Jani Nikula <j...@nikula.org> writes: > On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 11:56 AM, Linus Arver <linusar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Unfortunately, I cannot find enough information online about what any of >> these functions do, or what the concept of "archiving" means. From >> reading some of the sources in notmuch-tree.el I found out that >> archiving a message results in "applying the tag changes in >> `notmuch-archive-tags' to it" but I am not sure what this means. > > Archiving, by default, simply means removing the inbox tag, either > from a single message or from all messages in a thread. You can use > notmuch-archive-tags to configure the tag change actions if you like. > >> I found out that the key bindings are in that same file, which assigns >> "a" to notmuch-tree-archive-message-then-next; when I press "a" in my >> inbox view (all messages tagged "inbox"), it appears to just remove the >> "inbox" tag. I have some questions: >> >> (1) What is the point of archiving (what problem does it solve)? > > Remove the messages from your inbox search. (At least I prefer to keep > this distinct from removing the unread tag; I archive tons of messages > without reading, and I have some messages with inbox tag that I've > already read.) > >> (2) Do any other things happen to such archived messages, apart from the >> tag being removed? > > No. Optionally, you can configure notmuch-archive-tags to remove more > or other tags, or add tags. > >> (3) How do I un-archive these messages, if I press the "a" key by >> accident? > > Find the message, hit "k k a". ("k" enters a submenu for doing > customizable tagging operations quickly, "k k" does the reverse > operation.) > > BR, > Jani.
That was very helpful, thanks. -- Best, Linus _______________________________________________ notmuch mailing list notmuch@notmuchmail.org https://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch