On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:42:01 +0100, Robin Green <greenrd at greenrd.org> wrote: > It's really dangerous to use the 'a' key in notmuch-mode in an inbox > thread which has multiple unread replies! Yes, the other unread replies > will still be tagged unread, but the user might not immediately be aware > of them. It would be really useful to have an optional warning ("More > unread messages in this thread, are you sure?") for this situation!
I take advantage of this thread to tell about another dangerous situation I've found related to the use of the space key in show mode. I like to use the space (and sometimes the backspace key) to read threads back and forth, but sometimes I might read stuff to quickly and archive a thread without wanting it. It is then complex to find it back (especially if the thread contained a single message and I hit space before actually reading the message, so I can't find it again). As a workaround, I have changed the space key function "notmuch-show-advance-and-archive" to not archive the thread if we are at the end of the thread, but to just do nothing. Thus I have to expicitely archive the thread when I have finished reading it, which I find much safer. I think the "and-archive" part of the space bar key should be at least configurable. The patch is pretty simple but I can provide it if needed. Note: The n and p keys are not good replacement for space/backspace. First, because they do not remove the 'read' tag. Second, when you are in the middle of a message, the p key go to the previous message instead of going on top of the current one. (Actually, the behaviour of n is fine, only p is annoying me). I think this is inconsistent with what others mode do (e.g. C-M-u in programming modes, or C-c C-p in org-mode), and the p key when in a message should go to the beginning of the current message. Matthieu