On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:02:43 +0000, David Edmondson <dme at dme.org> wrote: > On Mon, 5 Sep 2011 07:14:36 +0300, Antono Vasiljev <self at antono.info> > wrote: > > If the poll script runs asynchronously, won't the notmuch-search output > refresh and jump into my face when I'm busy doing something else? And, > if I'm not busy doing something else, why can't I just wait for the poll > script to complete?
Well, he might have dropped it (and notmuch), but I've been wondering about the possibilities of this for the emacs client. What I was imagining was some sort of modeline notifier, like what ERC offers. It could easily alert you without jumping into your face. Just musing -- I haven't had time to actually think it all the way through. --J