Re: [PATCH] emacs: drop setting mail-user-agent, and document how to set it

[Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi>]

On Fri, Jun 04 2021, David Bremner wrote:

> After some discussion [1], I decided it is better to make notmuch users
> who rely on this behaviour customize mail-user-agent. This is
> consistent with the behaviour of other emacs mail packages.

LGTM.

Tomi 

>
> [1]: id:87k0nuhfrk.fsf@toryanderson.com
> ---
>  NEWS                  |  7 +++++++
>  doc/notmuch-emacs.rst | 10 ++++++++++
>  emacs/notmuch.el      |  2 --
>  3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> index 35b57cef..538ec168 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
>  Notmuch 0.33 (UNRELEASED)
>  =========================
>  
> +Emacs
> +-----
> +
> +`notmuch` no longer sets `mail-user-agent` on load. To restore the
> +previous behaviour of using notmuch to send mail by default, customize
> +`mail-user-agent` to `notmuch-user-agent`.
> +
>  Vim
>  ---
>  
> diff --git a/doc/notmuch-emacs.rst b/doc/notmuch-emacs.rst
> index d9b497a3..7772871b 100644
> --- a/doc/notmuch-emacs.rst
> +++ b/doc/notmuch-emacs.rst
> @@ -366,6 +366,16 @@ Importing Mail
>  :index:`notmuch-poll-script`
>     |docstring::notmuch-poll-script|
>  
> +Sending Mail
> +------------
> +
> +:index:`mail-user-agent`
> +
> +       Emacs consults the variable :ref:`mail-user-agent` to choose a mail
> +       sending package for commands like :ref:`report-emacs-bug` and
> +       :ref:`compose-mail`.  To use ``notmuch`` for this, customize this
> +       variable to the symbol :ref:`notmuch-user-agent`.
> +
>  Init File
>  ---------
>  
> diff --git a/emacs/notmuch.el b/emacs/notmuch.el
> index 6d37c623..3e2713e2 100644
> --- a/emacs/notmuch.el
> +++ b/emacs/notmuch.el
> @@ -1162,8 +1162,6 @@ Point should be at the beginning of the line."
>  
>  ;;; _
>  
> -(setq mail-user-agent 'notmuch-user-agent)
> -
>  (provide 'notmuch)
>  
>  ;; After provide to avoid loops if notmuch was require'd via notmuch-init-file.
> -- 
> 2.30.2
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