emacs: Introduce `notmuch-call-notmuch-sexp'

[notmuch] / emacs / notmuch-lib.el

diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-lib.el b/emacs/notmuch-lib.el
index 79a1290d4a69019b9c159c08ccf8b76f7ef22a38..c82c6c2a63246ede7878fce974d4aa7206c11399 100644 (file)
--- a/emacs/notmuch-lib.el
+++ b/emacs/notmuch-lib.el
@@ -489,6 +489,23 @@ an error."
              (json-read)))
        (delete-file err-file)))))
 
+(defun notmuch-call-notmuch-sexp (&rest args)
+  "Invoke `notmuch-command' with ARGS and return the parsed S-exp output.
+
+If notmuch exits with a non-zero status, this will pop up a
+buffer containing notmuch's output and signal an error."
+
+  (with-temp-buffer
+    (let ((err-file (make-temp-file "nmerr")))
+      (unwind-protect
+         (let ((status (apply #'call-process
+                              notmuch-command nil (list t err-file) nil args)))
+           (notmuch-check-exit-status status (cons notmuch-command args)
+                                      (buffer-string) err-file)
+           (goto-char (point-min))
+           (read (current-buffer)))
+       (delete-file err-file)))))
+
 (defun notmuch-start-notmuch (name buffer sentinel &rest args)
   "Start and return an asynchronous notmuch command.