From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF823431FAF for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 07:54:42 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[none] autolearn=disabled Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id iJAuAI3W+faD for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 07:54:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from tesseract.cs.unb.ca (tesseract.cs.unb.ca [131.202.240.238]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 566E6431FAE for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 07:54:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from fctnnbsc30w-156034082078.dhcp-dynamic.fibreop.nb.bellaliant.net ([156.34.82.78] helo=zancas.localnet) by tesseract.cs.unb.ca with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TnAMT-0000XG-6T; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:54:41 -0400 Received: from bremner by zancas.localnet with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1TnAMN-0003Et-78; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:54:35 -0400 From: David Bremner To: Mark Walters , notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] emacs: show: make id links respect window In-Reply-To: <1355958602-16752-1-git-send-email-markwalters1009@gmail.com> References: <1355958602-16752-1-git-send-email-markwalters1009@gmail.com> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.14+213~g4af1ac6 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.2.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:54:35 -0400 Message-ID: <87bodjfnt0.fsf@zancas.localnet> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam_bar: - X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 15:54:43 -0000 Mark Walters writes: > I think this is a bug but that could be debated. It is particularly > easy to trigger with notmuch pick because that uses the split pane > while focus usually remains in the `pick' pane rather than the `show' > pane. I can imagine that people would want/like the "open in other window" effect of the current code, even if the reason is a bug. > 'action `(lambda (arg) > (notmuch-show ,(third link))) Can you (or someone) explain why backquote is needed here? Is this some kind of workaround for lack of lexical scope? If so, maybe a comment. d