pick: contrib: document notmuch-pick-show-out

[notmuch] / contrib / notmuch-pick / notmuch-pick.el

diff --git a/contrib/notmuch-pick/notmuch-pick.el b/contrib/notmuch-pick/notmuch-pick.el
index 11b5058ea16ee9f7a69eb224439624183bc64d71..c436bf1cac940094371d471cd63d2c443aae91c8 100644 (file)
--- a/contrib/notmuch-pick/notmuch-pick.el
+++ b/contrib/notmuch-pick/notmuch-pick.el
@@ -146,34 +146,46 @@
   :group 'notmuch-pick
   :group 'notmuch-faces)
 
-(defvar notmuch-pick-previous-subject "")
+(defvar notmuch-pick-previous-subject
+  "The subject of the most recent result shown during the async display")
 (make-variable-buffer-local 'notmuch-pick-previous-subject)
 
-;; The basic query i.e. the key part of the search request.
-(defvar notmuch-pick-basic-query nil)
+(defvar notmuch-pick-basic-query nil
+  "A buffer local copy of argument query to the function notmuch-pick")
 (make-variable-buffer-local 'notmuch-pick-basic-query)
-;; The context of the search: i.e., useful but can be dropped.
-(defvar notmuch-pick-query-context nil)
+
+(defvar notmuch-pick-query-context nil
+  "A buffer local copy of argument query-context to the function notmuch-pick")
 (make-variable-buffer-local 'notmuch-pick-query-context)
-(defvar notmuch-pick-target-msg nil)
+
+(defvar notmuch-pick-target-msg nil
+  "A buffer local copy of argument target to the function notmuch-pick")
 (make-variable-buffer-local 'notmuch-pick-target-msg)
-(defvar notmuch-pick-open-target nil)
+
+(defvar notmuch-pick-open-target nil
+  "A buffer local copy of argument open-target to the function notmuch-pick")
 (make-variable-buffer-local 'notmuch-pick-open-target)
-(defvar notmuch-pick-buffer-name nil)
+
+(defvar notmuch-pick-buffer-name nil
+  "A buffer local copy of argument buffer-name to the function notmuch-pick")
 (make-variable-buffer-local 'notmuch-pick-buffer-name)
-;; This variable is the window used for the message pane. It is set
-;; in both the parent pick buffer and the child show buffer. It is
-;; used to try and close the message pane when quitting pick or the
-;; child show buffer.
-(defvar notmuch-pick-message-window nil)
+
+(defvar notmuch-pick-message-window nil
+  "The window of the message pane.
+
+It is set in both the pick buffer and the child show buffer. It
+is used to try and close the message pane when quitting pick or
+the child show buffer.")
 (make-variable-buffer-local 'notmuch-pick-message-window)
 (put 'notmuch-pick-message-window 'permanent-local t)
-(defvar notmuch-pick-message-buffer nil)
-(make-variable-buffer-local 'notmuch-pick-message-buffer-name)
-(put 'notmuch-pick-message-buffer-name 'permanent-local t)
-(defvar notmuch-pick-process-state nil
-  "Parsing state of the search process filter.")
 
+(defvar notmuch-pick-message-buffer nil
+  "The buffer name of the show buffer in the message pane.
+
+This is used to try and make sure we don't close the message pane
+if the user has loaded a different buffer in that window.")
+(make-variable-buffer-local 'notmuch-pick-message-buffer)
+(put 'notmuch-pick-message-buffer 'permanent-local t)
 
 (defvar notmuch-pick-mode-map
   (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
@@ -202,6 +214,11 @@
 (fset 'notmuch-pick-mode-map notmuch-pick-mode-map)
 
 (defun notmuch-pick-setup-show-out ()
+  "Set up the keymap for showing a thread
+
+This uses the value of the defcustom notmuch-pick-show-out to
+decide whether to show a message in the message pane or in the
+whole window."
   (let ((map notmuch-pick-mode-map))
     (if notmuch-pick-show-out
        (progn
@@ -752,15 +769,6 @@ Complete list of currently available key bindings:
                      (insert (format " (process returned %d)" exit-status)))
                    (insert "\n")))))))))
 
-
-(defun notmuch-pick-show-error (string &rest objects)
-  (save-excursion
-    (goto-char (point-max))
-    (insert "Error: Unexpected output from notmuch search:\n")
-    (insert (apply #'format string objects))
-    (insert "\n")))
-
-
 (defun notmuch-pick-process-filter (proc string)
   "Process and filter the output of \"notmuch show\" (for pick)"
   (let ((results-buf (process-buffer proc))
@@ -817,7 +825,19 @@ Complete list of currently available key bindings:
 
 
 (defun notmuch-pick (&optional query query-context target buffer-name open-target)
-  "Run notmuch pick with the given `query' and display the results"
+  "Run notmuch pick with the given `query' and display the results.
+
+The arguments are:
+  QUERY: the main query. This can be any query but in many cases will be
+      a single thread. If nil this is read interactively from the minibuffer.
+  QUERY-CONTEXT: is an additional term for the query. The query used
+      is QUERY and QUERY-CONTEXT unless that does not match any messages
+      in which case we fall back to just QUERY.
+  TARGET: A message ID (with the id: prefix) that will be made
+      current if it appears in the pick results.
+  BUFFER-NAME: the name of the buffer to show the pick tree. If
+      it is nil \"*notmuch-pick\" followed by QUERY is used.
+  OPEN-TARGET: If TRUE open the target message in the message pane."
   (interactive "sNotmuch pick: ")
   (if (null query)
       (setq query (notmuch-read-query "Notmuch pick: ")))