opens or closes messages
2918 To get the old behavior of putting messages back in their initial
2919 opened/closed state, use a prefix argument, e.g., 'C-u ='.
2921 Attachment buttons can be used to view or save attachments.
2923 When the cursor is on an attachment button the key 's' can be used
2924 to save the attachment, the key 'v' to view the attachment in the
2925 default mailcap application, and the key 'o' prompts the user for an
2926 application to use to open the attachment. By default Enter or mouse
2927 button 1 saves the attachment but this is customisable (option
2928 Notmuch Show Part Button Default Action).
2932 `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link{,-and-go}` allow stashing and
2933 optionally visiting a URI to the current message at one of a number
2934 of Mailing List Archives.
2936 Fix MML tag quoting in replies
2938 The MML tag quoting fix of 0.11.1 unintentionally quoted tags
2939 inserted in `message-setup-hook`. Quoting is now limited to the
2942 Show view archiving key binding changes
2944 The show view archiving key bindings 'a' and 'x' now remove the
2945 "inbox" tag from the current message only (instead of thread), and
2946 move to the next message. At the last message, 'a' proceeds to the
2947 next thread in search results, and 'x' returns to search
2948 results. The thread archiving functions are now available in 'A' and
2951 Support text/calendar MIME type
2953 The text/calendar MIME type is now supported in addition to
2956 Generate inline patch fake attachment file names from message subject
2958 Use the message subject to generate file names for the inline patch
2959 fake attachments. The names are now similar to the ones generated by
2960 'git format-patch' instead of just "inline patch". See "Notmuch Show
2961 Insert Text/Plain Hook" in the notmuch customize interface.
2963 Enable `notmuch-search-line-faces` by default
2965 Make the `notmuch-search-line-faces` functionality more discoverable
2966 for new users by showing "unread" messages bold and "flagged"
2967 messages blue by default in the search view.
2971 notmuch-show mode now has simple printing support, bound to '#' by
2972 default. You can customize the variable notmuch-print-mechanism.
2979 `notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude` supports the new tag exclusion
2982 Python bindings changes
2983 -----------------------
2985 Python 3.2 compatibility
2987 The python bindings are now compatible with both python 2.5+ and 3.2.
2989 Added missing unicode conversions
2991 Python strings have to be encoded to and decoded from utf-8 when
2992 calling libnotmuch functions. Porting the bindings to python 3.2
2993 revealed a few function calls that were missing these conversions.
2998 Compatibility with GMime 2.6
3000 It is now possible to build notmuch against both GMime 2.4 and 2.6.
3001 However, a bug in GMime 2.6 before 2.6.5 causes notmuch not to
3002 report signatures where the signer key is unavailable (GNOME bug
3003 668085). For compatibility with GMime 2.4's tolerance of "From "
3004 headers we require GMime 2.6 >= 2.6.7.
3006 Notmuch 0.11.1 (2012-02-03)
3007 ===========================
3012 Fix error handling in python bindings
3014 The python bindings in 0.11 failed to detect NULL pointers being
3015 returned from libnotmuch functions and thus failed to raise
3016 exceptions to indicate the error condition. Any subsequent calls
3017 into libnotmuch caused segmentation faults.
3019 Quote MML tags in replies
3021 MML tags are text codes that Emacs uses to indicate attachments
3022 (among other things) in messages being composed. The Emacs
3023 interface did not quote MML tags in the quoted text of a reply.
3024 User could be tricked into replying to a maliciously formatted
3025 message and not editing out the MML tags from the quoted text. This
3026 could lead to files from the user's machine being attached to the
3027 outgoing message. The Emacs interface now quotes these tags in
3028 reply text, so that they do not effect outgoing messages.
3030 Notmuch 0.11 (2012-01-13)
3031 =========================
3033 Command-Line Interface
3034 ----------------------
3038 Hooks have been introduced to notmuch. Hooks are scripts that notmuch
3039 invokes before and after certain actions. Initially, `notmuch new`
3040 supports `pre-new` and `post-new` hooks that are run before and after
3041 importing new messages into the database.
3043 `notmuch reply --decrypt bugfix`
3045 The `notmuch reply` command with `--decrypt` argument had a rarely
3046 occurring bug that caused an encrypted message not to be decrypted
3047 sometimes. This is now fixed.
3052 Automatic tag query optimization
3054 `notmuch tag` now automatically optimizes the user's query to
3055 exclude messages whose tags won't change. In the past, we've
3056 suggested that people do this by hand; this is no longer necessary.
3058 Don't sort messages when creating a dump file
3060 This speeds up tag dumps considerably, without any loss of
3061 information. To replicate the old behavior of sorted output (for
3062 example to compare two dump files), one can use e.g. `sort(1)`.
3067 Reduction of memory leaks
3069 Two memory leaks when searching and showing messages were identified
3070 and fixed in this release.
3077 notmuch-show-advance (bound to the spacebar in notmuch-show-mode) had
3078 a bug that caused it to always jump to the next message, even if it
3079 should have scrolled down to show more of the current message instead.
3082 Support `notmuch new` as a notmuch-poll-script
3084 It's now possible to use `notmuch new` as a notmuch-poll-script
3085 directly. This is also the new default. This allows taking better
3086 advantage of the `notmuch new` hooks from emacs without intermediate
3089 Improvements in saved search management
3091 New saved searches are now appended to the list of saved searches,
3092 not inserted in front. It's also possible to define a sort function
3093 for displaying saved searches; alphabetical sort is provided.
3095 Hooks for notmuch-hello
3097 Two new hooks have been added: "notmuch-hello-mode-hook" (called after
3098 entering notmuch-hello-mode) and "notmuch-hello-refresh-hook" (called
3099 after updating a notmuch-hello buffer).
3101 New face for crypto parts headers
3103 Crypto parts used to be displayed with a hardcoded color. A new face
3104 has been introduced to fix this: notmuch-crypto-part-header. It
3105 defaults to the same value as before, but can be customized to match
3108 Use space as default thousands separator
3110 Large numbers in notmuch-hello are now displayed using a space as
3111 thousands separator (e.g. "123 456" instead of "123,456"). This can be
3112 changed by customizing "notmuch-hello-thousands-separator".
3114 Call notmuch-show instead of notmuch-search when clicking on
3115 buttonized id: links
3117 New function notmuch-show-advance
3119 This new function advances through just the current thread, and is
3120 less invasive than notmuch-show-advance-and-archive. It can easily
3121 be bound to SPC with:
3123 (define-key notmuch-show-mode-map " " 'notmuch-show-advance)
3125 Various performance improvements
3130 The tool `contrib/notmuch-deliver` helps with initial delivery and
3131 tagging of mail (replacing running `notmuch new`).
3134 Notmuch 0.10.2 (2011-12-04)
3135 ===========================
3140 Fix crash in python bindings
3142 The python bindings did not call `g_type_init`, which caused crashes
3143 for some, but not all users.
3145 Notmuch 0.10.1 (2011-11-25)
3146 ===========================
3151 Fix `--help` argument
3153 Argument processing changes in 0.10 introduced a bug where
3154 `notmuch --help` crashed while `notmuch help` worked fine.
3155 This is fixed in 0.10.1.
3157 Notmuch 0.10 (2011-11-23)
3158 =========================
3160 New build and testing features
3161 ------------------------------
3163 Emacs tests are now done in `dtach`. This means that dtach is now
3164 needed to run the notmuch test suite, at least until the checking for
3165 prerequisites is improved.
3167 Full test coverage of the stashing feature in Emacs.
3169 New command-line features
3170 -------------------------
3172 Add `notmuch restore --accumulate` option
3174 The `--accumulate` switch causes the union of the existing and new tags to
3175 be applied, instead of replacing each message's tags as they are read in
3178 Add search terms to `notmuch dump`
3180 The dump command now takes an optional search term much like notmuch
3181 search/show/tag. The output file argument of dump is deprecated in
3182 favour of using stdout.
3184 Add `notmuch search` `--offset` and `--limit` options
3186 The search command now takes options `--offset=[-]N` and `--limit=N` to
3187 limit the number of results shown.
3189 Add `notmuch count --output` option
3191 The count command is now capable of counting threads in addition to
3192 messages. This is selected using the new `--output=(threads|messages)`
3195 New emacs UI features
3196 ---------------------
3198 Add tab-completion for `notmuch-search` and `notmuch-search-filter`
3200 These functions now support completion tags for query parts
3201 starting with "tag:".
3203 Turn "id:MSG-ID" links into buttons associated with notmuch searches
3205 Text of the form "id:MSG-ID" in mails is now a clickable button that
3206 opens a notmuch search for the given message id.
3208 Add keybinding ('c I') for stashing Message-ID's without an id: prefix
3210 Reduces manual labor when stashing them for use outside notmuch.
3212 Do not query on `notmuch-search` exit
3214 It is harmless to kill the external notmuch process, so the user
3215 is no longer interrogated when they interrupt a search.
3220 Emacs now constructs large search buffers more efficiently
3222 Search avoids opening and parsing message files
3224 We now store more information in the database so search no longer
3225 has to open every message file to get basic headers. This can
3226 improve search speed by as much as 10X, but taking advantage of this
3227 requires a database rebuild:
3229 notmuch dump > notmuch.dump
3230 # Backup, then remove notmuch database ($MAIL/.notmuch)
3232 notmuch restore notmuch.dump
3234 New collection of add-on tools
3235 ------------------------------
3237 The source directory "contrib" contains tools built on notmuch. These
3238 tools are not part of notmuch, and you should check their individual
3239 licenses. Feel free to report problems with them to the notmuch
3242 nmbug - share tags with a given prefix
3244 nmbug helps maintain a git repo containing all tags with a given
3245 prefix (by default "notmuch::"). Tags can be shared by committing
3246 them to git in one location and restoring in another.
3248 Notmuch 0.9 (2011-10-01)
3249 ========================
3251 New, general features
3252 ---------------------
3254 Correct handling of interruptions during `notmuch new`
3256 `notmuch new` now operates as a series of small, self-consistent
3257 transactions, so it can correctly resume after an interruption or
3258 crash. Previously, interruption could lose existing tags, fail to
3259 detect messages on resume, or leave the database in a state
3260 temporarily or permanently inconsistent with the mail store.
3267 `notmuch_database_begin_atomic` and `notmuch_database_end_atomic`
3268 allow multiple database operations to be performed atomically.
3270 `notmuch_database_find_message_by_filename` does exactly what it says.
3274 `notmuch_database_find_message` (and `n_d_f_m_by_filename`) now return
3275 a status indicator and uses an output parameter for the
3276 message. This change required changing the SONAME of libnotmuch to
3279 Python bindings changes
3280 -----------------------
3282 - Re-encode python unicode objects to utf-8 before passing back to
3284 - Support `Database().begin_atomic()/end_atomic()`
3285 - Support `Database().find_message_by_filename()`
3286 NB! This needs a db opened in READ-WRITE mode currently, or it will crash
3287 the python process. The is a limitation (=bug) of the underlying libnotmuch.
3288 - Fixes where we would not throw NotmuchErrors when we should (Justus Winter)
3289 - Update for `n_d_find_message*` API changes (see above).
3291 Ruby bindings changes
3292 ---------------------
3294 - Wrap new library functions `notmuch_database_{begin,end}_atomic.`
3295 - Add new exception `Notmuch::UnbalancedAtomicError.`
3296 - Rename destroy to destroy! according to Ruby naming conventions.
3297 - Update for `n_d_find_message*` API changes (see above).
3302 * Add gpg callback to crypto sigstatus buttons to retrieve/refresh
3304 * Add `notmuch-show-refresh-view` function (and corresponding binding)
3305 to refresh the view of a notmuch-show buffer.
3307 Reply formatting cleanup
3308 ------------------------
3310 `notmuch reply` no longer includes notification that non-leafnode
3311 MIME parts are being suppressed.
3313 Notmuch 0.8 (2011-09-10)
3314 ========================
3316 Improved handling of message/rfc822 parts
3318 Both in the CLI and the emacs interface. Output of rfc822 parts now
3319 includes the primary headers, as well as the body and all subparts.
3320 Output of the completely raw rfc822-formatted message, including all
3321 headers, is unfortunately not yet supported (but hopefully will be
3324 Improved Build system portability
3326 Certain parts of the shell script generating notmuch.sym were
3327 specific to the GNU versions of sed and nm. The new version should
3328 be more portable to e.g. OpenBSD.
3330 Documentation update for Ruby bindings
3332 Added documentation, typo fixes, and improved support for rdoc.
3334 Unicode, iterator, PEP8 changes for python bindings
3336 - PEP8 (code formatting) changes for python files.
3337 - Remove `Tags.__len__` ; see 0.6 release notes for motivation.
3338 - Decode headers as UTF8, encode (unicode) database paths as UTF8.
3340 Notmuch 0.7 (2011-08-01)
3341 ========================
3343 Vim interface improvements
3344 --------------------------
3346 Jason Woofenden provided a number of bug fixes for the Vim interface
3348 * fix citation/signature fold lengths
3349 * fix cig/cit parsing within multipart/*
3350 * fix on-screen instructions for show-signature
3351 * fix from list reformatting in search view
3352 * fix space key: now archives (did opposite)
3354 Uwe Kleine-König contributed
3356 * use full path for sendmail/doc fix
3357 * fix compose temp file name
3359 Python Bindings changes
3360 -----------------------
3362 Sebastian Spaeth contributed two changes related to unicode and UTF8:
3364 * message tags are now explicitly unicode
3365 * query string is encoded as a UTF8 byte string
3367 Build-System improvements
3368 -------------------------
3370 Generate notmuch.sym after the relevant object files
3372 This fixes a bug in parallel building. Thanks to Thomas Jost for the
3375 Notmuch 0.6.1 (2011-07-17)
3376 ==========================
3381 Re-export Xapian exception typeinfo symbols
3383 It turned out our aggressive symbol hiding caused problems for
3384 people running gcc 4.4.5.
3386 Notmuch 0.6 (2011-07-01)
3387 =======================
3389 New, general features
3390 ---------------------
3392 Folder-based searching
3394 Notmuch queries can now include a search term to match the
3395 directories in which mail files are stored (within the mail
3396 storage). The syntax is as follows:
3400 For example, one might use things such as:
3406 to match any path containing a directory "spam", "work/todo", or
3407 containing a directory starting with "2011-", respectively.
3409 This feature is particularly useful for users of delivery-agent
3410 software (such as procmail or maildrop) that is filtering mail and
3411 delivering it to particular folders, or users of systems such as
3412 Gmail that use filesystem directories to indicate message tags.
3414 NOTE: Only messages that are newly indexed with this version of
3415 notmuch will be searchable with folder: terms. In order to enable
3416 this feature for all mail, the entire notmuch index will need to be
3419 notmuch dump > notmuch.dump
3420 # Backup, then remove notmuch database ($MAIL/.notmuch)
3422 notmuch restore notmuch.dump
3424 Support for PGP/MIME
3426 Both the command-line interface and the emacs-interface have new
3427 support for PGP/MIME, detailed below. Thanks to Daniel Kahn Gillmor
3428 and Jameson Graef Rollins for making this happen.
3430 New, automatic tags: "signed" and "encrypted"
3432 These tags will automatically be applied to messages containing
3433 multipart/signed and multipart/encrypted parts.
3435 NOTE: Only messages that are newly indexed with this version of
3436 notmuch will receive these tags.
3438 New command-line features
3439 -------------------------
3441 Add new "notmuch show --verify" option for signature verification
3443 This option instruct notmuch to verify the signature of
3444 PGP/MIME-signed parts.
3446 Add new "notmuch show --decrypt" and "notmuch reply --decrypt" options
3448 This option instructs notmuch to decrypt PGP/MIME-encrypted parts.
3449 Note that this feature currently requires gpg-agent and a passphrase entry
3450 tool (e.g. pinentry-gtk or pinentry-curses).
3452 Proper nesting of multipart parts in "notmuch show" output
3454 MIME parts are now display with proper nesting to reflect original
3455 MIME hierarchy of a message. This allows clients to correctly
3456 analyze the MIME structure, (such as, for example, determining to
3457 which parts a signature part applies).
3459 Add new "notmuch show --part" option
3461 This is a replacement for the older "notmuch part" command, (which
3462 is now deprecated—it should still work as always, but is no longer
3463 documented). Putting part output under "notmuch show" allows for all
3464 of the "notmuch show" options to be applied when extracting a single
3465 part, (such as --format=json for extracting a message part with JSON
3468 Deprecate "notmuch search-tags" (in favor of "notmuch search --output=tags *")
3470 The "notmuch search-tags" sub-command has been redundant since the
3471 addition of the --output=tags option to "notmuch search". We now
3472 make that more clear by deprecating "notmuch search-tags", (dropping
3473 it from the documentation). We do continue to support the old syntax
3474 by translating it internally to the new call.
3476 Performance improvements
3477 ------------------------
3479 Faster searches (by doing fewer searches to construct threads)
3481 Whenever a user asks for search results as threads, notmuch first
3482 performs a search for messages matching the query, then performs
3483 additional searches to find other messages in the resulting threads.
3485 Removing inefficiencies and redundancies in these secondary searches
3486 results in a measured speedups of 1.5x for a typical search.
3488 Faster searches (by doing fewer passes to gather message data)
3490 Optimizing Xapian data access patterns (using a single pass to get
3491 all message-document data rather than a pass for each data type)
3492 results in a measured speedup of 1.7x for a typical search.
3494 The benefits of this optimization combine with the preceding
3495 optimization. With both in place, Austin Clements measured a speedup
3496 of 2.5x for a search of all messages in his inbox (was 4.5s, now
3497 1.8s). Thanks, Austin!
3499 Faster initial indexing
3501 More efficient indexing of new messages results in a measured
3502 speedup of 1.4x for the initial indexing of 3 GB of mail (1h 14m
3503 rather than 1h 46m). Thanks to Austin Clements and Michal Sojka.
3505 Make "notmuch new" faster for unchanged directories
3507 Optimizing to not do any further examinations of sub-directories
3508 when the filesystem indicates that a directory is unchanged from the
3509 last "notmuch new" results in measured speedups of 8.5 for the "No
3510 new mail" case, (was 0.77s, now 0.09s). Thanks to Karel Zak.
3512 New emacs-interface features
3513 ----------------------------
3515 Support for PGP/MIME (GnuPG)
3517 Automatically indicate validity of signatures for multipart/signed
3518 messages. Automatically display decrypted content for
3519 multipart/encrypted messages. See the emacs variable
3520 notmuch-crypto-process-mime for more information. Note that this
3521 needs gpg-agent and a pinentry tool just as the command-line tools.
3522 Also note there is no support SMIME yet.
3524 Output of pipe command is now displayed if pipe command fails
3526 This is extremely useful in the common use case of piping a patch to
3527 "git am". If git fails to cleanly merge the patch the error messages
3528 from the failed merge are now clearly displayed to the user, (where
3529 previously they were silently hidden from the user).
3531 User-selectable From address
3533 A user can choose which configured email addresses should be used as
3534 the From address whenever composing a new message. To do so, simply
3535 press C-u before the command which will open a new message. Emacs
3536 will prompt for the from address to use.
3538 The user can customize the "Notmuch Identities" setting in the
3539 notmuch customize group in order to use addresses other than those in
3540 the notmuch configuration file if desired.
3542 The user can also choose to always be prompted for the from address
3543 when composing a new message (without having to use C-u) by setting
3544 the "Notmuch Always Prompt For Sender" option in the notmuch
3547 Hiding of repeated subjects in collapsed thread view
3549 In notmuch-show mode, if a collapsed message has the same subject as
3550 its parent, the subject is not shown.
3552 Automatic detection and hiding of original message in top-posted message
3554 When a message contains a line looking something like:
3556 ----- Original Message -----
3558 emacs hides this and all subsequent lines as an "original message",
3559 (allowing the user to click or press enter on the "original message"
3560 button to display it again). This makes the handling of top-posted
3561 citations work much like conventional citations.
3563 New hooks for running code when tags are modified
3565 Some users want to perform additional actions whenever a particular
3566 tag is added/removed from a message. This could be used to, for
3567 example, interface with some external spam-recognition training
3568 tool. To facilitate this, two new hooks are added which can be
3569 modified in the following settings of the notmuch customize group:
3571 Notmuch Before Tag Hook
3572 Notmuch After Tag Hook
3574 New optional support for hiding some multipart/alternative parts
3576 Many emails are sent with redundant content within a
3577 multipart/alternative group (such as a text/plain part as well as a
3578 text/html part). Users can configure the setting:
3580 Notmuch Show All Multipart/Alternative Parts
3582 to "off" in the notmuch customize group to have the interface
3583 automatically hide some part alternatives (such as text/html
3584 parts). This new part hiding is not configured by default yet
3585 because there's not yet a simple way to re-display such a hidden
3586 part if it is not actually redundant with a displayed part.
3588 Better rendering of text/x-vcalendar parts
3590 These parts are now displayed in a format suitable for use with the
3593 Avoid getting confused by Subject and Author fields with newline characters
3595 Replacing all characters with ASCII code less than 32 with a question mark.
3597 Cleaner display of From line in email messages
3599 Remove double quotes, and drop "name" if it's actually just a repeat of
3602 Vim interface improvements
3603 --------------------------
3605 Felipe Contreras provided a number of updates for the vim interface:
3607 * Using sendmail directly rather than mailx,
3608 * Implementing archive in show view
3609 * Add support to mark as read in show and search views
3610 * Add delete commands
3613 Bindings improvements
3614 ---------------------
3616 Ruby bindings are now much more complete
3618 Including `QUERY.sort`, `QUERY.to_s`, `MESSAGE.maildir_flags_to_tags`,
3619 `MESSAGE.tags_to_maildir_flags`, and `MESSAGE.get_filenames`
3621 Python bindings have been updated and extended
3623 (docs online at https://notmuch.readthedocs.io/)
3627 - `Message().get_filenames()`, `Message().tags_to_maildir_flags()`,
3628 `Message().maildir_flags_to_tags()`, `list(Threads())` and
3629 `list(Messages)` works now
3630 - `Message().__cmp__()` and `__hash__()`
3632 These allow, for example:
3634 if msg1 == msg2: ...
3636 As well as set arithmetic on `Messages()`:
3638 s1, s2 = set(msgs1), set(msgs2)
3644 - `len(Messages())` as it exhausted the iterator
3646 Use `len(list(Messages()))` or `Query.count_messages()`
3649 Added initial Go bindings in bindings/go
3651 New build-system features
3652 -------------------------
3654 Added support for building in a directory other than the source directory
3656 This can be used with the widely-supported idiom of simply running
3657 the configure script from some other directory:
3664 Fix to save configure options for future, implicit runs of configure
3666 When a user updates the source (such as with "git pull") calling
3667 "make" may cause an automatic re-run of the configure script. When
3668 this happens, the configure script will automatically be called with
3669 the same options the user originally passed in the most-recent
3670 manual invocation of configure.
3672 New test-suite feature
3673 ----------------------
3675 Binary for bash for running test suite now located via PATH
3677 The notmuch test suite requires a fairly recent version of bash (>=
3678 bash 4). As some systems supply an older version of bash at
3679 /bin/bash, the test suite is now updated to search $PATH to locate
3680 the bash binary. This allows users of systems with old /bin/bash to
3681 simply install bash >= 4 somewhere on $PATH before /bin and then use
3684 Support for testing output with a trailing newline
3686 Previously, some tests would fail to notice a difference in the
3687 presence/absence of a trailing newline in a program output, (which
3688 has led to bugs in the past). Now, carefully-written tests (using
3689 `test_expect_equal_file` rather than `test_expect_equal`) will detect
3690 any change in the presence/absence of a trailing newline. Many tests
3691 are updated to take advantage of this.
3693 Avoiding accessing user's $HOME while running test suite
3695 The test suite now carefully creates its own HOME directory. This
3696 allows the test suite to be run with no existing HOME directory, (as
3697 some build systems apparently do), and avoids test-suite differences
3698 due to configuration files in the users HOME directory.
3704 Output *all* files for "notmuch search --output=files"
3706 For the cases where multiple files have the same Message ID,
3707 previous versions of notmuch would output only one such file. This
3708 command is now fixed to correctly output all files.
3710 Fixed spurious search results from "overlapped" indexing of addresses
3712 This fixed a bug where a search for:
3714 to:user@elsewhere.com
3716 would incorrectly match a message sent:
3718 To: user@example,com, someone@elsewhere.com
3720 Fix --output=json when search has no results
3722 A bug present since notmuch 0.4 had caused searches with no results
3723 to produce an invalid json object. This is now fixed to cleanly
3724 return a valid json object representing an empty array "[]" as
3727 Fix the automatic detection of the From address for "notmuch reply"
3728 from the Received headers in some cases
3730 Fix core dump on DragonFlyBSD due to -1 return value from
3731 `sysconf(_SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX)`
3733 Cleaned up several memory leaks
3735 Eliminated a few, rare segmentation faults and a double-free
3737 Fix libnotmuch library to only export notmuch API functions
3739 Previous release of the notmuch library also exported some Xapian
3740 C++ exception type symbols. These were never part of the library
3741 interface and were never intended to be exported.
3743 Emacs-interface bug fixes
3744 -------------------------
3746 Display any unexpected output or errors from "notmuch search" invocations
3748 Previously any misformatted output or trailing error messages were
3749 silently ignored. This output is now clearly displayed. This fix was
3750 very helpful in identifying and fixing the bug described below.
3752 Fix bug where some threads would be missing from large search results
3754 When a search returned a "large" number of results, the emacs
3755 interface was incorrectly dropping one thread every time the output
3756 of the "notmuch search" process spanned the emacs read-buffer. This
3759 Avoid re-compression of .gz files (and similar) when saving attachment
3761 Emacs was being too clever for its own good and trying to
3762 re-compress pre-compressed .gz files when saving such attachments
3763 (potentially corrupting the attachment). The emacs interface is
3764 fixed to avoid this bug.
3766 Fix hiding of a message when a previously-hidden citation is visible
3768 Previously the citation would remain visible in this case. This is
3769 fixed so that hiding a message hides all parts.
3771 Notmuch 0.5 (2010-11-11)
3772 ========================
3774 New, general features
3775 ---------------------
3777 Maildir-flag synchronization
3779 Notmuch now knows how to synchronize flags in maildir filenames with
3780 tags in the notmuch database. The following flag/tag mappings are
3789 'S' unread (added when 'S' flag is not present)
3791 The synchronization occurs in both directions, (for example, adding
3792 the 'S' flag to a file will cause the "unread" tag to be added, and
3793 adding the "replied" tag to a message will cause the file to be
3794 renamed with an 'R' flag).
3796 This synchronization is enabled by default for users of the
3797 command-line interface, (though only files in directories named
3798 "cur" or "new" will be renamed). It can be disabled by setting the
3799 new `maildir.synchronize_flags` option in the configuration file. For
3802 notmuch config set maildir.synchronize_flags false
3804 Users upgrading may also want to run "notmuch setup" once (just
3805 accept the existing configuration) to get a new, nicely-commented
3806 [maildir] section added to the configuration file.
3808 For users of the notmuch library, the new synchronization
3809 functionality is available with the following two new functions:
3811 notmuch_message_maildir_flags_to_tags
3812 notmuch_message_tags_to_maildir_flags
3814 It is anticipated that future improvements to this support will
3815 allow for safe synchronization of the 'T' flag with the "deleted"
3816 tag, as well as support for custom flag/tag mappings.
3818 New library features
3819 --------------------
3821 Support for querying multiple filenames for a single message
3823 It is common for the mailstore to contain multiple files with the
3824 same message ID. Previously, notmuch would always hide these
3825 duplicate files, (returning a single, arbitrary filename with
3826 `notmuch_message_get_filename`).
3828 With this release, library users can access all filenames for a
3829 message with the new function:
3831 notmuch_message_get_filenames
3833 Together with `notmuch_filenames_valid`, `notmuch_filenames_get`,
3834 and `notmuch_filenames_move_to_next` it is now possible to iterate
3835 over all available filenames for a given message.
3837 New command-line features
3838 -------------------------
3840 New "notmuch show --format=raw" for getting at original email contents
3842 This new feature allows for a fully-functional email client to be
3843 built on top of the notmuch command-line without needing any direct
3844 access to the mail store itself.
3846 For example, it's now possible to run "emacs -f notmuch" on a local
3847 machine with only ssh access to the mail store/notmuch database. To
3848 do this, simply set the notmuch-command variable in emacs to the
3849 name of a script containing:
3851 ssh user@host notmuch "$@"
3853 If the ssh client has enabled connection sharing (ControlMaster
3854 option in OpenSSH), the emacs interface can be quite responsive this
3860 Fix "notmuch search" to print nothing when nothing matches
3862 The 0.4 release had a bug in which:
3864 notmuch search <expression-with-no-matches>
3866 would produce a single blank line of output, (where previous
3867 versions would produce no output. This fix also causes a change in
3868 the --format=json output, (which would previously produce "[]" and
3869 now produces nothing).
3871 Emacs interface improvements
3872 ----------------------------
3874 Fix to allow pipe ('|') command to work when using notmuch over ssh
3876 Fix count of lines in hidden signatures
3878 Omit repeated subject lines in (collapsed) thread display
3880 Display current thread subject in a header line
3882 Provide a "c i" binding to copy a thread ID from the search view
3884 Allow for notmuch-fcc-dirs to have a value of nil
3886 Also, the more complex form of notmuch-fcc-dirs now has a slightly
3887 different format. It no longer has a special first-element, fallback
3888 string. Instead it's now a list of cons cells where the car of each
3889 cell is a regular expression to be matched against the sender
3890 address, and the cdr is the name of a folder to use for an FCC. So
3891 the old fallback behavior can be achieved by including a final cell
3892 of (".*" . "default-fcc-folder").
3894 Vim interface improvements
3895 --------------------------
3897 Felipe Contreras provided a number of updates for the vim interface
3899 These include optimizations, support for newer versions of vim, fixed
3900 support for sending mail on modern systems, new commands, and
3906 Added initial ruby bindings in bindings/ruby
3908 Notmuch 0.4 (2010-11-01)
3909 ========================
3911 New command-line features
3912 -------------------------
3914 `notmuch search --output=(summary|threads|messages|tags|files)`
3916 This new option allows for particular items to be returned from
3917 notmuch searches. The "summary" option is the default and behaves
3918 just as "notmuch search" has historically behaved.
3920 The new option values allow for thread IDs, message IDs, lists of
3921 tags, and lists of filenames to be returned from searches. It is
3922 expected that this new option will be very useful in shell
3923 scripts. For example:
3925 for file in $(notmuch search --output=files <search-terms>); do
3926 <operations-on> "$file"
3929 `notmuch show --format=mbox <search-specification>`
3931 This new option allows for the messages matching a search
3932 specification to be presented as an mbox. Specifically the "mboxrd"
3933 format is used which allows for reversible quoting of lines
3934 beginning with "From ". A reader should remove a single '>' from the
3935 beginning of all lines beginning with one or more '>' characters
3936 followed by the 5 characters "From ".
3938 `notmuch config [get|set] <section>.<item> [value ...]`
3940 The new top-level "config" command allows for any value in the
3941 notmuch configuration file to be queried or set to a new value. Both
3942 single-valued and multi-valued items are supported, as our any
3943 custom items stored in the configuration file.
3945 Avoid setting Bcc header in "notmuch reply"
3947 We decided that this was a bit heavy-handed as the actual mail
3948 user-agent should be responsible for setting any Bcc option. Also,
3949 see below for the notmuch/emacs user-agent now setting an Fcc by
3950 default rather than Bcc.
3952 New library features
3953 --------------------
3955 Add `notmuch_query_get_query_string` and `notmuch_query_get_sort`
3957 These are simply functions for querying properties of a
3958 `notmuch_query_t` object.
3963 Enable Fcc of all sent messages by default (to "sent" directory)
3965 All messages sent from the emacs interface will now be saved to the
3966 notmuch mail store where they will be incorporated to the database
3967 by the next "notmuch new". By default, messages are saved to the
3968 "sent" directory at the top-level of the mail store. This directory
3969 can be customized by means of the "Notmuch Fcc Dirs" option in the
3970 notmuch customize interface.
3972 Ability to all open messages in a thread to a pipe
3974 Historically, the '|' keybinding allows for piping a single message
3975 to an external command. Now, by prefixing this key with a prefix
3976 argument, (for example, by pressing "Control-U |"), all open
3977 messages in the current thread will be sent to the external command.
3979 Optional support for detecting inline patches
3981 This hook is disabled by default but can be enabled with a checkbox
3982 under "Notmuch Show Insert Text/Plain Hook" in the notmuch customize
3983 interface. It allows for inline patches to be detected and treated
3984 as if they were attachments, (with context-sensitive highlighting).
3986 Automatically tag messages as "replied" when sending a reply
3988 Messages replied to within the emacs interface will now be tagged as
3989 "replied". This feature can easily be customized to add or remove
3990 other tags as well. For example, a user might use a tag of
3991 "needs-reply" and can configure this feature to automatically remove
3992 that tag when replying. See "Notmuch Message Mark Replied" in the
3993 notmuch customize interface.
3995 Allow search-result color specifications to overlay each other
3997 For example, one tag can specify the background color of matching
3998 lines, while another can specify the foreground. With this change,
3999 both settings will now be visible simultaneously, (which was not the
4000 case in previous releases). See "Notmuch Search Line Faces" in the
4001 notmuch customize interface.
4003 Make hidden author names still available for incremental search
4005 When there is insufficient space to display all authors of a thread
4006 in search results, the names of hidden authors are now still made
4007 available to emacs' incremental search commands. As the user
4008 searches, matching lines will temporarily expand to show the hidden
4011 New binding of Control-TAB (works like TAB in reverse)
4013 Many notmuch nodes already use TAB to navigate forward through
4014 various items allowing actions, (message headers, email attachments,
4015 etc.). The new Control-TAB binding operates similarly but in the
4018 New build-system features
4019 -------------------------
4021 Various portability fixes have been applied
4023 These include fixes for build failures on at least Solaris, FreeBSD,
4024 and Fedora systems. We're hopeful that the notmuch code base is now
4025 more portable than ever before.
4027 Arrange for libnotmuch to be found automatically after make install
4029 The notmuch build system is now careful to help the user avoid
4030 errors of the form "libnotmuch.so could not be found" immediately
4031 after installing. This support takes two forms:
4033 1. If the library is installed to a system directory,
4034 (configured in /etc/ld.so.conf), then "make install" will
4035 automatically run ldconfig.
4037 2. If the library is installed to a non-system directory, the
4038 build system adds a `DR_RUNPATH` entry to the final binary
4039 pointing to the directory to which the library is installed.
4041 When this support works, the user should be able to run notmuch
4042 immediately after "make install", without any errors trying to find
4043 the notmuch library, and without having to manually set environment
4044 variables such as `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`.
4046 Check compiler/linker options before using them
4048 The configure script now carefully checks that any desired
4049 compilation options, (whether for enabling compiler warnings, or for
4050 embedding rpath, etc.), are supported. Only supported options are
4051 used in the resulting Makefile.
4053 New test-suite features
4054 -----------------------
4056 New modularization of test suite
4058 Thanks to a gracious relicensing of the test-suite infrastructure
4059 from the git project, notmuch now has a modular test suite. This
4060 provides the ability to run individual sections of the test suite
4061 rather than the whole things. It also provides better summary of
4062 test results, with support for tests that are expected to fail
4063 (BROKEN and FIXED) in addition to PASS and FAIL. Finally, it makes
4064 it easy to run the test suite within valgrind (pass --valgrind to
4065 notmuch-test or to any sub-script) which has been very useful.
4067 New testing of emacs interface
4069 The test suite has been augmented to allow automated testing of the
4070 emacs interfaces. So far, this includes basic searches, display of
4071 threads, and tag manipulation. This also includes a test that a new
4072 message can successfully be sent out through a (dummy) SMTP server
4073 and that said message is successfully integrated into the notmuch
4074 database via the FCC setting.
4079 Fix potential corruption of database when "notmuch new" is interrupted
4081 Previously, an interruption of "notmuch new" would (rarely) result
4082 in a corrupt database. The corruption would manifest itself by a
4083 persistent error of the form:
4085 document ID of 1234 has no thread ID
4087 The message-adding code has been carefully audited and reworked to
4088 avoid this sort of corruption regardless of when it is interrupted.
4090 Fix failure with extremely long message ID headers
4092 Previously, a message with an extremely long message ID, (say, more
4093 than 300 characters), would fail to be added to notmuch, (triggering
4094 Xapian exceptions). This has now been fixed.
4096 Fix for messages with "charset=unknown-8bit"
4098 Previously, messages with this charset would cause notmuch to emit a
4099 GMime warning, (which would then trip up emacs or other interfaces
4100 parsing the notmuch results).
4102 Fix `notmuch_query_search_threads` function to return NULL on any exception
4104 Fix "notmuch search" to return non-zero if `notmuch_query_search_threads`
4107 Previously, this command could confusingly report a Xapian
4108 exception, yet still return an error code of 0. It now correctly
4109 returns a failing error code of 1 in this case.
4114 Fix to handle a message with a subject containing, for example "[1234]"
4116 Previously, a message subject containing a sequence of digits within
4117 square brackets would cause the emacs interface to mis-parse the
4118 output of "notmuch search". This would result in the message being
4119 mis-displayed and prevent the user from manipulating the message in
4120 the emacs interface.
4122 Fix to correctly handle message IDs containing ".."
4124 The emacs interface now properly quotes message IDs to avoid a
4125 Xapian bug in which the ".." within a message ID would be
4126 misinterpreted as a numeric range specification.
4128 Python-binding fixes
4129 --------------------
4131 The python bindings for notmuch have been updated to work with python3.
4133 Debian-specific fixes
4134 ---------------------
4136 Fix emacs initialization so "M-x notmuch" works for users by default
4138 Now, a new Debian user can immediately run "emacs -f notmuch" after
4139 "apt-get install notmuch". Previously, the user would have had to
4140 edit the ~/.emacs file to add "(require 'notmuch)" before this would
4143 Notmuch 0.3.1 (2010-04-27)
4144 ==========================
4149 Fix an infinite loop in "notmuch reply"
4151 This bug could be triggered by replying to a message where the
4152 user's primary email address did not appear in the To: header and
4153 the user had not configured any secondary email addresses. The bug
4154 was a simple re-use of the same iterator variable in nested loops.
4156 Fix a potential SEGV in "notmuch search"
4158 This bug could be triggered by an author name ending in a ','.
4159 Admittedly - that's almost certainly a spam email, but we never
4160 want notmuch to crash.
4165 Fix calculations for line wrapping in the primary "notmuch" view
4167 Fix Fcc support to prompt to create a directory if the specified Fcc
4168 directory does not exist
4173 Fix build on OpenSolaris (at least) due to missing 'extern "C"' block
4175 Without this, the C++ sources could not find strcasestr and the
4176 final linking of notmuch would fail.
4178 Notmuch 0.3 (2010-04-27)
4179 ========================
4181 New command-line features
4182 -------------------------
4184 User-configurable tags for new messages
4186 A new "new.tags" option is available in the configuration file to
4187 determine which tags are applied to new messages. Run "notmuch
4188 setup" to generate new documentation within ~/.notmuch-config on how
4189 to specify this value.
4191 Threads search results named based on subjects that match search
4193 This means that when new mails arrived to a thread you've previously
4194 read, and the new mails have a new subject, you will see that
4195 subject in the search results rather than the old subject.
4197 Faster operation of "notmuch tag" (avoid unneeded sorting)
4199 Since the user just wants to tag all matching messages, we can make
4200 things perform a bit faster by avoiding the sort.
4202 Even Better guessing of From: header for "notmuch reply"
4204 Notmuch now looks at a number of headers when trying to figure out
4205 the best From: header to use in a reply. This is helpful if you have
4206 several configured email addresses, and you also subscribe to various
4207 mailing lists with different addresses, (so that mails you are
4208 replying to won't always include your subscribed address in the To:
4211 Indication of author names that match a search
4213 When notmuch displays threads as the result of a search, it now
4214 lists the authors that match the search before listing the other
4215 authors in the thread. It inserts a pipe '|' symbol between the last
4216 matching and first non-matching author. This is especially useful in
4217 a search that includes tag:unread. Now the authors of the unread
4218 messages in the thread are listed first.
4220 New: Python bindings
4221 --------------------
4223 Sebastian Spaeth has contributed his python bindings for the notmuch
4224 library to the central repository. These bindings were previously
4225 known as "cnotmuch" within python but have now been renamed to be
4226 accessible with a simple, and more official-looking "import notmuch".
4228 The bindings have already proven very useful as people proficient in
4229 python have been able to easily develop programs to do notmuch-based
4230 searches for email-address completion, maildir-flag synchronization,
4233 These bindings are available within the bindings/python directory, but
4234 are not yet integrated into the top-level Makefiles, nor the top-level
4235 package-building scripts. Improvements are welcome.
4237 Emacs interface improvements
4238 ----------------------------
4240 An entirely new initial view for notmuch, (friendly yet powerful)
4242 Some of us call the new view "notmuch hello" but you can get at it
4243 by simply calling "emacs -f notmuch". The new view provides a search
4244 bar where new searches can be performed. It also displays a list of
4245 recent searches, along with a button to save any of these, giving it
4246 a new name as a "saved search". Many people find these "saved
4247 searches" one of the most convenient ways of organizing their mail,
4248 (providing all of the features of "folders" in other mail clients,
4249 but without any of the disadvantages).
4251 Finally, this view can also optionally display all of the tags that
4252 exist in the database, along with a count for each tag, and a custom
4253 search of messages with that tag that's simply a click (or keypress)
4256 NOTE: For users that liked the original mode of "emacs -f notmuch"
4257 immediately displaying a particular search result, we recommend
4258 instead running something like:
4260 emacs --eval '(notmuch search "tag:inbox" t)'
4262 The "t" means to sort the messages in an "oldest first" order,
4263 (as notmuch would do previously by default). You can also
4264 leave that off to have your search results in "newest first"
4267 Full-featured "customize" support for configuring notmuch
4269 Notmuch now plugs in well to the emacs "customize" mode to make it
4270 much simpler to find things about the notmuch interface that can be
4271 tweaked by the user.
4273 You can get to this mode by starting at the main "Customize" menu in
4274 emacs, then browsing through "Applications", "Mail", and
4275 "Notmuch". Or you can go straight to "M-x customize-group"
4278 Once you're at the customize screen, you'll see a list of documented
4279 options that can be manipulated along with checkboxes, drop-down
4280 selectors, and text-entry boxes for configuring the various
4283 Support for doing tab-completion of email addresses
4285 This support currently relies on an external program,
4286 (notmuch-addresses), that is not yet shipped with notmuch
4287 itself. But multiple, suitable implementations of this program have
4288 already been written that generate address completions by doing
4289 notmuch searches of your email collection. For example, providing
4290 first those addresses that you have composed messages to in the
4293 One such program (implemented in python with the python bindings to
4294 notmuch) is available via:
4296 git clone http://jkr.acm.jhu.edu/git/notmuch_addresses.git
4298 Install that program as notmuch-addresses on your PATH, and then
4299 hitting TAB on a partial email address or name within the To: or Cc:
4300 line of an email message will provide matching completions.
4302 Support for file-based (Fcc) delivery of sent messages to mail store
4304 This isn't yet enabled by default. To enable this, one will have to
4305 set the "Notmuch Fcc Dirs" setting within the notmuch customize
4306 screen, (see its documentation there for details). We anticipate
4307 making this automatic in a future release.
4309 New 'G' key binding to trigger mail refresh (G == "Get new mail")
4311 The 'G' key works wherever '=' works. Before refreshing the screen
4312 it calls an external program that can be used to poll email servers,
4313 run notmuch new and set up specific tags for the new emails. The
4314 script to be called should be configured with the "Notmuch Poll
4315 Script" setting in the customize interface. This script will
4316 typically invoke "notmuch new" and then perhaps several "notmuch
4319 Implement emacs message display with the JSON output from notmuch
4321 This is much more robust than the previous implementation, (where
4322 some HTML mails and mail quoting the notmuch code with the delimiter
4323 characters in it would cause the parser to fall over).
4325 Better handling of HTML messages and MIME attachments (inline images!)
4327 Allow for any MIME parts that emacs can display to be displayed
4328 inline. This includes inline viewing of image attachments, (provided
4329 the window is large enough to fit the image at its natural size).
4331 Much more robust handling of HTML messages. Currently both text/plain
4332 and text/html alternates will be rendered next to each other. In a
4333 future release, users will be able to decide to see only one or the
4334 other representation.
4336 Each attachment now has its own button so that attachments can be
4337 saved individually (the 'w' key is still available to save all
4340 Customizable support for tidying of text/plain message content
4342 Many new functions are available for tidying up message
4343 content. These include options such as wrapping long lines,
4344 compressing duplicate blank lines, etc.
4346 Most of these are disabled by default, but can easily be enabled by
4347 clicking the available check boxes under the "Notmuch Show Insert
4348 Text/Plain Hook" within the notmuch customize screen.
4350 New support for searchable citations (even when hidden)
4352 When portions of overly-long citations are hidden, the contents of
4353 these citations will still be available for emacs' standard
4354 "incremental search" functions. When the search matches any portion
4355 of a hidden citation, the citation will become visible temporarily
4356 to display the search result.
4358 More flexible handling of header visibility
4360 As an answer to complaints from many users, the To, Cc, and Date
4361 headers of messages are no longer hidden by default. For those users
4362 that liked that these were hidden, a new "Notmuch Messages Headers
4363 Visible" option in the customize interface can be set to nil. The
4364 visibility of headers can still be toggled on a per-message basis
4365 with the 'h' keybinding.
4367 For users that don't want to see some subset of those headers, the
4368 new "Notmuch Message Headers" variable can be customized to list
4369 only those headers that should be present in the display of a message.
4371 The Return key now toggles message visibility anywhere
4373 Previously this worked only on the first summary-line of a message.
4375 Customizable formatting of search results
4377 The user can easily customize the order, width, and formatting of
4378 the various fields in a "notmuch search" buffer. See the "Notmuch
4379 Search Result Format" section of the customize interface.
4381 Generate nicer names for search buffers when using a saved search
4383 Add a notmuch User-Agent header when sending mail from notmuch/emacs
4385 New keybinding (M-Ret) to open all collapsed messages in a thread
4390 Provide a new `NOTMUCH_SORT_UNSORTED` value for queries
4392 This can be somewhat faster when sorting simply isn't desired. For
4393 example when collecting a set of messages that will all be
4394 manipulated identically, (adding a tag, removing a tag, deleting the
4395 messages), then there's no advantage to sorting the messages by
4401 Fix to compile against GMime 2.6
4403 Previously notmuch insisted on being able to find GMime 2.4, (even
4404 though GMime 2.6 would have worked all along).
4406 Fix configure script to accept (and ignore) various standard options
4408 For example, those that the Gentoo build scripts expect configure to
4409 accept are now all accepted.
4414 A large number of new tests for the many new features
4416 Better display of output from failed tests
4418 Now shows failures with diff rather than forcing the user to gaze at
4419 complete actual and expected output looking for deviation.
4421 Notmuch 0.2 (2010-04-16)
4422 ========================
4424 This is the second release of the notmuch mail system, with actual
4425 detailed release notes this time!
4427 This release consists of a number of minor new features that make
4428 notmuch more pleasant to use, and a few fairly major bug fixes.
4430 We didn't quite hit our release target of "about a week" from the 0.1
4431 release, (0.2 is happening 11 days after 0.1), but we hope to do
4432 better for next week. Look forward to some major features coming to
4433 notmuch in subsequent releases.
4440 Better guessing of From: header
4442 Notmuch now tries harder to guess which configured address should be
4443 used as the From: line in a "notmuch reply". It will examine the
4444 Received: headers if it fails to find any configured address in To:
4445 or Cc:. This allows it to often choose the correct address even when
4446 replying to a message sent to a mailing list, and not directly to a
4449 Make "notmuch count" with no arguments count all messages
4451 Previously, it was hard to construct a search term that was
4452 guaranteed to match all messages.
4454 Provide a new special-case search term of "*" to match all messages
4456 This can be used in any command accepting a search term, such as
4457 "notmuch search '*'". Note that you'll want to take care that the
4458 shell doesn't expand * against the current files. And note that the
4459 support for "*" is a special case. It's only meaningful as a single
4460 search term and loses its special meaning when combined with any
4463 Automatically detect thread connections even when a parent message is
4466 Previously, if two or more message were received with a common
4467 parent, but that parent was not received, then these messages would
4468 not be recognized as belonging to the same thread. This is now fixed
4469 so that such messages are properly connected in a thread.
4474 Fix potential data loss in "notmuch new" with SIGINT
4476 One code path in "notmuch new" was not properly handling
4477 SIGINT. Previously, this could lead to messages being removed from
4478 the database (and their tags being lost) if the user pressed
4479 Control-C while "notmuch new" was working.
4481 Fix segfault when a message includes a MIME part that is empty
4483 Fix handling of non-ASCII characters with --format=json
4485 Previously, characters outside the range of 7-bit ASCII were
4486 silently dropped from the JSON output. This led to corrupted display
4487 of utf-8 content in the upcoming notmuch web-based frontends.
4489 Fix headers to be properly decoded in "notmuch reply"
4491 Previously, the user might see:
4493 Subject: Re: =?iso-8859-2?q?Rozlu=E8ka?=
4497 Subject: Re: Rozlučka
4499 The former text is properly encoded to be RFC-compliant SMTP, will
4500 be sent correctly, and will be properly decoded by the
4501 recipient. But the user trying to edit the reply would likely be
4502 unable to read or edit that field in its encoded form.
4504 Emacs client features
4505 ---------------------
4507 Show the last few lines of citations as well as the first few lines
4509 It's often the case that the last sentence of a citation is what is
4510 being replied to directly, so the last few lines are often much more
4511 important. The number of lines shown at the beginning and end of any
4512 citation can be configured, (notmuch-show-citation-lines-prefix and
4513 notmuch-show-citation-lines-suffix).
4515 The '+' and '-' commands in the search view can now add and remove
4518 Selective bulk tagging is now possible by selecting a region of
4519 threads and then using either the '+' or '-' keybindings. Bulk
4520 tagging is still available for all threads matching the current
4521 search with the '*' binding.
4523 More meaningful buffer names for thread-view buffers
4525 Notmuch now uses the Subject of the thread as the buffer
4526 name. Previously it was using the thread ID, which is a meaningless
4529 Provide for customized colors of threads in search view based on tags
4531 See the documentation of notmuch-search-line-faces, (or us "M-x
4532 customize" and browse to the "notmuch" group within "Applications"
4533 and "Mail"), for details on how to configure this colorization.
4535 Build-system features
4536 ---------------------
4538 Add support to properly build libnotmuch on Darwin systems (OS X)
4540 Add support to configure for many standard options
4542 We include actual support for:
4544 --includedir --mandir --sysconfdir
4546 And accept and silently ignore several more:
4548 --build --infodir --libexecdir --localstatedir
4549 --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking
4551 Install emacs client in "make install" rather than requiring a
4552 separate "make install-emacs"
4554 Automatically compute versions numbers between releases
4556 This support uses the git-describe notation, so a version such as
4557 0.1-144-g43cbbfc indicates a version that is 144 commits since the
4558 0.1 release and is available as git commit "43cbbfc".
4560 Add a new "make test" target to run the test suite and actually
4563 Notmuch 0.1 (2010-04-05)
4564 ========================
4566 This is the first release of the notmuch mail system.
4568 It includes the libnotmuch library, the notmuch command-line
4569 interface, and an emacs-based interface to notmuch.
4571 Note: Notmuch will work best with Xapian 1.0.18 (or later) or Xapian
4572 1.1.4 (or later). Previous versions of Xapian (whether 1.0 or 1.1) had
4573 a performance bug that made notmuch very slow when modifying
4574 tags. This would cause distracting pauses when reading mail while
4575 notmuch would wait for Xapian when removing the "inbox" and "unread"
4576 tags from messages in a thread.
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