From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/83911 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alexander Baier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Create a group from a list of message-ids Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 10:44:16 +0100 Message-ID: <87ob58ak9b.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87vbzjs5fk.fsf@gmail.com> <844n71b5nh.fsf@davestoy.home> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1385372701 11990 80.91.229.3 (25 Nov 2013 09:45:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 09:45:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org To: Pedro Silva Original-X-From: ding-owner+M32166@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Nov 25 10:45:03 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Vksiv-0000bG-W3 for ding-account@gmane.org; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 10:44:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Vksil-0008Gu-7k; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 03:44:47 -0600 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Vksij-0008Gf-G5 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 03:44:45 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Vksie-000402-FU for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 03:44:45 -0600 Original-Received: from mail-wg0-f46.google.com ([74.125.82.46]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Vksic-00044I-NT for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 10:44:38 +0100 Original-Received: by mail-wg0-f46.google.com with SMTP id m15so3495711wgh.1 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 01:44:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:mail-followup-to:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=Y0yJXojrdz23O6hGlkj+ctwKKNcQmFjRgz4fkimXuRk=; b=MgTY28CyEhpX1wMf8o3x+o4ZB9Sg0OKq6qscXVY2T/zKjBnzNMt3s76Gh+VENjekvR kU9S/fMkSrVxUgHv9acOxbXt2zEvZn23FR63FStfcgUC9mOgq4/SqMBftctweVdHE5Dh RuCOBQMgshi9K24MDhEqbqVVn6f2LJwanKHnmIo23T9FF6vojZ73eYh9jbgeP2xUSuaL Ru3kGse/9/rF9+UN4zAoowIVG1354MEsiu+Vg9HtFaaYG67pD+XpQSMQkLLImXs7PT+w qXkAeXtFVfd7vmHNAQhjK3QXT+S/GIMvVaYezCxvxFe9hczVT+W99kdDSylyhEAShMjW s3pQ== X-Received: by 10.181.12.75 with SMTP id eo11mr12778724wid.37.1385372673335; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 01:44:33 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from T420s (nat-wh-wh36.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de. [141.70.81.154]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id x19sm48227451wia.5.2013.11.25.01.44.32 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 25 Nov 2013 01:44:32 -0800 (PST) Mail-Followup-To: Pedro Silva , ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: (Pedro Silva's message of "Mon, 25 Nov 2013 10:28:18 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130008 (Ma Gnus v0.8) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Score: -3.0 (---) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:83911 Archived-At: Hello Pedro, On 13-11-25 10:28 Pedro Silva wrote: > david.goldberg6@verizon.net (Dave Goldberg) writes: > >>> Hello, >>> I use a tool called mu [1] to index and search my mail, which is stored >>> in a Maildir folder. mu is able to give me the message ids of all the >>> mails that match a given query. I want to use these ids to create a new >>> group in gnus that shows the search result. So it basically boils down >>> to this: >> >>> Is there a function or facility in gnus that takes a list of message-ids >>> (or even a list of local path names) and creates a new group containing >>> the corresponding messages? >> >>> I am fine with writing some elisp to call out to mu and converting its >>> output to a list, I just need above mentioned functionality. >> >> nnir.el provides an interface to various search capabilities and although I >> can't speak to it as I don't use it, I see maildir mentioned for one of the >> backends. Perhaps that is enough to get you started. > > I while back I wanted exactly this. It's a work in progress; to be frank > I don't remeber if I ever for it working, as I switched away from > maildir and consequently mu. Worth a shot! > [...] > -- > Pedro This cerainly looks interesting. If I have time for this and I do not find that any other backend has better things to offer than mu, I might see if I get this working. Regards, -- Alex