(Sorry if anyone gets this twice; I sent it to the list initially from the wrong email address.)
On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 02:01, Jani Nikula <j...@nikula.org> wrote: > On Tue, 6 Sep 2011 08:23:43 -0700 (PDT), Adam Wolfe Gordon > <awg+notm...@xvx.ca> wrote: >> I think having an option to sort the saved searches is a fine idea. >> The Emacs Way would probably be to have an option for the sort order >> that takes the name of a function, which is called to sort the >> searches. My first thought is that this isn't very user-friendly. >> But, thinking about it a bit more, if the default causes the searches >> to be sorted alphabetically, and setting the value to nil causes them >> not to be sorted, then it's user-friendly for the two most common >> cases, and still 100% customizable for those who want different sort >> orders. > > Please find this implemented in patch 1. I've tried the patches, and they work properly for me. I think this looks good; hopefully others agree. > I hardly use tags at all. I have dozens of saved searches instead. Thus > I want the saved searches to be easy to find, and I'd rather have the > computer sort them for me. I do admit to renaming the most important > ones to start with capital letters so they pop up first even when > sorted. > > Since it seems that people generally prefer to keep the most important > saved searches first in the list, I've included patch 2 to make new > saved searches be added to the end of the list rather than inserted in > the beginning. Indeed, I expect there are many different notmuch workflows. I think these patches keep notmuch general enough to support any workflow, while making the common ones very easy to use. -- Adam Wolfe Gordon _______________________________________________ notmuch mailing list notmuch@notmuchmail.org http://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch