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 1C74D431FAF for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2012 23:07:14 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.29 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.29 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, T_MIME_NO_TEXT=0.01] 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 kdvf0it6215y for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2012 23:07:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from outgoing-mail.its.caltech.edu (outgoing-mail.its.caltech.edu [131.215.239.19]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DA93431FAE for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2012 23:07:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from earth-doxen.imss.caltech.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by earth-doxen-postvirus (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18BF366E0108; Sun, 5 Feb 2012 23:07:09 -0800 (PST) X-Spam-Scanned: at Caltech-IMSS on earth-doxen by amavisd-new Received: from finestructure.net (cpe-76-174-137-84.socal.res.rr.com [76.174.137.84]) (Authenticated sender: jrollins) by earth-doxen-submit (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8FAB66E00CB; Sun, 5 Feb 2012 23:07:05 -0800 (PST) Received: by finestructure.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C29C44CC; Sun, 5 Feb 2012 23:07:05 -0800 (PST) From: Jameson Graef Rollins To: David Edmondson , notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] emacs: Prefer '[No Subject]' to blank subjects. In-Reply-To: <1327918561-16245-3-git-send-email-dme@dme.org> References: <1327496913-4946-1-git-send-email-dme@dme.org> <1327918561-16245-1-git-send-email-dme@dme.org> <1327918561-16245-3-git-send-email-dme@dme.org> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.11.1+156~gde94716 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/23.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:07:02 -0800 Message-ID: <87sjiobfu1.fsf@servo.finestructure.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" 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, 06 Feb 2012 07:07:14 -0000 --=-=-= Sorry to be so late on this, but I'm not a big fan of this new feature. I would prefer to always see the subject (or any other field for that matter) as is. As a principle I would prefer there not be text replacements unless it's very clear that text has been replaced. Buttons work because it's clear they're buttons. This is not the case here, though, since this text replacement could actually be confused with real text. It's also not clear to me why this feature would be needed. I have never found blank subjects confusing. The field is always clearly delineated, at least in search and show mode. If it's not clear elsewhere, maybe we can make the delineation of the subject field clearer, but leave the actual subject text string alone. If some feel this feature is really needed we should at least have a customization variable. notmuch-unblank-subject? I don't have any good name suggestions, though. jamie. --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJPL3wWAAoJEO00zqvie6q848YQAKzWCqGKnm7nScNTZhO9qn8o bSwqm3aXcxqR6Z8kS9J0A92L3AjU0xkhPGMGska32Ni6P0BcaYXZjFLV6JA+g8Zx Z30BDiKYfZ29k0Q8rNQmg8jQpjEUiXpA+w1pSZ5PDY7ZZK9Px5Ao/8HD18l9/Ina mBI9tSjHEaLKSn/ydX82VZHPEDkpGJwzgewRikxxvLYgrYV87sCb6nj4BuNXzo0d XSQcfPiHnIZICjjzm4VSS+jvQDNXtoC8R58s6xjAA1wFrt56C4hGnGqd1OiG1qs3 KlouPN3ZPMC2aHEu5IG3tl7cW3XdUikgCi7+dO8LjUgfsjj7mlCriyeIYmbQ6cZD gqcuFBTFPzpihS7+H6CZaNItyV8vGu3+eFQ6oKtDdMdu/Ct63n1rPeRyndJf3ekg bVpcVqoEWJ69d2mXU8al6H7BoERTNAT7Eig8boYJ9sk30fMZltICtUDEkyt/DZbc LHmE7lqQN/M0umRsxYdJ8VOZ/hMOoJRdhUY1XKX8MA1lpevAwiOZQ06J1dafxdPj KjT9wvtAOhbIRiUhmHiGdG56Q2nMNAYbJqy6Om5yLQaCwz5Ne+1n+f4opvlCrpIL spOcrpQSHpR2YwsD8MGtjctrad2VJIUA5Aw0zmlLrl8Z9uwEdO9qeWTh1lLTPaOx yR8BURHJHCPn3SYMV6Ze =xYtn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--