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 817FB431FD0 for ; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:15:26 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.799 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.799 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] 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 s3+YLOsIbsnd for ; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:15:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-pz0-f53.google.com (mail-pz0-f53.google.com [209.85.210.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0D902431FB6 for ; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:15:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: by pzk6 with SMTP id 6so3921944pzk.40 for ; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:15:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=8yS1ZFBJCRC+tImkwOa5s4Ew5DNNx33ldmq7FUbsgVQ=; b=SbOpsjX19D7oppaWk1hljlS1rG2+50tPlaqVjmok6DXL09yJR/VwUTssGTS2c8elnD cN7Xn0ZxXkqBu/3RXvx7MVgHH6jKxCDbYl3UQdJ6wwEDZpSSB1lLnEbUg7oH2cWuRMbp Ydp4Oictq7mPJ7ihN98KUP5ir0fS68p1VQlI8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.23.166 with SMTP id n6mr5907947pbf.481.1310843725229; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:15:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.41.129 with HTTP; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:15:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1310409421-4446-1-git-send-email-jason@jasonwoof.com> References: <1310409421-4446-1-git-send-email-jason@jasonwoof.com> Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:15:25 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] Feature request: nicknames for senders From: Felipe Contreras To: Jason Woofenden Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org 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: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:15:26 -0000 On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Jason Woofenden wrote: > I implemented a feature I wanted: nicknames for the list of senders > on the search view. > > At first I just added a setting with my full name and had it > replace that with "me". But then I figured it'd be better to allow > the user to specify a list of replacements, and instead made a more > general "nicknames" list. > > Then I made myself a nice long dictionary to shorten the names of > folks I communicate with regularly. Mostly reducing them to first > names. Now it's much more common that I can see all the senders in > the narrow senders column. > > > Thoughts? Personally I would like an already known format for these. For example git fetches them from different places, like mutt aliases list. And I wonder why this is not part of notmuch core. You could then tell notmuch to compose a message, and specify an alias instead of a full address. This can be used in many ways. But yeah, I'm eager to get something like this :) -- Felipe Contreras