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 33ADC431FBC for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2012 06:21:48 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.7 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[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 QsL7raW+xGH5 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2012 06:21:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-ee0-f53.google.com (mail-ee0-f53.google.com [74.125.83.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 78934431FAE for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2012 06:21:47 -0800 (PST) Received: by eekb47 with SMTP id b47so3264144eek.26 for ; Wed, 07 Mar 2012 06:21:46 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.82.6 with SMTP id e6mr803733lby.31.1331130106050; Wed, 07 Mar 2012 06:21:46 -0800 (PST) Sender: awg@xvx.ca Received: by 10.112.109.234 with HTTP; Wed, 7 Mar 2012 06:21:45 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [96.52.216.56] In-Reply-To: <20120306211747.31898.21772@brick.lan> References: <20120306160016.2673.36080@plc.plecavalier.com> <20120306211747.31898.21772@brick.lan> Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 07:21:45 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: fNxWfj66jbu_A_oA4OedkYYpcNM Message-ID: Subject: Re: [alot] reply from search mode From: Adam Wolfe Gordon To: Patrick Totzke Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlbocWlHm4jzJfUCdjy02UNEuh/5Vmmwi64UPsgAeBU9u2rA9D9ntnDr/0rJqYsbKGSFTO6 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: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:21:48 -0000 On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 14:17, Patrick Totzke wrote: > Quoting Philippe LeCavalier (2012-03-06 16:00:16) >>How would I add a reply key binding to reply directly from the search >>mode. ie something like R. Forward and editnew would be nice as well. > > This could indeed be useful, but I'm not convinced this is a great idea in general: > What would that command do if your selection is a thread with multiple leaf-mails? > reply to the first? ask the user? It's worth noting that this question is unresolved for Notmuch in general. My reply patchset disables the CLI reply command for searches returning multiple messages, which will also disable this functionality in emacs. Right now it "works", but doesn't really produce desirable behavior.