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 DE3DC4044E5 for ; Fri, 6 Jan 2012 06:46:30 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.3 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3] 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 XOTbFnxjYVl9 for ; Fri, 6 Jan 2012 06:46:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from ipex4.johnshopkins.edu (ipex4.johnshopkins.edu [128.220.161.141]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 38A9F404404 for ; Fri, 6 Jan 2012 06:46:30 -0800 (PST) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.71,468,1320642000"; d="scan'208";a="129089068" Received: from unknown (HELO gogo) ([65.121.105.8]) by ipex4.johnshopkins.edu with ESMTP/TLS/AES256-SHA; 06 Jan 2012 09:46:28 -0500 Received: from jkr by gogo with local (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RjB3P-0002zS-N0; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:45:59 -0800 From: Jesse Rosenthal To: David Edmondson , notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Perform mail polling asynchronously In-Reply-To: References: <1315196076-9254-1-git-send-email-self@antono.info> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.10.2 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/23.3.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:45:59 -0800 Message-ID: <87ipkodh3s.fsf@jhu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:46:31 -0000 On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:02:43 +0000, David Edmondson wrote: > On Mon, 5 Sep 2011 07:14:36 +0300, Antono Vasiljev wrote: > > If the poll script runs asynchronously, won't the notmuch-search output > refresh and jump into my face when I'm busy doing something else? And, > if I'm not busy doing something else, why can't I just wait for the poll > script to complete? Well, he might have dropped it (and notmuch), but I've been wondering about the possibilities of this for the emacs client. What I was imagining was some sort of modeline notifier, like what ERC offers. It could easily alert you without jumping into your face. Just musing -- I haven't had time to actually think it all the way through. --J