I started with a fresh setup with the latest notmuch & alot, and now I'm getting this exception.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "bin/alot", line 20, in <module>
    main()
  File "/home/lmacken/code/github.org/alot/alot/init.py", line 95, in main
    args.colours,
  File "/home/lmacken/code/github.org/alot/alot/ui.py", line 75, in __init__
    self.mainloop.run()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/urwid/main_loop.py", line 169, in run
    self.screen.run_wrapper(self._run)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/urwid/raw_display.py", line 233, in run_wrapper
    return fn()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/urwid/main_loop.py", line 180, in _run
    self.draw_screen()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/urwid/main_loop.py", line 360, in draw_screen
    canvas = self.widget.render(self.screen_size, focus=True)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/urwid/widget.py", line 134, in cached_render
    canv = fn(self, size, focus=focus)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/urwid/container.py", line 568, in render
    focus and self.focus_part == 'body')
  File "/home/lmacken/code/github.org/alot/alot/buffer.py", line 41, in render
    return self.body.render(size, focus)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/urwid/widget.py", line 134, in cached_render
    canv = fn(self, size, focus=focus)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/urwid/listbox.py", line 327, in render
    (maxcol, maxrow), focus=focus)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/urwid/listbox.py", line 214, in calculate_visible
    self._set_focus_complete( (maxcol, maxrow), focus )
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/urwid/listbox.py", line 475, in _set_focus_complete
    (maxcol,maxrow), focus)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/urwid/listbox.py", line 445, in _set_focus_first_selectable
    (maxcol, maxrow), focus=focus)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/urwid/listbox.py", line 217, in calculate_visible
    focus_widget, focus_pos = self.body.get_focus()
  File "/home/lmacken/code/github.org/alot/alot/walker.py", line 34, in get_focus
    return self._get_at_pos(self.focus)
  File "/home/lmacken/code/github.org/alot/alot/walker.py", line 63, in _get_at_pos
    widget = self._get_next_item()
  File "/home/lmacken/code/github.org/alot/alot/walker.py", line 72, in _get_next_item
    next_widget = self.containerclass(next_obj, **self.kwargs)
  File "/home/lmacken/code/github.org/alot/alot/widgets.py", line 37, in __init__
    self.rebuild()
  File "/home/lmacken/code/github.org/alot/alot/widgets.py", line 44, in rebuild
    newest = self.thread.get_newest_date()
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_newest_date'

e.g.:

${num_mails_in_thread} ${subject} ${from} ${tags} ${timestamp}

or maybe make the search view column based as well (cf issue #18) and make the order of the columns configurable?

Try to convert to ascii first and if that fails convert to mime-utf8.
This applies to all header fields and text parts of a mail.

arrows up/down should browse through a history of recently typed commands.

This can be done either by making the custom edit-widget a bit smarter and reusing
the same widget all the time. Alternatively one can store the history in ui itself
and capture keystrokes in ui.prompt accordingly. The first solution is probably cleaner.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/alot", line 20, in
main()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/init.py", line 95, in main
args.colours,
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/ui.py", line 75, in init
self.mainloop.run()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 271, in run
self.screen.run_wrapper(self._run)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/raw_display.py", line 228, in run_wrapper
return fn()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 292, in _run
self.event_loop.run()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 667, in run
self._loop()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 705, in _loop
self._watch_filesfd
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 343, in _update
self.process_input(keys)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 432, in process_input
k = self._topmost_widget.keypress(self.screen_size, k)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/ui.py", line 42, in keypress
self.ui.apply_command(cmd)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/ui.py", line 384, in apply_command
cmd.apply(self)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/command.py", line 383, in apply
completer=ContactsCompleter(ui.accountman))
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/ui.py", line 144, in prompt
editpart.keypress(size, key)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/widgets.py", line 185, in keypress
self.completer.complete(self.edit_text, self.edit_pos)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/completion.py", line 127, in complete
res = res + abook.lookup(prefix)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/account.py", line 300, in lookup
lines = lines.replace('\t', ' ' * 4).splitlines()
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'replace'

restructured text?

I would love alot to ask for confirmation before terminating the application.
This is true for when pressing 'q' as much as when closing the last buffer.

Request

I'd like to be able to specify a set of tags that I don't want to appear in that list that shows all the tags that appear with any mail in the thread.

Justification

I apply a 'sent' tag to the mails in the 'sent' maildir directory. That feels pretty intuitive to me and makes for easy searching for the mails oneself sent. If searching for the inbox tag, though, the sent tag always appears in combination with the replied tag - which makes displaying it rather a waste of screen estate.
Additionally, I might spend considerable time in the view of the safed search for the inbox tag (yes, in my inbox; I'm sorry -.-). It might be superfluous to display the inbox tag in that search in every line.

Situation

The USAGE file states

[global-maps]
    [...]
x = bclose

[bufferlist-maps]
d = closefocussed

Problem

For me 'd' seems do close the current buffer while 'x' seems to close the selected buffer while in the bufferlist buffer.
I am rather uncertain, though, whether this is really an error in the documentation, since the documented behaviour might be the more desirable one.

Solution

• Adapt documentation to observed behaviour
• Adjust behaviour to match documented specification

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/alot", line 20, in
main()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/init.py", line 90, in main
args.colours,
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/ui.py", line 74, in init
self.mainloop.run()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 271, in run
self.screen.run_wrapper(self._run)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/raw_display.py", line 228, in run_wrapper
return fn()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 292, in _run
self.event_loop.run()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 667, in run
self._loop()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 696, in _loop
self._entering_idle()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 617, in _entering_idle
callback()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 482, in entering_idle
self.draw_screen()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 493, in draw_screen
canvas = self._topmost_widget.render(self.screen_size, focus=True)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/widget.py", line 131, in cached_render
canv = fn(self, size, focus=focus)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/container.py", line 586, in render
focus and self.focus_part == 'body')
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/buffer.py", line 41, in render
return self.body.render(size, focus)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/widget.py", line 131, in cached_render
canv = fn(self, size, focus=focus)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/listbox.py", line 328, in render
(maxcol, maxrow), focus=focus)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/listbox.py", line 216, in calculate_visible
self._set_focus_complete( (maxcol, maxrow), focus )
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/listbox.py", line 495, in _set_focus_complete
(maxcol,maxrow), focus)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/listbox.py", line 465, in _set_focus_first_selectable
(maxcol, maxrow), focus=focus)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/listbox.py", line 276, in calculate_visible
next, pos = self.body.get_next( pos )
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/walker.py", line 41, in get_next
return self._get_at_pos(start_from + 1)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/walker.py", line 63, in _get_at_pos
widget = self._get_next_item()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/walker.py", line 72, in _get_next_item
next_widget = self.containerclass(next_obj, **self.kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/widgets.py", line 35, in init
self.rebuild()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/widgets.py", line 41, in rebuild
datestring = pretty_datetime(self.thread.get_newest_date()).rjust(10)
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_newest_date'

alot dies reproducibly when trying to open a certain thread.

$ alot

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/alot", line 20, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/alot/init.py", line 90, in main
    args.colours,
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/alot/ui.py", line 74, in __init__
    self.mainloop.run()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.6-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 271, in run
    self.screen.run_wrapper(self._run)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.6-linux-i686.egg/urwid/raw_display.py", line 228, in run_wrapper
    return fn()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.6-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 292, in _run
    self.event_loop.run()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.6-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 667, in run
    self._loop()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.6-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 705, in _loop
    self._watch_files[fd]()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.6-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 343, in _update
    self.process_input(keys)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.6-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 432, in process_input
    k = self._topmost_widget.keypress(self.screen_size, k)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/alot/ui.py", line 42, in keypress
    self.ui.apply_command(cmd)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/alot/ui.py", line 349, in apply_command
    cmd.apply(self)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/alot/command.py", line 88, in apply
    sb = buffer.ThreadBuffer(ui, self.thread)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/alot/buffer.py", line 192, in __init__
    self.rebuild()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/alot/buffer.py", line 232, in rebuild
    bars_at=bars)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/alot/widgets.py", line 213, in __init__
    self.sumline = self._build_sum_line()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/alot/widgets.py", line 235, in _build_sum_line
    self.sumw = MessageSummaryWidget(self.message, even=self.even)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/alot/widgets.py", line 361, in __init__
    sumstr = self.__str__()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/alot/widgets.py", line 366, in __str__
    return self.message.__str__()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/alot/message.py", line 58, in __str__
    return "%s (%s)" % (aname, self.get_datestring())
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 1: ordinal not in range(128)

Please let me know if you need further, more specific information on the mails.

account.SendmailAccount.send and the PrintCommand
basically do the same thing: opening pipes to an external process and
print mails to it. This should be put into alot.helper and and both should just
use it.
This would make piping mails/threads to arbitrary command easy:
maybe add a threadview mapping
| = prompt for shellcommand and pipe selected mail to it.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./alot/init.py", line 99, in
main()
File "./alot/init.py", line 95, in main
args.colours,
File "/home/pazz/projects/alot/alot/ui.py", line 75, in init
self.mainloop.run()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 271, in run
self.screen.run_wrapper(self._run)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/raw_display.py", line 228, in run_wrapper
return fn()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 292, in _run
self.event_loop.run()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 667, in run
self._loop()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 705, in _loop
self._watch_filesfd
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 343, in _update
self.process_input(keys)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 432, in process_input
k = self._topmost_widget.keypress(self.screen_size, k)
File "/home/pazz/projects/alot/alot/ui.py", line 42, in keypress
self.ui.apply_command(cmd)
File "/home/pazz/projects/alot/alot/ui.py", line 384, in apply_command
cmd.apply(self)
File "/home/pazz/projects/alot/alot/command.py", line 503, in apply
in_to = [a for a in my_addresses if a in mail['To']]
TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable

this makes the start of the tags wiggle (and drives me further from my ultimate goal of having everything locked away in columns evil laugh ;)) seriously though, I think having a column like look here should improve readability; and aligning num_mails should be possible without wasting too much screen space.

call a hook when ui.notify() is triggered.
This could be used to trigger libnotify popups.

The hook should get all the parameters notify received: message, timeout, priority.
Maybe it's a good idea to additionally hand over the 4 standard hook arguments: ui, dbm, accountman, config

1. interpret signature setting in account sections
2. edit in envelope attaches this file if not already there.

attach keymap in envelopes
could be done more elegantly by simply mapping a to prompt attach

One way would be adding a header line like mutt does.
Another is to have a overlay popup that displays a table
keybinding | cmdline | description.
How do we get the descriptions for user-added maps? Where do we put the descriptions for the default
bindings?
This could be done with an additional (optional) line in the X-maps sections of the config:
for a mapping line, e.g.

t = toggletag TODO
the line
t_help = toggles TODO tag

will be automatically interpreted as help string.

the default colours work well in my white-on-black terminal windows
but should be OK on bright terms as well.

Alternatively, provide a nicer looking theme for BoW terms

Request

I'd very much like the thread view to be column based, so that the (equally spaced (cf issue #17)) dates are nicely aligned to the right of the window.

cf Thunderbird's layout for reference.

Challenges

• The thread tree would span across a column
• Column widths would have to scale with the window size.

Thread already has this parameter for remove_tags and add_tags methods.
The fact that message doesn't but we use msg.remove_tag('unread') when opening messages
lead to unsynced maildir flags..

We should read the corresponding setting from ~/.notmuchrc

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/alot", line 20, in
main()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/init.py", line 95, in main
args.colours,
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/ui.py", line 75, in init
self.mainloop.run()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 271, in run
self.screen.run_wrapper(self._run)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/raw_display.py", line 228, in run_wrapper
return fn()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 292, in _run
self.event_loop.run()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 667, in run
self._loop()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 705, in _loop
self._watch_filesfd
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 343, in _update
self.process_input(keys)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 432, in process_input
k = self._topmost_widget.keypress(self.screen_size, k)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/ui.py", line 42, in keypress
self.ui.apply_command(cmd)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/ui.py", line 384, in apply_command
cmd.apply(self)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/command.py", line 89, in apply
sb.unfold_matching(query)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/buffer.py", line 255, in unfold_matching
mw.fold(visible=True)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/widgets.py", line 334, in fold
bw = self._get_body_widget()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/widgets.py", line 303, in _get_body_widget
cols = [MessageBodyWidget(self.message.get_email())]
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/widgets.py", line 460, in init
bodytxt = message.extract_body(msg)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/message.py", line 187, in extract_body
raw_payload = unicode(raw_payload, enc)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xa8 in position 230: ordinal not in range(128)

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/alot", line 20, in
main()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/init.py", line 95, in main
args.colours,
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/ui.py", line 75, in init
self.mainloop.run()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 271, in run
self.screen.run_wrapper(self._run)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/raw_display.py", line 228, in run_wrapper
return fn()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 292, in _run
self.event_loop.run()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 667, in run
self._loop()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 705, in _loop
self._watch_filesfd
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 185, in cb
rval = callback(data)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/command.py", line 163, in afterwards
self.on_success()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/command.py", line 766, in openEnvelopeFromTmpfile
key, value = line.strip().split(':', 1)

needs fumbling around with github-tools because github pages don't like sphinx's _static folder,
see http://pazz.github.com/alot/
doc gen is as easy as cd docs; make html

http://dinoboff.github.com/github-tools/overview.html#usage
cant install on ubuntu
easy_install github-tools
Searching for github-tools
Best match: github-tools 0.2rc1
Processing github_tools-0.2rc1-py2.7.egg
github-tools 0.2rc1 is already the active version in easy-install.pth

Using /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/github_tools-0.2rc1-py2.7.egg
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I'd like to have those tags displayed with every mail that are 'non-defining' for that thread, where 'defining' tags are those that are attached to every mail in that thread. E.g.:

[inbox alot issues] sent       dtk
[inbox alot issues]             |_ pazz
[inbox alot issues] replied        |_ bruce lee
[inbox alot issues] sent                     |_ dtk

with the defining tags being put in brackets and only the other one's to be displayed

I want my flagged threads to show up on orange background, my deleted one's on red, unread in blue,bold, ... u catch my drift. alot ;P

hit m, choose account (enter) not To: is displayed. Hit esc to cancel and:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/alot", line 20, in
main()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/init.py", line 95, in main
args.colours,
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/ui.py", line 74, in init
self.mainloop.run()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 271, in run
self.screen.run_wrapper(self._run)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/raw_display.py", line 228, in run_wrapper
return fn()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 292, in _run
self.event_loop.run()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 667, in run
self._loop()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 705, in _loop
self._watch_filesfd
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 343, in _update
self.process_input(keys)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 432, in process_input
k = self._topmost_widget.keypress(self.screen_size, k)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/ui.py", line 42, in keypress
self.ui.apply_command(cmd)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/ui.py", line 349, in apply_command
cmd.apply(self)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/command.py", line 381, in apply
self.mail['To'] = encode_header('to', to)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/message.py", line 245, in encode_header
rawentries = value.split(',')
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'split'

before starting to hack on the larger issues, release a 0.11 version
that merges develop to master.

• write news/changelog
• generate and upload api docs

http://excess.org/urwid/reference.html#AttrSpec
for colours see/run palette_test.py from http://excess.org/urwid/browser/palette_test.py

it seems that only the widgets are redrawn according to a non-updated thread object.
self.thread.update() ?

python-keyczar seems nice, alternatively python-gnupg

One ove the issues would be retrievng passphrases from gpg-agent and alternatively
prompt via the urwid ui and not via readline

If an attachment has content-type octet/stream and a filename with extention
let mime lib guess its type: http://docs.python.org/library/mimetypes.html

move mainwidget to overlay bg, promptedit as overlay foreground,
that way apparently the prompt gets all keypresses.

this would make the ugly while-true loop obsolete

The current master doesn't fill up the rest of a line in a search (e.g. inbox) with the beginning of the mail body. Which I like a lot -.-
The current develop does, though, going sup style. Is there a way to restore the previous behaviour? I find sup's layout highly unclear und like mutt's much better.
thx ;)

should be done nicer:

1. there should be a keybinding
2. save cmd doesnt always write!

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/alot", line 20, in
main()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/init.py", line 95, in main
args.colours,
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/ui.py", line 75, in init
self.mainloop.run()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 271, in run
self.screen.run_wrapper(self._run)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/raw_display.py", line 228, in run_wrapper
return fn()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 292, in _run
self.event_loop.run()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 667, in run
self._loop()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 705, in _loop
self._watch_filesfd
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 343, in _update
self.process_input(keys)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 432, in process_input
k = self._topmost_widget.keypress(self.screen_size, k)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/ui.py", line 42, in keypress
self.ui.apply_command(cmd)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/ui.py", line 384, in apply_command
cmd.apply(self)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/command.py", line 89, in apply
sb.unfold_matching(query)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/buffer.py", line 256, in unfold_matching
mw.fold(visible=True)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/widgets.py", line 332, in fold
aw = self._get_attachment_widget()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/widgets.py", line 288, in _get_attachment_widget
cols = [AttachmentWidget(a)]
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/widgets.py", line 469, in init
widget = urwid.AttrMap(urwid.Text(unicode(self.attachment)),
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/message.py", line 294, in str
self.get_filename(),
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/alot/message.py", line 299, in get_filename
return os.path.basename(self.part.get_filename())
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/posixpath.py", line 112, in basename
i = p.rfind('/') + 1
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'rfind'

I get the following traceback when trying to reply to a mail from someone with a non-ascii name.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/lmacken/code/github.org/alot/env/bin/alot", line 20, in <module>
    main()
  File "/home/lmacken/code/github.org/alot/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/alot/init.py", line 90, in main
    args.colours,
  File "/home/lmacken/code/github.org/alot/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/alot/ui.py", line 74, in __init__
    self.mainloop.run()
  File "/home/lmacken/code/github.org/alot/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 271, in run
    self.screen.run_wrapper(self._run)
  File "/home/lmacken/code/github.org/alot/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/raw_display.py", line 228, in run_wrapper
    return fn()
  File "/home/lmacken/code/github.org/alot/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 292, in _run
    self.event_loop.run()
  File "/home/lmacken/code/github.org/alot/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 667, in run
    self._loop()
  File "/home/lmacken/code/github.org/alot/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 705, in _loop
    self._watch_files[fd]()
  File "/home/lmacken/code/github.org/alot/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 343, in _update
    self.process_input(keys)
  File "/home/lmacken/code/github.org/alot/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 432, in process_input
    k = self._topmost_widget.keypress(self.screen_size, k)
  File "/home/lmacken/code/github.org/alot/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/alot/ui.py", line 42, in keypress
    self.ui.apply_command(cmd)
  File "/home/lmacken/code/github.org/alot/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/alot/ui.py", line 349, in apply_command
    cmd.apply(self)
  File "/home/lmacken/code/github.org/alot/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/alot/command.py", line 481, in apply
    mailcontent += '>' + line + '\n'
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc5 in position 17: ordinal not in range(128)

just as for prompt..

like in TagsCompleter

To fold away body parts of messages, define MessageBodyWidget
as urwid.Pile that contains foldable subparts.
Maybe we can subclass urwid.Text to define a FoldableText widget for this.
These should be selectable so that command.ThreadSelect can handle them

When EnvelopeSendCommand sends a mail,
it and the account has a sent_box, it will save the mail to this mbox.
Only after the next notmuch new is triggered will this mail be visible in searches.
It should be added to the index right after it gets saved.

make the timestamp in the thread view more detailed, e.g. as in

18.08.2011 02:22 

print_cmd defaults to muttprint, so not setting it and not having muttprint installed
will result in a red error notification.

1. default to none,
2. PrintCommand tests for that and ui.notifies a nice msg on how to set this up
3. OK message afterwards should display the command used? (printed mail/thread using CMD..)?

fill unused line space with message body content as sup does.
This should only require to change widgets.ThreadlineWidget

alot regularly dies with this stacktrace for me:

$ alot

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/alot", line 20, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/alot/init.py", line 90, in main
    args.colours,
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/alot/ui.py", line 74, in __init__
    self.mainloop.run()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.6-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 271, in run
    self.screen.run_wrapper(self._run)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.6-linux-i686.egg/urwid/raw_display.py", line 228, in run_wrapper
    return fn()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.6-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 292, in _run
    self.event_loop.run()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.6-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 667, in run
    self._loop()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.6-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 705, in _loop
    self._watch_files[fd]()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.6-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 343, in _update
    self.process_input(keys)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/urwid-1.0.0-py2.6-linux-i686.egg/urwid/main_loop.py", line 432, in process_input
    k = self._topmost_widget.keypress(self.screen_size, k)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/alot/ui.py", line 42, in keypress
    self.ui.apply_command(cmd)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/alot/ui.py", line 349, in apply_command
    cmd.apply(self)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/alot/command.py", line 90, in apply
    sb.unfold_matching(query)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/alot/buffer.py", line 257, in unfold_matching
    mw.fold(visible=True)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/alot/widgets.py", line 312, in fold
    bw = self._get_body_widget()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/alot/widgets.py", line 281, in _get_body_widget
    cols = [MessageBodyWidget(self.message.get_email())]
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/alot/widgets.py", line 438, in __init__
    bodytxt = message.extract_body(msg)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/alot/message.py", line 188, in extract_body
    rendered_payload = helper.cmd_output(cmd)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/alot/helper.py", line 49, in cmd_output
    output = subprocess.check_output(args)
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'check_output'
$

I am uncertain whether this is unique to my setup.

pro:

• it supports optparse style params for commands
• allows for piping
• help mechanism

contra:

• input only from readline -> completion and output display must be done separately
• cannot handle modi: one Cmd object per mode or one Cmd with many unusable (in current mode) valid commands

this needs a rewrite of how command objects are created:
instead of the commandfactory, ui should have an instance of a Cmd2.Cmd subclass
that defines do_X for all alot.Command subclasses that just creates an object of that class.
help_x should print that alot.Command's docstring?