* notmuch database will reference the filename, and will not copy the
* entire contents of the file.
*
- * If 'message' is not NULL, then, on successful return '*message'
+ * If 'message' is not NULL, then, on successful return
+ * (NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS or NOTMUCH_STATUS_DUPLICATE_MESSAGE_ID) '*message'
* will be initialized to a message object that can be used for things
* such as adding tags to the just-added message. The user should call
* notmuch_message_destroy when done with the message. On any failure
NOTMUCH_SORT_UNSORTED
} notmuch_sort_t;
+/* Return the query_string of this query. See notmuch_query_create. */
+const char *
+notmuch_query_get_query_string (notmuch_query_t *query);
+
/* Specify the sorting desired for this query. */
void
notmuch_query_set_sort (notmuch_query_t *query, notmuch_sort_t sort);
+/* Return the sort specified for this query. See notmuch_query_set_sort. */
+notmuch_sort_t
+notmuch_query_get_sort (notmuch_query_t *query);
+
/* Execute a query for threads, returning a notmuch_threads_t object
* which can be used to iterate over the results. The returned threads
* object is owned by the query and as such, will only be valid until
* Note: If this message corresponds to multiple files in the mail
* store, (that is, multiple files contain identical message IDs),
* this function will arbitrarily return a single one of those
- * filenames.
+ * filenames. See notmuch_message_get_filenames for returning the
+ * complete list of filenames.
*/
const char *
notmuch_message_get_filename (notmuch_message_t *message);
+/* Get all filenames for the email corresponding to 'message'.
+ *
+ * Returns a notmuch_filenames_t iterator listing all the filenames
+ * associated with 'message'. These files may not have identical
+ * content, but each will have the identical Message-ID.
+ *
+ * Each filename in the iterator is an absolute filename, (the initial
+ * component will match notmuch_database_get_path() ).
+ */
+notmuch_filenames_t *
+notmuch_message_get_filenames (notmuch_message_t *message);
+
/* Message flags */
typedef enum _notmuch_message_flag {
- NOTMUCH_MESSAGE_FLAG_MATCH,
+ NOTMUCH_MESSAGE_FLAG_MATCH
} notmuch_message_flag_t;
/* Get a value of a flag for the email corresponding to 'message'. */
notmuch_status_t
notmuch_message_remove_all_tags (notmuch_message_t *message);
+/* Add/remove tags according to maildir flags in the message filename(s)
+ *
+ * This function examines the filenames of 'message' for maildir
+ * flags, and adds or removes tags on 'message' as follows when these
+ * flags are present:
+ *
+ * Flag Action if present
+ * ---- -----------------
+ * 'D' Adds the "draft" tag to the message
+ * 'F' Adds the "flagged" tag to the message
+ * 'P' Adds the "passed" tag to the message
+ * 'R' Adds the "replied" tag to the message
+ * 'S' Removes the "unread" tag from the message
+ *
+ * For each flag that is not present, the opposite action (add/remove)
+ * is performed for the corresponding tags.
+ *
+ * Flags are identified as trailing components of the filename after a
+ * sequence of ":2,".
+ *
+ * If there are multiple filenames associated with this message, the
+ * flag is considered present if it appears in one or more
+ * filenames. (That is, the flags from the multiple filenames are
+ * combined with the logical OR operator.)
+ *
+ * A client can ensure that notmuch database tags remain synchronized
+ * with maildir flags by calling this function after each call to
+ * notmuch_database_add_message. See also
+ * notmuch_message_tags_to_maildir_flags for synchronizing tag changes
+ * back to maildir flags.
+ */
+notmuch_status_t
+notmuch_message_maildir_flags_to_tags (notmuch_message_t *message);
+
+/* Rename message filename(s) to encode tags as maildir flags
+ *
+ * Specifically, for each filename corresponding to this message:
+ *
+ * If the filename is not in a maildir directory, do nothing. (A
+ * maildir directory is determined as a directory named "new" or
+ * "cur".) Similarly, if the filename has invalid maildir info,
+ * (repeated or outof-ASCII-order flag characters after ":2,"), then
+ * do nothing.
+ *
+ * If the filename is in a maildir directory, rename the file so that
+ * its filename ends with the sequence ":2," followed by zero or more
+ * of the following single-character flags (in ASCII order):
+ *
+ * 'D' iff the message has the "draft" tag
+ * 'F' iff the message has the "flagged" tag
+ * 'P' iff the message has the "passed" tag
+ * 'R' iff the message has the "replied" tag
+ * 'S' iff the message does not have the "unread" tag
+ *
+ * Any existing flags unmentioned in the list above will be preserved
+ * in the renaming.
+ *
+ * Also, if this filename is in a directory named "new", rename it to
+ * be within the neighboring directory named "cur".
+ *
+ * A client can ensure that maildir filename flags remain synchronized
+ * with notmuch database tags by calling this function after changing
+ * tags, (after calls to notmuch_message_add_tag,
+ * notmuch_message_remove_tag, or notmuch_message_freeze/
+ * notmuch_message_thaw). See also notmuch_message_maildir_flags_to_tags
+ * for synchronizing maildir flag changes back to tags.
+ */
+notmuch_status_t
+notmuch_message_tags_to_maildir_flags (notmuch_message_t *message);
+
/* Freeze the current state of 'message' within the database.
*
* This means that changes to the message state, (via
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