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 6D82F4196F3 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:05:07 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.5 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_05=-0.5] autolearn=ham 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 6EUZSB7gVMZZ for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:05:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jameswestby.net (jameswestby.net [89.145.97.141]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 991F7431FC1 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:05:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cpc4-aztw22-2-0-cust59.aztw.cable.virginmedia.com ([94.169.116.60] helo=flash) by jameswestby.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O1yWr-0000gg-O0; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:05:01 +0100 Received: by flash (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E07F66E54D9; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:04:55 -0400 (EDT) From: James Westby To: Jameson Rollins , Xavier Maillard , notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: Re: See only unread message in a thread ? In-Reply-To: <87iq7vc4o6.fsf@servo.finestructure.net> References: <871vejt2py.fsf@jameswestby.net> <87iq7vc4o6.fsf@servo.finestructure.net> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:04:55 +0100 Message-ID: <87zl16s8ug.fsf@jameswestby.net> 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: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:05:07 -0000 On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:29:29 -0400, Jameson Rollins wrote: > On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:19:37 +0100, James Westby wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:11:50 +0200, Xavier Maillard 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