Re: [PATCH 26/27] emacs: avoid binding unnamed commands in keymaps

[David Bremner <david@tethera.net>]

Ryan Tate <ryantate@ryantate.com> writes:

> Jonas Bernoulli <jonas@bernoul.li> writes:
>
>> - -(defun notmuch-tree-close-message-pane-and (func) -  "Close 
>> message pane and execute FUNC. 
>
> I am confused why a function used in config files and documented 
> on the notmuch website (to this moment) as an example of how to 
> configure something would be removed, and to be removed without 
> any announcement.

We try our best to minimize the amount of breaking changes (and to
announce them when they happen), but sometimes things slip through. BTW
notmuchmail.org is mostly a wiki, and we rely on the user community to
update it. If you would like to help with that (e.g. to mark those
snippets as broken), see

        https://notmuchmail.org/wikiwriteaccess/

> I argue that a user (who is not literally an author of notmuch)
> should be able to reliably use the software, which involves configuring
> it and having that configuration continue to work. 

Sure, that the intention. This is somewhat challenging with the emacs UI
as it exists, since the line between API that people can rely on and
internals is not well drawn in the older code. The changes under
discussion actually make that a bit better by marking some macros as
internal.

As far as your specific technical issue, I guess you can recover the
deleted functions and put them (possibly renamed) in your init.el.

Since you are using Debian, you might be interested in using notmuch
from stable backports; this would mean you will not see several years of
changes all at once.  It's a personal thing whether you prefer more
smaller disruptions over fewer larger ones.