From: Fernando de Morais <fernandodemorais.jf@gmail.com>
To: Ben Hancock <ben@benghancock.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Rmail tips
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2024 21:36:47 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ttml9kkg.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87jzpk4z8e.fsf@benghancock.com> (Ben Hancock's message of "Mon, 11 Dec 2023 05:58:57 -0800")
Hello Ben,
I believe this answer is long overdue and now, after a few months of
use, you should have already configured RMAIL to suit your needs.
However, here are some recommendations for things that were helpful to
me when using RMAIL:
1. Quick jumps between `rmail-summary' and `rmail' buffers:
The next two functions can help with navigation by allowing a quick
switch between RMAIL buffers.
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(defun rmail-jump-to-summary ()
"Jump to summary window that corresponds to `rmail'."
(interactive)
(let ((rmail-summary-window (get-buffer-window rmail-summary-buffer)))
(if rmail-summary-window
(select-window rmail-summary-window)
(user-error "No summary window associated with this RMAIL window"))))
(defun rmail-summary-jump-to-rmail ()
"Jump to RMAIL window that corresponds to `rmail-summary'."
(interactive)
(let ((rmail-window (get-buffer-window rmail-buffer)))
(if rmail-window
(select-window rmail-window)
(user-error "No RMAIL window associated with this summary"))))
#+end_src
I commonly bind them to the "J" key in the `rmail-mode-map' and
`rmail-summary-mode-map' maps, respectively.
2. Using Mairix as an email indexer and search engine:
Even if you only ever work with a single mbox file, I highly recommend
using Mairix. It is small, simple and easy to configure. Additionally,
Emacs has an integrated interface[1] that can be easily associated with
your RMAIL configurations.
As an example:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(with-eval-after-load 'rmail
(when (require 'mairix nil t)
(define-prefix-command 'rmail-mairix-map)
(define-key rmail-mode-map "M" #'rmail-mairix-map)
(let ((map 'rmail-mairix-map))
(define-key map "E" #'mairix-edit-saved-searches)
(define-key map "S" #'mairix-save-search)
(define-key map "U" #'mairix-use-saved-search)
(define-key map "b" #'mairix-widget-search-based-on-article)
(define-key map "f" #'mairix-search-from-this-article)
(define-key map "s" #'mairix-search)
(define-key map "t" #'mairix-search-thread-this-article)
(define-key map "u" #'mairix-update-database)
(define-key map "w" #'mairix-widget-search))
(with-eval-after-load 'rmailsum
(define-key rmail-summary-mode-map "M" #'rmail-mairix-map))))
#+end_src
3. Some other settings/comments worth taking a look at:
Göktuğ Kayaalp[2] and Alex Schroeder's[3] settings helped me get the hang of
RMAIL. Maybe it will be an interesting read for you.
Hope it helps!
Footnotes:
[1] (info "(mairix-el) Top")
[2] https://cadadr.dreamwidth.org/828.html
[3] https://alexschroeder.ch/view/2020-12-17_Rmail#main
--
Regards,
Fernando de Morais.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-02-07 0:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-12-11 13:58 Rmail tips Ben Hancock
2024-02-07 0:36 ` Fernando de Morais [this message]
2024-02-07 11:23 ` Dr Rainer Woitok
2024-02-07 11:50 ` Fernando de Morais
2024-02-07 11:52 ` Stephen Berman
2024-02-09 14:01 ` Ben Hancock
2024-02-09 19:22 ` Colin Baxter
2024-02-10 7:05 ` Ben Hancock
2024-02-10 8:29 ` Colin Baxter
2024-02-12 13:53 ` Ben Hancock
2024-02-12 14:34 ` Colin Baxter
2024-02-15 16:08 ` Ben Hancock
2024-02-21 6:00 ` Colin Baxter
2024-02-15 13:21 ` Fernando de Morais
2024-02-15 13:23 ` Fernando de Morais
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