(add-to-list 'recentf-exclude "/tmp/mymail-vm-.*\.mbox")
+(defcustom mymail/default-search-request ""
+ "Default request to add to any search"
+ :type 'string)
+
(defun mymail/vm-visit-folder (param)
+ "Read a comma-separated list of search requests for mymail,
+create a temporary mbox with the resulting mails, and open it in
+vm with `vm-visit-folder'.
+
+The string `mymail/default-search-request' is automatically
+concatenated to the provided request, except if the request is
+prefaced with \\."
(interactive
- (list (read-string "mymail: " nil 'mymail-vm-history)))
+ (list (read-string "mymail-vm: " nil 'mymail-vm-history)))
(let ((n 1)
(mbox-name nil)
- (args (mapconcat
- (lambda (searche-request) (concat "-s " "\"" searche-request "\""))
- (split-string param ",")
- " ")))
+
+ (search-args
+
+ (apply 'nconc
+ (mapcar
+ (lambda (searche-request)
+ (if (not (string= searche-request ""))
+ (list "-s" searche-request)))
+ (if (string= (substring param 0 1) "\\")
+ (split-string (substring param 1 nil))
+ (split-string (concat param "," mymail/default-search-request) ","))
+ )))
+
+ )
+
(while (get-file-buffer (setq mbox-name (format "/tmp/mymail-vm-%d.mbox" n)))
(setq n (+ n 1)))
- (shell-command (concat "mymail " args " > " mbox-name))
- (vm-visit-folder mbox-name t)
+ (if (= (apply 'call-process
+ (nconc (list "mymail" nil nil nil
+ "--output" mbox-name
+ "--default-search" "p")
+ search-args))
+ 0)
+ (vm-visit-folder mbox-name t)
+ (message "mymail failed"))
))