1 Notmuch 0.25 (UNRELEASED)
2 =========================
7 Add regexp searching for mid, paths, and tags.
9 Skip HTML tags when indexing
11 In particular this avoids indexing large inline images.
13 Command Line Interface
14 ----------------------
16 Bash completion is now installed to /usr/share by default.
18 Allow space as separator for keyword arguments.
23 Don't use 'function' as variable name, workaround emacs bug 26406.
28 Add workaround for date parsing of bad input in older GMime
30 In certain circumstances, older GMime libraries could return
31 negative numbers when parsing syntactically invalid dates.
33 Replace deprecated functions with status returning versions
35 API of notmuch_query_{search,count}_{messages,threads} has
36 changed. notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude now returns a status
39 Add support for building against GMime 3.0.
41 Rename libutil.a to libnotmuch_util.a.
43 libnotmuch SONAME is incremented to libnotmuch.so.5.
45 Notmuch 0.24.2 (2017-06-01)
46 ===========================
48 Command Line Interface
49 ----------------------
51 Fix output from `notmuch dump --include=properties` to not include tags.
56 Fix filename stashing in tree view.
58 Notmuch 0.24.1 (2017-04-01)
59 ===========================
64 Fix regressions in non-regexp search for `from:` and `subject:`
66 The regexp search code in 0.24 introduced a regression in the
67 handling of empty queries and wildcards. These are both corrected in
70 Command Line Interface
71 ----------------------
73 Fix several memory leaks in `notmuch show`
75 Update NEWS for 0.24 to mention schema changes
77 Fix bug in dump header
79 The previous version of the dump header failed to mention the
80 inclusion of tags. This fix bumps the version number of the dump
81 format to 3. There are no other changes to the format.
86 Fix a read-after-free in the library.
88 Notmuch 0.24 (2017-03-12)
89 =========================
94 Regular expression searches supported for `from:` and `subject:`
96 This requires recent Xapian (1.4+) See notmuch-search-terms(7) for
99 Command Line Interface
100 ----------------------
102 Run external `notmuch-` prefixed commands as subcommands
104 You can now add your own `notmuch-` prefixed commands in PATH, and
105 have notmuch run them as if they were notmuch commands. See the
106 `notmuch(1)` man page for details
108 New default output format to 3
110 See devel/schemata for details. Users of the structured output
111 format are reminded of the `--format-version` argument to `notmuch
112 show` and `notmuch search` which can prevent breakage when the
113 default format changes.
118 Postpone and resume messages in `notmuch-message-mode` (composition)
120 Notmuch now has built in support for postponing, saving and resuming
121 messages. The default bindings are C-x C-s to save a draft, C-c C-p
122 to postpone a draft (save and exit compose buffer), and "e" in show
123 or tree view to resume.
125 Draft messages are tagged with `notmuch-draft-tags` (draft by
126 default) so you may wish to add that to the excluded tags list. When
127 saving a previously saved draft message the earlier draft gets
130 Note that attachments added before postponing will be included as
131 they were when you postponed in the final message.
135 It is now possible to save the list of address completions for
136 notmuch's internal completion between runs of emacs. This makes the
137 first calls to address completion much better and faster. For
138 privacy reasons it is disabled by default, to enable set or
139 customize `notmuch-address-save-filename`.
143 It is now possible to configure tagging shortcuts (with an interface
144 like notmuch jump). For example (by default) k u will remove the
145 unread tag, and k s will add a tag "spam" and remove the inbox
146 tag. Pressing k twice will do the reverse operation so, for example,
147 k k s removes the spam tag and adds the inbox tag. See the customize
148 variable `notmuch-tagging-keys` for more information.
152 It is now possible to refresh all notmuch buffers to reflect the
153 current state of the database with a single command, `M-=`.
155 Stop display of `application/*` parts
157 By default gnus displays all `application/*` parts such as
158 application/zip in the message buffer. This has several undesirable
159 effects for notmuch (security, triggering errors etc). Notmuch now
160 overrides this and does not display them by default. If you have
161 customized `mm-inline-override-types` then we assume you know what
162 you want and do not interfere; if you do want to stop the display of
163 `application/*` add `application/*` to your customization. If you want
164 to allow `application/*` then set `mm-inline-override-types` to
167 Small change in the api for notmuch-search-tag
169 When `notmuch-search-tag` is called non-interactively and the region
170 is set, then it only tags the threads in the region. (Previously it
171 only tagged the current thread.)
173 Bugfix for sending messages with very long headers
175 Previously emacs didn't fold very long headers when sending which
176 could cause the MTA to refuse to send the message. This makes sure
177 it does fold any long headers so the message is RFC compliant.
179 `notmuch emacs-mua` command installed with the Emacs interface
181 We've carried a `notmuch-emacs-mua` script in the source tree for
182 quite some time. It can be used to launch the Notmuch Emacs
183 interface from the command line in many different ways. Starting
184 with this release, it will be installed with the Emacs
185 interface. With the new external subcommand support, the script
186 transparently becomes a new notmuch command. See the
187 `notmuch-emacs-mua(1)` man page for details.
189 Notmuch Emacs desktop integration
191 The desktop integration file will now be installed with the Notmuch
192 Emacs interface, adding a Notmuch menu item and configuration to
193 allow the user to set up Notmuch Emacs as the `mailto:` URL handler.
198 `notmuch_query_count_messages` is now non-destructive
200 Internally the implementation of excludes has changed to make this
203 Improved handling of DatabaseModifiedError
205 Previously uncaught exceptions reading message metadata are now
208 Notmuch 0.23.7 (2017-02-28)
209 ===========================
214 Drop use of gpgconf --create-socketdir. Move $GNUPGHOME to /tmp.
216 It turns out the hardcoded use of /run/user in gpg doesn't work out
217 that well in some environments. The more low tech fix is to move all
218 of $GNUPGHOME to somewhere where we can control the length of the
221 Notmuch 0.23.6 (2017-02-27)
222 ===========================
224 Command Line Interface
225 ----------------------
227 Fix read-after-free bug in `notmuch new`.
232 Use gpgconf --create-socketdir if available.
234 GnuPG has a facility to use sockets in /run or /var/run to avoid
235 problems with long socket paths, but this is not enabled by default
236 for GNUPGHOME other than $HOME/.gnupg. Enable it, if possible.
238 Notmuch 0.23.5 (2017-01-09)
239 ===========================
244 Fix quoting bug in configure. This had introduced a RUNPATH into the
245 notmuch binary in cases where it was not not needed.
247 Notmuch 0.23.4 (2016-12-24)
248 ===========================
250 Command Line Interface
251 ----------------------
253 Improve error handling in notmuch insert
255 Database lock errors no longer prevent message file delivery to the
256 filesystem. Certain errors during `notmuch insert` most likely to
257 be temporary return EX_TEMPFAIL.
262 Restore autoload cookie for notmuch-search.
264 Notmuch 0.23.3 (2016-11-27)
265 ===========================
267 Command Line Interface
268 ----------------------
270 Treat disappearing files during notmuch new as non-fatal.
275 Fix incompatibility (related to signature size) with gnupg 2.1.16.
277 Notmuch 0.23.2 (2016-11-20)
278 ===========================
283 Fix notmuch-interesting-buffer and notmuch-cycle-notmuch-buffers.
285 notmuch-tree-mode and notmuch-message-mode buffers are now
286 considered interesting by `notmuch-interesting-buffer` and
287 `notmuch-cycle-notmuch-buffers`.
289 Restore compatibility with Emacs 23.
291 Notmuch support for Emacs 23 is now deprecated.
293 Notmuch 0.23.1 (2016-10-23)
294 ===========================
299 Require Xapian >= 1.2.6
301 The ifdef branch for older Xapian (pre-compact API) had bit-rotted.
306 Fix default colours for unread and flagged messages
308 In 0.23 the default colours for unread and flagged messages in
309 search view were accidentally swapped. This release returns them to
310 the original colours.
312 A related change in 0.23 broke the customize widget for
313 notmuch-search-line-faces. This is now fixed.
315 Fix test failure with Emacs 25.1
317 A previously undiscovered jit-lock related bug was exposed by Emacs
318 25, causing a notmuch-show mode test to fail. This release fixes the
319 bug, and hence the test.
321 Notmuch 0.23 (2016-10-03)
322 =========================
324 General (Xapian 1.4+)
325 ---------------------
327 Compiling against Xapian 1.4 enables several new features.
329 Support for single argument date: queries
331 `date:<expr>` is equivalent to `date:<expr>..<expr>`.
333 Support for blocking opens
335 When opening a database notmuch by default will wait for another
336 process to release a write lock, rather than returning an error.
338 Support for named queries
340 Named queries (also known as 'saved searches') can be defined with a
341 `query:name` format. The expansion of these queries is stored in the
342 database and they can be used from any notmuch client.
349 libnotmuch now supports the attachment of arbitrary key-value pairs
350 to messages. These can be used by various tools to manage their
351 private data without polluting the user tag space. They also support
352 iteration of values with the same key or same key prefix.
354 Bug fix for `notmuch_directory_set_mtime`
356 Update cached mtime to match on-disk mtime.
361 Support for compile time options
363 A group of `built_with` keys is now supported for notmuch
364 config. Initial keys in this group are `compact`, `field_processor`,
367 Dump/Restore support for configuration information and properties
369 Any configuration information stored in the database (initially just
370 named queries) is dumped and restored. Similarly any properties
371 attached to messages are also dumped and restored. Any new
372 information in the dump format is prefixed by '#' to allow existing
373 scripts to ignore it.
378 Make notmuch-message-mode use insert for fcc
380 Notmuch-message-mode now defaults to using notmuch insert for
381 fcc. The old file based fcc behaviour can be restored by setting the
382 defcustom `notmuch-maildir-use-notmuch-insert` to nil.
384 When using notmuch insert, `notmuch-fcc-dirs` must be a subdirectory
385 of the mailstore (absolute paths are not permitted) followed by any
386 tag changes to be applied to the inserted message. The tag changes
387 are applied after the default tagging for new messages. For example
388 setting the header to "sentmail -inbox +sent" would insert the
389 message in the subdirectory sentmail of the mailstore, add the tag
390 "sent", and not add the (normally added) "inbox" tag.
392 Finally, if the insert fails (e.g. if the database is locked) the
393 user is presented with the option to retry, ignore, or edit the
396 Make internal address completion customizable
398 There is a new defcustom `notmuch-address-internal-completion` which
399 controls how the internal completion works: it allows the user to
400 choose whether to match on messages the user sent, or the user
401 received, and to filter the messages used for the match, for example
404 Allow internal address completion on an individual basis
406 There is a new function `notmuch-address-toggle-internal-completion`
407 (by default it has no keybinding) which allows users who normally
408 use an external completion command to use the builtin internal
409 completion for the current buffer.
411 Alternatively, if the user has company-mode enabled, then the user
412 can use company mode commands such as `company-complete` to
413 activate the builtin completion for an individual completion.
417 The function `notmuch-show-resend-message` (bound to `b` in show
418 and tree modes) will (attempt to) send current message to new
419 recipients. The headers of the message won't be altered (e.g. `To:`
420 may point to yourself). New `Resent-To:`, `Resent-From:` and so on
421 will be added instead.
423 Face customization is easier
425 New faces `notmuch-tag-unread`, `notmuch-tag-flagged`,
426 `notmuch-tag-deleted`, `notmuch-tag-added`,
427 `notmuch-search-flagged-face` and `notmuch-search-unread-face` are
428 now used by default. Customize `notmuch-faces` to modify them.
430 Omit User-Agent header by default when sending mail
435 Add support for `notmuch_database_get_all_tags`
440 Go bindings moved to contrib
442 Add support for `notmuch_threads_t` and `notmuch_thread_t`
444 Fixed constant values so they are not all zero anymore
446 Previously, it was impossible to open writable database handles,
447 because `DATABASE_MODE_READ_ONLY` and `DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE` were
449 The same issue occured with sort modes.
451 Notmuch 0.22.2 (2016-09-08)
452 ===========================
459 Have gdb write to a log file instead of stdout, hiding some more
460 (harmless) stderr chatter which causes test failures.
462 Hardcode fingerprint in PGP/MIME tests
464 Make the tests more robust against changing GnuPG output formats.
466 Notmuch 0.22.1 (2016-07-19)
467 ===========================
472 Correct the definition of `LIBNOTMUCH_CHECK_VERSION`.
474 Document the (lack of) operations permitted on a closed database.
479 Fix race condition in dump / restore tests.
484 Use `env` to locate perl.
489 Tell `message-mode` mode that outgoing messages are mail
491 This makes message-mode configuration behave more predictably.
493 Respect charset of MIME parts when reading them
495 Fix previous assumption that everyone uses UTF-8.
497 Notmuch 0.22 (2016-04-26)
498 =========================
505 Notmuch should now build (and the test suite should pass) on recent
506 releases of Xapian 1.3.x. It has been tested with Xapian 1.3.5.
508 Limited support for S/MIME messages
510 Signature verification is supported, but not decryption. S/MIME
511 signature creation and S/MIME encryption are supported via built-in
512 support in Emacs. S/MIME support is not extensively tested at this
517 Fix for threading bug involving deleting and re-adding
518 messages. Fix for case-sensitive content disposition headers. Fix
519 handling of 1 character directory names at top level.
521 Command Line Interface
522 ----------------------
524 `notmuch show` now supports verifying S/MIME signatures
526 This support relies on an appropriately configured `gpgsm`.
531 Drop dependency on "pkg-config emacs".
536 Notmuch replies now include all parts shown in the show view
538 There are two main user visible changes. The first is that rfc822
539 parts are now included in replies.
541 The second change is that part headers are now included in the reply
542 buffer to provide visible separation of the parts. The choice of
543 which part headers to show is customizable via the variable
544 `notmuch-mua-reply-insert-header-p-function`.
546 Filtering or Limiting messages is now bound to `l` in the search view
548 This binding now matches the analogous binding in show view.
550 `F` forwards all open messages in a thread
552 When viewing a thread of messages, the new binding `F` can be used
553 to generate a new outgoing message which forwards all of the open
554 messages in the thread. This is analogous to the `f` binding, which
555 forwards only the current message.
557 Preferred content type can be determined from the message content
559 More flexibility in choosing which sub-part of a
560 multipart/alternative part is initially shown is available by
561 setting `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` to a function
562 that returns a list of discouraged types. The function so specified
563 is passed the message as an argument and can examine the message
564 content to determine which content types should be discouraged. This
565 is in addition to the current capabilities (i.e. setting
566 `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` to a list of discouraged
569 When viewing a thread ("show" mode), queries that match no messages no
570 longer generate empty buffers
572 Should an attempt be made to view the thread corresponding to a
573 query that matches no messages, a warning message is now displayed
574 and the terminal bell rung rather than displaying an empty buffer
575 (or, in some cases, displaying an empty buffer and throwing an
576 error). This also affects re-display of the current thread.
578 Handle S/MIME signatures in emacs
580 The emacs interface is now capable making and verifying S/MIME
583 `notmuch-message-address-insinuate` is now a no-op
585 This reduces the amount of interference with non-notmuch uses of
588 Address completion improvements
590 An external script is no longer needed for address completion; if
591 you previously configured one, customize the variable
592 `notmuch-address-command` to try the internal completion. If
593 `company-mode` is available, notmuch uses it by default for
594 interactive address completion.
596 Test and experiment with the emacs MUA available in source tree
598 `./devel/try-emacs-mua` runs emacs and fills the window with
599 information how to try the MUA safely. Emacs is configured to use
600 the notmuch (lisp) files located in `./emacs` directory.
605 New `notmuch-report(1)` and `notmuch-report.json(5)` man pages
606 describe `notmuch-report` and its JSON configuration file. You can
607 build these files by running `make` in the `devel/nmbug/doc`
613 Renamed from `nmbug-status`. This script generates reports based on
614 notmuch queries, and doesn't really have anything to do with nmbug,
615 except for sharing the `NMBGIT` environment variable. The new name
616 focuses on the script's action, instead of its historical association
617 with the nmbug workflow. This should make it more discoverable for
618 users looking for generic notmuch reporting tools.
620 The default configuration file name (extracted from the `config`
621 branch of `NBMGIT` has changed from `status-config.json` to
622 `notmuch-report.json` so it is more obviously associated with the
623 report-generating script. The configuration file also has a new
624 `meta.message-url` setting, which is documented in
625 `notmuch-report.json(5)`.
627 `notmuch-report` now wraps query phrases in parentheses when and-ing
628 them together, to avoid confusion about clause grouping.
630 Notmuch 0.21 (2015-10-29)
631 =========================
636 Notmuch now requires gmime >= 2.6.7. The gmime 2.4 series is no longer
639 Database revision tracking: `lastmod:` queries
641 Each message now has a metadata revision number that increases with
642 every tagging operation. See the discussion of `lastmod:` in
643 `notmuch-search-terms(7)` for more information.
645 Date queries now support `date:<expr>..!` shorthand for
646 `date:<expr>..<expr>`
648 You can use, for example, `date:yesterday..!` to match from the
649 beginning of yesterday to the end of yesterday. For further details,
650 please refer to the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page.
652 Notmuch database upgrade to support `lastmod:` queries
654 The above mentioned `lastmod:` prefix. This will be done
655 automatically, without prompting on the next time `notmuch new` is
656 run after the upgrade. The upgrade is not reversible, and the
657 upgraded database will not be readable by older versions of
658 Notmuch. As a safeguard, a database dump will be created in the
659 `.notmuch` directory before upgrading.
664 The ruby bindings are now built as part of the main notmuch build
665 process. This can be disabled with the `--without-ruby` option to
668 Building the documentation can be disabled with the `--without-docs`
671 Skipped individual tests are no longer considered as failures.
673 Command Line Interface
674 ----------------------
676 Database revision tracking
678 Two new options were added to support revision tracking. A global
679 option "--uuid" (`notmuch(1)`) was added for to detect counter
680 rollover and reinitialization, and `notmuch-count(1)` gained a
681 `--lastmod` option to query database revision tracking data.
683 The `notmuch address` command supports new deduplication schemes
685 `notmuch address` has gained a new `--deduplicate` option to specify
686 how the results should be deduplicated, if at all. The alternatives
687 are `no` (do not deduplicate, useful for processing the results with
688 external tools), `mailbox` (deduplicate based on the full, case
689 sensitive name and email address), and `address` (deduplicate based
690 on the case insensitive address part). See the `notmuch-address`
691 manual page for further information.
696 `notmuch-emacs-version` is used in `User-Agent` header
698 The value of recently introduced variable `notmuch-emacs-version` is
699 now used as a part of `User-Agent` header when sending emails.
701 Removed `notmuch-version` function by renaming it to `notmuch-cli-version`
703 With existing variable `notmuch-emacs-version` the accompanied
704 function which retrieves the version of `notmuch-command` is
705 better named as `notmuch-cli-version`.
707 Query input now supports completion for "is:<tag>"
709 New message composition mode: `notmuch-compose-mode`
711 This is mainly to fix fcc handling, but may be useful for user
712 customization as well.
714 Allow filtering of search results in `notmuch-show`
716 Add function to rerun current tree-view search in search mode
718 Bug fix for replying to encrypted messages in `notmuch-tree` mode
720 Allow saved searched to specify tree view rather than search view
722 Applies to saved searches run from `notmuch-hello`, or by a keyboard
723 shortcut (`notmuch-jump`). Can be set in the customize interface, or
724 by adding :search-type tree to the appropriate saved search plist in
725 `notmuch-saved-searches`.
727 Increase maximum size of rendered text parts
729 The variable `notmuch-show-max-text-part-size` controls the maximum
730 size (in bytes) which is automatically rendered. This may make
731 rendering large threads slower. To get the previous behaviour set
732 this variable to 10000.
737 The use of absolute paths is now enforced when calling
738 `notmuch_database_{open, create}`
740 New function `notmuch_directory_delete` to delete directory documents
742 Previously there was no way to delete directory documents from the
743 database, leading to confusing results when the "ghost" directory
744 document of a renamed or deleted filesystem directory was
745 encountered every time the parent directory was being scanned by
746 `notmuch new`. The mtime of the old directory document was also used
747 if a directory by the same name was added again in the filesystem,
748 potentially bypassing the scan for the directory. The issues are
749 fixed by providing a library call to delete directory documents, and
750 deleting the old documents in `notmuch new` on filesystem directory
753 Database revision tracking
755 Revision tracking is supported via a new prefix "lastmod:" in the
756 query parser and the new function
757 `notmuch_database_get_revision`. For the latter, see `notmuch(3)`.
759 New status code returning API for n_query_count_{messages,threads}
763 `notmuch_query_search_threads`, `notmuch_query_search_messages`,
764 `notmuch_query_count_messages`, and `notmuch_query_count_threads`
765 are all deprecated as of this release. Clients are encouraged to
766 transition to the `_st` variants supporting better error reporting.
771 `nmbug-status` now supports specifying the sort order for each view.
773 Notmuch 0.20.2 (2015-06-27)
774 ===========================
779 Bug fix for marking messages read in `notmuch-tree` mode.
781 Notmuch 0.20.1 (2015-06-01)
782 ===========================
787 Work around apparent gdb bug on arm64.
789 Notmuch 0.20 (2015-05-31)
790 =========================
792 Command-Line Interface
793 ----------------------
795 There is a new `mimetype:` search prefix
797 The new `mimetype:` search prefix allows searching for the
798 content-type of attachments, which is now indexed. See the
799 `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for details.
801 Path to gpg is now configurable
803 On systems with multiple versions of gpg, you can tell
804 notmuch which one to use by setting `crypto.gpg_path`
809 Avoid rendering large text attachements.
811 Improved rendering of CID references in HTML.
816 Vim client now respects excluded tags.
821 Support messages without Message-IDs.
826 Undeprecate single message mboxes
828 It seems more trouble to remove this feature than expected, so
829 `notmuch new` will no longer nag about mboxes with a single message.
831 New error logging facility
833 Clients should call `notmuch_database_status_string` to retrieve
834 output formerly printed to stderr.
836 Several bug fixes related to stale iterators
838 New status code returning API for n_query_search_{messages,thread}
840 Fix for library `install_name` on Mac OS X
842 Fix for rounding of seconds
847 Sphinx is now mandatory to build docs
849 Support for using rst2man in place of sphinx to build the
850 docmumentation has been removed.
852 Improved notmuch-search-terms.7
854 The man page `notmuch-search-terms(7)` has been extended, merging
855 some material from the relicensed wiki.
860 `notmuch-deliver` is removed. As far as we know, all functionality
861 previously provided by `notmuch-deliver` should now be provided by
862 `notmuch insert`, provided by the main notmuch binary.
867 `nmbug-status` now only matches local branches when reading
868 `status-config.json` from the `config` branch of the `NMBGIT`
869 repository. To help new users running `nmbug-status`, `nmbug clone`
870 now creates a local `config` branch tracking `origin/config`. Folks
871 who use `nmbug-status` with an in-Git config (i.e. you don't use the
872 `--config` option) who already have `NMBGIT` set up are encouraged to
875 git checkout config origin/config
877 in their `NMBGIT` repository (usually `~/.nmbug`).
879 Notmuch 0.19 (2014-11-14)
880 =========================
885 This release improves the reliability of `notmuch dump` and the error
886 handling for `notmuch insert`. The new `notmuch address` command is
887 intended to make searching for email addresses more convenient. At the
888 library level the revised handling of missing messages fixes at least
889 one bug in threading. The release also includes several interface
890 improvements to the emacs interface, most notably the ability to bind
891 keyboard shortcuts to saved searches.
893 Command-Line Interface
894 ----------------------
896 Stopped `notmuch dump` failing if someone writes to the database
898 The dump command now takes the write lock when running. This
899 prevents other processes from writing to the database during the
900 dump which would cause the dump to fail. Note, if another notmuch
901 process already has the write lock the dump will not start, so
902 script callers should still check the return value.
904 `notmuch insert` requires successful message indexing for success status
906 Previously the `notmuch insert` subcommand indicated success even if
907 the message indexing failed, as long as the message was delivered to
908 file system. This could have lead to delivered messages missing
909 tags, etc. `notmuch insert` is now more strict, also requiring
910 successful indexing for success status. Use the new `--keep` option
911 to revert to the old behaviour (keeping the delivered message file
912 and returning success even if indexing fails).
914 `notmuch insert` has gained support for `post-insert` hook
916 The new `post-insert` hook is run after message delivery, similar to
917 `post-new`. There's also a new option `notmuch insert --no-hooks` to
918 skip the hook. See the notmuch-hooks(1) man page for details.
920 `notmuch deliver` is deprecated
922 With this release we believe that `notmuch insert` has reached
923 parity with `notmuch deliver`. We recommend that all users of
924 `notmuch deliver` switch to `notmuch insert` as the former is
925 currently unmaintained.
927 `notmuch search` now supports `--duplicate=N` option with `--output=messages`
929 Complementing the `notmuch search --duplicate=N --output=files`
930 options, the new `--duplicate=N --output=messages` combination
931 limits output of message IDs to messages matching search terms that
932 have at least `N` files associated with them.
934 Added `notmuch address` subcommand
936 This new subcommand searches for messages matching the given search
937 terms, and prints the addresses from them. Duplicate addresses are
938 filtered out. The `--output` option controls which of the following
939 information is printed: sender addresses, recipient addresses and
940 count of duplicate addresses.
945 Use the `j` key to access saved searches from anywhere in notmuch
947 `j` is now globally bound to `notmuch-jump`, which provides fast,
948 interactive keyboard shortcuts to saved searches. For example,
949 with the default saved searches `j i` from anywhere in notmuch will
952 Improved handling of the unread tag
954 Notmuch now marks an open message read (i.e., removes the unread
955 tag) if point enters the message at any time in a show buffer
956 regardless of how point got there (mouse click, cursor command, page
957 up/down, notmuch commands such as n,N etc). This fixes various
958 anomalies or bugs in the previous handling. Additionally it is
959 possible to customize the mark read handling by setting
960 `notmuch-show-mark-read-function` to a custom function.
962 Expanded default saved search settings
964 The default saved searches now include several more common searches,
965 as well as shortcut keys for `notmuch-jump`.
967 Improved `q` binding in notmuch buffers
969 `q` will now bury rather than kill a notmuch search, show or tree
970 buffer if there are multiple windows showing the buffer. If only a
971 single window is showing the buffer, it is killed.
973 `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link-alist` now supports functions
975 Some list archives may use a more complicated scheme for referring
976 to messages than just concatenated URL and message ID. For example,
977 patchwork requires a query to translate message ID to a patchwork
978 patch ID. `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link-alist` now supports
979 functions to better cover such cases. See the help documentation for
980 the variable for details.
985 Introduced database version 3 with support for "database features."
987 Features are independent aspects of the database schema.
988 Representing these independently of the database version number will
989 let us evolve the database format faster and more incrementally,
990 while maintaining better forwards and backwards compatibility.
992 Library users are no longer required to call `notmuch_database_upgrade`
994 Previously, library users were required to call
995 `notmuch_database_needs_upgrade` and `notmuch_database_upgrade`
996 before using a writable database. Even the CLI didn't get this
997 right, and it is no longer required. Now, individual APIs may
998 return `NOTMUCH_STATUS_UPGRADE_REQUIRED` if the database format is
999 too out of date for that API.
1001 Library users can now abort an atomic section by closing the database
1003 Previously there was no supported way to abort an atomic section.
1004 Callers can now simply close the database, and any outstanding
1005 atomic section will be aborted.
1007 Add return status to `notmuch_database_close` and
1008 `notmuch_database_destroy`
1010 Bug fixes and performance improvements for thread linking
1012 The database now represents missing-but-referenced messages ("ghost
1013 messages") similarly to how it represents regular messages. This
1014 enables an improved thread linking algorithm that performs better
1015 and fixes a bug that sometimes prevented notmuch from linking
1016 messages into the same thread.
1021 The Perl script has been translated to Python; you'll need Python 2.7
1022 or anything from the 3.x line. Most of the user-facing interface is
1023 the same, but `nmbug help` is now `nmbug --help`, and the following nmbug
1024 commands have slightly different interfaces: `archive`, `commit`,
1025 `fetch`, `log`, `pull`, `push`, and `status`. For details on the
1026 new interface for a given command, run `nmbug COMMAND --help`.
1031 `nmbug-status` can now optionally load header and footer templates
1032 from the config file. Use something like:
1036 "header": "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang="en">\n...",
1037 "footer": "</body></html>",
1046 Add support for `notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude`
1051 The notmuch binaries and libraries are now build with debugging symbols
1052 by default. Users concerned with disk space should change the
1053 defaults when configuring or use the strip(1) command.
1055 Notmuch 0.18.2 (2014-10-25)
1056 ===========================
1061 Translate T380-atomicity to use gdb/python
1063 The new version is compatible with gdb 7.8
1065 Emacs 24.4 related bug fixes
1067 The Messages buffer became read-only, and the generated mime
1068 structure for signatures changed slightly.
1070 Simplify T360-symbol-hiding
1072 Replace the use of `objdump` on the object files with `nm` on the
1075 Notmuch 0.18.1 (2014-06-25)
1076 ===========================
1078 This is a bug fix and portability release.
1083 Add a workaround for systems without zlib.pc
1085 Make emacs install robust against the non-existence of emacs
1087 Put notmuch lib directory first in RPATH
1089 Fix handling of `html_static_path` in sphinx
1091 Both the python bindings and the main docs had spurious settings of
1097 Use --quick when starting emacs
1099 This avoids a hang in the T160-json tests.
1101 Allow pending break points in atomicity script
1103 This allows the atomicity tests to run on several more architectures/OSes.
1105 Command-Line Interface
1106 ----------------------
1108 To improve portability use fsync instead of fdatasync in
1109 `notmuch-dump`. There should be no functional difference.
1114 Resurrect support for single-message mbox files
1116 The removal introduced a bug with previously indexed single-message
1117 mboxes. This support remains deprecated.
1119 Fix for phrase indexing
1121 There were several bugs where words intermingled from different
1122 headers and MIME parts could match a single phrase query. This fix
1123 will affect only newly indexed messages.
1128 Make sure tagging on an empty query is harmless
1130 Previously tagging an empty query could lead to tags being
1131 unintentionally removed.
1133 Notmuch 0.18 (2014-05-06)
1134 =========================
1139 This new release includes some enhancements to searching for messages
1140 by filesystem location (`folder:` and `path:` prefixes under *General*
1141 below). Saved searches in *Emacs* have also been enhanced to allow
1142 distinct search orders for each one. Another enhancement to the
1143 *Emacs* interface is that replies to encrypted messages are now
1144 encrypted, reducing the risk of unintentional information disclosure.
1145 The default dump output format has changed to the more robust
1146 `batch-tag` format. The previously deprecated parsing of single
1147 message mboxes has been removed. For detailed release notes, see
1153 The `folder:` search prefix now requires an exact match
1155 The `folder:` prefix has been changed to search for email messages
1156 by the exact, case sensitive maildir or MH folder name. Wildcard
1157 matching (`folder:foo*`) is no longer supported. The new behaviour
1158 allows for more accurate mail folder based searches, makes it
1159 possible to search for messages in the top-level folder, and should
1160 lead to less surprising results than the old behaviour. Users are
1161 advised to see the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for details,
1162 and review how the change affects their existing `folder:` searches.
1164 There is a new `path:` search prefix
1166 The new `path:` search prefix complements the `folder:` prefix. The
1167 `path:` prefix searches for email messages that are in particular
1168 directories within the mail store, optionally recursively using a
1169 special syntax. See the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for
1172 Notmuch database upgrade due to `folder:` and `path:` changes
1174 The above mentioned changes to the `folder:` prefix and the addition
1175 of `path:` prefix require a Notmuch database upgrade. This will be
1176 done automatically, without prompting on the next time `notmuch new`
1177 is run after the upgrade. The upgrade is not reversible, and the
1178 upgraded database will not be readable by older versions of
1179 Notmuch. As a safeguard, a database dump will be created in the
1180 `.notmuch` directory before upgrading.
1185 Notmuch database upgrade
1187 The libnotmuch consumers are reminded to handle database upgrades
1188 properly, either by relying on running `notmuch new`, or checking
1189 `notmuch_database_needs_upgrade()` and calling
1190 `notmuch_database_upgrade()` as necessary. This has always been the
1191 case, but in practise there have been no database upgrades in any
1192 released version of Notmuch before now.
1194 Support for indexing mbox files has been dropped
1196 There has never been proper support for mbox files containing
1197 multiple messages, and the support for single-message mbox files has
1198 been deprecated since Notmuch 0.15. The support has now been
1199 dropped, and all mbox files will be rejected during indexing.
1201 Message header parsing changes
1203 Notmuch previously had an internal parser for message headers. The
1204 parser has now been dropped in favour of letting GMime parse both
1205 the headers and the message MIME structure at the same pass. This is
1206 mostly an internal change, but the GMime parser is stricter in its
1207 interpretation of the headers. This may result in messages with
1208 slightly malformed message headers being now rejected.
1210 Command-Line Interface
1211 ----------------------
1213 `notmuch dump` now defaults to `batch-tag` format
1215 The old format is still available with `--format=sup`.
1217 `notmuch new` has a --quiet option
1219 This option suppresses the progress and summary reports.
1221 `notmuch insert` respects maildir.synchronize_flags config option
1223 Do not synchronize tags to maildir flags in `notmuch insert` if the
1224 user does not want it.
1226 The commands set consistent exit status codes on failures
1228 The cli commands now consistently set exit status of 1 on failures,
1229 except where explicitly otherwise noted. The notable expections are
1230 the status codes for format version mismatches for commands that
1231 support formatted output.
1233 Bug fix for checking configured new.tags for invalid tags
1235 `notmuch new` and `notmuch insert` now check the user configured
1236 new.tags for invalid tags, and refuse to apply them, similar to
1237 `notmuch tag`. Invalid tags are currently the empty string and tags
1245 If the file pointed by new variable `notmuch-init-file` (typically
1246 `~/.emacs.d/notmuch-config.el`) exists, it is loaded at the end of
1247 `notmuch.el`. Users can put their personal notmuch emacs lisp based
1248 configuration/customization items there instead of filling
1249 `~/.emacs` with these.
1251 Changed format for saved searches
1253 The format for `notmuch-saved-searches` has changed, but old style
1254 saved searches are still supported. The new style means that a saved
1255 search can store the desired sort order for the search, and it can
1256 store a separate query to use for generating the count notmuch
1259 The variable is fully customizable and any configuration done
1260 through customize should *just work*, with the additional options
1261 mentioned above. For manual customization see the documentation for
1262 `notmuch-saved-searches`.
1264 IMPORTANT: a new style notmuch-saved-searches variable will break
1265 previous versions of notmuch-emacs (even search will not work); to
1266 fix remove the customization for notmuch-saved-searches.
1268 If you have a custom saved search sort function (not unsorted or
1269 alphabetical) then the sort function will need to be
1270 modified. Replacing (car saved-search) by (notmuch-saved-search-get
1271 saved-search :name) and (cdr saved-search) by
1272 (notmuch-saved-search-get saved-search :query) should be sufficient.
1274 The keys of `notmuch-tag-formats` are now regexps
1276 Previously, the keys were literal strings. Customized settings of
1277 `notmuch-tag-formats` will continue to work as before unless tags
1278 contain regexp special characters like `.` or `*`.
1280 Changed tags are now shown in the buffer
1282 Previously tag changes made in a buffer were shown immediately. In
1283 some cases (particularly automatic tag changes like marking read)
1284 this made it hard to see what had happened (e.g., whether the
1285 message had been unread).
1287 The changes are now shown explicitly in the buffer: by default
1288 deleted tags are displayed with red strike-through and added tags
1289 are displayed underlined in green (inverse video is used for deleted
1290 tags if the terminal does not support strike-through).
1292 The variables `notmuch-tag-deleted-formats` and
1293 `notmuch-tag-added-formats`, which have the same syntax as
1294 `notmuch-tag-formats`, allow this to be customized.
1296 Setting `notmuch-tag-deleted-formats` to `'((".*" nil))` and
1297 `notmuch-tag-added-formats` to `'((".*" tag))` will give the old
1298 behavior of hiding deleted tags and showing added tags identically
1299 to tags already present.
1303 The new, build-time generated variable `notmuch-emacs-version` is used
1304 to distinguish between notmuch cli and notmuch emacs versions.
1305 The function `notmuch-hello-versions` (bound to 'v' in notmuch-hello
1306 window) prints both notmuch cli and notmuch emacs versions in case
1307 these differ from each other.
1308 This is especially useful when using notmuch remotely.
1310 Ido-completing-read initialization in Emacs 23
1312 `ido-completing-read` in Emacs 23 versions 1 through 3 freezes unless
1313 it is initialized. Defadvice-based *Ido* initialization is defined
1314 for these Emacs versions.
1316 Bug fix for saved searches with newlines in them
1318 Split lines confuse `notmuch count --batch`, so we remove embedded
1319 newlines before calling notmuch count.
1321 Bug fixes for sender identities
1323 Previously, Emacs would rewrite some sender identities in unexpected
1324 and undesirable ways. Now it will use identities exactly as
1325 configured in `notmuch-identities`.
1327 Replies to encrypted messages will be encrypted by default
1329 In the interest of maintaining confidentiality of communications,
1330 the Notmuch Emacs interface now automatically adds the mml tag to
1331 encrypt replies to encrypted messages. This should make it less
1332 likely to accidentally reply to encrypted messages in plain text.
1334 Reply pushes mark before signature
1336 We push mark and set point on reply so that the user can easily cut
1337 the quoted text. The mark is now pushed before the signature, if
1338 any, instead of end of buffer so the signature is preserved.
1340 Message piping uses the originating buffer's working directory
1342 `notmuch-show-pipe-message` now uses the originating buffer's
1343 current default directory instead of that of the `*notmuch-pipe*`
1349 nmbug adds a `clone` command for setting up the initial repository and
1350 uses `@{upstream}` instead of `FETCH_HEAD` to track upstream changes.
1352 The `@{upstream}` change reduces ambiguity when fetching multiple
1353 branches, but requires existing users update their `NMBGIT`
1354 repository (usually `~/.nmbug`) to distinguish between local and
1355 remote-tracking branches. The easiest way to do this is:
1357 1. If you have any purely local commits (i.e. they aren't in the
1358 nmbug repository on nmbug.tethera.net), push them to a remote
1359 repository. We'll restore them from the backup in step 4.
1360 2. Remove your `NMBGIT` repository (e.g. `mv .nmbug .nmbug.bak`).
1361 3. Use the new `clone` command to create a fresh clone:
1363 nmbug clone http://nmbug.tethera.net/git/nmbug-tags.git
1365 4. If you had local commits in step 1, add a remote for that
1366 repository and fetch them into the new repository.
1368 Notmuch 0.17 (2013-12-30)
1369 =========================
1371 Incompatible change in SHA1 computation
1372 ---------------------------------------
1374 Previously on big endian architectures like sparc and powerpc the
1375 computation of SHA1 hashes was incorrect. This meant that messages
1376 with overlong or missing message-ids were given different computed
1377 message-ids than on more common little endian architectures like i386
1378 and amd64. If you use notmuch on a big endian architecture, you are
1379 strongly advised to make a backup of your tags using `notmuch dump`
1380 before this upgrade. You can locate the affected files using something
1384 awk '/^notmuch-sha1-[0-9a-f]{40} / \
1385 {system("notmuch search --exclude=false --output=files id:" $1)}'
1387 Command-Line Interface
1388 ----------------------
1390 New options to better support handling duplicate messages
1392 If more than one message file is associated with a message-id,
1393 `notmuch search --output=files` will print all of them. A new
1394 `--duplicate=N` option can be used to specify which duplicate to
1395 print for each message.
1397 `notmuch count` now supports `--output=files` option to output the
1398 number of files associated with matching messages. This may be
1399 bigger than the number of matching messages due to duplicates
1400 (i.e. multiple files having the same message-id).
1402 Improved `notmuch new` performance for unchanged folders
1404 `notmuch new` now skips over unchanged folders more efficiently,
1405 which can substantially improve the performance of checking for new
1406 mail in some situations (like NFS-mounted Maildirs).
1408 `notmuch reply --format=text` RFC 2047-encodes headers
1410 Previously, this used a mix of standard MIME encoding for the reply
1411 body and UTF-8 for the headers. Now, the text format reply template
1412 RFC 2047-encodes the headers, making the output a valid RFC 2822
1413 message. The JSON/sexp format is unchanged.
1415 `notmuch compact` command
1417 The new `compact` command exposes Xapian's compaction
1418 functionality through a more convenient interface than
1419 `xapian-compact`. `notmuch compact` will compact the database to a
1420 temporary location, optionally backup the original database, and
1421 move the compacted database into place.
1426 `notmuch-tree` (formerly `notmuch-pick`) has been added to mainline
1428 `notmuch-tree` is a threaded message view for the emacs
1429 interface. Each message is one line in the results and the thread
1430 structure is shown using UTF-8 box drawing characters (similar to
1431 Mutt's threaded view). It comes between search and show in terms of
1432 amount of output and can be useful for viewing both single threads
1433 and multiple threads.
1435 Using `notmuch-tree`
1437 The main key entries to notmuch tree are
1439 'z' enter a query to view using notmuch tree (works in hello,
1440 search, show and tree mode itself)
1442 'Z' view the current query in tree notmuch tree (works from search
1445 Once in tree mode, keybindings are mostly in line with the rest of
1446 notmuch and are all viewable with '?' as usual.
1448 Customising `notmuch-tree`
1450 `notmuch-tree` has several customisation variables. The most
1451 significant is the first notmuch-tree-show-out which determines the
1452 behaviour when selecting a message (with RET) in tree view. By
1453 default tree view uses a split window showing the single message in
1454 the bottom pane. However, if this option is set then it views the
1455 whole thread in the complete window jumping to the selected message
1456 in the thread. In either case command-prefix selects the other option.
1458 Tagging threads in search is now race-free
1460 Previously, adding or removing a tag from a thread in a search
1461 buffer would affect messages that had arrived after the search was
1462 performed, resulting in, for example, archiving messages that were
1463 never seen. Tagging now affects only the messages that were in the
1464 thread when the search was performed.
1466 `notmuch-hello` refreshes when switching to the buffer
1468 The hello buffer now refreshes whenever you switch to the buffer,
1469 regardless of how you get there. You can disable automatic
1470 refreshing by customizing `notmuch-hello-auto-refresh`.
1472 Specific mini-buffer prompts for tagging operations
1474 When entering tags to add or remove, the mini-buffer prompt now
1475 indicates what operation will be performed (e.g., "Tag thread", "Tag
1478 Built-in help improvements
1480 Documentation for many commands has been improved, as displayed by
1481 `notmuch-help` (usually bound to "?"). The bindings listed by
1482 `notmuch-help` also now include descriptions of prefixed commands.
1484 Quote replies as they are displayed in show view
1486 We now render the parts for reply quoting the same way they are
1487 rendered for show. At this time, the notable change is that replies
1488 to text/calendar are now pretty instead of raw vcalendar.
1490 Fixed inconsistent use of configured search order
1492 All ways of interactively invoking search now honor the value of
1493 `notmuch-search-oldest-first`.
1495 Common keymap for notmuch-wide bindings
1497 Several key bindings have been moved from mode-specific keymaps to
1498 the single `notmuch-common-keymap`, which is inherited by each
1499 notmuch mode. If you've customized your key bindings, you may want
1500 to move some of them to the common keymap.
1502 The `notmuch-tag` function now requires a list of tag changes
1504 For users who have scripted the Emacs interface: the `notmuch-tag`
1505 API has changed. Previously, it accepted either a list of tag
1506 changes or a space-separated string of tag changes. The latter is
1507 no longer supported and the function now returns nothing.
1509 Fixed `notmuch-reply` putting reply in primary selection
1511 On emacs 24 notmuch-reply used to put the cited text into the
1512 primary selection (which could lead to inadvertently pasting this
1513 cited text elsewhere). Now the primary-selection is not changed.
1515 Fixed `notmuch-show` invisible part handling
1517 In some obscure cases part buttons and invisibility had strange
1518 interactions: in particular, the default action for some parts gave
1519 the wrong action. This has been fixed.
1521 Fixed `notmuch-show` attachment viewers and stderr
1523 In emacs 24.3+ viewing an attachment could cause spurious text to
1524 appear in the show buffer (any stderr or stdout the viewer
1525 produced). By default this output is now discarded. For debugging,
1526 setting `notmuch-show-attachment-debug` causes notmuch to keep the
1527 viewer's stderr and stdout in a separate buffer.
1529 Fixed `notmuch-mua-reply` point placement when signature involved
1531 By restricting cursor movement to body section for cursor placement
1532 after signature is inserted, the cursor cannot "leak" to header
1533 section anymore. Now inserted citation content will definitely go to
1534 the body part of the message.
1539 It is now possible to compose new messages in the Vim interface, as
1540 opposed reply to existing messages. There is also support for
1541 going straight to a search (bypassing the folders view).
1543 Notmuch 0.16 (2013-08-03)
1544 =========================
1546 Command-Line Interface
1547 ----------------------
1549 Support for delivering messages to Maildir
1551 There is a new command `insert` that adds a message to a Maildir
1552 folder and notmuch index.
1554 `notmuch count --batch` option
1556 `notmuch count` now supports batch operations similar to `notmuch
1557 tag`. This is mostly an optimization for remote notmuch usage.
1559 `notmuch tag` option to remove all tags from matching messages
1561 `notmuch tag --remove-all` option has been added to remove all tags
1562 from matching messages. This can be combined with adding new tags,
1563 resulting in setting (rather than modifying) the tags of the
1566 Decrypting commands explicitly expect a gpg-agent
1568 Decryption in `notmuch show` and `notmuch reply` has only ever
1569 worked with a functioning gpg-agent. This is now made explicit in
1570 code and documentation. The functional change is that it's now
1571 possible to have gpg-agent running, but gpg "use-agent"
1572 configuration option disabled, not forcing the user to use the agent
1575 Configuration file saves follow symbolic links
1577 The notmuch commands that save the configuration file now follow
1578 symbolic links instead of overwrite them.
1580 Top level option to specify configuration file
1582 It's now possible to specify the configuration file to use on the
1583 command line using the `notmuch --config=FILE` option.
1585 Bash command-line completion
1587 The notmuch command-line completion support for the bash shell has
1588 been rewritten. Supported completions include all the notmuch
1589 commands, command-line arguments, values for keyword arguments,
1590 search prefixes (such as "subject:" or "from:") in all commands that
1591 use search terms, tags after + and - in `notmuch tag`, tags after
1592 "tag:" prefix, user's email addresses after "from:" and "to:"
1593 prefixes, and config options (and some config option values) in
1594 `notmuch config`. The new completion support depends on the
1595 bash-completion package.
1597 Deprecated commands "part" and "search-tags" are removed.
1602 New keymap to view/save parts; removed s/v/o/| part button bindings
1604 The commands to view, save, and open MIME parts are now prefixed
1605 with "." (". s" to save, ". v" to view, etc) and can be invoked with
1606 point anywhere in a part, unlike the old commands, which were
1607 restricted to part buttons. The old "s"/"v"/"o"/"|" commands on
1608 part buttons have been removed since they clashed with other
1609 bindings (notably "s" for search!) and could not be invoked when
1610 there was no part button. The new, prefixed bindings appear in
1611 show's help, so you no longer have to memorize them.
1613 Default part save directory is now `mm-default-directory`
1615 Previously, notmuch offered to save parts and attachments to a mix
1616 of `mm-default-directory`, `mailcap-download-directory`, and `~/`.
1617 This has been standardized on `mm-default-directory`.
1619 Key bindings for next/previous thread
1621 Show view has new key bindings M-n and M-p to move to the next and
1622 previous thread in the search results.
1624 Better handling of errors in search buffers
1626 Instead of interleaving errors in search result buffers, search mode
1627 now reports errors in the minibuffer.
1629 Faster search and show
1631 Communication between Emacs and the notmuch CLI is now more
1632 efficient because it uses the CLI's S-expression support. As a
1633 result, search mode should now fill search buffers faster and
1634 threads should show faster.
1638 The Emacs 22 support added late 2010 was sufficient only for a short
1639 period of time. After being incomplete for roughly 2 years the code
1640 in question was now removed from this release.
1645 The vim based front-end has been replaced with a new one that uses the Ruby
1646 bindings. The old font-end is available in the contrib subfolder.
1651 Fix loading of libnotmuch shared library on OS X (Darwin) systems.
1653 Notmuch 0.15.2 (2013-02-17)
1654 ===========================
1659 Update dependencies to avoid problems when building in parallel.
1661 Internal test framework changes
1662 -------------------------------
1664 Adjust Emacs test watchdog mechanism to cope with `process-attributes`
1665 being unimplemented.
1667 Notmuch 0.15.1 (2013-01-24)
1668 ===========================
1670 Internal test framework changes
1671 -------------------------------
1673 Set a default value for TERM when running tests. This fixes certain
1674 build failures in non-interactive environments.
1676 Notmuch 0.15 (2013-01-18)
1677 =========================
1682 Date range search support
1684 The `date:` prefix can now be used in queries to restrict the results
1685 to only messages within a particular time range (based on the Date:
1686 header) with a range syntax of `date:<since>..<until>`. Notmuch
1687 supports a wide variety of expressions in `<since>` and
1688 `<until>`. Please refer to the `notmuch-search-terms(7)` manual page
1691 Empty tag names and tags beginning with "-" are deprecated
1693 Such tags have been a frequent source of confusion and cause
1694 (sometimes unresolvable) conflicts with other syntax. notmuch tag
1695 no longer allows such tags to be added to messages. Removing such
1696 tags continues to be supported to allow cleanup of existing tags,
1697 but may be removed in a future release.
1699 Command-Line Interface
1700 ----------------------
1702 `notmuch new` no longer chokes on mboxes
1704 `notmuch new` now rejects mbox files containing more than one
1705 message, rather than treating the file as one giant message.
1707 Support for single message mboxes is deprecated
1709 For historical reasons, `notmuch new` will index mbox files
1710 containing a single message; however, this behavior is now
1711 officially deprecated.
1713 Fixed `notmuch new` to skip ignored broken symlinks
1715 `notmuch new` now correctly skips symlinks if they are in the
1716 ignored files list. Previously, it would abort when encountering
1717 broken symlink, even if it was ignored.
1719 New dump/restore format and tagging interface
1721 There is a new `batch-tag` format for dump and restore that is more
1722 robust, particularly with respect to tags and message-ids containing
1725 `notmuch tag` now supports the ability to read tag operations and
1726 queries from an input stream, in a format compatible with the new
1727 dump/restore format.
1729 Bcc and Reply-To headers are now available in notmuch show json output
1731 The `notmuch show --format=json` now includes "Bcc" and "Reply-To" headers.
1732 For example notmuch Emacs client can now have these headers visible
1733 when the headers are added to the `notmuch-message-headers` variable.
1735 CLI callers can now request a specific output format version
1737 `notmuch` subcommands that support structured output now support a
1738 `--format-version` argument for requesting a specific version of the
1739 structured output, enabling better compatibility and error handling.
1741 `notmuch search` has gained a null character separated text output format
1743 The new --format=text0 output format for `notmuch search` prints
1744 output separated by null characters rather than newline
1745 characters. This is similar to the find(1) -print0 option, and works
1746 together with the xargs(1) -0 option.
1751 Removal of the deprecated `notmuch-folders` variable
1753 `notmuch-folders` has been deprecated since the introduction of saved
1754 searches and the notmuch hello view in notmuch 0.3. `notmuch-folders`
1755 has now been removed. Any remaining users should migrate to
1756 `notmuch-saved-searches`.
1758 Visibility of MIME parts can be toggled
1760 Each part of a multi-part MIME email can now be shown or hidden
1761 using the button at the top of each part (by pressing RET on it or
1762 by clicking). For emails with multiple alternative formats (e.g.,
1763 plain text and HTML), only the preferred format is shown initially,
1764 but other formats can be shown using their part buttons. To control
1765 the behavior of this, see
1766 `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` and
1767 `notmuch-show-all-multipart/alternative-parts`.
1769 Note notmuch-show-print-message (bound to '#' by default) will print
1770 all parts of multipart/alternative message regardless of whether
1771 they are currently hidden or shown in the buffer.
1773 Emacs now buttonizes mid: links
1775 mid: links are a standardized way to link to messages by message ID
1776 (see RFC 2392). Emacs now hyperlinks mid: links to the appropriate
1779 Handle errors from bodypart insertions
1781 If displaying the text of a message in show mode causes an error (in
1782 the `notmuch-show-insert-part-*` functions), notmuch no longer cuts
1783 off thread display at the offending message. The error is now
1784 simply displayed in place of the message.
1786 Emacs now detects version mismatches with the notmuch CLI
1788 Emacs now detects and reports when the Emacs interface version and
1789 the notmuch CLI version are incompatible.
1791 Improved text/calendar content handling
1793 Carriage returns in embedded text/calendar content caused insertion
1794 of the calendar content fail. Now CRs are removed before calling icalendar
1795 to extract icalendar data. In case icalendar extraction fails an error
1796 is thrown for the bodypart insertion function to deal with.
1798 Disabled coding conversions when reading in `with-current-notmuch-show-message`
1800 Depending on the user's locale, saving attachments containing 8-bit
1801 data may have performed an unintentional encoding conversion,
1802 corrupting the saved attachment. This has been fixed by making
1803 `with-current-notmuch-show-message` disable coding conversion.
1805 Fixed errors with HTML email containing images in Emacs 24
1807 Emacs 24 ships with a new HTML renderer that produces better output,
1808 but is slightly buggy. We work around a bug that caused it to fail
1809 for HTML email containing images.
1811 Fixed handling of tags with unusual characters in them
1813 Emacs now handles tags containing spaces, quotes, and parenthesis.
1815 Fixed buttonization of id: links without quote characters
1817 Emacs now correctly buttonizes id: links where the message ID is not
1820 `notmuch-hello` refresh point placement improvements
1822 Refreshing the `notmuch-hello` buffer does a better job of keeping
1823 the point where it was.
1825 Automatic tag changes are now unified and customizable
1827 All the automatic tag changes that the Emacs interface makes when
1828 reading, archiving, or replying to messages, can now be
1829 customized. Any number of tag additions and removals is supported
1830 through the `notmuch-show-mark-read`, `notmuch-archive-tags`, and
1831 `notmuch-message-replied-tags` customization variables.
1833 Support for stashing the thread id in show view
1835 Invoking `notmuch-show-stash-message-id` with a prefix argument
1836 stashes the (local and database specific) thread id of the current
1837 thread instead of the message id.
1839 New add-on tool: notmuch-pick
1840 -----------------------------
1842 The new contrib/ tool `notmuch-pick` is an experimental threaded message
1843 view for the emacs interface. Each message is one line in the results
1844 and the thread structure is shown using UTF-8 box drawing characters
1845 (similar to Mutt's threaded view). It comes between search and show in
1846 terms of amount of output and can be useful for viewing both single
1847 threads and multiple threads. See the notmuch-pick README file for
1848 further details and installation.
1853 notmuch now builds on OpenBSD.
1855 Internal test framework changes
1856 -------------------------------
1858 The emacsclient binary is now user-configurable
1860 The test framework now accepts `TEST_EMACSCLIENT` in addition to
1861 `TEST_EMACS` for configuring the emacsclient to use. This is
1862 necessary to avoid using an old emacsclient with a new emacs, which
1863 can result in buggy behavior.
1865 Notmuch 0.14 (2012-08-20)
1866 =========================
1871 Maildir tag synchronization
1873 Maildir flag-to-tag synchronization now applies only to messages in
1874 maildir-like directory structures. Previously, it applied to any
1875 message that had a maildir "info" part, which meant it could
1876 incorrectly synchronize tags for non-maildir messages, while at the
1877 same time failing to synchronize tags for newly received maildir
1878 messages (typically causing new messages to not receive the "unread"
1881 Command-Line Interface
1882 ----------------------
1884 The deprecated positional output file argument to `notmuch dump` has
1885 been replaced with an `--output` option. The input file positional
1886 argument to `notmuch restore` has been replaced with an `--input`
1887 option for consistency with dump. These changes simplify the syntax
1888 of dump/restore options and make them more consistent with other
1894 Search results now get re-colored when tags are updated
1896 The formatting of tags in search results can now be customized
1898 Previously, attempting to change the format of tags in
1899 `notmuch-search-result-format` would usually break tagging from
1900 search-mode. We no longer make assumptions about the format.
1902 Experimental support for multi-line search result formats
1904 It is now possible to embed newlines in
1905 `notmuch-search-result-format` to make individual search results
1906 span multiple lines.
1908 Next/previous in search and show now move by boundaries
1910 All "next" and "previous" commands in the search and show modes now
1911 move to the next/previous result or message boundary. This doesn't
1912 change the behavior of "next", but "previous" commands will first
1913 move to the beginning of the current result or message if point is
1914 inside the result or message.
1916 Search now uses the JSON format internally
1918 This should address problems with unusual characters in authors and
1919 subject lines that could confuse the old text-based search parser.
1921 The date shown in search results is no longer padded before applying
1922 user-specified formatting
1924 Previously, the date in the search results was padded to fixed width
1925 before being formatted with `notmuch-search-result-format`. It is
1926 no longer padded. The default format has been updated, but if
1927 you've customized this variable, you may have to change your date
1928 format from `"%s "` to `"%12s "`.
1930 The thread-id for the `target-thread` argument for `notmuch-search` should
1931 now be supplied without the "thread:" prefix.
1933 Notmuch 0.13.2 (2012-06-02)
1934 ===========================
1939 Update `contrib/notmuch-deliver` for API changes in 0.13. This fixes a
1940 compilation error for this contrib package.
1942 Notmuch 0.13.1 (2012-05-29)
1943 ===========================
1948 Fix inserting of UTF-8 characters from *text/plain* parts in reply
1950 While notmuch gained ability to insert content from other than *text/plain*
1951 parts of email whenever *text/plain* parts are not available (notably
1952 HTML-only emails), replying to mails that do have *text/plain* the
1953 non-ASCII characters were incorrectly decoded. This is now fixed.
1955 `notmuch_database_get_directory` and
1956 `notmuch_database_find_message_by_filename` now work on read-only
1959 Previously, these functions attempted to create directory documents
1960 that didn't exist and would return an error or abort when given a
1961 read-only database. Now they no longer create directory documents
1962 and simply return a `NULL` object if the directory does not exist,
1965 Fix compilation of ruby bindings
1967 Revert to dynamic linking, since the statically linked bindings did
1970 Notmuch 0.13 (2012-05-15)
1971 =========================
1973 Command-Line Interface
1974 ----------------------
1978 `notmuch reply` can now produce JSON output that contains the headers
1979 for a reply message and full information about the original message
1980 begin replied to. This allows MUAs to create replies intelligently.
1981 For example, an MUA that can parse HTML might quote HTML parts.
1983 Calling notmuch reply with `--format=json` imposes the restriction that
1984 only a single message is returned by the search, as replying to
1985 multiple messages does not have a well-defined behavior. The default
1986 retains its current behavior for multiple message replies.
1990 Tags can be automatically excluded from search results by adding them
1991 to the new `search.exclude_tags` option in the Notmuch config file.
1993 This behaviour can be overridden by explicitly including an excluded
1994 tag in your query, for example:
1996 notmuch search $your_query and tag:$excluded_tag
1998 Existing users will probably want to run `notmuch setup` again to add
1999 the new well-commented [search] section to the configuration file.
2001 For new configurations, accepting the default setting will cause the
2002 tags "deleted" and "spam" to be excluded, equivalent to running:
2004 notmuch config set search.exclude_tags deleted spam
2006 Raw show format changes
2008 The output of show `--format=raw` has changed for multipart and
2009 message parts. Previously, the output was a mash of somewhat-parsed
2010 headers and transfer-decoded bodies. Now, such parts are reproduced
2011 faithfully from the original source. Message parts (which includes
2012 part 0) output the full message, including the message headers (but
2013 not the transfer headers). Multipart parts output the part as
2014 encoded in the original message, including the part's headers. Leaf
2015 parts, as before, output the part's transfer-decoded body.
2017 Listing configuration items
2019 The new `config list` command prints out all configuration items and
2025 Changes to tagging interface
2027 The user-facing tagging functions in the Emacs interface have been
2028 normalized across all notmuch modes. The tagging functions are now
2029 notmuch-search-tag in search-mode, and notmuch-show-tag in
2030 show-mode. They accept a string representing a single tag change,
2031 or a list of tag changes. See 'M-x describe-function notmuch-tag'
2032 for more information.
2034 NOTE: This breaks compatibility with old tagging functions, so user
2035 may need to update in custom configurations.
2037 Reply improvement using the JSON format
2039 Emacs now uses the JSON reply format to create replies. It obeys
2040 the customization variables message-citation-line-format and
2041 message-citation-line-function when creating the first line of the
2042 reply body, and it will quote HTML parts if no text/plain parts are
2045 New add-on tool: notmuch-mutt
2046 -----------------------------
2048 The new contrib/ tool `notmuch-mutt` provides Notmuch integration for
2049 the Mutt mail user agent. Using it, Mutt users can perform mail
2050 search, thread reconstruction, and mail tagging/untagging without
2051 leaving Mutt. notmuch-mutt, formerly distributed under the name
2052 `mutt-notmuch` by Stefano Zacchiroli, will be maintained as a notmuch
2053 contrib/ from now on.
2058 The API changes detailed below break binary and source compatibility,
2059 so libnotmuch has been bumped to version 3.0.0.
2061 The function `notmuch_database_close` has been split into
2062 `notmuch_database_close` and `notmuch_database_destroy`
2064 This makes it possible for long running programs to close the xapian
2065 database and thus release the lock associated with it without
2066 destroying the data structures obtained from it.
2068 `notmuch_database_open`, `notmuch_database_create`, and
2069 `notmuch_database_get_directory` now return errors
2071 The type signatures of these functions have changed so that the
2072 functions now return a `notmuch_status_t` and take an out-argument for
2073 returning the new database object or directory object.
2080 The go bindings and the `notmuch-addrlookup` utility are now
2081 compatible with go 1.
2083 Notmuch 0.12 (2012-03-20)
2084 =========================
2086 Command-Line Interface
2087 ----------------------
2091 `notmuch reply` has gained the ability to create a reply template
2092 for replying just to the sender of the message, in addition to reply
2093 to all. The feature is available through the new command line option
2094 `--reply-to=(all|sender)`.
2096 Mail store folder/file ignore
2098 A new configuration option, `new.ignore`, lets users specify a
2099 ;-separated list of file and directory names that will not be
2100 searched for messages by `notmuch new`.
2102 NOTE: *Every* file/directory that goes by one of those names will
2103 be ignored, independent of its depth/location in the mail store.
2105 Unified help and manual pages
2107 The notmuch help command now runs man for the appropriate page. If
2108 you install notmuch somewhere "unusual", you may need to update
2111 Manual page for notmuch configuration options
2113 The notmuch CLI configuration file options are now documented in the
2114 notmuch-config(1) manual page in addition to the configuration file
2122 The Emacs interface has, with the new CLI support, gained the
2123 ability to reply to sender in addition to reply to all. In both show
2124 and search modes, 'r' has been bound to reply to sender, replacing
2125 reply to all, which now has key binding 'R'.
2127 More flexible and consistent tagging operations
2129 All tagging operations ('+', '-', '*') now accept multiple tags with
2130 '+' or '-' prefix, like '*' operation in notmuch-search view before.
2132 '*' operation (`notmuch-show-tag-all`) is now available in
2135 `notmuch-show-{add,remove}-tag` functions no longer accept tag
2136 argument, `notmuch-show-tag-message` should be used instead. Custom
2137 bindings using these functions should be updated, e.g.:
2139 (notmuch-show-remove-tag "unread")
2141 should be changed to:
2143 (notmuch-show-tag-message "-unread")
2145 Refreshing the show view ('=' by default) no longer opens or closes messages
2147 To get the old behavior of putting messages back in their initial
2148 opened/closed state, use a prefix argument, e.g., 'C-u ='.
2150 Attachment buttons can be used to view or save attachments.
2152 When the cursor is on an attachment button the key 's' can be used
2153 to save the attachment, the key 'v' to view the attachment in the
2154 default mailcap application, and the key 'o' prompts the user for an
2155 application to use to open the attachment. By default Enter or mouse
2156 button 1 saves the attachment but this is customisable (option
2157 Notmuch Show Part Button Default Action).
2161 `notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link{,-and-go}` allow stashing and
2162 optionally visiting a URI to the current message at one of a number
2163 of Mailing List Archives.
2165 Fix MML tag quoting in replies
2167 The MML tag quoting fix of 0.11.1 unintentionally quoted tags
2168 inserted in `message-setup-hook`. Quoting is now limited to the
2171 Show view archiving key binding changes
2173 The show view archiving key bindings 'a' and 'x' now remove the
2174 "inbox" tag from the current message only (instead of thread), and
2175 move to the next message. At the last message, 'a' proceeds to the
2176 next thread in search results, and 'x' returns to search
2177 results. The thread archiving functions are now available in 'A' and
2180 Support text/calendar MIME type
2182 The text/calendar MIME type is now supported in addition to
2185 Generate inline patch fake attachment file names from message subject
2187 Use the message subject to generate file names for the inline patch
2188 fake attachments. The names are now similar to the ones generated by
2189 'git format-patch' instead of just "inline patch". See "Notmuch Show
2190 Insert Text/Plain Hook" in the notmuch customize interface.
2192 Enable `notmuch-search-line-faces` by default
2194 Make the `notmuch-search-line-faces` functionality more discoverable
2195 for new users by showing "unread" messages bold and "flagged"
2196 messages blue by default in the search view.
2200 notmuch-show mode now has simple printing support, bound to '#' by
2201 default. You can customize the variable notmuch-print-mechanism.
2208 `notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude` supports the new tag exclusion
2211 Python bindings changes
2212 -----------------------
2214 Python 3.2 compatibility
2216 The python bindings are now compatible with both python 2.5+ and 3.2.
2218 Added missing unicode conversions
2220 Python strings have to be encoded to and decoded from utf-8 when
2221 calling libnotmuch functions. Porting the bindings to python 3.2
2222 revealed a few function calls that were missing these conversions.
2227 Compatibility with GMime 2.6
2229 It is now possible to build notmuch against both GMime 2.4 and 2.6.
2230 However, a bug in GMime 2.6 before 2.6.5 causes notmuch not to
2231 report signatures where the signer key is unavailable (GNOME bug
2232 668085). For compatibility with GMime 2.4's tolerance of "From "
2233 headers we require GMime 2.6 >= 2.6.7.
2235 Notmuch 0.11.1 (2012-02-03)
2236 ===========================
2241 Fix error handling in python bindings
2243 The python bindings in 0.11 failed to detect NULL pointers being
2244 returned from libnotmuch functions and thus failed to raise
2245 exceptions to indicate the error condition. Any subsequent calls
2246 into libnotmuch caused segmentation faults.
2248 Quote MML tags in replies
2250 MML tags are text codes that Emacs uses to indicate attachments
2251 (among other things) in messages being composed. The Emacs
2252 interface did not quote MML tags in the quoted text of a reply.
2253 User could be tricked into replying to a maliciously formatted
2254 message and not editing out the MML tags from the quoted text. This
2255 could lead to files from the user's machine being attached to the
2256 outgoing message. The Emacs interface now quotes these tags in
2257 reply text, so that they do not effect outgoing messages.
2259 Notmuch 0.11 (2012-01-13)
2260 =========================
2262 Command-Line Interface
2263 ----------------------
2267 Hooks have been introduced to notmuch. Hooks are scripts that notmuch
2268 invokes before and after certain actions. Initially, `notmuch new`
2269 supports `pre-new` and `post-new` hooks that are run before and after
2270 importing new messages into the database.
2272 `notmuch reply --decrypt bugfix`
2274 The `notmuch reply` command with `--decrypt` argument had a rarely
2275 occurring bug that caused an encrypted message not to be decrypted
2276 sometimes. This is now fixed.
2281 Automatic tag query optimization
2283 `notmuch tag` now automatically optimizes the user's query to
2284 exclude messages whose tags won't change. In the past, we've
2285 suggested that people do this by hand; this is no longer necessary.
2287 Don't sort messages when creating a dump file
2289 This speeds up tag dumps considerably, without any loss of
2290 information. To replicate the old behavior of sorted output (for
2291 example to compare two dump files), one can use e.g. `sort(1)`.
2296 Reduction of memory leaks
2298 Two memory leaks when searching and showing messages were identified
2299 and fixed in this release.
2306 notmuch-show-advance (bound to the spacebar in notmuch-show-mode) had
2307 a bug that caused it to always jump to the next message, even if it
2308 should have scrolled down to show more of the current message instead.
2311 Support `notmuch new` as a notmuch-poll-script
2313 It's now possible to use `notmuch new` as a notmuch-poll-script
2314 directly. This is also the new default. This allows taking better
2315 advantage of the `notmuch new` hooks from emacs without intermediate
2318 Improvements in saved search management
2320 New saved searches are now appended to the list of saved searches,
2321 not inserted in front. It's also possible to define a sort function
2322 for displaying saved searches; alphabetical sort is provided.
2324 Hooks for notmuch-hello
2326 Two new hooks have been added: "notmuch-hello-mode-hook" (called after
2327 entering notmuch-hello-mode) and "notmuch-hello-refresh-hook" (called
2328 after updating a notmuch-hello buffer).
2330 New face for crypto parts headers
2332 Crypto parts used to be displayed with a hardcoded color. A new face
2333 has been introduced to fix this: notmuch-crypto-part-header. It
2334 defaults to the same value as before, but can be customized to match
2337 Use space as default thousands separator
2339 Large numbers in notmuch-hello are now displayed using a space as
2340 thousands separator (e.g. "123 456" instead of "123,456"). This can be
2341 changed by customizing "notmuch-hello-thousands-separator".
2343 Call notmuch-show instead of notmuch-search when clicking on
2344 buttonized id: links
2346 New function notmuch-show-advance
2348 This new function advances through just the current thread, and is
2349 less invasive than notmuch-show-advance-and-archive. It can easily
2350 be bound to SPC with:
2352 (define-key notmuch-show-mode-map " " 'notmuch-show-advance)
2354 Various performance improvements
2359 The tool `contrib/notmuch-deliver` helps with initial delivery and
2360 tagging of mail (replacing running `notmuch new`).
2363 Notmuch 0.10.2 (2011-12-04)
2364 ===========================
2369 Fix crash in python bindings
2371 The python bindings did not call `g_type_init`, which caused crashes
2372 for some, but not all users.
2374 Notmuch 0.10.1 (2011-11-25)
2375 ===========================
2380 Fix `--help` argument
2382 Argument processing changes in 0.10 introduced a bug where
2383 `notmuch --help` crashed while `notmuch help` worked fine.
2384 This is fixed in 0.10.1.
2386 Notmuch 0.10 (2011-11-23)
2387 =========================
2389 New build and testing features
2390 ------------------------------
2392 Emacs tests are now done in `dtach`. This means that dtach is now
2393 needed to run the notmuch test suite, at least until the checking for
2394 prerequisites is improved.
2396 Full test coverage of the stashing feature in Emacs.
2398 New command-line features
2399 -------------------------
2401 Add `notmuch restore --accumulate` option
2403 The `--accumulate` switch causes the union of the existing and new tags to
2404 be applied, instead of replacing each message's tags as they are read in
2407 Add search terms to `notmuch dump`
2409 The dump command now takes an optional search term much like notmuch
2410 search/show/tag. The output file argument of dump is deprecated in
2411 favour of using stdout.
2413 Add `notmuch search` `--offset` and `--limit` options
2415 The search command now takes options `--offset=[-]N` and `--limit=N` to
2416 limit the number of results shown.
2418 Add `notmuch count --output` option
2420 The count command is now capable of counting threads in addition to
2421 messages. This is selected using the new `--output=(threads|messages)`
2424 New emacs UI features
2425 ---------------------
2427 Add tab-completion for `notmuch-search` and `notmuch-search-filter`
2429 These functions now support completion tags for query parts
2430 starting with "tag:".
2432 Turn "id:MSG-ID" links into buttons associated with notmuch searches
2434 Text of the form "id:MSG-ID" in mails is now a clickable button that
2435 opens a notmuch search for the given message id.
2437 Add keybinding ('c I') for stashing Message-ID's without an id: prefix
2439 Reduces manual labour when stashing them for use outside notmuch.
2441 Do not query on `notmuch-search` exit
2443 It is harmless to kill the external notmuch process, so the user
2444 is no longer interrogated when they interrupt a search.
2449 Emacs now constructs large search buffers more efficiently
2451 Search avoids opening and parsing message files
2453 We now store more information in the database so search no longer
2454 has to open every message file to get basic headers. This can
2455 improve search speed by as much as 10X, but taking advantage of this
2456 requires a database rebuild:
2458 notmuch dump > notmuch.dump
2459 # Backup, then remove notmuch database ($MAIL/.notmuch)
2461 notmuch restore notmuch.dump
2463 New collection of add-on tools
2464 ------------------------------
2466 The source directory "contrib" contains tools built on notmuch. These
2467 tools are not part of notmuch, and you should check their individual
2468 licenses. Feel free to report problems with them to the notmuch
2471 nmbug - share tags with a given prefix
2473 nmbug helps maintain a git repo containing all tags with a given
2474 prefix (by default "notmuch::"). Tags can be shared by commiting
2475 them to git in one location and restoring in another.
2477 Notmuch 0.9 (2011-10-01)
2478 ========================
2480 New, general features
2481 ---------------------
2483 Correct handling of interruptions during `notmuch new`
2485 `notmuch new` now operates as a series of small, self-consistent
2486 transactions, so it can correctly resume after an interruption or
2487 crash. Previously, interruption could lose existing tags, fail to
2488 detect messages on resume, or leave the database in a state
2489 temporarily or permanently inconsistent with the mail store.
2496 `notmuch_database_begin_atomic` and `notmuch_database_end_atomic`
2497 allow multiple database operations to be performed atomically.
2499 `notmuch_database_find_message_by_filename` does exactly what it says.
2503 `notmuch_database_find_message` (and `n_d_f_m_by_filename`) now return
2504 a status indicator and uses an output parameter for the
2505 message. This change required changing the SONAME of libnotmuch to
2508 Python bindings changes
2509 -----------------------
2511 - Re-encode python unicode objects to utf-8 before passing back to
2513 - Support `Database().begin_atomic()/end_atomic()`
2514 - Support `Database().find_message_by_filename()`
2515 NB! This needs a db opened in READ-WRITE mode currently, or it will crash
2516 the python process. The is a limitation (=bug) of the underlying libnotmuch.
2517 - Fixes where we would not throw NotmuchErrors when we should (Justus Winter)
2518 - Update for `n_d_find_message*` API changes (see above).
2520 Ruby bindings changes
2521 ---------------------
2523 - Wrap new library functions `notmuch_database_{begin,end}_atomic.`
2524 - Add new exception `Notmuch::UnbalancedAtomicError.`
2525 - Rename destroy to destroy! according to Ruby naming conventions.
2526 - Update for `n_d_find_message*` API changes (see above).
2531 * Add gpg callback to crypto sigstatus buttons to retrieve/refresh
2533 * Add `notmuch-show-refresh-view` function (and corresponding binding)
2534 to refresh the view of a notmuch-show buffer.
2536 Reply formatting cleanup
2537 ------------------------
2539 `notmuch reply` no longer includes notification that non-leafnode
2540 MIME parts are being suppressed.
2542 Notmuch 0.8 (2011-09-10)
2543 ========================
2545 Improved handling of message/rfc822 parts
2547 Both in the CLI and the emacs interface. Output of rfc822 parts now
2548 includes the primary headers, as well as the body and all subparts.
2549 Output of the completely raw rfc822-formatted message, including all
2550 headers, is unfortunately not yet supported (but hopefully will be
2553 Improved Build system portability
2555 Certain parts of the shell script generating notmuch.sym were
2556 specific to the GNU versions of sed and nm. The new version should
2557 be more portable to e.g. OpenBSD.
2559 Documentation update for Ruby bindings
2561 Added documentation, typo fixes, and improved support for rdoc.
2563 Unicode, iterator, PEP8 changes for python bindings
2565 - PEP8 (code formatting) changes for python files.
2566 - Remove `Tags.__len__` ; see 0.6 release notes for motivation.
2567 - Decode headers as UTF8, encode (unicode) database paths as UTF8.
2569 Notmuch 0.7 (2011-08-01)
2570 ========================
2572 Vim interface improvements
2573 --------------------------
2575 Jason Woofenden provided a number of bug fixes for the Vim interface
2577 * fix citation/signature fold lengths
2578 * fix cig/cit parsing within multipart/*
2579 * fix on-screen instructions for show-signature
2580 * fix from list reformatting in search view
2581 * fix space key: now archives (did opposite)
2583 Uwe Kleine-König contributed
2585 * use full path for sendmail/doc fix
2586 * fix compose temp file name
2588 Python Bindings changes
2589 -----------------------
2591 Sebastian Spaeth contributed two changes related to unicode and UTF8:
2593 * message tags are now explicitly unicode
2594 * query string is encoded as a UTF8 byte string
2596 Build-System improvements
2597 -------------------------
2599 Generate notmuch.sym after the relevant object files
2601 This fixes a bug in parallel building. Thanks to Thomas Jost for the
2604 Notmuch 0.6.1 (2011-07-17)
2605 ==========================
2610 Re-export Xapian exception typeinfo symbols
2612 It turned out our aggressive symbol hiding caused problems for
2613 people running gcc 4.4.5.
2615 Notmuch 0.6 (2011-07-01)
2616 =======================
2618 New, general features
2619 ---------------------
2621 Folder-based searching
2623 Notmuch queries can now include a search term to match the
2624 directories in which mail files are stored (within the mail
2625 storage). The syntax is as follows:
2629 For example, one might use things such as:
2635 to match any path containing a directory "spam", "work/todo", or
2636 containing a directory starting with "2011-", respectively.
2638 This feature is particularly useful for users of delivery-agent
2639 software (such as procmail or maildrop) that is filtering mail and
2640 delivering it to particular folders, or users of systems such as
2641 Gmail that use filesystem directories to indicate message tags.
2643 NOTE: Only messages that are newly indexed with this version of
2644 notmuch will be searchable with folder: terms. In order to enable
2645 this feature for all mail, the entire notmuch index will need to be
2648 notmuch dump > notmuch.dump
2649 # Backup, then remove notmuch database ($MAIL/.notmuch)
2651 notmuch restore notmuch.dump
2653 Support for PGP/MIME
2655 Both the command-line interface and the emacs-interface have new
2656 support for PGP/MIME, detailed below. Thanks to Daniel Kahn Gillmor
2657 and Jameson Graef Rollins for making this happen.
2659 New, automatic tags: "signed" and "encrypted"
2661 These tags will automatically be applied to messages containing
2662 multipart/signed and multipart/encrypted parts.
2664 NOTE: Only messages that are newly indexed with this version of
2665 notmuch will receive these tags.
2667 New command-line features
2668 -------------------------
2670 Add new "notmuch show --verify" option for signature verification
2672 This option instruct notmuch to verify the signature of
2673 PGP/MIME-signed parts.
2675 Add new "notmuch show --decrypt" and "notmuch reply --decrypt" options
2677 This option instructs notmuch to decrypt PGP/MIME-encrypted parts.
2678 Note that this feature currently requires gpg-agent and a passphrase entry
2679 tool (e.g. pinentry-gtk or pinentry-curses).
2681 Proper nesting of multipart parts in "notmuch show" output
2683 MIME parts are now display with proper nesting to reflect original
2684 MIME hierarchy of a message. This allows clients to correctly
2685 analyze the MIME structure, (such as, for example, determining to
2686 which parts a signature part applies).
2688 Add new "notmuch show --part" option
2690 This is a replacement for the older "notmuch part" command, (which
2691 is now deprecated—it should still work as always, but is no longer
2692 documented). Putting part output under "notmuch show" allows for all
2693 of the "notmuch show" options to be applied when extracting a single
2694 part, (such as --format=json for extracting a message part with JSON
2697 Deprecate "notmuch search-tags" (in favor of "notmuch search --output=tags *")
2699 The "notmuch search-tags" sub-command has been redundant since the
2700 addition of the --output=tags option to "notmuch search". We now
2701 make that more clear by deprecating "notmuch search-tags", (dropping
2702 it from the documentation). We do continue to support the old syntax
2703 by translating it internally to the new call.
2705 Performance improvements
2706 ------------------------
2708 Faster searches (by doing fewer searches to construct threads)
2710 Whenever a user asks for search results as threads, notmuch first
2711 performs a search for messages matching the query, then performs
2712 additional searches to find other messages in the resulting threads.
2714 Removing inefficiencies and redundancies in these secondary searches
2715 results in a measured speedups of 1.5x for a typical search.
2717 Faster searches (by doing fewer passes to gather message data)
2719 Optimizing Xapian data access patterns (using a single pass to get
2720 all message-document data rather than a pass for each data type)
2721 results in a measured speedup of 1.7x for a typical search.
2723 The benefits of this optimization combine with the preceding
2724 optimization. With both in place, Austin Clements measured a speedup
2725 of 2.5x for a search of all messages in his inbox (was 4.5s, now
2726 1.8s). Thanks, Austin!
2728 Faster initial indexing
2730 More efficient indexing of new messages results in a measured
2731 speedup of 1.4x for the initial indexing of 3 GB of mail (1h 14m
2732 rather than 1h 46m). Thanks to Austin Clements and Michal Sojka.
2734 Make "notmuch new" faster for unchanged directories
2736 Optimizing to not do any further examinations of sub-directories
2737 when the filesystem indicates that a directory is unchanged from the
2738 last "notmuch new" results in measured speedups of 8.5 for the "No
2739 new mail" case, (was 0.77s, now 0.09s). Thanks to Karel Zak.
2741 New emacs-interface features
2742 ----------------------------
2744 Support for PGP/MIME (GnuPG)
2746 Automatically indicate validity of signatures for multipart/signed
2747 messages. Automatically display decrypted content for
2748 multipart/encrypted messages. See the emacs variable
2749 notmuch-crypto-process-mime for more information. Note that this
2750 needs gpg-agent and a pinentry tool just as the command-line tools.
2751 Also note there is no support SMIME yet.
2753 Output of pipe command is now displayed if pipe command fails
2755 This is extremely useful in the common use case of piping a patch to
2756 "git am". If git fails to cleanly merge the patch the error messages
2757 from the failed merge are now clearly displayed to the user, (where
2758 previously they were silently hidden from the user).
2760 User-selectable From address
2762 A user can choose which configured email addresses should be used as
2763 the From address whenever composing a new message. To do so, simply
2764 press C-u before the command which will open a new message. Emacs
2765 will prompt for the from address to use.
2767 The user can customize the "Notmuch Identities" setting in the
2768 notmuch customize group in order to use addresses other than those in
2769 the notmuch configuration file if desired.
2771 The user can also choose to always be prompted for the from address
2772 when composing a new message (without having to use C-u) by setting
2773 the "Notmuch Always Prompt For Sender" option in the notmuch
2776 Hiding of repeated subjects in collapsed thread view
2778 In notmuch-show mode, if a collapsed message has the same subject as
2779 its parent, the subject is not shown.
2781 Automatic detection and hiding of original message in top-posted message
2783 When a message contains a line looking something like:
2785 ----- Original Message -----
2787 emacs hides this and all subsequent lines as an "original message",
2788 (allowing the user to click or press enter on the "original message"
2789 button to display it again). This makes the handling of top-posted
2790 citations work much like conventional citations.
2792 New hooks for running code when tags are modified
2794 Some users want to perform additional actions whenever a particular
2795 tag is added/removed from a message. This could be used to, for
2796 example, interface with some external spam-recognition training
2797 tool. To facilitate this, two new hooks are added which can be
2798 modified in the following settings of the notmuch customize group:
2800 Notmuch Before Tag Hook
2801 Notmuch After Tag Hook
2803 New optional support for hiding some multipart/alternative parts
2805 Many emails are sent with redundant content within a
2806 multipart/alternative group (such as a text/plain part as well as a
2807 text/html part). Users can configure the setting:
2809 Notmuch Show All Multipart/Alternative Parts
2811 to "off" in the notmuch customize group to have the interface
2812 automatically hide some part alternatives (such as text/html
2813 parts). This new part hiding is not configured by default yet
2814 because there's not yet a simple way to re-display such a hidden
2815 part if it is not actually redundant with a displayed part.
2817 Better rendering of text/x-vcalendar parts
2819 These parts are now displayed in a format suitable for use with the
2822 Avoid getting confused by Subject and Author fields with newline characters
2824 Replacing all characters with ASCII code less than 32 with a question mark.
2826 Cleaner display of From line in email messages
2828 Remove double quotes, and drop "name" if it's actually just a repeat of
2831 Vim interface improvements
2832 --------------------------
2834 Felipe Contreras provided a number of updates for the vim interface:
2836 * Using sendmail directly rather than mailx,
2837 * Implementing archive in show view
2838 * Add support to mark as read in show and search views
2839 * Add delete commands
2842 Bindings improvements
2843 ---------------------
2845 Ruby bindings are now much more complete
2847 Including `QUERY.sort`, `QUERY.to_s`, `MESSAGE.maildir_flags_to_tags`,
2848 `MESSAGE.tags_to_maildir_flags`, and `MESSAGE.get_filenames`
2850 Python bindings have been updated and extended
2852 (docs online at https://notmuch.readthedocs.io/)
2856 - `Message().get_filenames()`, `Message().tags_to_maildir_flags()`,
2857 `Message().maildir_flags_to_tags()`, `list(Threads())` and
2858 `list(Messages)` works now
2859 - `Message().__cmp__()` and `__hash__()`
2861 These allow, for example:
2863 if msg1 == msg2: ...
2865 As well as set arithmetic on `Messages()`:
2867 s1, s2 = set(msgs1), set(msgs2)
2873 - `len(Messages())` as it exhausted the iterator
2875 Use `len(list(Messages()))` or `Query.count_messages()`
2878 Added initial Go bindings in bindings/go
2880 New build-system features
2881 -------------------------
2883 Added support for building in a directory other than the source directory
2885 This can be used with the widely-supported idiom of simply running
2886 the configure script from some other directory:
2893 Fix to save configure options for future, implicit runs of configure
2895 When a user updates the source (such as with "git pull") calling
2896 "make" may cause an automatic re-run of the configure script. When
2897 this happens, the configure script will automatically be called with
2898 the same options the user originally passed in the most-recent
2899 manual invocation of configure.
2901 New test-suite feature
2902 ----------------------
2904 Binary for bash for running test suite now located via PATH
2906 The notmuch test suite requires a fairly recent version of bash (>=
2907 bash 4). As some systems supply an older version of bash at
2908 /bin/bash, the test suite is now updated to search $PATH to locate
2909 the bash binary. This allows users of systems with old /bin/bash to
2910 simply install bash >= 4 somewhere on $PATH before /bin and then use
2913 Support for testing output with a trailing newline
2915 Previously, some tests would fail to notice a difference in the
2916 presence/absence of a trailing newline in a program output, (which
2917 has led to bugs in the past). Now, carefully-written tests (using
2918 `test_expect_equal_file` rather than `test_expect_equal`) will detect
2919 any change in the presence/absence of a trailing newline. Many tests
2920 are updated to take advantage of this.
2922 Avoiding accessing user's $HOME while running test suite
2924 The test suite now carefully creates its own HOME directory. This
2925 allows the test suite to be run with no existing HOME directory, (as
2926 some build systems apparently do), and avoids test-suite differences
2927 due to configuration files in the users HOME directory.
2933 Output *all* files for "notmuch search --output=files"
2935 For the cases where multiple files have the same Message ID,
2936 previous versions of notmuch would output only one such file. This
2937 command is now fixed to correctly output all files.
2939 Fixed spurious search results from "overlapped" indexing of addresses
2941 This fixed a bug where a search for:
2943 to:user@elsewhere.com
2945 would incorrectly match a message sent:
2947 To: user@example,com, someone@elsewhere.com
2949 Fix --output=json when search has no results
2951 A bug present since notmuch 0.4 had caused searches with no results
2952 to produce an invalid json object. This is now fixed to cleanly
2953 return a valid json object representing an empty array "[]" as
2956 Fix the automatic detection of the From address for "notmuch reply"
2957 from the Received headers in some cases
2959 Fix core dump on DragonFlyBSD due to -1 return value from
2960 `sysconf(_SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX)`
2962 Cleaned up several memory leaks
2964 Eliminated a few, rare segmentation faults and a double-free
2966 Fix libnotmuch library to only export notmuch API functions
2968 Previous release of the notmuch library also exported some Xapian
2969 C++ exception type symbols. These were never part of the library
2970 interface and were never intended to be exported.
2972 Emacs-interface bug fixes
2973 -------------------------
2975 Display any unexpected output or errors from "notmuch search" invocations
2977 Previously any misformatted output or trailing error messages were
2978 silently ignored. This output is now clearly displayed. This fix was
2979 very helpful in identifying and fixing the bug described below.
2981 Fix bug where some threads would be missing from large search results
2983 When a search returned a "large" number of results, the emacs
2984 interface was incorrectly dropping one thread every time the output
2985 of the "notmuch search" process spanned the emacs read-buffer. This
2988 Avoid re-compression of .gz files (and similar) when saving attachment
2990 Emacs was being too clever for its own good and trying to
2991 re-compress pre-compressed .gz files when saving such attachments
2992 (potentially corrupting the attachment). The emacs interface is
2993 fixed to avoid this bug.
2995 Fix hiding of a message when a previously-hidden citation is visible
2997 Previously the citation would remain visible in this case. This is
2998 fixed so that hiding a message hides all parts.
3000 Notmuch 0.5 (2010-11-11)
3001 ========================
3003 New, general features
3004 ---------------------
3006 Maildir-flag synchronization
3008 Notmuch now knows how to synchronize flags in maildir filenames with
3009 tags in the notmuch database. The following flag/tag mappings are
3018 'S' unread (added when 'S' flag is not present)
3020 The synchronization occurs in both directions, (for example, adding
3021 the 'S' flag to a file will cause the "unread" tag to be added, and
3022 adding the "replied" tag to a message will cause the file to be
3023 renamed with an 'R' flag).
3025 This synchronization is enabled by default for users of the
3026 command-line interface, (though only files in directories named
3027 "cur" or "new" will be renamed). It can be disabled by setting the
3028 new `maildir.synchronize_flags` option in the configuration file. For
3031 notmuch config set maildir.synchronize_flags false
3033 Users upgrading may also want to run "notmuch setup" once (just
3034 accept the existing configuration) to get a new, nicely-commented
3035 [maildir] section added to the configuration file.
3037 For users of the notmuch library, the new synchronization
3038 functionality is available with the following two new functions:
3040 notmuch_message_maildir_flags_to_tags
3041 notmuch_message_tags_to_maildir_flags
3043 It is anticipated that future improvements to this support will
3044 allow for safe synchronization of the 'T' flag with the "deleted"
3045 tag, as well as support for custom flag/tag mappings.
3047 New library features
3048 --------------------
3050 Support for querying multiple filenames for a single message
3052 It is common for the mailstore to contain multiple files with the
3053 same message ID. Previously, notmuch would always hide these
3054 duplicate files, (returning a single, arbitrary filename with
3055 `notmuch_message_get_filename`).
3057 With this release, library users can access all filenames for a
3058 message with the new function:
3060 notmuch_message_get_filenames
3062 Together with `notmuch_filenames_valid`, `notmuch_filenames_get`,
3063 and `notmuch_filenames_move_to_next` it is now possible to iterate
3064 over all available filenames for a given message.
3066 New command-line features
3067 -------------------------
3069 New "notmuch show --format=raw" for getting at original email contents
3071 This new feature allows for a fully-functional email client to be
3072 built on top of the notmuch command-line without needing any direct
3073 access to the mail store itself.
3075 For example, it's now possible to run "emacs -f notmuch" on a local
3076 machine with only ssh access to the mail store/notmuch database. To
3077 do this, simply set the notmuch-command variable in emacs to the
3078 name of a script containing:
3080 ssh user@host notmuch "$@"
3082 If the ssh client has enabled connection sharing (ControlMaster
3083 option in OpenSSH), the emacs interface can be quite responsive this
3089 Fix "notmuch search" to print nothing when nothing matches
3091 The 0.4 release had a bug in which:
3093 notmuch search <expression-with-no-matches>
3095 would produce a single blank line of output, (where previous
3096 versions would produce no output. This fix also causes a change in
3097 the --format=json output, (which would previously produce "[]" and
3098 now produces nothing).
3100 Emacs interface improvements
3101 ----------------------------
3103 Fix to allow pipe ('|') command to work when using notmuch over ssh
3105 Fix count of lines in hidden signatures
3107 Omit repeated subject lines in (collapsed) thread display
3109 Display current thread subject in a header line
3111 Provide a "c i" binding to copy a thread ID from the search view
3113 Allow for notmuch-fcc-dirs to have a value of nil
3115 Also, the more complex form of notmuch-fcc-dirs now has a slightly
3116 different format. It no longer has a special first-element, fallback
3117 string. Instead it's now a list of cons cells where the car of each
3118 cell is a regular expression to be matched against the sender
3119 address, and the cdr is the name of a folder to use for an FCC. So
3120 the old fallback behavior can be achieved by including a final cell
3121 of (".*" . "default-fcc-folder").
3123 Vim interface improvements
3124 --------------------------
3126 Felipe Contreras provided a number of updates for the vim interface
3128 These include optimizations, support for newer versions of vim, fixed
3129 support for sending mail on modern systems, new commands, and
3135 Added initial ruby bindings in bindings/ruby
3137 Notmuch 0.4 (2010-11-01)
3138 ========================
3140 New command-line features
3141 -------------------------
3143 `notmuch search --output=(summary|threads|messages|tags|files)`
3145 This new option allows for particular items to be returned from
3146 notmuch searches. The "summary" option is the default and behaves
3147 just as "notmuch search" has historically behaved.
3149 The new option values allow for thread IDs, message IDs, lists of
3150 tags, and lists of filenames to be returned from searches. It is
3151 expected that this new option will be very useful in shell
3152 scripts. For example:
3154 for file in $(notmuch search --output=files <search-terms>); do
3155 <operations-on> "$file"
3158 `notmuch show --format=mbox <search-specification>`
3160 This new option allows for the messages matching a search
3161 specification to be presented as an mbox. Specifically the "mboxrd"
3162 format is used which allows for reversible quoting of lines
3163 beginning with "From ". A reader should remove a single '>' from the
3164 beginning of all lines beginning with one or more '>' characters
3165 followed by the 5 characters "From ".
3167 `notmuch config [get|set] <section>.<item> [value ...]`
3169 The new top-level "config" command allows for any value in the
3170 notmuch configuration file to be queried or set to a new value. Both
3171 single-valued and multi-valued items are supported, as our any
3172 custom items stored in the configuration file.
3174 Avoid setting Bcc header in "notmuch reply"
3176 We decided that this was a bit heavy-handed as the actual mail
3177 user-agent should be responsible for setting any Bcc option. Also,
3178 see below for the notmuch/emacs user-agent now setting an Fcc by
3179 default rather than Bcc.
3181 New library features
3182 --------------------
3184 Add `notmuch_query_get_query_string` and `notmuch_query_get_sort`
3186 These are simply functions for querying properties of a
3187 `notmuch_query_t` object.
3192 Enable Fcc of all sent messages by default (to "sent" directory)
3194 All messages sent from the emacs interface will now be saved to the
3195 notmuch mail store where they will be incorporated to the database
3196 by the next "notmuch new". By default, messages are saved to the
3197 "sent" directory at the top-level of the mail store. This directory
3198 can be customized by means of the "Notmuch Fcc Dirs" option in the
3199 notmuch customize interface.
3201 Ability to all open messages in a thread to a pipe
3203 Historically, the '|' keybinding allows for piping a single message
3204 to an external command. Now, by prefixing this key with a prefix
3205 argument, (for example, by pressing "Control-U |"), all open
3206 messages in the current thread will be sent to the external command.
3208 Optional support for detecting inline patches
3210 This hook is disabled by default but can be enabled with a checkbox
3211 under "Notmuch Show Insert Text/Plain Hook" in the notmuch customize
3212 interface. It allows for inline patches to be detected and treated
3213 as if they were attachments, (with context-sensitive highlighting).
3215 Automatically tag messages as "replied" when sending a reply
3217 Messages replied to within the emacs interface will now be tagged as
3218 "replied". This feature can easily be customized to add or remove
3219 other tags as well. For example, a user might use a tag of
3220 "needs-reply" and can configure this feature to automatically remove
3221 that tag when replying. See "Notmuch Message Mark Replied" in the
3222 notmuch customize interface.
3224 Allow search-result color specifications to overlay each other
3226 For example, one tag can specify the background color of matching
3227 lines, while another can specify the foreground. With this change,
3228 both settings will now be visible simultaneously, (which was not the
3229 case in previous releases). See "Notmuch Search Line Faces" in the
3230 notmuch customize interface.
3232 Make hidden author names still available for incremental search
3234 When there is insufficient space to display all authors of a thread
3235 in search results, the names of hidden authors are now still made
3236 available to emacs' incremental search commands. As the user
3237 searches, matching lines will temporarily expand to show the hidden
3240 New binding of Control-TAB (works like TAB in reverse)
3242 Many notmuch nodes already use TAB to navigate forward through
3243 various items allowing actions, (message headers, email attachments,
3244 etc.). The new Control-TAB binding operates similarly but in the
3247 New build-system features
3248 -------------------------
3250 Various portability fixes have been applied
3252 These include fixes for build failures on at least Solaris, FreeBSD,
3253 and Fedora systems. We're hopeful that the notmuch code base is now
3254 more portable than ever before.
3256 Arrange for libnotmuch to be found automatically after make install
3258 The notmuch build system is now careful to help the user avoid
3259 errors of the form "libnotmuch.so could not be found" immediately
3260 after installing. This support takes two forms:
3262 1. If the library is installed to a system directory,
3263 (configured in /etc/ld.so.conf), then "make install" will
3264 automatically run ldconfig.
3266 2. If the library is installed to a non-system directory, the
3267 build system adds a `DR_RUNPATH` entry to the final binary
3268 pointing to the directory to which the library is installed.
3270 When this support works, the user should be able to run notmuch
3271 immediately after "make install", without any errors trying to find
3272 the notmuch library, and without having to manually set environment
3273 variables such as `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`.
3275 Check compiler/linker options before using them
3277 The configure script now carefully checks that any desired
3278 compilation options, (whether for enabling compiler warnings, or for
3279 embedding rpath, etc.), are supported. Only supported options are
3280 used in the resulting Makefile.
3282 New test-suite features
3283 -----------------------
3285 New modularization of test suite
3287 Thanks to a gracious relicensing of the test-suite infrastructure
3288 from the git project, notmuch now has a modular test suite. This
3289 provides the ability to run individual sections of the test suite
3290 rather than the whole things. It also provides better summary of
3291 test results, with support for tests that are expected to fail
3292 (BROKEN and FIXED) in addition to PASS and FAIL. Finally, it makes
3293 it easy to run the test suite within valgrind (pass --valgrind to
3294 notmuch-test or to any sub-script) which has been very useful.
3296 New testing of emacs interface
3298 The test suite has been augmented to allow automated testing of the
3299 emacs interfaces. So far, this includes basic searches, display of
3300 threads, and tag manipulation. This also includes a test that a new
3301 message can successfully be sent out through a (dummy) SMTP server
3302 and that said message is successfully integrated into the notmuch
3303 database via the FCC setting.
3308 Fix potential corruption of database when "notmuch new" is interrupted
3310 Previously, an interruption of "notmuch new" would (rarely) result
3311 in a corrupt database. The corruption would manifest itself by a
3312 persistent error of the form:
3314 document ID of 1234 has no thread ID
3316 The message-adding code has been carefully audited and reworked to
3317 avoid this sort of corruption regardless of when it is interrupted.
3319 Fix failure with extremely long message ID headers
3321 Previously, a message with an extremely long message ID, (say, more
3322 than 300 characters), would fail to be added to notmuch, (triggering
3323 Xapian exceptions). This has now been fixed.
3325 Fix for messages with "charset=unknown-8bit"
3327 Previously, messages with this charset would cause notmuch to emit a
3328 GMime warning, (which would then trip up emacs or other interfaces
3329 parsing the notmuch results).
3331 Fix `notmuch_query_search_threads` function to return NULL on any exception
3333 Fix "notmuch search" to return non-zero if `notmuch_query_search_threads`
3336 Previously, this command could confusingly report a Xapian
3337 exception, yet still return an error code of 0. It now correctly
3338 returns a failing error code of 1 in this case.
3343 Fix to handle a message with a subject containing, for example "[1234]"
3345 Previously, a message subject containing a sequence of digits within
3346 square brackets would cause the emacs interface to mis-parse the
3347 output of "notmuch search". This would result in the message being
3348 mis-displayed and prevent the user from manipulating the message in
3349 the emacs interface.
3351 Fix to correctly handle message IDs containing ".."
3353 The emacs interface now properly quotes message IDs to avoid a
3354 Xapian bug in which the ".." within a message ID would be
3355 misinterpreted as a numeric range specification.
3357 Python-binding fixes
3358 --------------------
3360 The python bindings for notmuch have been updated to work with python3.
3362 Debian-specific fixes
3363 ---------------------
3365 Fix emacs initialization so "M-x notmuch" works for users by default
3367 Now, a new Debian user can immediately run "emacs -f notmuch" after
3368 "apt-get install notmuch". Previously, the user would have had to
3369 edit the ~/.emacs file to add "(require 'notmuch)" before this would
3372 Notmuch 0.3.1 (2010-04-27)
3373 ==========================
3378 Fix an infinite loop in "notmuch reply"
3380 This bug could be triggered by replying to a message where the
3381 user's primary email address did not appear in the To: header and
3382 the user had not configured any secondary email addresses. The bug
3383 was a simple re-use of the same iterator variable in nested loops.
3385 Fix a potential SEGV in "notmuch search"
3387 This bug could be triggered by an author name ending in a ','.
3388 Admittedly - that's almost certainly a spam email, but we never
3389 want notmuch to crash.
3394 Fix calculations for line wrapping in the primary "notmuch" view
3396 Fix Fcc support to prompt to create a directory if the specified Fcc
3397 directory does not exist
3402 Fix build on OpenSolaris (at least) due to missing 'extern "C"' block
3404 Without this, the C++ sources could not find strcasestr and the
3405 final linking of notmuch would fail.
3407 Notmuch 0.3 (2010-04-27)
3408 ========================
3410 New command-line features
3411 -------------------------
3413 User-configurable tags for new messages
3415 A new "new.tags" option is available in the configuration file to
3416 determine which tags are applied to new messages. Run "notmuch
3417 setup" to generate new documentation within ~/.notmuch-config on how
3418 to specify this value.
3420 Threads search results named based on subjects that match search
3422 This means that when new mails arrived to a thread you've previously
3423 read, and the new mails have a new subject, you will see that
3424 subject in the search results rather than the old subject.
3426 Faster operation of "notmuch tag" (avoid unneeded sorting)
3428 Since the user just wants to tag all matching messages, we can make
3429 things perform a bit faster by avoiding the sort.
3431 Even Better guessing of From: header for "notmuch reply"
3433 Notmuch now looks at a number of headers when trying to figure out
3434 the best From: header to use in a reply. This is helpful if you have
3435 several configured email addresses, and you also subscribe to various
3436 mailing lists with different addresses, (so that mails you are
3437 replying to won't always include your subscribed address in the To:
3440 Indication of author names that match a search
3442 When notmuch displays threads as the result of a search, it now
3443 lists the authors that match the search before listing the other
3444 authors in the thread. It inserts a pipe '|' symbol between the last
3445 matching and first non-matching author. This is especially useful in
3446 a search that includes tag:unread. Now the authors of the unread
3447 messages in the thread are listed first.
3449 New: Python bindings
3450 --------------------
3452 Sebastian Spaeth has contributed his python bindings for the notmuch
3453 library to the central repository. These bindings were previously
3454 known as "cnotmuch" within python but have now been renamed to be
3455 accessible with a simple, and more official-looking "import notmuch".
3457 The bindings have already proven very useful as people proficient in
3458 python have been able to easily develop programs to do notmuch-based
3459 searches for email-address completion, maildir-flag synchronization,
3462 These bindings are available within the bindings/python directory, but
3463 are not yet integrated into the top-level Makefiles, nor the top-level
3464 package-building scripts. Improvements are welcome.
3466 Emacs interface improvements
3467 ----------------------------
3469 An entirely new initial view for notmuch, (friendly yet powerful)
3471 Some of us call the new view "notmuch hello" but you can get at it
3472 by simply calling "emacs -f notmuch". The new view provides a search
3473 bar where new searches can be performed. It also displays a list of
3474 recent searches, along with a button to save any of these, giving it
3475 a new name as a "saved search". Many people find these "saved
3476 searches" one of the most convenient ways of organizing their mail,
3477 (providing all of the features of "folders" in other mail clients,
3478 but without any of the disadvantages).
3480 Finally, this view can also optionally display all of the tags that
3481 exist in the database, along with a count for each tag, and a custom
3482 search of messages with that tag that's simply a click (or keypress)
3485 NOTE: For users that liked the original mode of "emacs -f notmuch"
3486 immediately displaying a particular search result, we recommend
3487 instead running something like:
3489 emacs --eval '(notmuch search "tag:inbox" t)'
3491 The "t" means to sort the messages in an "oldest first" order,
3492 (as notmuch would do previously by default). You can also
3493 leave that off to have your search results in "newest first"
3496 Full-featured "customize" support for configuring notmuch
3498 Notmuch now plugs in well to the emacs "customize" mode to make it
3499 much simpler to find things about the notmuch interface that can be
3500 tweaked by the user.
3502 You can get to this mode by starting at the main "Customize" menu in
3503 emacs, then browsing through "Applications", "Mail", and
3504 "Notmuch". Or you can go straight to "M-x customize-group"
3507 Once you're at the customize screen, you'll see a list of documented
3508 options that can be manipulated along with checkboxes, drop-down
3509 selectors, and text-entry boxes for configuring the various
3512 Support for doing tab-completion of email addresses
3514 This support currently relies on an external program,
3515 (notmuch-addresses), that is not yet shipped with notmuch
3516 itself. But multiple, suitable implementations of this program have
3517 already been written that generate address completions by doing
3518 notmuch searches of your email collection. For example, providing
3519 first those addresses that you have composed messages to in the
3522 One such program (implemented in python with the python bindings to
3523 notmuch) is available via:
3525 git clone http://jkr.acm.jhu.edu/git/notmuch_addresses.git
3527 Install that program as notmuch-addresses on your PATH, and then
3528 hitting TAB on a partial email address or name within the To: or Cc:
3529 line of an email message will provide matching completions.
3531 Support for file-based (Fcc) delivery of sent messages to mail store
3533 This isn't yet enabled by default. To enable this, one will have to
3534 set the "Notmuch Fcc Dirs" setting within the notmuch customize
3535 screen, (see its documentation there for details). We anticipate
3536 making this automatic in a future release.
3538 New 'G' key binding to trigger mail refresh (G == "Get new mail")
3540 The 'G' key works wherever '=' works. Before refreshing the screen
3541 it calls an external program that can be used to poll email servers,
3542 run notmuch new and set up specific tags for the new emails. The
3543 script to be called should be configured with the "Notmuch Poll
3544 Script" setting in the customize interface. This script will
3545 typically invoke "notmuch new" and then perhaps several "notmuch
3548 Implement emacs message display with the JSON output from notmuch
3550 This is much more robust than the previous implementation, (where
3551 some HTML mails and mail quoting the notmuch code with the delimiter
3552 characters in it would cause the parser to fall over).
3554 Better handling of HTML messages and MIME attachments (inline images!)
3556 Allow for any MIME parts that emacs can display to be displayed
3557 inline. This includes inline viewing of image attachments, (provided
3558 the window is large enough to fit the image at its natural size).
3560 Much more robust handling of HTML messages. Currently both text/plain
3561 and text/html alternates will be rendered next to each other. In a
3562 future release, users will be able to decide to see only one or the
3563 other representation.
3565 Each attachment now has its own button so that attachments can be
3566 saved individually (the 'w' key is still available to save all
3569 Customizable support for tidying of text/plain message content
3571 Many new functions are available for tidying up message
3572 content. These include options such as wrapping long lines,
3573 compressing duplicate blank lines, etc.
3575 Most of these are disabled by default, but can easily be enabled by
3576 clicking the available check boxes under the "Notmuch Show Insert
3577 Text/Plain Hook" within the notmuch customize screen.
3579 New support for searchable citations (even when hidden)
3581 When portions of overly-long citations are hidden, the contents of
3582 these citations will still be available for emacs' standard
3583 "incremental search" functions. When the search matches any portion
3584 of a hidden citation, the citation will become visible temporarily
3585 to display the search result.
3587 More flexible handling of header visibility
3589 As an answer to complaints from many users, the To, Cc, and Date
3590 headers of messages are no longer hidden by default. For those users
3591 that liked that these were hidden, a new "Notmuch Messages Headers
3592 Visible" option in the customize interface can be set to nil. The
3593 visibility of headers can still be toggled on a per-message basis
3594 with the 'h' keybinding.
3596 For users that don't want to see some subset of those headers, the
3597 new "Notmuch Message Headers" variable can be customized to list
3598 only those headers that should be present in the display of a message.
3600 The Return key now toggles message visibility anywhere
3602 Previously this worked only on the first summary-line of a message.
3604 Customizable formatting of search results
3606 The user can easily customize the order, width, and formatting of
3607 the various fields in a "notmuch search" buffer. See the "Notmuch
3608 Search Result Format" section of the customize interface.
3610 Generate nicer names for search buffers when using a saved search
3612 Add a notmuch User-Agent header when sending mail from notmuch/emacs
3614 New keybinding (M-Ret) to open all collapsed messages in a thread
3619 Provide a new `NOTMUCH_SORT_UNSORTED` value for queries
3621 This can be somewhat faster when sorting simply isn't desired. For
3622 example when collecting a set of messages that will all be
3623 manipulated identically, (adding a tag, removing a tag, deleting the
3624 messages), then there's no advantage to sorting the messages by
3630 Fix to compile against GMime 2.6
3632 Previously notmuch insisted on being able to find GMime 2.4, (even
3633 though GMime 2.6 would have worked all along).
3635 Fix configure script to accept (and ignore) various standard options
3637 For example, those that the Gentoo build scripts expect configure to
3638 accept are now all accepted.
3643 A large number of new tests for the many new features
3645 Better display of output from failed tests
3647 Now shows failures with diff rather than forcing the user to gaze at
3648 complete actual and expected output looking for deviation.
3650 Notmuch 0.2 (2010-04-16)
3651 ========================
3653 This is the second release of the notmuch mail system, with actual
3654 detailed release notes this time!
3656 This release consists of a number of minor new features that make
3657 notmuch more pleasant to use, and a few fairly major bug fixes.
3659 We didn't quite hit our release target of "about a week" from the 0.1
3660 release, (0.2 is happening 11 days after 0.1), but we hope to do
3661 better for next week. Look forward to some major features coming to
3662 notmuch in subsequent releases.
3669 Better guessing of From: header
3671 Notmuch now tries harder to guess which configured address should be
3672 used as the From: line in a "notmuch reply". It will examine the
3673 Received: headers if it fails to find any configured address in To:
3674 or Cc:. This allows it to often choose the correct address even when
3675 replying to a message sent to a mailing list, and not directly to a
3678 Make "notmuch count" with no arguments count all messages
3680 Previously, it was hard to construct a search term that was
3681 guaranteed to match all messages.
3683 Provide a new special-case search term of "*" to match all messages
3685 This can be used in any command accepting a search term, such as
3686 "notmuch search '*'". Note that you'll want to take care that the
3687 shell doesn't expand * against the current files. And note that the
3688 support for "*" is a special case. It's only meaningful as a single
3689 search term and loses its special meaning when combined with any
3692 Automatically detect thread connections even when a parent message is
3695 Previously, if two or more message were received with a common
3696 parent, but that parent was not received, then these messages would
3697 not be recognized as belonging to the same thread. This is now fixed
3698 so that such messages are properly connected in a thread.
3703 Fix potential data loss in "notmuch new" with SIGINT
3705 One code path in "notmuch new" was not properly handling
3706 SIGINT. Previously, this could lead to messages being removed from
3707 the database (and their tags being lost) if the user pressed
3708 Control-C while "notmuch new" was working.
3710 Fix segfault when a message includes a MIME part that is empty
3712 Fix handling of non-ASCII characters with --format=json
3714 Previously, characters outside the range of 7-bit ASCII were
3715 silently dropped from the JSON output. This led to corrupted display
3716 of utf-8 content in the upcoming notmuch web-based frontends.
3718 Fix headers to be properly decoded in "notmuch reply"
3720 Previously, the user might see:
3722 Subject: Re: =?iso-8859-2?q?Rozlu=E8ka?=
3726 Subject: Re: Rozlučka
3728 The former text is properly encoded to be RFC-compliant SMTP, will
3729 be sent correctly, and will be properly decoded by the
3730 recipient. But the user trying to edit the reply would likely be
3731 unable to read or edit that field in its encoded form.
3733 Emacs client features
3734 ---------------------
3736 Show the last few lines of citations as well as the first few lines
3738 It's often the case that the last sentence of a citation is what is
3739 being replied to directly, so the last few lines are often much more
3740 important. The number of lines shown at the beginning and end of any
3741 citation can be configured, (notmuch-show-citation-lines-prefix and
3742 notmuch-show-citation-lines-suffix).
3744 The '+' and '-' commands in the search view can now add and remove
3747 Selective bulk tagging is now possible by selecting a region of
3748 threads and then using either the '+' or '-' keybindings. Bulk
3749 tagging is still available for all threads matching the current
3750 search with the '*' binding.
3752 More meaningful buffer names for thread-view buffers
3754 Notmuch now uses the Subject of the thread as the buffer
3755 name. Previously it was using the thread ID, which is a meaningless
3758 Provide for customized colors of threads in search view based on tags
3760 See the documentation of notmuch-search-line-faces, (or us "M-x
3761 customize" and browse to the "notmuch" group within "Applications"
3762 and "Mail"), for details on how to configure this colorization.
3764 Build-system features
3765 ---------------------
3767 Add support to properly build libnotmuch on Darwin systems (OS X)
3769 Add support to configure for many standard options
3771 We include actual support for:
3773 --includedir --mandir --sysconfdir
3775 And accept and silently ignore several more:
3777 --build --infodir --libexecdir --localstatedir
3778 --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking
3780 Install emacs client in "make install" rather than requiring a
3781 separate "make install-emacs"
3783 Automatically compute versions numbers between releases
3785 This support uses the git-describe notation, so a version such as
3786 0.1-144-g43cbbfc indicates a version that is 144 commits since the
3787 0.1 release and is available as git commit "43cbbfc".
3789 Add a new "make test" target to run the test suite and actually
3792 Notmuch 0.1 (2010-04-05)
3793 ========================
3795 This is the first release of the notmuch mail system.
3797 It includes the libnotmuch library, the notmuch command-line
3798 interface, and an emacs-based interface to notmuch.
3800 Note: Notmuch will work best with Xapian 1.0.18 (or later) or Xapian
3801 1.1.4 (or later). Previous versions of Xapian (whether 1.0 or 1.1) had
3802 a performance bug that made notmuch very slow when modifying
3803 tags. This would cause distracting pauses when reading mail while
3804 notmuch would wait for Xapian when removing the "inbox" and "unread"
3805 tags from messages in a thread.
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