TODO: Add item for the build system to support a non-source-dir build

[notmuch] / TODO

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@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ Fix the things that are causing the most pain to new users
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 1. A new import is tagging all messages as "inbox" -- total pain
 
-2. Allow an easy way to get tags from directory names (if the user has them)
-
 Emacs interface (notmuch.el)
 ----------------------------
 Add notmuch-bcc and notmuch-cc for setting default Bcc and Cc values,
@@ -34,6 +32,8 @@ current message/thread and make searches not return deleted messages
 by default, (unless the user asks explicitly for deleted messags in
 the search query).
 
+Add keybindings for next/previous thread.
+
 Add support to "mute" a thread (add a "muted" tag and then don't
 display threads in searches by default where any message of the thread
 has the "muted" tag).
@@ -68,6 +68,21 @@ and *then* --max-threads), and also complete value for --sort=
 
 notmuch command-line tool
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+Add support to "notmuch search" and "notmuch show" to allow for
+listing of duplicate messages, (distinct filenames with the same
+Message-ID). I'm not sure what the option should be named. Perhaps
+--with-duplicates ?
+
+Add a -0 option to "notmuch search" so that one can safely deal with
+any filename with:
+
+       notmuch search --output=files -0 <terms> | xargs -0 <command>
+
+"notmuch setup" should use realpath() before replacing the
+configuration file. The ensures that the final target file of any
+intermediate symbolic links is what is actually replaced, (rather than
+any symbolic link).
+
 Replace "notmuch reply" with "notmuch compose --reply <search-terms>".
 This would enable a plain "notmuch compose" to be used to construct an
 initial message, (which would then have the properly configured name
@@ -126,6 +141,17 @@ the confusing gmime-filter-headers.c code (which decodes).
 
 notmuch library
 ---------------
+Add support for custom flag<->tag mappings. In the notmuch
+configuration file this could be
+
+       [maildir]
+       synchronize_flags = R:replied; D*:deleted; S:~unread;
+
+In the library interface this could be implemented with an array of
+structures to define the mapping (flag character, tag name,
+inverse-sense bit (~ above), and tag-when-any-file-flagged
+vs. tag-when-all-files-flagged (* above)).
+
 Add an interface to accept a "key" and a byte stream, rather than a
 filename.
 
@@ -226,13 +252,19 @@ fix old messages to be consistent.
 Start indexing the List-Id header, (and re-index this header for
 existing messages at the next database upgrade).
 
-Start indexing the message file's directory and make it available for
-search as "folder:" (and re-index this value for existing messages at
-the next database upgrade).
-
 Add support for the user to specify custom headers to be indexed (and
 re-index these for existing messages at the next database upgrade).
 
+Build system
+------------
+Fix to allow a non-source-directory build. For example, the below
+should be made to work:
+
+       mkdir build_dir
+       cd build_dir
+       ../configure
+       make
+
 Test suite
 ----------
 Achieve 100% test coverage with the test suite.