Aliases in notmuch queries

2013-07-20 Thread David Bremner
Suvayu Ali writes: > I'm not familiar with the notmuch code base at all, but I would like to > help getting this feature in. Do you have any hints where I should > start looking? Is there any background work that I could do? I think the following pieces are needed: 1) Enable synonyms when open

Aliases in notmuch queries

2013-07-19 Thread Suvayu Ali
Hi David, On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 06:12:19PM -0300, David Bremner wrote: > Suvayu Ali writes: > > > > > Often when searching for messages from these collaborators, I realise I > > cannot recall their real names (or cannot spell it correctly). It would > > be great if notmuch had a facility to m

Aliases in notmuch queries

2013-07-18 Thread David Bremner
Suvayu Ali writes: > > Often when searching for messages from these collaborators, I realise I > cannot recall their real names (or cannot spell it correctly). It would > be great if notmuch had a facility to map nicknames to real names; > something like what git does with .mailmap. > > Does som

Aliases in notmuch queries

2013-07-16 Thread Suvayu Ali
Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to have email/name aliases of some kind when performing notmuch queries. I work in a very international environment. It is quite common for people with complicated names to go by simpler nicknames (e.g. Greek, Russian, Chinese names). Often when searching f