(Emacs) Use tree view by default from notmuch-hello and notmuch-jump ?

(Emacs) Use tree view by default from notmuch-hello and notmuch-jump ?

[Michael Graham]

I'm new at notmuch (and the list), so I'm probably doing something 
wrong.

I prefer tree view (notmuch-tree-mode) to search view 
(notmuch-search-mode), and I would like my saved searches to open 
in tree view automatically.

I have a bunch of saved searches, which I configure like this: 
(push '(:name "Personal Unscreened" 
        :query "tag:inbox AND tag:unread AND (NOT 
        query:screened-addresses)" :key "u" :search-type 'tree) 
      notmuch-saved-searches)
       
But when I run the search, it always the results in search view 
(notmuch-search-mode).

I know I can press 'Z' to get to the tree-view 
(notmuch-tree-from-search-current-query), but it's another step 
and creates another buffer.  I'm trying to get the search to start 
in tree view directly.

Am I understanding the :search-type option correctly?


Michael

Re: (Emacs) Use tree view by default from notmuch-hello and notmuch-jump ?

[David Bremner]

Michael Graham <magog@the-wire.com> writes:

> I'm new at notmuch (and the list), so I'm probably doing something 
> wrong.
>
> I prefer tree view (notmuch-tree-mode) to search view 
> (notmuch-search-mode), and I would like my saved searches to open 
> in tree view automatically.
>
> I have a bunch of saved searches, which I configure like this: 
> (push '(:name "Personal Unscreened" 
>         :query "tag:inbox AND tag:unread AND (NOT 
>         query:screened-addresses)" :key "u" :search-type 'tree) 
>       notmuch-saved-searches)
>        
> But when I run the search, it always the results in search view 
> (notmuch-search-mode).
>

I think it's just a problem with too much quoting (try tree without ',
since you already quoted the outside expression).

Even for people that prefer not to use customize, inspecting the
expression that M-x customize-variable generates can help debug these
kind of problems (that's what I did to see what was wrong with your
example).

d

Re: (Emacs) Use tree view by default from notmuch-hello and notmuch-jump ?

[Michael Graham]

David Bremner <david@tethera.net> writes:

> Michael Graham <magog@the-wire.com> writes: 
>> I have a bunch of saved searches, which I configure like this: 
>> (push '(:name "Personal Unscreened"  
>>         :query "tag:inbox AND tag:unread AND (NOT 
>>         query:screened-addresses)" :key "u" :search-type 'tree)  
>>       notmuch-saved-searches) 
>>         
>> But when I run the search, it always the results in search view 
>> (notmuch-search-mode). 
>> 
> 
> I think it's just a problem with too much quoting (try tree 
> without ', since you already quoted the outside expression). 

Thank you, David!  This fixed it:

  (push '(:name "Personal Unscreened" 
          :query "tag:inbox AND tag:unread AND (NOT 
          query:screened-addresses) :key "u" :search-type tree) 
        notmuch-saved-searches) 

I had actually tried 'tree and "tree" but not just the unquoted: 
tree
 
> Even for people that prefer not to use customize, inspecting the 
> expression that M-x customize-variable generates can help debug 
> these kind of problems (that's what I did to see what was wrong 
> with your example).
>

Thank you, that's good advice.  I think it's probably time for me 
to spend some time understanding elisp quoting.  I'm always a 
little confused by it.


Michael