From: James Westby <jw+debian@jameswestby.net>
To: Jameson Rollins <jrollins@finestructure.net>,
Xavier Maillard <xma@gnu.org>,
notmuch@notmuchmail.org
Subject: Re: See only unread message in a thread ?
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:04:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zl16s8ug.fsf@jameswestby.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87iq7vc4o6.fsf@servo.finestructure.net>
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:29:29 -0400, Jameson Rollins <jrollins@finestructure.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:19:37 +0100, James Westby <jw+debian@jameswestby.net> wrote:
> > On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:11:50 +0200, Xavier Maillard <xma@gnu.org> wrote:
> > > Say I have a thread with A-B-C. I visit the thread and read the
> > > whole thread. Let's say after 'notmuch new' a post has entered
> > > the thread: A-B-C-D. Is there an easy way to just have one of
> > > these behaviour:
> > >
> > > - only show the new message (with an option to toggle display of
> > > the old messages)
> > > - display the whole thread with the 3 read messages 'collapsed'
> > > and only the unread message 'expanded'
> >
> > This is the default behaviour in my experience.
>
> I agree this is the behavior I see, but there is a caveat that may be
> the cause of confusion:
>
> > Reading a message unsets the 'unread' tag.
> >
> > The default search if for 'inbox' + 'unread'.
>
> Actually, the default search is for just "tag:inbox", which will also
> display any messages in the inbox that have "tag:unread" as well. But
> remember that if you are coming from a search for "tag:inbox", when you
> view a thread all the message with "tag:inbox" will be visible
> (uncollapsed), whether or not they have "tag:unread" not. Just reading
> a message will not cause it to collapse when coming from a "tag:inbox"
> search. I think this might be where the confusion is coming from. If
> you want to view just the messages in your inbox that are unread, then
> you need to search for "tag:inbox and tag:unread", or type 'f' in
> notmuch mode to filter your inbox search with the "tag:unread" search.
> Make sense?
Yes, thanks for clarifying.
I realise now that I lied about the behaviour that I was seeing.
I use the default tag:inbox search, but archive all the mails 'a' as I
read them, using other tags to keep track of things I want to come back
to.
That means that 'inbox' behaves the way I described 'unread' to behave
for me. I see the new messages as the old ones had their 'inbox' tag
removed.
Thanks,
James
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-14 9:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-13 22:11 See only unread message in a thread ? Xavier Maillard
2010-04-13 22:19 ` James Westby
2010-04-13 22:43 ` Xavier Maillard
2010-04-14 9:08 ` James Westby
2010-04-13 23:29 ` Jameson Rollins
2010-04-14 9:04 ` James Westby [this message]
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