On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 09:28:40 +0000, David Edmondson <dme at dme.org> wrote: > On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:56:57 +0530, "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar at > linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > > From: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar at gmail.com> > > > > When you have long thread, it would be nice to be able to > > show the message to which the current message is a reply > > The patch fires up a new search, destroying my context. Shouldn't the > parent message be visible in the current thread and, if so, perhaps just > searching in the current buffer for it (and jumping back there) be > possible? (Maybe even with a key to pop back to the child easily.) >
It should actually stack up. That is, it fires up a new search but then a 'q' should bring back the old context. One of the thing i really wanted to keep was the ability to go back to the old context with a key binding which in this case is achieved by 'q' -aneesh