[notmuch] Thoughts on notmuch and Lua

2010-01-16 Thread Ali Polatel
Carl Worth yazm??: > On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:09:34 +0200, Ali Polatel wrote: > > Carl Worth yazm??: > > > What do you think, Ali? Would an approach like that satisfy the things > > > you had in mind for hooks? > > > > It might, here are some thoughts and questions to help you elaborate: > > > > -

Re: [notmuch] Thoughts on notmuch and Lua

2010-01-16 Thread Sebastian
> We've talked about switching from default tags of "inbox" and "unread" > to simply having new mail tagged with a "new" tag. Ohh, please make the standard set of tags for new mail configurable in the config file. I might want to add different tags for special purposes, like "not_virus_scanned_y

[notmuch] Thoughts on notmuch and Lua

2010-01-16 Thread sebast...@sspaeth.de
> We've talked about switching from default tags of "inbox" and "unread" > to simply having new mail tagged with a "new" tag. Ohh, please make the standard set of tags for new mail configurable in the config file. I might want to add different tags for special purposes, like "not_virus_scanned_y

Re: [notmuch] Thoughts on notmuch and Lua

2010-01-16 Thread Ali Polatel
Carl Worth yazmış: > On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:09:34 +0200, Ali Polatel wrote: > > Carl Worth yazmış: > > > What do you think, Ali? Would an approach like that satisfy the things > > > you had in mind for hooks? > > > > It might, here are some thoughts and questions to help you elaborate: > > > > -

[notmuch] Thoughts on notmuch and Lua

2010-01-15 Thread Ali Polatel
Carl Worth yazm??: > On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:16:00 +1300, martin f krafft > wrote: > > Lua for hooks has the advantage that the hooks can be executed in > > the context of manipulateable objects. On the other hand, hooks in > > the style of run-parts directories are more flexible and accessible, >

Re: [notmuch] Thoughts on notmuch and Lua

2010-01-15 Thread Carl Worth
On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:09:34 +0200, Ali Polatel wrote: > Carl Worth yazmış: > > What do you think, Ali? Would an approach like that satisfy the things > > you had in mind for hooks? > > It might, here are some thoughts and questions to help you elaborate: > > - How will these scripts manipulate

[notmuch] Thoughts on notmuch and Lua

2010-01-15 Thread Carl Worth
On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:09:34 +0200, Ali Polatel wrote: > Carl Worth yazm??: > > What do you think, Ali? Would an approach like that satisfy the things > > you had in mind for hooks? > > It might, here are some thoughts and questions to help you elaborate: > > - How will these scripts manipulate

[notmuch] Thoughts on notmuch and Lua

2010-01-15 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Carl Worth [2010.01.15.1200 +1300]: > > Lua has many advantages over other scripting languages when it > > comes to integration with a C program. It has a very clean and > > easy C API, the overhead of running Lua scripts is not noticable > > among other things. > > I've definitely he

Re: [notmuch] Thoughts on notmuch and Lua

2010-01-15 Thread Ali Polatel
Carl Worth yazmış: > On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:16:00 +1300, martin f krafft > wrote: > > Lua for hooks has the advantage that the hooks can be executed in > > the context of manipulateable objects. On the other hand, hooks in > > the style of run-parts directories are more flexible and accessible, >

Re: [notmuch] Thoughts on notmuch and Lua

2010-01-15 Thread Carl Worth
On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:16:00 +1300, martin f krafft wrote: > Lua for hooks has the advantage that the hooks can be executed in > the context of manipulateable objects. On the other hand, hooks in > the style of run-parts directories are more flexible and accessible, > and could always be invoked a

[notmuch] Thoughts on notmuch and Lua

2010-01-15 Thread Carl Worth
On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:16:00 +1300, martin f krafft wrote: > Lua for hooks has the advantage that the hooks can be executed in > the context of manipulateable objects. On the other hand, hooks in > the style of run-parts directories are more flexible and accessible, > and could always be invoked

Re: [notmuch] Thoughts on notmuch and Lua

2010-01-14 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Carl Worth [2010.01.15.1200 +1300]: > > Lua has many advantages over other scripting languages when it > > comes to integration with a C program. It has a very clean and > > easy C API, the overhead of running Lua scripts is not noticable > > among other things. > > I've definitely he

Re: [notmuch] Thoughts on notmuch and Lua

2010-01-14 Thread Carl Worth
On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:47:13 +0200, Ali Polatel wrote: > Before trying to implement anything I decided to send a mail to the list > to ask people's opinion. Hi Ali, welcome to notmuch! I appreciate you soliciting opinions, but I hope that my answer won't discourage you. By all means, please feel

[notmuch] Thoughts on notmuch and Lua

2010-01-14 Thread Carl Worth
On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:47:13 +0200, Ali Polatel wrote: > Before trying to implement anything I decided to send a mail to the list > to ask people's opinion. Hi Ali, welcome to notmuch! I appreciate you soliciting opinions, but I hope that my answer won't discourage you. By all means, please feel

[notmuch] Thoughts on notmuch and Lua

2010-01-14 Thread Ali Polatel
Before trying to implement anything I decided to send a mail to the list to ask people's opinion. What's the problem? === Notmuch isn't very configurable. How can Lua integration solve this? === Here are initial thoughts on how to integrate Lua with

[notmuch] Thoughts on notmuch and Lua

2010-01-14 Thread Ali Polatel
Before trying to implement anything I decided to send a mail to the list to ask people's opinion. What's the problem? === Notmuch isn't very configurable. How can Lua integration solve this? === Here are initial thoughts on how to integrate Lua with