From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#13306: 24.2; [WishList] rmail-next-error-move functionality for occurs mode Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 06:50:13 +0200 Message-ID: <83y5ggjg8q.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87pq1swkco.fsf@foil.strangled.net> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1356843070 24059 80.91.229.3 (30 Dec 2012 04:51:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 04:51:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 13306@debbugs.gnu.org To: mdl@alum.mit.edu Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 30 05:51:26 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TpAro-0008H2-8m for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2012 05:51:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47814 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TpArZ-0006Z3-9p for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:51:05 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:59303) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TpArW-0006Yn-L6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:51:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TpArU-0000rp-OD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:51:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:54518) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TpArU-0000ri-LX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:51:00 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TpAsT-0005R0-UP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:52:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 04:52:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13306 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 13306-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13306.135684306920820 (code B ref 13306); Sun, 30 Dec 2012 04:52:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13306) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Dec 2012 04:51:09 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36536 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TpArc-0005Pk-Qa for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:51:09 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:35901) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TpArZ-0005Pb-PT for 13306@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:51:07 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MFT00200UJVS900@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for 13306@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2012 06:50:02 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MFT00295URDML70@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Sun, 30 Dec 2012 06:50:02 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <87pq1swkco.fsf@foil.strangled.net> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:69181 Archived-At: > From: Mark Lillibridge > Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 14:43:03 -0800 > > > I noticed that an (unannounced) new function, rmail-next-error-move, > got added to Rmail recently. It allows sane use of grep with Rmail > files (e.g., go to the correct message properly narrowed) so long as the > Rmail files are already open in Rmail mode. > > This is not terribly useful most of the time; what would be much > more useful is similar functionality for occurs mode run on a Rmail > buffer that has been widened. That is, it would be really nice to be > able to widen the Rmail buffer (C-c C-w) then do an occurs search, which > would let you see the results in context for all the messages at once > and easily jump between the occurrences. Why don't you use mairix.el instead? Then you could search _all_ of your Rmail files, not just the inbox, and have the results presented in a separate Rmail file. The search is also more sophisticated and flexible than just grep. Take a look at the mairix manual for the details. IOW, instead of introducing one more feature, use an existing one. It serves me well, FWIW.