From ad18e894f302bbd502c18b58f9df6fe3d2c8a818 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Artlef <artlef@localhost>
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2018 18:52:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Use notmuch with mutt for searching mails

---
 README.md | 4 +++-
 muttrc    | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c218f47..6f833cc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,5 +8,7 @@ Software to install:
 - Mutt as a mail client.
 - OfflineImap and Getmail to retrieve mail on disk.
 - Msmtp to send mail.
-- abook for managing addresses.
 - gpg for password storage and mail encryption.
+- notmuch for indexing and searching mail. To integrate it with mutt, use
+  [mutt-notmuch](https://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2011/01/how_to_use_Notmuch_with_Mutt/)
+- abook for managing addresses.
diff --git a/muttrc b/muttrc
index 473c538..0d54eb2 100644
--- a/muttrc
+++ b/muttrc
@@ -45,6 +45,15 @@ folder-hook $folder 'source ~/.mutt/perso'
 macro index,pager <f2> '<sync-mailbox><enter-command>source ~/.mutt/perso<enter><change-folder>!<enter>'
 macro index,pager <f3> '<sync-mailbox><enter-command>source ~/.mutt/gmail<enter><change-folder>!<enter>'
 
+# use notmuch, see mutt-notmuch
+macro index <F8> \
+    "<enter-command>unset wait_key<enter><shell-escape>~/bin/mutt-notmuch --prompt search<enter><change-folder-readonly>~/.cache/mutt_results<enter>" \
+    "search mail (using notmuch)"
+
+macro index <F9> \
+"<enter-command>unset wait_key<enter><pipe-message>~/bin/mutt-notmuch thread<enter><change-folder-readonly>~/.cache/mutt_results<enter><enter-command>set wait_key<enter>" \
+    "search and reconstruct owning thread (using notmuch)"
+
 #colors
 source ~/.mutt/colors.linux