From cc2dc4896b858f60e564d49ae0829fc63732e6e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carl Worth Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:29:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] TODO: Add a bunch of ideas that have been on my mind lately. So get these out of my mind and out to the user community. --- TODO | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index ea6c3c28..dad927c3 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -1,5 +1,26 @@ +Fix the things that are causing the most pain to new users +---------------------------------------------------------- +1. A new import is tagging all messages as "inbox" -- total pain + +2. Allow an easy way to get tags from directory names (if the user has them) + +3. Allow an easy way to remove excess tags, (date-based search) + +4. Make emacs fast for big search results (see "lazy searching" below) + +5. Fix Xapian defect #250 so tagging is fast. + Emacs interface (notmuch.el) ---------------------------- +Add a command to archive all threads in a search view. + +Lazy searching: call "notmuch search" with --first and --max to fill +just a screenful of results, and then fill in more as ther user pages +through the buffer. + +Add a '|' binding from the search view. + +Add a binding to run a search from notmuch-show-mode. Portability ----------- @@ -17,6 +38,21 @@ and *then* --max-threads), and also complete value for --sort= notmuch command-line tool ------------------------- +Teach "notmuch search" to return many different kinds of results. Some +ideas: + + notmuch search --for threads # Default if no --for is given + notmuch search --for messages + notmuch search --for tags + notmuch search --for addresses + notmuch search --for terms + +Add a "--format" option to "notmuch search", (something printf-like +for selecting what gets printed). + +Add a "--count-only" (or so?) option to "notmuch search" for returning +the count of search results. + Give "notmuch restore" some progress indicator. Until we get the Xapian bugs fixed that are making this operation slow, we really need to let the user know that things are still moving.