Quoth Dmitry Kurochkin on Dec 12 at 2:21 pm: > On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:15:44 +0200, Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila at iki.fi> wrote: > > On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:31:03 -0500, Austin Clements <amdragon at MIT.EDU> > > wrote: > > > > > > So here's another idea, prefaced with a rant. > > > > > > It's bothered me for a long time that notmuch-emacs didn't just know > > > by default how to check for new mail. What MUA doesn't know how to > > > check for new mail? Why does a new user of notmuch have to tell it > > > how to check for new mail? Of course, this *had* to be configured > > > before because everyone had their own way of checking for new mail. > > > Hooks eliminate this unnecessary flexibility and make "notmuch new" > > > the one true way to check for new mail---as it ought to be---and in > > > turn make the notmuch-poll-script variable obsolete. > > > > > > So, what about changing the default "" setting of notmuch-poll-script > > > from meaning "do nothing and be useless" to meaning "run notmuch new > > > (using notmuch-command)"? It will then automatically do the right > > > thing for new users, while still being backward-compatible and > > > allowing an escape hatch for bizarre situations. > > > > +1 > > > > So, it could work like this: > > > > (defun notmuch-poll () > > "FIX DOCSTRING" > > (interactive) > > (if (stringp notmuch notmuch-poll-script) > > (if (string= notmuch-poll-script "") > > (call-process notmuch-command nil nil nil "new") > > (call-process notmuch-poll-script)))) > > > > I.e. in case notmuch-poll-script == nil, (or not string) > > do nothing. In case notmuch-poll-script == "" execute notmuch new > > and if notmuch-poll-script is string with content execute that. > > > > I think the following scheme would be slightly better and more > consistent: > > * nil - run "notmuch new", the new default > * "" - do nothing > * "script" - run script > > Regards, > Dmitry
I like it!