Package: notmuch-mutt
Version: 0.13.2-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainers,
I was about hacking notmuch-mutt to make it possible to restrict the
search to the last month only when I discovered in the source code
that this was already very possible, but simply badly documented. So,
instead of a perl patch, I provide a documentation one.
I hope you'll find it useful,
Mt
--- /home/mquinson/lab/130128-notmuch-mutt.orig 2013-01-28 10:09:48.722323565 +0100
+++ /usr/bin/notmuch-mutt 2013-01-28 10:29:26.374270563 +0100
@@ -213,13 +213,19 @@
macro index <F6> \
"<enter-command>unset wait_key<enter><pipe-message>notmuch-mutt tag -inbox<enter>" \
"notmuch: remove message from inbox"
+ macro index <F7> \
+ "<enter-command>unset wait_key<enter><shell-escape>notmuch-mutt --prompt search $(date +%s --date='last month')..$(date +%s) <enter><change-folder-readonly>~/.cache/notmuch/mutt/results<enter>" \
+ "notmuch: search mail (last month)"
The first macro (activated by <F8>) prompts the user for notmuch search terms
and then jump to a temporary maildir showing search results. The second macro
(activated by <F9>) reconstructs the thread corresponding to the current mail
and show it as search results. The third macro (activated by <F6>) removes the
tag C<inbox> from the current message; by changing C<-inbox> this macro may be
-customised to add or remove tags appropriate to the users notmuch work-flow.
+customised to add or remove tags appropriate to the users notmuch work-flow.
+The fourth macro demonstrates how notmuch-mutt forwards any additional terms
+to notmuch. Here, this is used to limit the search to mails which age is not
+more than one month.
To keep notmuch index current you should then periodically run C<notmuch
new>. Depending on your local mail setup, you might want to do that via cron,
