Splitting long lines in .notmuch-config

Splitting long lines in .notmuch-config

[Rudolf Adamkovič]

Hi there!

Is it possible to split long lines in the .notmuch-config?  I normally
wrap my markup, config, and source files to 80 columns, but some of the
queries I define in my .notmuch-config now sprawl for over 200 columns.
I have tried to use two backslashes (\\) followed by a newline, like in
say Bash, but that does not work.  Any tips?

Thanks!

Rudy
-- 
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doing mathematics is always trying to think as well as possible."
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Rudolf Adamkovič <salutis@me.com> [he/him]
Studenohorská 25
84103 Bratislava
Slovakia\r

Re: Splitting long lines in .notmuch-config

[David Bremner]

Rudolf Adamkovič <salutis@me.com> writes:

> Hi there!
>
> Is it possible to split long lines in the .notmuch-config?  I normally
> wrap my markup, config, and source files to 80 columns, but some of the
> queries I define in my .notmuch-config now sprawl for over 200 columns.
> I have tried to use two backslashes (\\) followed by a newline, like in
> say Bash, but that does not work.  Any tips?

Not sure if this helps, but we are using the GLib GKeyFile API, so
whatever it supports (if anything) for line continuation, we do too.

One not so nice strategy would be to break your queries up into several
subqueries and and/or them together.\r

Re: Splitting long lines in .notmuch-config

[Rudolf Adamkovič]

David Bremner <david@tethera.net> writes:

> Not sure if this helps, but we are using the GLib GKeyFile API, so
> whatever it supports (if anything) for line continuation, we do too.

I found nothing in the GLib/GKeyFile documentation.  But then, I figured
that Org mode has me covered, as usual.  If anyone has the problem:

#+name: spammers
- [[mailto:foo@bar]]
- ...

#+name: notmuch-or
#+begin_src emacs-lisp :var addresses=() :results silent
(mapconcat (lambda (entry)
             (let* ((step-1 (car entry))
                    (step-2 (string-remove-prefix "[[mailto:" step-1))
                    (step-3 (string-remove-suffix "]]" step-2)))
               step-3))
           addresses
           " or ")
#+end_src

#+begin_src conf :tangle ~/.notmuch-config :noweb yes
...
spam = <<notmuch-or(addresses=spammers)>>
#+end_src

Thank you!

Rudy
-- 
"Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration."
-- Thomas Alva Edison, 1932

Rudolf Adamkovič <salutis@me.com> [he/him]
Studenohorská 25
84103 Bratislava
Slovakia\r