Notmuch Addressbook manager for vim

DEPENDENCES

• notmuch with python bindings

INSTALL

• Standalone install

if you do not want to use the vim script file, you can install the module as follows:

python setup.py install

or using:

pip install notmuch_abook

• Vimscript install

Use vundle to install this script, add to your vimrc:

Bundle "guyzmo/notmuch-abook"

for convenience, you can create a symlink to your bin directory:

ln -s $HOME/.vim/bundle/notmuch-abook/pythonx/notmuch_abook.py ~/bin/notmuch-abook

CONFIGURATION

Open notmuch configuration file (usually $HOME/.notmuch-config) and add:

[addressbook]
path=/home/USER/.notmuch-abook.db
backend=sqlite3

where USER is your username (or at any other place).

The default notmuch query string is:

NOT tag:junk AND NOT folder:drafts AND NOT tag:deleted

If you prefer something else, you can specify it in notmuch configuration file:

[addressbook]
path=/home/USER/.notmuch-abook.db
backend=sqlite3
query=folder:Inbox OR folder:Sent

If you use a non-default notmuch configuration file, you should set the NOTMUCH_CONFIG environment variable (see notmuch man page). This can even be done inside the vimrc file, with:

let $NOTMUCH_CONFIG = expand("~/.notmuch-config-custom")

In your favorite mail filter program, add a rule such as (for procmail), so all new mail will be parsed:

:0 Wh
| python $HOME/.vim/bundle/notmuch-abook/pythonx/notmuch_abook.py update

If you can't use procmail (eg if you are using offlineimap) then you could put the following few lines at the start of the post-new hook (before you remove the new tag). Also note this is shell syntax, so you'll have to adapt if your hook is in another language.

# first update notmuch-abook
for file in $(notmuch search --output=files tag:new) ; do
    cat "$file" | $HOME/bin/notmuch-abook update
done

USAGE

For the first time, you shall launch the script as follows to create the addresses database (it takes ~20 seconds for 10000 mails):

python $HOME/.vim/bundle/notmuch-abook/pythonx/notmuch_abook.py create

and then, to lookup an address, either you use the vimscript to complete (<c-x><c-u>) the name in a header field, or you can call it from commandline:

python $HOME/.vim/bundle/notmuch-abook/pythonx/notmuch_abook.py lookup Guyz

the script will match any word beginning with the pattern in the name and address parts of the entry.

CONTRIBUTORS

• Maintainer: Bernard Guyzmo Pratz
• Contributors:
  • Lucas Hoffmann
  • Hamish Downer
  • Tomas Tomecek
  • David Edmondson
  • Jesse Rosenthal

LICENSE

(c)2013, Bernard Guyzmo Pratz, guyzmo at m0g dot net

Even though it is a WTFPL license, if you do improve that code, it's great, but if you don't tell me about that, you're just a moron. And if you like that code, you have the right to buy me a beer, thank me, or flattr/gittip me.

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Version 2, December 2004

Copyright (C) 2004 Sam Hocevar <sam@hocevar.net>

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