1 Notmuch 0.23.1 (UNRELEASED)
2 ===========================
7 Require Xapian >= 1.2.6
9 The ifdef branch for older Xapian (pre-compact API) had bit-rotted.
14 Fix test failure with Emacs 25.1
16 A previously undiscovered jit-lock related bug was exposed by Emacs
17 25, causing a notmuch-show mode test to fail. This release fixes the
18 bug, and hence the test.
20 Notmuch 0.23 (2016-10-03)
21 =========================
26 Compiling against Xapian 1.4 enables several new features.
28 Support for single argument date: queries
30 `date:<expr>` is equivalent to `date:<expr>..<expr>`.
32 Support for blocking opens
34 When opening a database notmuch by default will wait for another
35 process to release a write lock, rather than returning an error.
37 Support for named queries
39 Named queries (also known as 'saved searches') can be defined with a
40 `query:name` format. The expansion of these queries is stored in the
41 database and they can be used from any notmuch client.
48 libnotmuch now supports the attachment of arbitrary key-value pairs
49 to messages. These can be used by various tools to manage their
50 private data without polluting the user tag space. They also support
51 iteration of values with the same key or same key prefix.
53 Bug fix for `notmuch_directory_set_mtime`
55 Update cached mtime to match on-disk mtime.
60 Support for compile time options
62 A group of `built_with` keys is now supported for notmuch
63 config. Initial keys in this group are `compact`, `field_processor`,
66 Dump/Restore support for configuration information and properties
68 Any configuration information stored in the database (initially just
69 named queries) is dumped and restored. Similarly any properties
70 attached to messages are also dumped and restored. Any new
71 information in the dump format is prefixed by '#' to allow existing
77 Make notmuch-message-mode use insert for fcc
79 Notmuch-message-mode now defaults to using notmuch insert for
80 fcc. The old file based fcc behaviour can be restored by setting the
81 defcustom `notmuch-maildir-use-notmuch-insert` to nil.
83 When using notmuch insert, `notmuch-fcc-dirs` must be a subdirectory
84 of the mailstore (absolute paths are not permitted) followed by any
85 tag changes to be applied to the inserted message. The tag changes
86 are applied after the default tagging for new messages. For example
87 setting the header to "sentmail -inbox +sent" would insert the
88 message in the subdirectory sentmail of the mailstore, add the tag
89 "sent", and not add the (normally added) "inbox" tag.
91 Finally, if the insert fails (e.g. if the database is locked) the
92 user is presented with the option to retry, ignore, or edit the
95 Make internal address completion customizable
97 There is a new defcustom `notmuch-address-internal-completion` which
98 controls how the internal completion works: it allows the user to
99 choose whether to match on messages the user sent, or the user
100 received, and to filter the messages used for the match, for example
103 Allow internal address completion on an individual basis
105 There is a new function `notmuch-address-toggle-internal-completion`
106 (by default it has no keybinding) which allows users who normally
107 use an external completion command to use the builtin internal
108 completion for the current buffer.
110 Alternatively, if the user has company-mode enabled, then the user
111 can use company mode commands such as `company-complete` to
112 activate the builtin completion for an individual completion.
116 The function `notmuch-show-resend-message` (bound to `b` in show
117 and tree modes) will (attempt to) send current message to new
118 recipients. The headers of the message won't be altered (e.g. `To:`
119 may point to yourself). New `Resent-To:`, `Resent-From:` and so on
120 will be added instead.
122 Face customization is easier
124 New faces `notmuch-tag-unread`, `notmuch-tag-flagged`,
125 `notmuch-tag-deleted`, `notmuch-tag-added`,
126 `notmuch-search-flagged-face` and `notmuch-search-unread-face` are
127 now used by default. Customize `notmuch-faces` to modify them.
129 Omit User-Agent header by default when sending mail
134 Add support for `notmuch_database_get_all_tags`
139 Go bindings moved to contrib
141 Add support for `notmuch_threads_t` and `notmuch_thread_t`
143 Fixed constant values so they are not all zero anymore
145 Previously, it was impossible to open writable database handles,
146 because `DATABASE_MODE_READ_ONLY` and `DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE` were
148 The same issue occured with sort modes.
150 Notmuch 0.22.2 (2016-09-08)
151 ===========================
158 Have gdb write to a log file instead of stdout, hiding some more
159 (harmless) stderr chatter which causes test failures.
161 Hardcode fingerprint in PGP/MIME tests
163 Make the tests more robust against changing GnuPG output formats.
165 Notmuch 0.22.1 (2016-07-19)
166 ===========================
171 Correct the definition of `LIBNOTMUCH_CHECK_VERSION`.
173 Document the (lack of) operations permitted on a closed database.
178 Fix race condition in dump / restore tests.
183 Use `env` to locate perl.
188 Tell `message-mode` mode that outgoing messages are mail
190 This makes message-mode configuration behave more predictably.
192 Respect charset of MIME parts when reading them
194 Fix previous assumption that everyone uses UTF-8.
196 Notmuch 0.22 (2016-04-26)
197 =========================
204 Notmuch should now build (and the test suite should pass) on recent
205 releases of Xapian 1.3.x. It has been tested with Xapian 1.3.5.
207 Limited support for S/MIME messages
209 Signature verification is supported, but not decryption. S/MIME
210 signature creation and S/MIME encryption are supported via built-in
211 support in Emacs. S/MIME support is not extensively tested at this
216 Fix for threading bug involving deleting and re-adding
217 messages. Fix for case-sensitive content disposition headers. Fix
218 handling of 1 character directory names at top level.
220 Command Line Interface
221 ----------------------
223 `notmuch show` now supports verifying S/MIME signatures
225 This support relies on an appropriately configured `gpgsm`.
230 Drop dependency on "pkg-config emacs".
235 Notmuch replies now include all parts shown in the show view
237 There are two main user visible changes. The first is that rfc822
238 parts are now included in replies.
240 The second change is that part headers are now included in the reply
241 buffer to provide visible separation of the parts. The choice of
242 which part headers to show is customizable via the variable
243 `notmuch-mua-reply-insert-header-p-function`.
245 Filtering or Limiting messages is now bound to `l` in the search view
247 This binding now matches the analogous binding in show view.
249 `F` forwards all open messages in a thread
251 When viewing a thread of messages, the new binding `F` can be used
252 to generate a new outgoing message which forwards all of the open
253 messages in the thread. This is analogous to the `f` binding, which
254 forwards only the current message.
256 Preferred content type can be determined from the message content
258 More flexibility in choosing which sub-part of a
259 multipart/alternative part is initially shown is available by
260 setting `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` to a function
261 that returns a list of discouraged types. The function so specified
262 is passed the message as an argument and can examine the message
263 content to determine which content types should be discouraged. This
264 is in addition to the current capabilities (i.e. setting
265 `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` to a list of discouraged
268 When viewing a thread ("show" mode), queries that match no messages no
269 longer generate empty buffers
271 Should an attempt be made to view the thread corresponding to a
272 query that matches no messages, a warning message is now displayed
273 and the terminal bell rung rather than displaying an empty buffer
274 (or, in some cases, displaying an empty buffer and throwing an
275 error). This also affects re-display of the current thread.
277 Handle S/MIME signatures in emacs
279 The emacs interface is now capable making and verifying S/MIME
282 `notmuch-message-address-insinuate` is now a no-op
284 This reduces the amount of interference with non-notmuch uses of
287 Address completion improvements
289 An external script is no longer needed for address completion; if
290 you previously configured one, customize the variable
291 `notmuch-address-command` to try the internal completion. If
292 `company-mode` is available, notmuch uses it by default for
293 interactive address completion.
295 Test and experiment with the emacs MUA available in source tree
297 `./devel/try-emacs-mua` runs emacs and fills the window with
298 information how to try the MUA safely. Emacs is configured to use
299 the notmuch (lisp) files located in `./emacs` directory.
304 New `notmuch-report(1)` and `notmuch-report.json(5)` man pages
305 describe `notmuch-report` and its JSON configuration file. You can
306 build these files by running `make` in the `devel/nmbug/doc`
312 Renamed from `nmbug-status`. This script generates reports based on
313 notmuch queries, and doesn't really have anything to do with nmbug,
314 except for sharing the `NMBGIT` environment variable. The new name
315 focuses on the script's action, instead of its historical association
316 with the nmbug workflow. This should make it more discoverable for
317 users looking for generic notmuch reporting tools.
319 The default configuration file name (extracted from the `config`
320 branch of `NBMGIT` has changed from `status-config.json` to
321 `notmuch-report.json` so it is more obviously associated with the
322 report-generating script. The configuration file also has a new
323 `meta.message-url` setting, which is documented in
324 `notmuch-report.json(5)`.
326 `notmuch-report` now wraps query phrases in parentheses when and-ing
327 them together, to avoid confusion about clause grouping.
329 Notmuch 0.21 (2015-10-29)
330 =========================
335 Notmuch now requires gmime >= 2.6.7. The gmime 2.4 series is no longer
338 Database revision tracking: `lastmod:` queries
340 Each message now has a metadata revision number that increases with
341 every tagging operation. See the discussion of `lastmod:` in
342 `notmuch-search-terms(7)` for more information.
344 Date queries now support `date:<expr>..!` shorthand for
345 `date:<expr>..<expr>`
347 You can use, for example, `date:yesterday..!` to match from the
348 beginning of yesterday to the end of yesterday. For further details,
349 please refer to the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page.
351 Notmuch database upgrade to support `lastmod:` queries
353 The above mentioned `lastmod:` prefix. This will be done
354 automatically, without prompting on the next time `notmuch new` is
355 run after the upgrade. The upgrade is not reversible, and the
356 upgraded database will not be readable by older versions of
357 Notmuch. As a safeguard, a database dump will be created in the
358 `.notmuch` directory before upgrading.
363 The ruby bindings are now built as part of the main notmuch build
364 process. This can be disabled with the `--without-ruby` option to
367 Building the documentation can be disabled with the `--without-docs`
370 Skipped individual tests are no longer considered as failures.
372 Command Line Interface
373 ----------------------
375 Database revision tracking
377 Two new options were added to support revision tracking. A global
378 option "--uuid" (`notmuch(1)`) was added for to detect counter
379 rollover and reinitialization, and `notmuch-count(1)` gained a
380 `--lastmod` option to query database revision tracking data.
382 The `notmuch address` command supports new deduplication schemes
384 `notmuch address` has gained a new `--deduplicate` option to specify
385 how the results should be deduplicated, if at all. The alternatives
386 are `no` (do not deduplicate, useful for processing the results with
387 external tools), `mailbox` (deduplicate based on the full, case
388 sensitive name and email address), and `address` (deduplicate based
389 on the case insensitive address part). See the `notmuch-address`
390 manual page for further information.
395 `notmuch-emacs-version` is used in `User-Agent` header
397 The value of recently introduced variable `notmuch-emacs-version` is
398 now used as a part of `User-Agent` header when sending emails.
400 Removed `notmuch-version` function by renaming it to `notmuch-cli-version`
402 With existing variable `notmuch-emacs-version` the accompanied
403 function which retrieves the version of `notmuch-command` is
404 better named as `notmuch-cli-version`.
406 Query input now supports completion for "is:<tag>"
408 New message composition mode: `notmuch-compose-mode`
410 This is mainly to fix fcc handling, but may be useful for user
411 customization as well.
413 Allow filtering of search results in `notmuch-show`
415 Add function to rerun current tree-view search in search mode
417 Bug fix for replying to encrypted messages in `notmuch-tree` mode
419 Allow saved searched to specify tree view rather than search view
421 Applies to saved searches run from `notmuch-hello`, or by a keyboard
422 shortcut (`notmuch-jump`). Can be set in the customize interface, or
423 by adding :search-type tree to the appropriate saved search plist in
424 `notmuch-saved-searches`.
426 Increase maximum size of rendered text parts
428 The variable `notmuch-show-max-text-part-size` controls the maximum
429 size (in bytes) which is automatically rendered. This may make
430 rendering large threads slower. To get the previous behaviour set
431 this variable to 10000.
436 The use of absolute paths is now enforced when calling
437 `notmuch_database_{open, create}`
439 New function `notmuch_directory_delete` to delete directory documents
441 Previously there was no way to delete directory documents from the
442 database, leading to confusing results when the "ghost" directory
443 document of a renamed or deleted filesystem directory was
444 encountered every time the parent directory was being scanned by
445 `notmuch new`. The mtime of the old directory document was also used
446 if a directory by the same name was added again in the filesystem,
447 potentially bypassing the scan for the directory. The issues are
448 fixed by providing a library call to delete directory documents, and
449 deleting the old documents in `notmuch new` on filesystem directory
452 Database revision tracking
454 Revision tracking is supported via a new prefix "lastmod:" in the
455 query parser and the new function
456 `notmuch_database_get_revision`. For the latter, see `notmuch(3)`.
458 New status code returning API for n_query_count_{messages,threads}
462 `notmuch_query_search_threads`, `notmuch_query_search_messages`,
463 `notmuch_query_count_messages`, and `notmuch_query_count_threads`
464 are all deprecated as of this release. Clients are encouraged to
465 transition to the `_st` variants supporting better error reporting.
470 `nmbug-status` now supports specifying the sort order for each view.
472 Notmuch 0.20.2 (2015-06-27)
473 ===========================
478 Bug fix for marking messages read in `notmuch-tree` mode.
480 Notmuch 0.20.1 (2015-06-01)
481 ===========================
486 Work around apparent gdb bug on arm64.
488 Notmuch 0.20 (2015-05-31)
489 =========================
491 Command-Line Interface
492 ----------------------
494 There is a new `mimetype:` search prefix
496 The new `mimetype:` search prefix allows searching for the
497 content-type of attachments, which is now indexed. See the
498 `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for details.
500 Path to gpg is now configurable
502 On systems with multiple versions of gpg, you can tell
503 notmuch which one to use by setting `crypto.gpg_path`
508 Avoid rendering large text attachements.
510 Improved rendering of CID references in HTML.
515 Vim client now respects excluded tags.
520 Support messages without Message-IDs.
525 Undeprecate single message mboxes
527 It seems more trouble to remove this feature than expected, so
528 `notmuch new` will no longer nag about mboxes with a single message.
530 New error logging facility
532 Clients should call `notmuch_database_status_string` to retrieve
533 output formerly printed to stderr.
535 Several bug fixes related to stale iterators
537 New status code returning API for n_query_search_{messages,thread}
539 Fix for library `install_name` on Mac OS X
541 Fix for rounding of seconds
546 Sphinx is now mandatory to build docs
548 Support for using rst2man in place of sphinx to build the
549 docmumentation has been removed.
551 Improved notmuch-search-terms.7
553 The man page `notmuch-search-terms(7)` has been extended, merging
554 some material from the relicensed wiki.
559 `notmuch-deliver` is removed. As far as we know, all functionality
560 previously provided by `notmuch-deliver` should now be provided by
561 `notmuch insert`, provided by the main notmuch binary.
566 `nmbug-status` now only matches local branches when reading
567 `status-config.json` from the `config` branch of the `NMBGIT`
568 repository. To help new users running `nmbug-status`, `nmbug clone`
569 now creates a local `config` branch tracking `origin/config`. Folks
570 who use `nmbug-status` with an in-Git config (i.e. you don't use the
571 `--config` option) who already have `NMBGIT` set up are encouraged to
574 git checkout config origin/config
576 in their `NMBGIT` repository (usually `~/.nmbug`).
578 Notmuch 0.19 (2014-11-14)
579 =========================
584 This release improves the reliability of `notmuch dump` and the error
585 handling for `notmuch insert`. The new `notmuch address` command is
586 intended to make searching for email addresses more convenient. At the
587 library level the revised handling of missing messages fixes at least
588 one bug in threading. The release also includes several interface
589 improvements to the emacs interface, most notably the ability to bind
590 keyboard shortcuts to saved searches.
592 Command-Line Interface
593 ----------------------
595 Stopped `notmuch dump` failing if someone writes to the database
597 The dump command now takes the write lock when running. This
598 prevents other processes from writing to the database during the
599 dump which would cause the dump to fail. Note, if another notmuch
600 process already has the write lock the dump will not start, so
601 script callers should still check the return value.
603 `notmuch insert` requires successful message indexing for success status
605 Previously the `notmuch insert` subcommand indicated success even if
606 the message indexing failed, as long as the message was delivered to
607 file system. This could have lead to delivered messages missing
608 tags, etc. `notmuch insert` is now more strict, also requiring
609 successful indexing for success status. Use the new `--keep` option
610 to revert to the old behaviour (keeping the delivered message file
611 and returning success even if indexing fails).
613 `notmuch insert` has gained support for `post-insert` hook
615 The new `post-insert` hook is run after message delivery, similar to
616 `post-new`. There's also a new option `notmuch insert --no-hooks` to
617 skip the hook. See the notmuch-hooks(1) man page for details.
619 `notmuch deliver` is deprecated
621 With this release we believe that `notmuch insert` has reached
622 parity with `notmuch deliver`. We recommend that all users of
623 `notmuch deliver` switch to `notmuch insert` as the former is
624 currently unmaintained.
626 `notmuch search` now supports `--duplicate=N` option with `--output=messages`
628 Complementing the `notmuch search --duplicate=N --output=files`
629 options, the new `--duplicate=N --output=messages` combination
630 limits output of message IDs to messages matching search terms that
631 have at least `N` files associated with them.
633 Added `notmuch address` subcommand
635 This new subcommand searches for messages matching the given search
636 terms, and prints the addresses from them. Duplicate addresses are
637 filtered out. The `--output` option controls which of the following
638 information is printed: sender addresses, recipient addresses and
639 count of duplicate addresses.
644 Use the `j` key to access saved searches from anywhere in notmuch
646 `j` is now globally bound to `notmuch-jump`, which provides fast,
647 interactive keyboard shortcuts to saved searches. For example,
648 with the default saved searches `j i` from anywhere in notmuch will
651 Improved handling of the unread tag
653 Notmuch now marks an open message read (i.e., removes the unread
654 tag) if point enters the message at any time in a show buffer
655 regardless of how point got there (mouse click, cursor command, page
656 up/down, notmuch commands such as n,N etc). This fixes various
657 anomalies or bugs in the previous handling. Additionally it is
658 possible to customize the mark read handling by setting
659 `notmuch-show-mark-read-function` to a custom function.
661 Expanded default saved search settings
663 The default saved searches now include several more common searches,
664 as well as shortcut keys for `notmuch-jump`.
666 Improved `q` binding in notmuch buffers
668 `q` will now bury rather than kill a notmuch search, show or tree
669 buffer if there are multiple windows showing the buffer. If only a
670 single window is showing the buffer, it is killed.
672 `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link-alist` now supports functions
674 Some list archives may use a more complicated scheme for referring
675 to messages than just concatenated URL and message ID. For example,
676 patchwork requires a query to translate message ID to a patchwork
677 patch ID. `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link-alist` now supports
678 functions to better cover such cases. See the help documentation for
679 the variable for details.
684 Introduced database version 3 with support for "database features."
686 Features are independent aspects of the database schema.
687 Representing these independently of the database version number will
688 let us evolve the database format faster and more incrementally,
689 while maintaining better forwards and backwards compatibility.
691 Library users are no longer required to call `notmuch_database_upgrade`
693 Previously, library users were required to call
694 `notmuch_database_needs_upgrade` and `notmuch_database_upgrade`
695 before using a writable database. Even the CLI didn't get this
696 right, and it is no longer required. Now, individual APIs may
697 return `NOTMUCH_STATUS_UPGRADE_REQUIRED` if the database format is
698 too out of date for that API.
700 Library users can now abort an atomic section by closing the database
702 Previously there was no supported way to abort an atomic section.
703 Callers can now simply close the database, and any outstanding
704 atomic section will be aborted.
706 Add return status to `notmuch_database_close` and
707 `notmuch_database_destroy`
709 Bug fixes and performance improvements for thread linking
711 The database now represents missing-but-referenced messages ("ghost
712 messages") similarly to how it represents regular messages. This
713 enables an improved thread linking algorithm that performs better
714 and fixes a bug that sometimes prevented notmuch from linking
715 messages into the same thread.
720 The Perl script has been translated to Python; you'll need Python 2.7
721 or anything from the 3.x line. Most of the user-facing interface is
722 the same, but `nmbug help` is now `nmbug --help`, and the following nmbug
723 commands have slightly different interfaces: `archive`, `commit`,
724 `fetch`, `log`, `pull`, `push`, and `status`. For details on the
725 new interface for a given command, run `nmbug COMMAND --help`.
730 `nmbug-status` can now optionally load header and footer templates
731 from the config file. Use something like:
735 "header": "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang="en">\n...",
736 "footer": "</body></html>",
745 Add support for `notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude`
750 The notmuch binaries and libraries are now build with debugging symbols
751 by default. Users concerned with disk space should change the
752 defaults when configuring or use the strip(1) command.
754 Notmuch 0.18.2 (2014-10-25)
755 ===========================
760 Translate T380-atomicity to use gdb/python
762 The new version is compatible with gdb 7.8
764 Emacs 24.4 related bug fixes
766 The Messages buffer became read-only, and the generated mime
767 structure for signatures changed slightly.
769 Simplify T360-symbol-hiding
771 Replace the use of `objdump` on the object files with `nm` on the
774 Notmuch 0.18.1 (2014-06-25)
775 ===========================
777 This is a bug fix and portability release.
782 Add a workaround for systems without zlib.pc
784 Make emacs install robust against the non-existence of emacs
786 Put notmuch lib directory first in RPATH
788 Fix handling of `html_static_path` in sphinx
790 Both the python bindings and the main docs had spurious settings of
796 Use --quick when starting emacs
798 This avoids a hang in the T160-json tests.
800 Allow pending break points in atomicity script
802 This allows the atomicity tests to run on several more architectures/OSes.
804 Command-Line Interface
805 ----------------------
807 To improve portability use fsync instead of fdatasync in
808 `notmuch-dump`. There should be no functional difference.
813 Resurrect support for single-message mbox files
815 The removal introduced a bug with previously indexed single-message
816 mboxes. This support remains deprecated.
818 Fix for phrase indexing
820 There were several bugs where words intermingled from different
821 headers and MIME parts could match a single phrase query. This fix
822 will affect only newly indexed messages.
827 Make sure tagging on an empty query is harmless
829 Previously tagging an empty query could lead to tags being
830 unintentionally removed.
832 Notmuch 0.18 (2014-05-06)
833 =========================
838 This new release includes some enhancements to searching for messages
839 by filesystem location (`folder:` and `path:` prefixes under *General*
840 below). Saved searches in *Emacs* have also been enhanced to allow
841 distinct search orders for each one. Another enhancement to the
842 *Emacs* interface is that replies to encrypted messages are now
843 encrypted, reducing the risk of unintentional information disclosure.
844 The default dump output format has changed to the more robust
845 `batch-tag` format. The previously deprecated parsing of single
846 message mboxes has been removed. For detailed release notes, see
852 The `folder:` search prefix now requires an exact match
854 The `folder:` prefix has been changed to search for email messages
855 by the exact, case sensitive maildir or MH folder name. Wildcard
856 matching (`folder:foo*`) is no longer supported. The new behaviour
857 allows for more accurate mail folder based searches, makes it
858 possible to search for messages in the top-level folder, and should
859 lead to less surprising results than the old behaviour. Users are
860 advised to see the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for details,
861 and review how the change affects their existing `folder:` searches.
863 There is a new `path:` search prefix
865 The new `path:` search prefix complements the `folder:` prefix. The
866 `path:` prefix searches for email messages that are in particular
867 directories within the mail store, optionally recursively using a
868 special syntax. See the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for
871 Notmuch database upgrade due to `folder:` and `path:` changes
873 The above mentioned changes to the `folder:` prefix and the addition
874 of `path:` prefix require a Notmuch database upgrade. This will be
875 done automatically, without prompting on the next time `notmuch new`
876 is run after the upgrade. The upgrade is not reversible, and the
877 upgraded database will not be readable by older versions of
878 Notmuch. As a safeguard, a database dump will be created in the
879 `.notmuch` directory before upgrading.
884 Notmuch database upgrade
886 The libnotmuch consumers are reminded to handle database upgrades
887 properly, either by relying on running `notmuch new`, or checking
888 `notmuch_database_needs_upgrade()` and calling
889 `notmuch_database_upgrade()` as necessary. This has always been the
890 case, but in practise there have been no database upgrades in any
891 released version of Notmuch before now.
893 Support for indexing mbox files has been dropped
895 There has never been proper support for mbox files containing
896 multiple messages, and the support for single-message mbox files has
897 been deprecated since Notmuch 0.15. The support has now been
898 dropped, and all mbox files will be rejected during indexing.
900 Message header parsing changes
902 Notmuch previously had an internal parser for message headers. The
903 parser has now been dropped in favour of letting GMime parse both
904 the headers and the message MIME structure at the same pass. This is
905 mostly an internal change, but the GMime parser is stricter in its
906 interpretation of the headers. This may result in messages with
907 slightly malformed message headers being now rejected.
909 Command-Line Interface
910 ----------------------
912 `notmuch dump` now defaults to `batch-tag` format
914 The old format is still available with `--format=sup`.
916 `notmuch new` has a --quiet option
918 This option suppresses the progress and summary reports.
920 `notmuch insert` respects maildir.synchronize_flags config option
922 Do not synchronize tags to maildir flags in `notmuch insert` if the
923 user does not want it.
925 The commands set consistent exit status codes on failures
927 The cli commands now consistently set exit status of 1 on failures,
928 except where explicitly otherwise noted. The notable expections are
929 the status codes for format version mismatches for commands that
930 support formatted output.
932 Bug fix for checking configured new.tags for invalid tags
934 `notmuch new` and `notmuch insert` now check the user configured
935 new.tags for invalid tags, and refuse to apply them, similar to
936 `notmuch tag`. Invalid tags are currently the empty string and tags
944 If the file pointed by new variable `notmuch-init-file` (typically
945 `~/.emacs.d/notmuch-config.el`) exists, it is loaded at the end of
946 `notmuch.el`. Users can put their personal notmuch emacs lisp based
947 configuration/customization items there instead of filling
948 `~/.emacs` with these.
950 Changed format for saved searches
952 The format for `notmuch-saved-searches` has changed, but old style
953 saved searches are still supported. The new style means that a saved
954 search can store the desired sort order for the search, and it can
955 store a separate query to use for generating the count notmuch
958 The variable is fully customizable and any configuration done
959 through customize should *just work*, with the additional options
960 mentioned above. For manual customization see the documentation for
961 `notmuch-saved-searches`.
963 IMPORTANT: a new style notmuch-saved-searches variable will break
964 previous versions of notmuch-emacs (even search will not work); to
965 fix remove the customization for notmuch-saved-searches.
967 If you have a custom saved search sort function (not unsorted or
968 alphabetical) then the sort function will need to be
969 modified. Replacing (car saved-search) by (notmuch-saved-search-get
970 saved-search :name) and (cdr saved-search) by
971 (notmuch-saved-search-get saved-search :query) should be sufficient.
973 The keys of `notmuch-tag-formats` are now regexps
975 Previously, the keys were literal strings. Customized settings of
976 `notmuch-tag-formats` will continue to work as before unless tags
977 contain regexp special characters like `.` or `*`.
979 Changed tags are now shown in the buffer
981 Previously tag changes made in a buffer were shown immediately. In
982 some cases (particularly automatic tag changes like marking read)
983 this made it hard to see what had happened (e.g., whether the
984 message had been unread).
986 The changes are now shown explicitly in the buffer: by default
987 deleted tags are displayed with red strike-through and added tags
988 are displayed underlined in green (inverse video is used for deleted
989 tags if the terminal does not support strike-through).
991 The variables `notmuch-tag-deleted-formats` and
992 `notmuch-tag-added-formats`, which have the same syntax as
993 `notmuch-tag-formats`, allow this to be customized.
995 Setting `notmuch-tag-deleted-formats` to `'((".*" nil))` and
996 `notmuch-tag-added-formats` to `'((".*" tag))` will give the old
997 behavior of hiding deleted tags and showing added tags identically
998 to tags already present.
1002 The new, build-time generated variable `notmuch-emacs-version` is used
1003 to distinguish between notmuch cli and notmuch emacs versions.
1004 The function `notmuch-hello-versions` (bound to 'v' in notmuch-hello
1005 window) prints both notmuch cli and notmuch emacs versions in case
1006 these differ from each other.
1007 This is especially useful when using notmuch remotely.
1009 Ido-completing-read initialization in Emacs 23
1011 `ido-completing-read` in Emacs 23 versions 1 through 3 freezes unless
1012 it is initialized. Defadvice-based *Ido* initialization is defined
1013 for these Emacs versions.
1015 Bug fix for saved searches with newlines in them
1017 Split lines confuse `notmuch count --batch`, so we remove embedded
1018 newlines before calling notmuch count.
1020 Bug fixes for sender identities
1022 Previously, Emacs would rewrite some sender identities in unexpected
1023 and undesirable ways. Now it will use identities exactly as
1024 configured in `notmuch-identities`.
1026 Replies to encrypted messages will be encrypted by default
1028 In the interest of maintaining confidentiality of communications,
1029 the Notmuch Emacs interface now automatically adds the mml tag to
1030 encrypt replies to encrypted messages. This should make it less
1031 likely to accidentally reply to encrypted messages in plain text.
1033 Reply pushes mark before signature
1035 We push mark and set point on reply so that the user can easily cut
1036 the quoted text. The mark is now pushed before the signature, if
1037 any, instead of end of buffer so the signature is preserved.
1039 Message piping uses the originating buffer's working directory
1041 `notmuch-show-pipe-message` now uses the originating buffer's
1042 current default directory instead of that of the `*notmuch-pipe*`
1048 nmbug adds a `clone` command for setting up the initial repository and
1049 uses `@{upstream}` instead of `FETCH_HEAD` to track upstream changes.
1051 The `@{upstream}` change reduces ambiguity when fetching multiple
1052 branches, but requires existing users update their `NMBGIT`
1053 repository (usually `~/.nmbug`) to distinguish between local and
1054 remote-tracking branches. The easiest way to do this is:
1056 1. If you have any purely local commits (i.e. they aren't in the
1057 nmbug repository on nmbug.tethera.net), push them to a remote
1058 repository. We'll restore them from the backup in step 4.
1059 2. Remove your `NMBGIT` repository (e.g. `mv .nmbug .nmbug.bak`).
1060 3. Use the new `clone` command to create a fresh clone:
1062 nmbug clone http://nmbug.tethera.net/git/nmbug-tags.git
1064 4. If you had local commits in step 1, add a remote for that
1065 repository and fetch them into the new repository.
1067 Notmuch 0.17 (2013-12-30)
1068 =========================
1070 Incompatible change in SHA1 computation
1071 ---------------------------------------
1073 Previously on big endian architectures like sparc and powerpc the
1074 computation of SHA1 hashes was incorrect. This meant that messages
1075 with overlong or missing message-ids were given different computed
1076 message-ids than on more common little endian architectures like i386
1077 and amd64. If you use notmuch on a big endian architecture, you are
1078 strongly advised to make a backup of your tags using `notmuch dump`
1079 before this upgrade. You can locate the affected files using something
1083 awk '/^notmuch-sha1-[0-9a-f]{40} / \
1084 {system("notmuch search --exclude=false --output=files id:" $1)}'
1086 Command-Line Interface
1087 ----------------------
1089 New options to better support handling duplicate messages
1091 If more than one message file is associated with a message-id,
1092 `notmuch search --output=files` will print all of them. A new
1093 `--duplicate=N` option can be used to specify which duplicate to
1094 print for each message.
1096 `notmuch count` now supports `--output=files` option to output the
1097 number of files associated with matching messages. This may be
1098 bigger than the number of matching messages due to duplicates
1099 (i.e. multiple files having the same message-id).
1101 Improved `notmuch new` performance for unchanged folders
1103 `notmuch new` now skips over unchanged folders more efficiently,
1104 which can substantially improve the performance of checking for new
1105 mail in some situations (like NFS-mounted Maildirs).
1107 `notmuch reply --format=text` RFC 2047-encodes headers
1109 Previously, this used a mix of standard MIME encoding for the reply
1110 body and UTF-8 for the headers. Now, the text format reply template
1111 RFC 2047-encodes the headers, making the output a valid RFC 2822
1112 message. The JSON/sexp format is unchanged.
1114 `notmuch compact` command
1116 The new `compact` command exposes Xapian's compaction
1117 functionality through a more convenient interface than
1118 `xapian-compact`. `notmuch compact` will compact the database to a
1119 temporary location, optionally backup the original database, and
1120 move the compacted database into place.
1125 `notmuch-tree` (formerly `notmuch-pick`) has been added to mainline
1127 `notmuch-tree` is a threaded message view for the emacs
1128 interface. Each message is one line in the results and the thread
1129 structure is shown using UTF-8 box drawing characters (similar to
1130 Mutt's threaded view). It comes between search and show in terms of
1131 amount of output and can be useful for viewing both single threads
1132 and multiple threads.
1134 Using `notmuch-tree`
1136 The main key entries to notmuch tree are
1138 'z' enter a query to view using notmuch tree (works in hello,
1139 search, show and tree mode itself)
1141 'Z' view the current query in tree notmuch tree (works from search
1144 Once in tree mode, keybindings are mostly in line with the rest of
1145 notmuch and are all viewable with '?' as usual.
1147 Customising `notmuch-tree`
1149 `notmuch-tree` has several customisation variables. The most
1150 significant is the first notmuch-tree-show-out which determines the
1151 behaviour when selecting a message (with RET) in tree view. By
1152 default tree view uses a split window showing the single message in
1153 the bottom pane. However, if this option is set then it views the
1154 whole thread in the complete window jumping to the selected message
1155 in the thread. In either case command-prefix selects the other option.
1157 Tagging threads in search is now race-free
1159 Previously, adding or removing a tag from a thread in a search
1160 buffer would affect messages that had arrived after the search was
1161 performed, resulting in, for example, archiving messages that were
1162 never seen. Tagging now affects only the messages that were in the
1163 thread when the search was performed.
1165 `notmuch-hello` refreshes when switching to the buffer
1167 The hello buffer now refreshes whenever you switch to the buffer,
1168 regardless of how you get there. You can disable automatic
1169 refreshing by customizing `notmuch-hello-auto-refresh`.
1171 Specific mini-buffer prompts for tagging operations
1173 When entering tags to add or remove, the mini-buffer prompt now
1174 indicates what operation will be performed (e.g., "Tag thread", "Tag
1177 Built-in help improvements
1179 Documentation for many commands has been improved, as displayed by
1180 `notmuch-help` (usually bound to "?"). The bindings listed by
1181 `notmuch-help` also now include descriptions of prefixed commands.
1183 Quote replies as they are displayed in show view
1185 We now render the parts for reply quoting the same way they are
1186 rendered for show. At this time, the notable change is that replies
1187 to text/calendar are now pretty instead of raw vcalendar.
1189 Fixed inconsistent use of configured search order
1191 All ways of interactively invoking search now honor the value of
1192 `notmuch-search-oldest-first`.
1194 Common keymap for notmuch-wide bindings
1196 Several key bindings have been moved from mode-specific keymaps to
1197 the single `notmuch-common-keymap`, which is inherited by each
1198 notmuch mode. If you've customized your key bindings, you may want
1199 to move some of them to the common keymap.
1201 The `notmuch-tag` function now requires a list of tag changes
1203 For users who have scripted the Emacs interface: the `notmuch-tag`
1204 API has changed. Previously, it accepted either a list of tag
1205 changes or a space-separated string of tag changes. The latter is
1206 no longer supported and the function now returns nothing.
1208 Fixed `notmuch-reply` putting reply in primary selection
1210 On emacs 24 notmuch-reply used to put the cited text into the
1211 primary selection (which could lead to inadvertently pasting this
1212 cited text elsewhere). Now the primary-selection is not changed.
1214 Fixed `notmuch-show` invisible part handling
1216 In some obscure cases part buttons and invisibility had strange
1217 interactions: in particular, the default action for some parts gave
1218 the wrong action. This has been fixed.
1220 Fixed `notmuch-show` attachment viewers and stderr
1222 In emacs 24.3+ viewing an attachment could cause spurious text to
1223 appear in the show buffer (any stderr or stdout the viewer
1224 produced). By default this output is now discarded. For debugging,
1225 setting `notmuch-show-attachment-debug` causes notmuch to keep the
1226 viewer's stderr and stdout in a separate buffer.
1228 Fixed `notmuch-mua-reply` point placement when signature involved
1230 By restricting cursor movement to body section for cursor placement
1231 after signature is inserted, the cursor cannot "leak" to header
1232 section anymore. Now inserted citation content will definitely go to
1233 the body part of the message.
1238 It is now possible to compose new messages in the Vim interface, as
1239 opposed reply to existing messages. There is also support for
1240 going straight to a search (bypassing the folders view).
1242 Notmuch 0.16 (2013-08-03)
1243 =========================
1245 Command-Line Interface
1246 ----------------------
1248 Support for delivering messages to Maildir
1250 There is a new command `insert` that adds a message to a Maildir
1251 folder and notmuch index.
1253 `notmuch count --batch` option
1255 `notmuch count` now supports batch operations similar to `notmuch
1256 tag`. This is mostly an optimization for remote notmuch usage.
1258 `notmuch tag` option to remove all tags from matching messages
1260 `notmuch tag --remove-all` option has been added to remove all tags
1261 from matching messages. This can be combined with adding new tags,
1262 resulting in setting (rather than modifying) the tags of the
1265 Decrypting commands explicitly expect a gpg-agent
1267 Decryption in `notmuch show` and `notmuch reply` has only ever
1268 worked with a functioning gpg-agent. This is now made explicit in
1269 code and documentation. The functional change is that it's now
1270 possible to have gpg-agent running, but gpg "use-agent"
1271 configuration option disabled, not forcing the user to use the agent
1274 Configuration file saves follow symbolic links
1276 The notmuch commands that save the configuration file now follow
1277 symbolic links instead of overwrite them.
1279 Top level option to specify configuration file
1281 It's now possible to specify the configuration file to use on the
1282 command line using the `notmuch --config=FILE` option.
1284 Bash command-line completion
1286 The notmuch command-line completion support for the bash shell has
1287 been rewritten. Supported completions include all the notmuch
1288 commands, command-line arguments, values for keyword arguments,
1289 search prefixes (such as "subject:" or "from:") in all commands that
1290 use search terms, tags after + and - in `notmuch tag`, tags after
1291 "tag:" prefix, user's email addresses after "from:" and "to:"
1292 prefixes, and config options (and some config option values) in
1293 `notmuch config`. The new completion support depends on the
1294 bash-completion package.
1296 Deprecated commands "part" and "search-tags" are removed.
1301 New keymap to view/save parts; removed s/v/o/| part button bindings
1303 The commands to view, save, and open MIME parts are now prefixed
1304 with "." (". s" to save, ". v" to view, etc) and can be invoked with
1305 point anywhere in a part, unlike the old commands, which were
1306 restricted to part buttons. The old "s"/"v"/"o"/"|" commands on
1307 part buttons have been removed since they clashed with other
1308 bindings (notably "s" for search!) and could not be invoked when
1309 there was no part button. The new, prefixed bindings appear in
1310 show's help, so you no longer have to memorize them.
1312 Default part save directory is now `mm-default-directory`
1314 Previously, notmuch offered to save parts and attachments to a mix
1315 of `mm-default-directory`, `mailcap-download-directory`, and `~/`.
1316 This has been standardized on `mm-default-directory`.
1318 Key bindings for next/previous thread
1320 Show view has new key bindings M-n and M-p to move to the next and
1321 previous thread in the search results.
1323 Better handling of errors in search buffers
1325 Instead of interleaving errors in search result buffers, search mode
1326 now reports errors in the minibuffer.
1328 Faster search and show
1330 Communication between Emacs and the notmuch CLI is now more
1331 efficient because it uses the CLI's S-expression support. As a
1332 result, search mode should now fill search buffers faster and
1333 threads should show faster.
1337 The Emacs 22 support added late 2010 was sufficient only for a short
1338 period of time. After being incomplete for roughly 2 years the code
1339 in question was now removed from this release.
1344 The vim based front-end has been replaced with a new one that uses the Ruby
1345 bindings. The old font-end is available in the contrib subfolder.
1350 Fix loading of libnotmuch shared library on OS X (Darwin) systems.
1352 Notmuch 0.15.2 (2013-02-17)
1353 ===========================
1358 Update dependencies to avoid problems when building in parallel.
1360 Internal test framework changes
1361 -------------------------------
1363 Adjust Emacs test watchdog mechanism to cope with `process-attributes`
1364 being unimplemented.
1366 Notmuch 0.15.1 (2013-01-24)
1367 ===========================
1369 Internal test framework changes
1370 -------------------------------
1372 Set a default value for TERM when running tests. This fixes certain
1373 build failures in non-interactive environments.
1375 Notmuch 0.15 (2013-01-18)
1376 =========================
1381 Date range search support
1383 The `date:` prefix can now be used in queries to restrict the results
1384 to only messages within a particular time range (based on the Date:
1385 header) with a range syntax of `date:<since>..<until>`. Notmuch
1386 supports a wide variety of expressions in `<since>` and
1387 `<until>`. Please refer to the `notmuch-search-terms(7)` manual page
1390 Empty tag names and tags beginning with "-" are deprecated
1392 Such tags have been a frequent source of confusion and cause
1393 (sometimes unresolvable) conflicts with other syntax. notmuch tag
1394 no longer allows such tags to be added to messages. Removing such
1395 tags continues to be supported to allow cleanup of existing tags,
1396 but may be removed in a future release.
1398 Command-Line Interface
1399 ----------------------
1401 `notmuch new` no longer chokes on mboxes
1403 `notmuch new` now rejects mbox files containing more than one
1404 message, rather than treating the file as one giant message.
1406 Support for single message mboxes is deprecated
1408 For historical reasons, `notmuch new` will index mbox files
1409 containing a single message; however, this behavior is now
1410 officially deprecated.
1412 Fixed `notmuch new` to skip ignored broken symlinks
1414 `notmuch new` now correctly skips symlinks if they are in the
1415 ignored files list. Previously, it would abort when encountering
1416 broken symlink, even if it was ignored.
1418 New dump/restore format and tagging interface
1420 There is a new `batch-tag` format for dump and restore that is more
1421 robust, particularly with respect to tags and message-ids containing
1424 `notmuch tag` now supports the ability to read tag operations and
1425 queries from an input stream, in a format compatible with the new
1426 dump/restore format.
1428 Bcc and Reply-To headers are now available in notmuch show json output
1430 The `notmuch show --format=json` now includes "Bcc" and "Reply-To" headers.
1431 For example notmuch Emacs client can now have these headers visible
1432 when the headers are added to the `notmuch-message-headers` variable.
1434 CLI callers can now request a specific output format version
1436 `notmuch` subcommands that support structured output now support a
1437 `--format-version` argument for requesting a specific version of the
1438 structured output, enabling better compatibility and error handling.
1440 `notmuch search` has gained a null character separated text output format
1442 The new --format=text0 output format for `notmuch search` prints
1443 output separated by null characters rather than newline
1444 characters. This is similar to the find(1) -print0 option, and works
1445 together with the xargs(1) -0 option.
1450 Removal of the deprecated `notmuch-folders` variable
1452 `notmuch-folders` has been deprecated since the introduction of saved
1453 searches and the notmuch hello view in notmuch 0.3. `notmuch-folders`
1454 has now been removed. Any remaining users should migrate to
1455 `notmuch-saved-searches`.
1457 Visibility of MIME parts can be toggled
1459 Each part of a multi-part MIME email can now be shown or hidden
1460 using the button at the top of each part (by pressing RET on it or
1461 by clicking). For emails with multiple alternative formats (e.g.,
1462 plain text and HTML), only the preferred format is shown initially,
1463 but other formats can be shown using their part buttons. To control
1464 the behavior of this, see
1465 `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` and
1466 `notmuch-show-all-multipart/alternative-parts`.
1468 Note notmuch-show-print-message (bound to '#' by default) will print
1469 all parts of multipart/alternative message regardless of whether
1470 they are currently hidden or shown in the buffer.
1472 Emacs now buttonizes mid: links
1474 mid: links are a standardized way to link to messages by message ID
1475 (see RFC 2392). Emacs now hyperlinks mid: links to the appropriate
1478 Handle errors from bodypart insertions
1480 If displaying the text of a message in show mode causes an error (in
1481 the `notmuch-show-insert-part-*` functions), notmuch no longer cuts
1482 off thread display at the offending message. The error is now
1483 simply displayed in place of the message.
1485 Emacs now detects version mismatches with the notmuch CLI
1487 Emacs now detects and reports when the Emacs interface version and
1488 the notmuch CLI version are incompatible.
1490 Improved text/calendar content handling
1492 Carriage returns in embedded text/calendar content caused insertion
1493 of the calendar content fail. Now CRs are removed before calling icalendar
1494 to extract icalendar data. In case icalendar extraction fails an error
1495 is thrown for the bodypart insertion function to deal with.
1497 Disabled coding conversions when reading in `with-current-notmuch-show-message`
1499 Depending on the user's locale, saving attachments containing 8-bit
1500 data may have performed an unintentional encoding conversion,
1501 corrupting the saved attachment. This has been fixed by making
1502 `with-current-notmuch-show-message` disable coding conversion.
1504 Fixed errors with HTML email containing images in Emacs 24
1506 Emacs 24 ships with a new HTML renderer that produces better output,
1507 but is slightly buggy. We work around a bug that caused it to fail
1508 for HTML email containing images.
1510 Fixed handling of tags with unusual characters in them
1512 Emacs now handles tags containing spaces, quotes, and parenthesis.
1514 Fixed buttonization of id: links without quote characters
1516 Emacs now correctly buttonizes id: links where the message ID is not
1519 `notmuch-hello` refresh point placement improvements
1521 Refreshing the `notmuch-hello` buffer does a better job of keeping
1522 the point where it was.
1524 Automatic tag changes are now unified and customizable
1526 All the automatic tag changes that the Emacs interface makes when
1527 reading, archiving, or replying to messages, can now be
1528 customized. Any number of tag additions and removals is supported
1529 through the `notmuch-show-mark-read`, `notmuch-archive-tags`, and
1530 `notmuch-message-replied-tags` customization variables.
1532 Support for stashing the thread id in show view
1534 Invoking `notmuch-show-stash-message-id` with a prefix argument
1535 stashes the (local and database specific) thread id of the current
1536 thread instead of the message id.
1538 New add-on tool: notmuch-pick
1539 -----------------------------
1541 The new contrib/ tool `notmuch-pick` is an experimental threaded message
1542 view for the emacs interface. Each message is one line in the results
1543 and the thread structure is shown using UTF-8 box drawing characters
1544 (similar to Mutt's threaded view). It comes between search and show in
1545 terms of amount of output and can be useful for viewing both single
1546 threads and multiple threads. See the notmuch-pick README file for
1547 further details and installation.
1552 notmuch now builds on OpenBSD.
1554 Internal test framework changes
1555 -------------------------------
1557 The emacsclient binary is now user-configurable
1559 The test framework now accepts `TEST_EMACSCLIENT` in addition to
1560 `TEST_EMACS` for configuring the emacsclient to use. This is
1561 necessary to avoid using an old emacsclient with a new emacs, which
1562 can result in buggy behavior.
1564 Notmuch 0.14 (2012-08-20)
1565 =========================
1570 Maildir tag synchronization
1572 Maildir flag-to-tag synchronization now applies only to messages in
1573 maildir-like directory structures. Previously, it applied to any
1574 message that had a maildir "info" part, which meant it could
1575 incorrectly synchronize tags for non-maildir messages, while at the
1576 same time failing to synchronize tags for newly received maildir
1577 messages (typically causing new messages to not receive the "unread"
1580 Command-Line Interface
1581 ----------------------
1583 The deprecated positional output file argument to `notmuch dump` has
1584 been replaced with an `--output` option. The input file positional
1585 argument to `notmuch restore` has been replaced with an `--input`
1586 option for consistency with dump. These changes simplify the syntax
1587 of dump/restore options and make them more consistent with other
1593 Search results now get re-colored when tags are updated
1595 The formatting of tags in search results can now be customized
1597 Previously, attempting to change the format of tags in
1598 `notmuch-search-result-format` would usually break tagging from
1599 search-mode. We no longer make assumptions about the format.
1601 Experimental support for multi-line search result formats
1603 It is now possible to embed newlines in
1604 `notmuch-search-result-format` to make individual search results
1605 span multiple lines.
1607 Next/previous in search and show now move by boundaries
1609 All "next" and "previous" commands in the search and show modes now
1610 move to the next/previous result or message boundary. This doesn't
1611 change the behavior of "next", but "previous" commands will first
1612 move to the beginning of the current result or message if point is
1613 inside the result or message.
1615 Search now uses the JSON format internally
1617 This should address problems with unusual characters in authors and
1618 subject lines that could confuse the old text-based search parser.
1620 The date shown in search results is no longer padded before applying
1621 user-specified formatting
1623 Previously, the date in the search results was padded to fixed width
1624 before being formatted with `notmuch-search-result-format`. It is
1625 no longer padded. The default format has been updated, but if
1626 you've customized this variable, you may have to change your date
1627 format from `"%s "` to `"%12s "`.
1629 The thread-id for the `target-thread` argument for `notmuch-search` should
1630 now be supplied without the "thread:" prefix.
1632 Notmuch 0.13.2 (2012-06-02)
1633 ===========================
1638 Update `contrib/notmuch-deliver` for API changes in 0.13. This fixes a
1639 compilation error for this contrib package.
1641 Notmuch 0.13.1 (2012-05-29)
1642 ===========================
1647 Fix inserting of UTF-8 characters from *text/plain* parts in reply
1649 While notmuch gained ability to insert content from other than *text/plain*
1650 parts of email whenever *text/plain* parts are not available (notably
1651 HTML-only emails), replying to mails that do have *text/plain* the
1652 non-ASCII characters were incorrectly decoded. This is now fixed.
1654 `notmuch_database_get_directory` and
1655 `notmuch_database_find_message_by_filename` now work on read-only
1658 Previously, these functions attempted to create directory documents
1659 that didn't exist and would return an error or abort when given a
1660 read-only database. Now they no longer create directory documents
1661 and simply return a `NULL` object if the directory does not exist,
1664 Fix compilation of ruby bindings
1666 Revert to dynamic linking, since the statically linked bindings did
1669 Notmuch 0.13 (2012-05-15)
1670 =========================
1672 Command-Line Interface
1673 ----------------------
1677 `notmuch reply` can now produce JSON output that contains the headers
1678 for a reply message and full information about the original message
1679 begin replied to. This allows MUAs to create replies intelligently.
1680 For example, an MUA that can parse HTML might quote HTML parts.
1682 Calling notmuch reply with `--format=json` imposes the restriction that
1683 only a single message is returned by the search, as replying to
1684 multiple messages does not have a well-defined behavior. The default
1685 retains its current behavior for multiple message replies.
1689 Tags can be automatically excluded from search results by adding them
1690 to the new `search.exclude_tags` option in the Notmuch config file.
1692 This behaviour can be overridden by explicitly including an excluded
1693 tag in your query, for example:
1695 notmuch search $your_query and tag:$excluded_tag
1697 Existing users will probably want to run `notmuch setup` again to add
1698 the new well-commented [search] section to the configuration file.
1700 For new configurations, accepting the default setting will cause the
1701 tags "deleted" and "spam" to be excluded, equivalent to running:
1703 notmuch config set search.exclude_tags deleted spam
1705 Raw show format changes
1707 The output of show `--format=raw` has changed for multipart and
1708 message parts. Previously, the output was a mash of somewhat-parsed
1709 headers and transfer-decoded bodies. Now, such parts are reproduced
1710 faithfully from the original source. Message parts (which includes
1711 part 0) output the full message, including the message headers (but
1712 not the transfer headers). Multipart parts output the part as
1713 encoded in the original message, including the part's headers. Leaf
1714 parts, as before, output the part's transfer-decoded body.
1716 Listing configuration items
1718 The new `config list` command prints out all configuration items and
1724 Changes to tagging interface
1726 The user-facing tagging functions in the Emacs interface have been
1727 normalized across all notmuch modes. The tagging functions are now
1728 notmuch-search-tag in search-mode, and notmuch-show-tag in
1729 show-mode. They accept a string representing a single tag change,
1730 or a list of tag changes. See 'M-x describe-function notmuch-tag'
1731 for more information.
1733 NOTE: This breaks compatibility with old tagging functions, so user
1734 may need to update in custom configurations.
1736 Reply improvement using the JSON format
1738 Emacs now uses the JSON reply format to create replies. It obeys
1739 the customization variables message-citation-line-format and
1740 message-citation-line-function when creating the first line of the
1741 reply body, and it will quote HTML parts if no text/plain parts are
1744 New add-on tool: notmuch-mutt
1745 -----------------------------
1747 The new contrib/ tool `notmuch-mutt` provides Notmuch integration for
1748 the Mutt mail user agent. Using it, Mutt users can perform mail
1749 search, thread reconstruction, and mail tagging/untagging without
1750 leaving Mutt. notmuch-mutt, formerly distributed under the name
1751 `mutt-notmuch` by Stefano Zacchiroli, will be maintained as a notmuch
1752 contrib/ from now on.
1757 The API changes detailed below break binary and source compatibility,
1758 so libnotmuch has been bumped to version 3.0.0.
1760 The function `notmuch_database_close` has been split into
1761 `notmuch_database_close` and `notmuch_database_destroy`
1763 This makes it possible for long running programs to close the xapian
1764 database and thus release the lock associated with it without
1765 destroying the data structures obtained from it.
1767 `notmuch_database_open`, `notmuch_database_create`, and
1768 `notmuch_database_get_directory` now return errors
1770 The type signatures of these functions have changed so that the
1771 functions now return a `notmuch_status_t` and take an out-argument for
1772 returning the new database object or directory object.
1779 The go bindings and the `notmuch-addrlookup` utility are now
1780 compatible with go 1.
1782 Notmuch 0.12 (2012-03-20)
1783 =========================
1785 Command-Line Interface
1786 ----------------------
1790 `notmuch reply` has gained the ability to create a reply template
1791 for replying just to the sender of the message, in addition to reply
1792 to all. The feature is available through the new command line option
1793 `--reply-to=(all|sender)`.
1795 Mail store folder/file ignore
1797 A new configuration option, `new.ignore`, lets users specify a
1798 ;-separated list of file and directory names that will not be
1799 searched for messages by `notmuch new`.
1801 NOTE: *Every* file/directory that goes by one of those names will
1802 be ignored, independent of its depth/location in the mail store.
1804 Unified help and manual pages
1806 The notmuch help command now runs man for the appropriate page. If
1807 you install notmuch somewhere "unusual", you may need to update
1810 Manual page for notmuch configuration options
1812 The notmuch CLI configuration file options are now documented in the
1813 notmuch-config(1) manual page in addition to the configuration file
1821 The Emacs interface has, with the new CLI support, gained the
1822 ability to reply to sender in addition to reply to all. In both show
1823 and search modes, 'r' has been bound to reply to sender, replacing
1824 reply to all, which now has key binding 'R'.
1826 More flexible and consistent tagging operations
1828 All tagging operations ('+', '-', '*') now accept multiple tags with
1829 '+' or '-' prefix, like '*' operation in notmuch-search view before.
1831 '*' operation (`notmuch-show-tag-all`) is now available in
1834 `notmuch-show-{add,remove}-tag` functions no longer accept tag
1835 argument, `notmuch-show-tag-message` should be used instead. Custom
1836 bindings using these functions should be updated, e.g.:
1838 (notmuch-show-remove-tag "unread")
1840 should be changed to:
1842 (notmuch-show-tag-message "-unread")
1844 Refreshing the show view ('=' by default) no longer opens or closes messages
1846 To get the old behavior of putting messages back in their initial
1847 opened/closed state, use a prefix argument, e.g., 'C-u ='.
1849 Attachment buttons can be used to view or save attachments.
1851 When the cursor is on an attachment button the key 's' can be used
1852 to save the attachment, the key 'v' to view the attachment in the
1853 default mailcap application, and the key 'o' prompts the user for an
1854 application to use to open the attachment. By default Enter or mouse
1855 button 1 saves the attachment but this is customisable (option
1856 Notmuch Show Part Button Default Action).
1860 `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link{,-and-go}` allow stashing and
1861 optionally visiting a URI to the current message at one of a number
1862 of Mailing List Archives.
1864 Fix MML tag quoting in replies
1866 The MML tag quoting fix of 0.11.1 unintentionally quoted tags
1867 inserted in `message-setup-hook`. Quoting is now limited to the
1870 Show view archiving key binding changes
1872 The show view archiving key bindings 'a' and 'x' now remove the
1873 "inbox" tag from the current message only (instead of thread), and
1874 move to the next message. At the last message, 'a' proceeds to the
1875 next thread in search results, and 'x' returns to search
1876 results. The thread archiving functions are now available in 'A' and
1879 Support text/calendar MIME type
1881 The text/calendar MIME type is now supported in addition to
1884 Generate inline patch fake attachment file names from message subject
1886 Use the message subject to generate file names for the inline patch
1887 fake attachments. The names are now similar to the ones generated by
1888 'git format-patch' instead of just "inline patch". See "Notmuch Show
1889 Insert Text/Plain Hook" in the notmuch customize interface.
1891 Enable `notmuch-search-line-faces` by default
1893 Make the `notmuch-search-line-faces` functionality more discoverable
1894 for new users by showing "unread" messages bold and "flagged"
1895 messages blue by default in the search view.
1899 notmuch-show mode now has simple printing support, bound to '#' by
1900 default. You can customize the variable notmuch-print-mechanism.
1907 `notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude` supports the new tag exclusion
1910 Python bindings changes
1911 -----------------------
1913 Python 3.2 compatibility
1915 The python bindings are now compatible with both python 2.5+ and 3.2.
1917 Added missing unicode conversions
1919 Python strings have to be encoded to and decoded from utf-8 when
1920 calling libnotmuch functions. Porting the bindings to python 3.2
1921 revealed a few function calls that were missing these conversions.
1926 Compatibility with GMime 2.6
1928 It is now possible to build notmuch against both GMime 2.4 and 2.6.
1929 However, a bug in GMime 2.6 before 2.6.5 causes notmuch not to
1930 report signatures where the signer key is unavailable (GNOME bug
1931 668085). For compatibility with GMime 2.4's tolerance of "From "
1932 headers we require GMime 2.6 >= 2.6.7.
1934 Notmuch 0.11.1 (2012-02-03)
1935 ===========================
1940 Fix error handling in python bindings
1942 The python bindings in 0.11 failed to detect NULL pointers being
1943 returned from libnotmuch functions and thus failed to raise
1944 exceptions to indicate the error condition. Any subsequent calls
1945 into libnotmuch caused segmentation faults.
1947 Quote MML tags in replies
1949 MML tags are text codes that Emacs uses to indicate attachments
1950 (among other things) in messages being composed. The Emacs
1951 interface did not quote MML tags in the quoted text of a reply.
1952 User could be tricked into replying to a maliciously formatted
1953 message and not editing out the MML tags from the quoted text. This
1954 could lead to files from the user's machine being attached to the
1955 outgoing message. The Emacs interface now quotes these tags in
1956 reply text, so that they do not effect outgoing messages.
1958 Notmuch 0.11 (2012-01-13)
1959 =========================
1961 Command-Line Interface
1962 ----------------------
1966 Hooks have been introduced to notmuch. Hooks are scripts that notmuch
1967 invokes before and after certain actions. Initially, `notmuch new`
1968 supports `pre-new` and `post-new` hooks that are run before and after
1969 importing new messages into the database.
1971 `notmuch reply --decrypt bugfix`
1973 The `notmuch reply` command with `--decrypt` argument had a rarely
1974 occurring bug that caused an encrypted message not to be decrypted
1975 sometimes. This is now fixed.
1980 Automatic tag query optimization
1982 `notmuch tag` now automatically optimizes the user's query to
1983 exclude messages whose tags won't change. In the past, we've
1984 suggested that people do this by hand; this is no longer necessary.
1986 Don't sort messages when creating a dump file
1988 This speeds up tag dumps considerably, without any loss of
1989 information. To replicate the old behavior of sorted output (for
1990 example to compare two dump files), one can use e.g. `sort(1)`.
1995 Reduction of memory leaks
1997 Two memory leaks when searching and showing messages were identified
1998 and fixed in this release.
2005 notmuch-show-advance (bound to the spacebar in notmuch-show-mode) had
2006 a bug that caused it to always jump to the next message, even if it
2007 should have scrolled down to show more of the current message instead.
2010 Support `notmuch new` as a notmuch-poll-script
2012 It's now possible to use `notmuch new` as a notmuch-poll-script
2013 directly. This is also the new default. This allows taking better
2014 advantage of the `notmuch new` hooks from emacs without intermediate
2017 Improvements in saved search management
2019 New saved searches are now appended to the list of saved searches,
2020 not inserted in front. It's also possible to define a sort function
2021 for displaying saved searches; alphabetical sort is provided.
2023 Hooks for notmuch-hello
2025 Two new hooks have been added: "notmuch-hello-mode-hook" (called after
2026 entering notmuch-hello-mode) and "notmuch-hello-refresh-hook" (called
2027 after updating a notmuch-hello buffer).
2029 New face for crypto parts headers
2031 Crypto parts used to be displayed with a hardcoded color. A new face
2032 has been introduced to fix this: notmuch-crypto-part-header. It
2033 defaults to the same value as before, but can be customized to match
2036 Use space as default thousands separator
2038 Large numbers in notmuch-hello are now displayed using a space as
2039 thousands separator (e.g. "123 456" instead of "123,456"). This can be
2040 changed by customizing "notmuch-hello-thousands-separator".
2042 Call notmuch-show instead of notmuch-search when clicking on
2043 buttonized id: links
2045 New function notmuch-show-advance
2047 This new function advances through just the current thread, and is
2048 less invasive than notmuch-show-advance-and-archive. It can easily
2049 be bound to SPC with:
2051 (define-key notmuch-show-mode-map " " 'notmuch-show-advance)
2053 Various performance improvements
2058 The tool `contrib/notmuch-deliver` helps with initial delivery and
2059 tagging of mail (replacing running `notmuch new`).
2062 Notmuch 0.10.2 (2011-12-04)
2063 ===========================
2068 Fix crash in python bindings
2070 The python bindings did not call `g_type_init`, which caused crashes
2071 for some, but not all users.
2073 Notmuch 0.10.1 (2011-11-25)
2074 ===========================
2079 Fix `--help` argument
2081 Argument processing changes in 0.10 introduced a bug where
2082 `notmuch --help` crashed while `notmuch help` worked fine.
2083 This is fixed in 0.10.1.
2085 Notmuch 0.10 (2011-11-23)
2086 =========================
2088 New build and testing features
2089 ------------------------------
2091 Emacs tests are now done in `dtach`. This means that dtach is now
2092 needed to run the notmuch test suite, at least until the checking for
2093 prerequisites is improved.
2095 Full test coverage of the stashing feature in Emacs.
2097 New command-line features
2098 -------------------------
2100 Add `notmuch restore --accumulate` option
2102 The `--accumulate` switch causes the union of the existing and new tags to
2103 be applied, instead of replacing each message's tags as they are read in
2106 Add search terms to `notmuch dump`
2108 The dump command now takes an optional search term much like notmuch
2109 search/show/tag. The output file argument of dump is deprecated in
2110 favour of using stdout.
2112 Add `notmuch search` `--offset` and `--limit` options
2114 The search command now takes options `--offset=[-]N` and `--limit=N` to
2115 limit the number of results shown.
2117 Add `notmuch count --output` option
2119 The count command is now capable of counting threads in addition to
2120 messages. This is selected using the new `--output=(threads|messages)`
2123 New emacs UI features
2124 ---------------------
2126 Add tab-completion for `notmuch-search` and `notmuch-search-filter`
2128 These functions now support completion tags for query parts
2129 starting with "tag:".
2131 Turn "id:MSG-ID" links into buttons associated with notmuch searches
2133 Text of the form "id:MSG-ID" in mails is now a clickable button that
2134 opens a notmuch search for the given message id.
2136 Add keybinding ('c I') for stashing Message-ID's without an id: prefix
2138 Reduces manual labour when stashing them for use outside notmuch.
2140 Do not query on `notmuch-search` exit
2142 It is harmless to kill the external notmuch process, so the user
2143 is no longer interrogated when they interrupt a search.
2148 Emacs now constructs large search buffers more efficiently
2150 Search avoids opening and parsing message files
2152 We now store more information in the database so search no longer
2153 has to open every message file to get basic headers. This can
2154 improve search speed by as much as 10X, but taking advantage of this
2155 requires a database rebuild:
2157 notmuch dump > notmuch.dump
2158 # Backup, then remove notmuch database ($MAIL/.notmuch)
2160 notmuch restore notmuch.dump
2162 New collection of add-on tools
2163 ------------------------------
2165 The source directory "contrib" contains tools built on notmuch. These
2166 tools are not part of notmuch, and you should check their individual
2167 licenses. Feel free to report problems with them to the notmuch
2170 nmbug - share tags with a given prefix
2172 nmbug helps maintain a git repo containing all tags with a given
2173 prefix (by default "notmuch::"). Tags can be shared by commiting
2174 them to git in one location and restoring in another.
2176 Notmuch 0.9 (2011-10-01)
2177 ========================
2179 New, general features
2180 ---------------------
2182 Correct handling of interruptions during `notmuch new`
2184 `notmuch new` now operates as a series of small, self-consistent
2185 transactions, so it can correctly resume after an interruption or
2186 crash. Previously, interruption could lose existing tags, fail to
2187 detect messages on resume, or leave the database in a state
2188 temporarily or permanently inconsistent with the mail store.
2195 `notmuch_database_begin_atomic` and `notmuch_database_end_atomic`
2196 allow multiple database operations to be performed atomically.
2198 `notmuch_database_find_message_by_filename` does exactly what it says.
2202 `notmuch_database_find_message` (and `n_d_f_m_by_filename`) now return
2203 a status indicator and uses an output parameter for the
2204 message. This change required changing the SONAME of libnotmuch to
2207 Python bindings changes
2208 -----------------------
2210 - Re-encode python unicode objects to utf-8 before passing back to
2212 - Support `Database().begin_atomic()/end_atomic()`
2213 - Support `Database().find_message_by_filename()`
2214 NB! This needs a db opened in READ-WRITE mode currently, or it will crash
2215 the python process. The is a limitation (=bug) of the underlying libnotmuch.
2216 - Fixes where we would not throw NotmuchErrors when we should (Justus Winter)
2217 - Update for `n_d_find_message*` API changes (see above).
2219 Ruby bindings changes
2220 ---------------------
2222 - Wrap new library functions `notmuch_database_{begin,end}_atomic.`
2223 - Add new exception `Notmuch::UnbalancedAtomicError.`
2224 - Rename destroy to destroy! according to Ruby naming conventions.
2225 - Update for `n_d_find_message*` API changes (see above).
2230 * Add gpg callback to crypto sigstatus buttons to retrieve/refresh
2232 * Add `notmuch-show-refresh-view` function (and corresponding binding)
2233 to refresh the view of a notmuch-show buffer.
2235 Reply formatting cleanup
2236 ------------------------
2238 `notmuch reply` no longer includes notification that non-leafnode
2239 MIME parts are being suppressed.
2241 Notmuch 0.8 (2011-09-10)
2242 ========================
2244 Improved handling of message/rfc822 parts
2246 Both in the CLI and the emacs interface. Output of rfc822 parts now
2247 includes the primary headers, as well as the body and all subparts.
2248 Output of the completely raw rfc822-formatted message, including all
2249 headers, is unfortunately not yet supported (but hopefully will be
2252 Improved Build system portability
2254 Certain parts of the shell script generating notmuch.sym were
2255 specific to the GNU versions of sed and nm. The new version should
2256 be more portable to e.g. OpenBSD.
2258 Documentation update for Ruby bindings
2260 Added documentation, typo fixes, and improved support for rdoc.
2262 Unicode, iterator, PEP8 changes for python bindings
2264 - PEP8 (code formatting) changes for python files.
2265 - Remove `Tags.__len__` ; see 0.6 release notes for motivation.
2266 - Decode headers as UTF8, encode (unicode) database paths as UTF8.
2268 Notmuch 0.7 (2011-08-01)
2269 ========================
2271 Vim interface improvements
2272 --------------------------
2274 Jason Woofenden provided a number of bug fixes for the Vim interface
2276 * fix citation/signature fold lengths
2277 * fix cig/cit parsing within multipart/*
2278 * fix on-screen instructions for show-signature
2279 * fix from list reformatting in search view
2280 * fix space key: now archives (did opposite)
2282 Uwe Kleine-König contributed
2284 * use full path for sendmail/doc fix
2285 * fix compose temp file name
2287 Python Bindings changes
2288 -----------------------
2290 Sebastian Spaeth contributed two changes related to unicode and UTF8:
2292 * message tags are now explicitly unicode
2293 * query string is encoded as a UTF8 byte string
2295 Build-System improvements
2296 -------------------------
2298 Generate notmuch.sym after the relevant object files
2300 This fixes a bug in parallel building. Thanks to Thomas Jost for the
2303 Notmuch 0.6.1 (2011-07-17)
2304 ==========================
2309 Re-export Xapian exception typeinfo symbols
2311 It turned out our aggressive symbol hiding caused problems for
2312 people running gcc 4.4.5.
2314 Notmuch 0.6 (2011-07-01)
2315 =======================
2317 New, general features
2318 ---------------------
2320 Folder-based searching
2322 Notmuch queries can now include a search term to match the
2323 directories in which mail files are stored (within the mail
2324 storage). The syntax is as follows:
2328 For example, one might use things such as:
2334 to match any path containing a directory "spam", "work/todo", or
2335 containing a directory starting with "2011-", respectively.
2337 This feature is particularly useful for users of delivery-agent
2338 software (such as procmail or maildrop) that is filtering mail and
2339 delivering it to particular folders, or users of systems such as
2340 Gmail that use filesystem directories to indicate message tags.
2342 NOTE: Only messages that are newly indexed with this version of
2343 notmuch will be searchable with folder: terms. In order to enable
2344 this feature for all mail, the entire notmuch index will need to be
2347 notmuch dump > notmuch.dump
2348 # Backup, then remove notmuch database ($MAIL/.notmuch)
2350 notmuch restore notmuch.dump
2352 Support for PGP/MIME
2354 Both the command-line interface and the emacs-interface have new
2355 support for PGP/MIME, detailed below. Thanks to Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2356 and Jameson Graef Rollins for making this happen.
2358 New, automatic tags: "signed" and "encrypted"
2360 These tags will automatically be applied to messages containing
2361 multipart/signed and multipart/encrypted parts.
2363 NOTE: Only messages that are newly indexed with this version of
2364 notmuch will receive these tags.
2366 New command-line features
2367 -------------------------
2369 Add new "notmuch show --verify" option for signature verification
2371 This option instruct notmuch to verify the signature of
2372 PGP/MIME-signed parts.
2374 Add new "notmuch show --decrypt" and "notmuch reply --decrypt" options
2376 This option instructs notmuch to decrypt PGP/MIME-encrypted parts.
2377 Note that this feature currently requires gpg-agent and a passphrase entry
2378 tool (e.g. pinentry-gtk or pinentry-curses).
2380 Proper nesting of multipart parts in "notmuch show" output
2382 MIME parts are now display with proper nesting to reflect original
2383 MIME hierarchy of a message. This allows clients to correctly
2384 analyze the MIME structure, (such as, for example, determining to
2385 which parts a signature part applies).
2387 Add new "notmuch show --part" option
2389 This is a replacement for the older "notmuch part" command, (which
2390 is now deprecated—it should still work as always, but is no longer
2391 documented). Putting part output under "notmuch show" allows for all
2392 of the "notmuch show" options to be applied when extracting a single
2393 part, (such as --format=json for extracting a message part with JSON
2396 Deprecate "notmuch search-tags" (in favor of "notmuch search --output=tags *")
2398 The "notmuch search-tags" sub-command has been redundant since the
2399 addition of the --output=tags option to "notmuch search". We now
2400 make that more clear by deprecating "notmuch search-tags", (dropping
2401 it from the documentation). We do continue to support the old syntax
2402 by translating it internally to the new call.
2404 Performance improvements
2405 ------------------------
2407 Faster searches (by doing fewer searches to construct threads)
2409 Whenever a user asks for search results as threads, notmuch first
2410 performs a search for messages matching the query, then performs
2411 additional searches to find other messages in the resulting threads.
2413 Removing inefficiencies and redundancies in these secondary searches
2414 results in a measured speedups of 1.5x for a typical search.
2416 Faster searches (by doing fewer passes to gather message data)
2418 Optimizing Xapian data access patterns (using a single pass to get
2419 all message-document data rather than a pass for each data type)
2420 results in a measured speedup of 1.7x for a typical search.
2422 The benefits of this optimization combine with the preceding
2423 optimization. With both in place, Austin Clements measured a speedup
2424 of 2.5x for a search of all messages in his inbox (was 4.5s, now
2425 1.8s). Thanks, Austin!
2427 Faster initial indexing
2429 More efficient indexing of new messages results in a measured
2430 speedup of 1.4x for the initial indexing of 3 GB of mail (1h 14m
2431 rather than 1h 46m). Thanks to Austin Clements and Michal Sojka.
2433 Make "notmuch new" faster for unchanged directories
2435 Optimizing to not do any further examinations of sub-directories
2436 when the filesystem indicates that a directory is unchanged from the
2437 last "notmuch new" results in measured speedups of 8.5 for the "No
2438 new mail" case, (was 0.77s, now 0.09s). Thanks to Karel Zak.
2440 New emacs-interface features
2441 ----------------------------
2443 Support for PGP/MIME (GnuPG)
2445 Automatically indicate validity of signatures for multipart/signed
2446 messages. Automatically display decrypted content for
2447 multipart/encrypted messages. See the emacs variable
2448 notmuch-crypto-process-mime for more information. Note that this
2449 needs gpg-agent and a pinentry tool just as the command-line tools.
2450 Also note there is no support SMIME yet.
2452 Output of pipe command is now displayed if pipe command fails
2454 This is extremely useful in the common use case of piping a patch to
2455 "git am". If git fails to cleanly merge the patch the error messages
2456 from the failed merge are now clearly displayed to the user, (where
2457 previously they were silently hidden from the user).
2459 User-selectable From address
2461 A user can choose which configured email addresses should be used as
2462 the From address whenever composing a new message. To do so, simply
2463 press C-u before the command which will open a new message. Emacs
2464 will prompt for the from address to use.
2466 The user can customize the "Notmuch Identities" setting in the
2467 notmuch customize group in order to use addresses other than those in
2468 the notmuch configuration file if desired.
2470 The user can also choose to always be prompted for the from address
2471 when composing a new message (without having to use C-u) by setting
2472 the "Notmuch Always Prompt For Sender" option in the notmuch
2475 Hiding of repeated subjects in collapsed thread view
2477 In notmuch-show mode, if a collapsed message has the same subject as
2478 its parent, the subject is not shown.
2480 Automatic detection and hiding of original message in top-posted message
2482 When a message contains a line looking something like:
2484 ----- Original Message -----
2486 emacs hides this and all subsequent lines as an "original message",
2487 (allowing the user to click or press enter on the "original message"
2488 button to display it again). This makes the handling of top-posted
2489 citations work much like conventional citations.
2491 New hooks for running code when tags are modified
2493 Some users want to perform additional actions whenever a particular
2494 tag is added/removed from a message. This could be used to, for
2495 example, interface with some external spam-recognition training
2496 tool. To facilitate this, two new hooks are added which can be
2497 modified in the following settings of the notmuch customize group:
2499 Notmuch Before Tag Hook
2500 Notmuch After Tag Hook
2502 New optional support for hiding some multipart/alternative parts
2504 Many emails are sent with redundant content within a
2505 multipart/alternative group (such as a text/plain part as well as a
2506 text/html part). Users can configure the setting:
2508 Notmuch Show All Multipart/Alternative Parts
2510 to "off" in the notmuch customize group to have the interface
2511 automatically hide some part alternatives (such as text/html
2512 parts). This new part hiding is not configured by default yet
2513 because there's not yet a simple way to re-display such a hidden
2514 part if it is not actually redundant with a displayed part.
2516 Better rendering of text/x-vcalendar parts
2518 These parts are now displayed in a format suitable for use with the
2521 Avoid getting confused by Subject and Author fields with newline characters
2523 Replacing all characters with ASCII code less than 32 with a question mark.
2525 Cleaner display of From line in email messages
2527 Remove double quotes, and drop "name" if it's actually just a repeat of
2530 Vim interface improvements
2531 --------------------------
2533 Felipe Contreras provided a number of updates for the vim interface:
2535 * Using sendmail directly rather than mailx,
2536 * Implementing archive in show view
2537 * Add support to mark as read in show and search views
2538 * Add delete commands
2541 Bindings improvements
2542 ---------------------
2544 Ruby bindings are now much more complete
2546 Including `QUERY.sort`, `QUERY.to_s`, `MESSAGE.maildir_flags_to_tags`,
2547 `MESSAGE.tags_to_maildir_flags`, and `MESSAGE.get_filenames`
2549 Python bindings have been updated and extended
2551 (docs online at https://notmuch.readthedocs.io/)
2555 - `Message().get_filenames()`, `Message().tags_to_maildir_flags()`,
2556 `Message().maildir_flags_to_tags()`, `list(Threads())` and
2557 `list(Messages)` works now
2558 - `Message().__cmp__()` and `__hash__()`
2560 These allow, for example:
2562 if msg1 == msg2: ...
2564 As well as set arithmetic on `Messages()`:
2566 s1, s2 = set(msgs1), set(msgs2)
2572 - `len(Messages())` as it exhausted the iterator
2574 Use `len(list(Messages()))` or `Query.count_messages()`
2577 Added initial Go bindings in bindings/go
2579 New build-system features
2580 -------------------------
2582 Added support for building in a directory other than the source directory
2584 This can be used with the widely-supported idiom of simply running
2585 the configure script from some other directory:
2592 Fix to save configure options for future, implicit runs of configure
2594 When a user updates the source (such as with "git pull") calling
2595 "make" may cause an automatic re-run of the configure script. When
2596 this happens, the configure script will automatically be called with
2597 the same options the user originally passed in the most-recent
2598 manual invocation of configure.
2600 New test-suite feature
2601 ----------------------
2603 Binary for bash for running test suite now located via PATH
2605 The notmuch test suite requires a fairly recent version of bash (>=
2606 bash 4). As some systems supply an older version of bash at
2607 /bin/bash, the test suite is now updated to search $PATH to locate
2608 the bash binary. This allows users of systems with old /bin/bash to
2609 simply install bash >= 4 somewhere on $PATH before /bin and then use
2612 Support for testing output with a trailing newline
2614 Previously, some tests would fail to notice a difference in the
2615 presence/absence of a trailing newline in a program output, (which
2616 has led to bugs in the past). Now, carefully-written tests (using
2617 `test_expect_equal_file` rather than `test_expect_equal`) will detect
2618 any change in the presence/absence of a trailing newline. Many tests
2619 are updated to take advantage of this.
2621 Avoiding accessing user's $HOME while running test suite
2623 The test suite now carefully creates its own HOME directory. This
2624 allows the test suite to be run with no existing HOME directory, (as
2625 some build systems apparently do), and avoids test-suite differences
2626 due to configuration files in the users HOME directory.
2632 Output *all* files for "notmuch search --output=files"
2634 For the cases where multiple files have the same Message ID,
2635 previous versions of notmuch would output only one such file. This
2636 command is now fixed to correctly output all files.
2638 Fixed spurious search results from "overlapped" indexing of addresses
2640 This fixed a bug where a search for:
2642 to:user@elsewhere.com
2644 would incorrectly match a message sent:
2646 To: user@example,com, someone@elsewhere.com
2648 Fix --output=json when search has no results
2650 A bug present since notmuch 0.4 had caused searches with no results
2651 to produce an invalid json object. This is now fixed to cleanly
2652 return a valid json object representing an empty array "[]" as
2655 Fix the automatic detection of the From address for "notmuch reply"
2656 from the Received headers in some cases
2658 Fix core dump on DragonFlyBSD due to -1 return value from
2659 `sysconf(_SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX)`
2661 Cleaned up several memory leaks
2663 Eliminated a few, rare segmentation faults and a double-free
2665 Fix libnotmuch library to only export notmuch API functions
2667 Previous release of the notmuch library also exported some Xapian
2668 C++ exception type symbols. These were never part of the library
2669 interface and were never intended to be exported.
2671 Emacs-interface bug fixes
2672 -------------------------
2674 Display any unexpected output or errors from "notmuch search" invocations
2676 Previously any misformatted output or trailing error messages were
2677 silently ignored. This output is now clearly displayed. This fix was
2678 very helpful in identifying and fixing the bug described below.
2680 Fix bug where some threads would be missing from large search results
2682 When a search returned a "large" number of results, the emacs
2683 interface was incorrectly dropping one thread every time the output
2684 of the "notmuch search" process spanned the emacs read-buffer. This
2687 Avoid re-compression of .gz files (and similar) when saving attachment
2689 Emacs was being too clever for its own good and trying to
2690 re-compress pre-compressed .gz files when saving such attachments
2691 (potentially corrupting the attachment). The emacs interface is
2692 fixed to avoid this bug.
2694 Fix hiding of a message when a previously-hidden citation is visible
2696 Previously the citation would remain visible in this case. This is
2697 fixed so that hiding a message hides all parts.
2699 Notmuch 0.5 (2010-11-11)
2700 ========================
2702 New, general features
2703 ---------------------
2705 Maildir-flag synchronization
2707 Notmuch now knows how to synchronize flags in maildir filenames with
2708 tags in the notmuch database. The following flag/tag mappings are
2717 'S' unread (added when 'S' flag is not present)
2719 The synchronization occurs in both directions, (for example, adding
2720 the 'S' flag to a file will cause the "unread" tag to be added, and
2721 adding the "replied" tag to a message will cause the file to be
2722 renamed with an 'R' flag).
2724 This synchronization is enabled by default for users of the
2725 command-line interface, (though only files in directories named
2726 "cur" or "new" will be renamed). It can be disabled by setting the
2727 new `maildir.synchronize_flags` option in the configuration file. For
2730 notmuch config set maildir.synchronize_flags false
2732 Users upgrading may also want to run "notmuch setup" once (just
2733 accept the existing configuration) to get a new, nicely-commented
2734 [maildir] section added to the configuration file.
2736 For users of the notmuch library, the new synchronization
2737 functionality is available with the following two new functions:
2739 notmuch_message_maildir_flags_to_tags
2740 notmuch_message_tags_to_maildir_flags
2742 It is anticipated that future improvements to this support will
2743 allow for safe synchronization of the 'T' flag with the "deleted"
2744 tag, as well as support for custom flag/tag mappings.
2746 New library features
2747 --------------------
2749 Support for querying multiple filenames for a single message
2751 It is common for the mailstore to contain multiple files with the
2752 same message ID. Previously, notmuch would always hide these
2753 duplicate files, (returning a single, arbitrary filename with
2754 `notmuch_message_get_filename`).
2756 With this release, library users can access all filenames for a
2757 message with the new function:
2759 notmuch_message_get_filenames
2761 Together with `notmuch_filenames_valid`, `notmuch_filenames_get`,
2762 and `notmuch_filenames_move_to_next` it is now possible to iterate
2763 over all available filenames for a given message.
2765 New command-line features
2766 -------------------------
2768 New "notmuch show --format=raw" for getting at original email contents
2770 This new feature allows for a fully-functional email client to be
2771 built on top of the notmuch command-line without needing any direct
2772 access to the mail store itself.
2774 For example, it's now possible to run "emacs -f notmuch" on a local
2775 machine with only ssh access to the mail store/notmuch database. To
2776 do this, simply set the notmuch-command variable in emacs to the
2777 name of a script containing:
2779 ssh user@host notmuch "$@"
2781 If the ssh client has enabled connection sharing (ControlMaster
2782 option in OpenSSH), the emacs interface can be quite responsive this
2788 Fix "notmuch search" to print nothing when nothing matches
2790 The 0.4 release had a bug in which:
2792 notmuch search <expression-with-no-matches>
2794 would produce a single blank line of output, (where previous
2795 versions would produce no output. This fix also causes a change in
2796 the --format=json output, (which would previously produce "[]" and
2797 now produces nothing).
2799 Emacs interface improvements
2800 ----------------------------
2802 Fix to allow pipe ('|') command to work when using notmuch over ssh
2804 Fix count of lines in hidden signatures
2806 Omit repeated subject lines in (collapsed) thread display
2808 Display current thread subject in a header line
2810 Provide a "c i" binding to copy a thread ID from the search view
2812 Allow for notmuch-fcc-dirs to have a value of nil
2814 Also, the more complex form of notmuch-fcc-dirs now has a slightly
2815 different format. It no longer has a special first-element, fallback
2816 string. Instead it's now a list of cons cells where the car of each
2817 cell is a regular expression to be matched against the sender
2818 address, and the cdr is the name of a folder to use for an FCC. So
2819 the old fallback behavior can be achieved by including a final cell
2820 of (".*" . "default-fcc-folder").
2822 Vim interface improvements
2823 --------------------------
2825 Felipe Contreras provided a number of updates for the vim interface
2827 These include optimizations, support for newer versions of vim, fixed
2828 support for sending mail on modern systems, new commands, and
2834 Added initial ruby bindings in bindings/ruby
2836 Notmuch 0.4 (2010-11-01)
2837 ========================
2839 New command-line features
2840 -------------------------
2842 `notmuch search --output=(summary|threads|messages|tags|files)`
2844 This new option allows for particular items to be returned from
2845 notmuch searches. The "summary" option is the default and behaves
2846 just as "notmuch search" has historically behaved.
2848 The new option values allow for thread IDs, message IDs, lists of
2849 tags, and lists of filenames to be returned from searches. It is
2850 expected that this new option will be very useful in shell
2851 scripts. For example:
2853 for file in $(notmuch search --output=files <search-terms>); do
2854 <operations-on> "$file"
2857 `notmuch show --format=mbox <search-specification>`
2859 This new option allows for the messages matching a search
2860 specification to be presented as an mbox. Specifically the "mboxrd"
2861 format is used which allows for reversible quoting of lines
2862 beginning with "From ". A reader should remove a single '>' from the
2863 beginning of all lines beginning with one or more '>' characters
2864 followed by the 5 characters "From ".
2866 `notmuch config [get|set] <section>.<item> [value ...]`
2868 The new top-level "config" command allows for any value in the
2869 notmuch configuration file to be queried or set to a new value. Both
2870 single-valued and multi-valued items are supported, as our any
2871 custom items stored in the configuration file.
2873 Avoid setting Bcc header in "notmuch reply"
2875 We decided that this was a bit heavy-handed as the actual mail
2876 user-agent should be responsible for setting any Bcc option. Also,
2877 see below for the notmuch/emacs user-agent now setting an Fcc by
2878 default rather than Bcc.
2880 New library features
2881 --------------------
2883 Add `notmuch_query_get_query_string` and `notmuch_query_get_sort`
2885 These are simply functions for querying properties of a
2886 `notmuch_query_t` object.
2891 Enable Fcc of all sent messages by default (to "sent" directory)
2893 All messages sent from the emacs interface will now be saved to the
2894 notmuch mail store where they will be incorporated to the database
2895 by the next "notmuch new". By default, messages are saved to the
2896 "sent" directory at the top-level of the mail store. This directory
2897 can be customized by means of the "Notmuch Fcc Dirs" option in the
2898 notmuch customize interface.
2900 Ability to all open messages in a thread to a pipe
2902 Historically, the '|' keybinding allows for piping a single message
2903 to an external command. Now, by prefixing this key with a prefix
2904 argument, (for example, by pressing "Control-U |"), all open
2905 messages in the current thread will be sent to the external command.
2907 Optional support for detecting inline patches
2909 This hook is disabled by default but can be enabled with a checkbox
2910 under "Notmuch Show Insert Text/Plain Hook" in the notmuch customize
2911 interface. It allows for inline patches to be detected and treated
2912 as if they were attachments, (with context-sensitive highlighting).
2914 Automatically tag messages as "replied" when sending a reply
2916 Messages replied to within the emacs interface will now be tagged as
2917 "replied". This feature can easily be customized to add or remove
2918 other tags as well. For example, a user might use a tag of
2919 "needs-reply" and can configure this feature to automatically remove
2920 that tag when replying. See "Notmuch Message Mark Replied" in the
2921 notmuch customize interface.
2923 Allow search-result color specifications to overlay each other
2925 For example, one tag can specify the background color of matching
2926 lines, while another can specify the foreground. With this change,
2927 both settings will now be visible simultaneously, (which was not the
2928 case in previous releases). See "Notmuch Search Line Faces" in the
2929 notmuch customize interface.
2931 Make hidden author names still available for incremental search
2933 When there is insufficient space to display all authors of a thread
2934 in search results, the names of hidden authors are now still made
2935 available to emacs' incremental search commands. As the user
2936 searches, matching lines will temporarily expand to show the hidden
2939 New binding of Control-TAB (works like TAB in reverse)
2941 Many notmuch nodes already use TAB to navigate forward through
2942 various items allowing actions, (message headers, email attachments,
2943 etc.). The new Control-TAB binding operates similarly but in the
2946 New build-system features
2947 -------------------------
2949 Various portability fixes have been applied
2951 These include fixes for build failures on at least Solaris, FreeBSD,
2952 and Fedora systems. We're hopeful that the notmuch code base is now
2953 more portable than ever before.
2955 Arrange for libnotmuch to be found automatically after make install
2957 The notmuch build system is now careful to help the user avoid
2958 errors of the form "libnotmuch.so could not be found" immediately
2959 after installing. This support takes two forms:
2961 1. If the library is installed to a system directory,
2962 (configured in /etc/ld.so.conf), then "make install" will
2963 automatically run ldconfig.
2965 2. If the library is installed to a non-system directory, the
2966 build system adds a `DR_RUNPATH` entry to the final binary
2967 pointing to the directory to which the library is installed.
2969 When this support works, the user should be able to run notmuch
2970 immediately after "make install", without any errors trying to find
2971 the notmuch library, and without having to manually set environment
2972 variables such as `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`.
2974 Check compiler/linker options before using them
2976 The configure script now carefully checks that any desired
2977 compilation options, (whether for enabling compiler warnings, or for
2978 embedding rpath, etc.), are supported. Only supported options are
2979 used in the resulting Makefile.
2981 New test-suite features
2982 -----------------------
2984 New modularization of test suite
2986 Thanks to a gracious relicensing of the test-suite infrastructure
2987 from the git project, notmuch now has a modular test suite. This
2988 provides the ability to run individual sections of the test suite
2989 rather than the whole things. It also provides better summary of
2990 test results, with support for tests that are expected to fail
2991 (BROKEN and FIXED) in addition to PASS and FAIL. Finally, it makes
2992 it easy to run the test suite within valgrind (pass --valgrind to
2993 notmuch-test or to any sub-script) which has been very useful.
2995 New testing of emacs interface
2997 The test suite has been augmented to allow automated testing of the
2998 emacs interfaces. So far, this includes basic searches, display of
2999 threads, and tag manipulation. This also includes a test that a new
3000 message can successfully be sent out through a (dummy) SMTP server
3001 and that said message is successfully integrated into the notmuch
3002 database via the FCC setting.
3007 Fix potential corruption of database when "notmuch new" is interrupted
3009 Previously, an interruption of "notmuch new" would (rarely) result
3010 in a corrupt database. The corruption would manifest itself by a
3011 persistent error of the form:
3013 document ID of 1234 has no thread ID
3015 The message-adding code has been carefully audited and reworked to
3016 avoid this sort of corruption regardless of when it is interrupted.
3018 Fix failure with extremely long message ID headers
3020 Previously, a message with an extremely long message ID, (say, more
3021 than 300 characters), would fail to be added to notmuch, (triggering
3022 Xapian exceptions). This has now been fixed.
3024 Fix for messages with "charset=unknown-8bit"
3026 Previously, messages with this charset would cause notmuch to emit a
3027 GMime warning, (which would then trip up emacs or other interfaces
3028 parsing the notmuch results).
3030 Fix `notmuch_query_search_threads` function to return NULL on any exception
3032 Fix "notmuch search" to return non-zero if `notmuch_query_search_threads`
3035 Previously, this command could confusingly report a Xapian
3036 exception, yet still return an error code of 0. It now correctly
3037 returns a failing error code of 1 in this case.
3042 Fix to handle a message with a subject containing, for example "[1234]"
3044 Previously, a message subject containing a sequence of digits within
3045 square brackets would cause the emacs interface to mis-parse the
3046 output of "notmuch search". This would result in the message being
3047 mis-displayed and prevent the user from manipulating the message in
3048 the emacs interface.
3050 Fix to correctly handle message IDs containing ".."
3052 The emacs interface now properly quotes message IDs to avoid a
3053 Xapian bug in which the ".." within a message ID would be
3054 misinterpreted as a numeric range specification.
3056 Python-binding fixes
3057 --------------------
3059 The python bindings for notmuch have been updated to work with python3.
3061 Debian-specific fixes
3062 ---------------------
3064 Fix emacs initialization so "M-x notmuch" works for users by default
3066 Now, a new Debian user can immediately run "emacs -f notmuch" after
3067 "apt-get install notmuch". Previously, the user would have had to
3068 edit the ~/.emacs file to add "(require 'notmuch)" before this would
3071 Notmuch 0.3.1 (2010-04-27)
3072 ==========================
3077 Fix an infinite loop in "notmuch reply"
3079 This bug could be triggered by replying to a message where the
3080 user's primary email address did not appear in the To: header and
3081 the user had not configured any secondary email addresses. The bug
3082 was a simple re-use of the same iterator variable in nested loops.
3084 Fix a potential SEGV in "notmuch search"
3086 This bug could be triggered by an author name ending in a ','.
3087 Admittedly - that's almost certainly a spam email, but we never
3088 want notmuch to crash.
3093 Fix calculations for line wrapping in the primary "notmuch" view
3095 Fix Fcc support to prompt to create a directory if the specified Fcc
3096 directory does not exist
3101 Fix build on OpenSolaris (at least) due to missing 'extern "C"' block
3103 Without this, the C++ sources could not find strcasestr and the
3104 final linking of notmuch would fail.
3106 Notmuch 0.3 (2010-04-27)
3107 ========================
3109 New command-line features
3110 -------------------------
3112 User-configurable tags for new messages
3114 A new "new.tags" option is available in the configuration file to
3115 determine which tags are applied to new messages. Run "notmuch
3116 setup" to generate new documentation within ~/.notmuch-config on how
3117 to specify this value.
3119 Threads search results named based on subjects that match search
3121 This means that when new mails arrived to a thread you've previously
3122 read, and the new mails have a new subject, you will see that
3123 subject in the search results rather than the old subject.
3125 Faster operation of "notmuch tag" (avoid unneeded sorting)
3127 Since the user just wants to tag all matching messages, we can make
3128 things perform a bit faster by avoiding the sort.
3130 Even Better guessing of From: header for "notmuch reply"
3132 Notmuch now looks at a number of headers when trying to figure out
3133 the best From: header to use in a reply. This is helpful if you have
3134 several configured email addresses, and you also subscribe to various
3135 mailing lists with different addresses, (so that mails you are
3136 replying to won't always include your subscribed address in the To:
3139 Indication of author names that match a search
3141 When notmuch displays threads as the result of a search, it now
3142 lists the authors that match the search before listing the other
3143 authors in the thread. It inserts a pipe '|' symbol between the last
3144 matching and first non-matching author. This is especially useful in
3145 a search that includes tag:unread. Now the authors of the unread
3146 messages in the thread are listed first.
3148 New: Python bindings
3149 --------------------
3151 Sebastian Spaeth has contributed his python bindings for the notmuch
3152 library to the central repository. These bindings were previously
3153 known as "cnotmuch" within python but have now been renamed to be
3154 accessible with a simple, and more official-looking "import notmuch".
3156 The bindings have already proven very useful as people proficient in
3157 python have been able to easily develop programs to do notmuch-based
3158 searches for email-address completion, maildir-flag synchronization,
3161 These bindings are available within the bindings/python directory, but
3162 are not yet integrated into the top-level Makefiles, nor the top-level
3163 package-building scripts. Improvements are welcome.
3165 Emacs interface improvements
3166 ----------------------------
3168 An entirely new initial view for notmuch, (friendly yet powerful)
3170 Some of us call the new view "notmuch hello" but you can get at it
3171 by simply calling "emacs -f notmuch". The new view provides a search
3172 bar where new searches can be performed. It also displays a list of
3173 recent searches, along with a button to save any of these, giving it
3174 a new name as a "saved search". Many people find these "saved
3175 searches" one of the most convenient ways of organizing their mail,
3176 (providing all of the features of "folders" in other mail clients,
3177 but without any of the disadvantages).
3179 Finally, this view can also optionally display all of the tags that
3180 exist in the database, along with a count for each tag, and a custom
3181 search of messages with that tag that's simply a click (or keypress)
3184 NOTE: For users that liked the original mode of "emacs -f notmuch"
3185 immediately displaying a particular search result, we recommend
3186 instead running something like:
3188 emacs --eval '(notmuch search "tag:inbox" t)'
3190 The "t" means to sort the messages in an "oldest first" order,
3191 (as notmuch would do previously by default). You can also
3192 leave that off to have your search results in "newest first"
3195 Full-featured "customize" support for configuring notmuch
3197 Notmuch now plugs in well to the emacs "customize" mode to make it
3198 much simpler to find things about the notmuch interface that can be
3199 tweaked by the user.
3201 You can get to this mode by starting at the main "Customize" menu in
3202 emacs, then browsing through "Applications", "Mail", and
3203 "Notmuch". Or you can go straight to "M-x customize-group"
3206 Once you're at the customize screen, you'll see a list of documented
3207 options that can be manipulated along with checkboxes, drop-down
3208 selectors, and text-entry boxes for configuring the various
3211 Support for doing tab-completion of email addresses
3213 This support currently relies on an external program,
3214 (notmuch-addresses), that is not yet shipped with notmuch
3215 itself. But multiple, suitable implementations of this program have
3216 already been written that generate address completions by doing
3217 notmuch searches of your email collection. For example, providing
3218 first those addresses that you have composed messages to in the
3221 One such program (implemented in python with the python bindings to
3222 notmuch) is available via:
3224 git clone http://jkr.acm.jhu.edu/git/notmuch_addresses.git
3226 Install that program as notmuch-addresses on your PATH, and then
3227 hitting TAB on a partial email address or name within the To: or Cc:
3228 line of an email message will provide matching completions.
3230 Support for file-based (Fcc) delivery of sent messages to mail store
3232 This isn't yet enabled by default. To enable this, one will have to
3233 set the "Notmuch Fcc Dirs" setting within the notmuch customize
3234 screen, (see its documentation there for details). We anticipate
3235 making this automatic in a future release.
3237 New 'G' key binding to trigger mail refresh (G == "Get new mail")
3239 The 'G' key works wherever '=' works. Before refreshing the screen
3240 it calls an external program that can be used to poll email servers,
3241 run notmuch new and set up specific tags for the new emails. The
3242 script to be called should be configured with the "Notmuch Poll
3243 Script" setting in the customize interface. This script will
3244 typically invoke "notmuch new" and then perhaps several "notmuch
3247 Implement emacs message display with the JSON output from notmuch
3249 This is much more robust than the previous implementation, (where
3250 some HTML mails and mail quoting the notmuch code with the delimiter
3251 characters in it would cause the parser to fall over).
3253 Better handling of HTML messages and MIME attachments (inline images!)
3255 Allow for any MIME parts that emacs can display to be displayed
3256 inline. This includes inline viewing of image attachments, (provided
3257 the window is large enough to fit the image at its natural size).
3259 Much more robust handling of HTML messages. Currently both text/plain
3260 and text/html alternates will be rendered next to each other. In a
3261 future release, users will be able to decide to see only one or the
3262 other representation.
3264 Each attachment now has its own button so that attachments can be
3265 saved individually (the 'w' key is still available to save all
3268 Customizable support for tidying of text/plain message content
3270 Many new functions are available for tidying up message
3271 content. These include options such as wrapping long lines,
3272 compressing duplicate blank lines, etc.
3274 Most of these are disabled by default, but can easily be enabled by
3275 clicking the available check boxes under the "Notmuch Show Insert
3276 Text/Plain Hook" within the notmuch customize screen.
3278 New support for searchable citations (even when hidden)
3280 When portions of overly-long citations are hidden, the contents of
3281 these citations will still be available for emacs' standard
3282 "incremental search" functions. When the search matches any portion
3283 of a hidden citation, the citation will become visible temporarily
3284 to display the search result.
3286 More flexible handling of header visibility
3288 As an answer to complaints from many users, the To, Cc, and Date
3289 headers of messages are no longer hidden by default. For those users
3290 that liked that these were hidden, a new "Notmuch Messages Headers
3291 Visible" option in the customize interface can be set to nil. The
3292 visibility of headers can still be toggled on a per-message basis
3293 with the 'h' keybinding.
3295 For users that don't want to see some subset of those headers, the
3296 new "Notmuch Message Headers" variable can be customized to list
3297 only those headers that should be present in the display of a message.
3299 The Return key now toggles message visibility anywhere
3301 Previously this worked only on the first summary-line of a message.
3303 Customizable formatting of search results
3305 The user can easily customize the order, width, and formatting of
3306 the various fields in a "notmuch search" buffer. See the "Notmuch
3307 Search Result Format" section of the customize interface.
3309 Generate nicer names for search buffers when using a saved search
3311 Add a notmuch User-Agent header when sending mail from notmuch/emacs
3313 New keybinding (M-Ret) to open all collapsed messages in a thread
3318 Provide a new `NOTMUCH_SORT_UNSORTED` value for queries
3320 This can be somewhat faster when sorting simply isn't desired. For
3321 example when collecting a set of messages that will all be
3322 manipulated identically, (adding a tag, removing a tag, deleting the
3323 messages), then there's no advantage to sorting the messages by
3329 Fix to compile against GMime 2.6
3331 Previously notmuch insisted on being able to find GMime 2.4, (even
3332 though GMime 2.6 would have worked all along).
3334 Fix configure script to accept (and ignore) various standard options
3336 For example, those that the Gentoo build scripts expect configure to
3337 accept are now all accepted.
3342 A large number of new tests for the many new features
3344 Better display of output from failed tests
3346 Now shows failures with diff rather than forcing the user to gaze at
3347 complete actual and expected output looking for deviation.
3349 Notmuch 0.2 (2010-04-16)
3350 ========================
3352 This is the second release of the notmuch mail system, with actual
3353 detailed release notes this time!
3355 This release consists of a number of minor new features that make
3356 notmuch more pleasant to use, and a few fairly major bug fixes.
3358 We didn't quite hit our release target of "about a week" from the 0.1
3359 release, (0.2 is happening 11 days after 0.1), but we hope to do
3360 better for next week. Look forward to some major features coming to
3361 notmuch in subsequent releases.
3368 Better guessing of From: header
3370 Notmuch now tries harder to guess which configured address should be
3371 used as the From: line in a "notmuch reply". It will examine the
3372 Received: headers if it fails to find any configured address in To:
3373 or Cc:. This allows it to often choose the correct address even when
3374 replying to a message sent to a mailing list, and not directly to a
3377 Make "notmuch count" with no arguments count all messages
3379 Previously, it was hard to construct a search term that was
3380 guaranteed to match all messages.
3382 Provide a new special-case search term of "*" to match all messages
3384 This can be used in any command accepting a search term, such as
3385 "notmuch search '*'". Note that you'll want to take care that the
3386 shell doesn't expand * against the current files. And note that the
3387 support for "*" is a special case. It's only meaningful as a single
3388 search term and loses its special meaning when combined with any
3391 Automatically detect thread connections even when a parent message is
3394 Previously, if two or more message were received with a common
3395 parent, but that parent was not received, then these messages would
3396 not be recognized as belonging to the same thread. This is now fixed
3397 so that such messages are properly connected in a thread.
3402 Fix potential data loss in "notmuch new" with SIGINT
3404 One code path in "notmuch new" was not properly handling
3405 SIGINT. Previously, this could lead to messages being removed from
3406 the database (and their tags being lost) if the user pressed
3407 Control-C while "notmuch new" was working.
3409 Fix segfault when a message includes a MIME part that is empty
3411 Fix handling of non-ASCII characters with --format=json
3413 Previously, characters outside the range of 7-bit ASCII were
3414 silently dropped from the JSON output. This led to corrupted display
3415 of utf-8 content in the upcoming notmuch web-based frontends.
3417 Fix headers to be properly decoded in "notmuch reply"
3419 Previously, the user might see:
3421 Subject: Re: =?iso-8859-2?q?Rozlu=E8ka?=
3425 Subject: Re: Rozlučka
3427 The former text is properly encoded to be RFC-compliant SMTP, will
3428 be sent correctly, and will be properly decoded by the
3429 recipient. But the user trying to edit the reply would likely be
3430 unable to read or edit that field in its encoded form.
3432 Emacs client features
3433 ---------------------
3435 Show the last few lines of citations as well as the first few lines
3437 It's often the case that the last sentence of a citation is what is
3438 being replied to directly, so the last few lines are often much more
3439 important. The number of lines shown at the beginning and end of any
3440 citation can be configured, (notmuch-show-citation-lines-prefix and
3441 notmuch-show-citation-lines-suffix).
3443 The '+' and '-' commands in the search view can now add and remove
3446 Selective bulk tagging is now possible by selecting a region of
3447 threads and then using either the '+' or '-' keybindings. Bulk
3448 tagging is still available for all threads matching the current
3449 search with the '*' binding.
3451 More meaningful buffer names for thread-view buffers
3453 Notmuch now uses the Subject of the thread as the buffer
3454 name. Previously it was using the thread ID, which is a meaningless
3457 Provide for customized colors of threads in search view based on tags
3459 See the documentation of notmuch-search-line-faces, (or us "M-x
3460 customize" and browse to the "notmuch" group within "Applications"
3461 and "Mail"), for details on how to configure this colorization.
3463 Build-system features
3464 ---------------------
3466 Add support to properly build libnotmuch on Darwin systems (OS X)
3468 Add support to configure for many standard options
3470 We include actual support for:
3472 --includedir --mandir --sysconfdir
3474 And accept and silently ignore several more:
3476 --build --infodir --libexecdir --localstatedir
3477 --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking
3479 Install emacs client in "make install" rather than requiring a
3480 separate "make install-emacs"
3482 Automatically compute versions numbers between releases
3484 This support uses the git-describe notation, so a version such as
3485 0.1-144-g43cbbfc indicates a version that is 144 commits since the
3486 0.1 release and is available as git commit "43cbbfc".
3488 Add a new "make test" target to run the test suite and actually
3491 Notmuch 0.1 (2010-04-05)
3492 ========================
3494 This is the first release of the notmuch mail system.
3496 It includes the libnotmuch library, the notmuch command-line
3497 interface, and an emacs-based interface to notmuch.
3499 Note: Notmuch will work best with Xapian 1.0.18 (or later) or Xapian
3500 1.1.4 (or later). Previous versions of Xapian (whether 1.0 or 1.1) had
3501 a performance bug that made notmuch very slow when modifying
3502 tags. This would cause distracting pauses when reading mail while
3503 notmuch would wait for Xapian when removing the "inbox" and "unread"
3504 tags from messages in a thread.
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