Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add emacs-mew.

[Thomas Danckaert <post@thomasdanckaert.be>]

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From: Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add emacs-mew.
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 12:29:14 +0300

> This could happen if it adds itself to a sub-directory of
> "/share/emacs/site-lisp".  In 'magit' package, for example, it is 
> fixed
> by using "lispdir" makeflag.  Since this package uses a full GNU 
> Build
> System, there should probably be "--with-lispdir" configure flag.

Indeed, done!

> BTW, I can't apply this patch on the current master.

I had edited the patch file manually. Seems like this sometimes 
works, sometimes doesn't.

I've attached an updated patch, which also fixes some issues with 
paths to various icons.

Thomas

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From 93118dba6e551fb66846a2b69a7bec560795ba71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Danckaert <thomas.danckaert@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 09:41:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add emacs-mew.

* gnu/packages/mail.scm (emacs-mew): New variable.
---
 gnu/packages/mail.scm | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/mail.scm b/gnu/packages/mail.scm
index 2318ae9b6..d985419be 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mail.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mail.scm
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2017 Thomas Danckaert <post@thomasdanckaert.be>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages flex)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gdb)
   #:use-module (gnu packages man)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages ruby)
   #:use-module (gnu packages samba)
   #:use-module (gnu packages screen)
   #:use-module (gnu packages tls)
@@ -377,6 +379,40 @@ can read the same mailbox from multiple computers.  It supports IMAP as REMOTE
 repository and Maildir/IMAP as LOCAL repository.")
     (license gpl2+)))
 
+(define-public emacs-mew
+  (package
+  (name "emacs-mew")
+  (version "6.7")
+  (source
+    (origin
+      (method url-fetch)
+      (uri (string-append "http://mew.org/Release/mew-" version ".tar.gz"))
+      (sha256
+       (base32
+        "03fzky2kz73vgx4cbps2psbbnrgqgkk5q7jwfldisymkzr9iz03y"))))
+  (inputs
+   `(("emacs" ,emacs-minimal)))
+  (propagated-inputs
+   `(("ruby-sqlite3" ,ruby-sqlite3) ; optionally uses an sqlite database of messages
+     ("ruby" ,ruby))) ; to set GEM_PATH so ruby-sqlite3 is found at runtime
+  (build-system gnu-build-system)
+  (arguments
+   `(#:configure-flags (list
+                        (string-append "--with-elispdir=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out")
+                                       "/share/emacs/site-lisp/guix.d/mew"))
+     #:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
+                (add-after 'configure 'patch-mew-icon-path ; ensure "Mew-icon.png" is found.
+                           (lambda _
+                             (substitute* "mew-key.el"
+                               (("\\(expand-file-name \"etc\" path\\)") "path")))))
+     #:tests? #f))
+  (home-page "http://www.mew.org")
+  (synopsis "Emacs e-mail client")
+  (description "Mew (Messaging in the Emacs World) is a user interface
+for text messages, multimedia messages (MIME), news articles and
+security functionality including PGP, S/MIME, SSH, and SSL.")
+  (license bsd-3)))
+
 (define-public mu
   (package
     (name "mu")
-- 
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