From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brett Presnell Subject: Re: Can't store link in mu4e Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2016 15:39:32 -0400 Message-ID: <87r38yyw3v.fsf@ufl.edu> References: <87fupk3kee.fsf@ufl.edu> <877farjuwn.fsf@ufl.edu> <87eg4ywdjo.fsf@saiph.selenimh> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56329) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bgzk7-0001xu-Cy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Sep 2016 15:39:44 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bgzk1-0000vp-Dd for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Sep 2016 15:39:42 -0400 Received: from smtp-prod06.osg.ufl.edu ([128.227.74.254]:51894 helo=smtp.ufl.edu) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bgzk1-0000vd-67 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Sep 2016 15:39:37 -0400 In-reply-to: <87eg4ywdjo.fsf@saiph.selenimh> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: Nicolas Goaziou Cc: Org Mode Nicolas Goaziou writes: > Brett Presnell writes: > >> I'll report this to the mu developer in case he isn't already aware of >> the upcoming change in org mode. I wonder if org-mu4e.el wouldn't be >> better maintained as a part of org (like org-gnus.el and org-mew.el) >> rather than as a part of mu4e. > > "org-new.el" is not part of Org, but belongs to third-party "contrib/" > directory. > > Besides, mu4e, AFAIK, is not part part of Emacs. Yes, I realized before I contacted the mu developer that I should have said "as part of contrib", like org-mew.el, org-notmuch.el, org-vm.el, and org-wl.el (and unlike org-gnus.el, org-mhe.el, and org-rmail.el, which correspond to email clients distributed with emacs). I suppose that the contrib stuff wouldn't be installed in a standard installation of org, but I thought that it might give the mu developer a way to attach org-mu4e.el to the relevant version of org. Maybe this is a bad idea, but he already includes org-mu4e.el and org-old-mu4e.el, and now he's going to need to add another I guess, which seems suboptimal. > It may make sense to distribute it through GNU Elpa instead of packaging > it with mu4e itself, tho. That's a thought. Irrelevant aside: It's remarkable to me how important emacs has been to my life. For example, since 1990 I have used, in order, rmail, mhe, vm, gnus, and now mu4e, each for at least several years before switching to the next. I probably used gnus the longest (I had also used it in the 1980s and early 1990s to read usenet), and I only switched to mu4e because: (1) my work email was moved to MS Exchange whose IMAP server was practically unusable with gnus's IMAP implementation; and (2) my work responsibilities changed so that I needed to be able to search quickly through a ton of email, which mu is very good at. The changed work responsibilities also forced me to finally get more serious about org, and creating links to email messages and using org-capture to create TODOs that link back to email messages is an important part of that. Maybe this is a good time to thank everyone who has contributed to org mode. While I'll admit to some occassional frustrations, it's a great tool and I don't know what I would have done without it over the past few years. Thanks for making it.