(require 'rmail)
-;; Global to all RMAIL buffers. It exists primarily for the sake of
-;; completion. It is better to use strings with the label functions
-;; and let them worry about making the label.
+;; Global to all RMAIL buffers. It exists for the sake of completion.
+;; It is better to use strings with the label functions and let them
+;; worry about making the label.
+(defvar rmail-label-obarray (make-vector 47 0)
+ "Obarray of labels used by Rmail.
+`rmail-read-label' uses this to offer completion.")
-(defvar rmail-label-obarray (make-vector 47 0))
-
-(mapc (function (lambda (s) (intern s rmail-label-obarray)))
- '("deleted" "answered" "filed" "forwarded" "unseen" "edited"
- "resent"))
+;; Initialize with the standard labels.
+(mapc (lambda (s) (intern (cadr s) rmail-label-obarray))
+ rmail-attr-array)
(defun rmail-make-label (s)
+ "Convert string S to a downcased symbol in `rmail-label-obarray'."
(intern (downcase s) rmail-label-obarray))
\f
;;;###autoload
-(defun rmail-add-label (string)
+(defun rmail-add-label (label)
"Add LABEL to labels associated with current RMAIL message.
-Performs completion over known labels when reading."
+Completes (see `rmail-read-label') over known labels when reading.
+LABEL may be a symbol or string."
(interactive (list (rmail-read-label "Add label")))
- (rmail-set-label string t))
+ (rmail-set-label label t))
;;;###autoload
-(defun rmail-kill-label (string)
+(defun rmail-kill-label (label)
"Remove LABEL from labels associated with current RMAIL message.
-Performs completion over known labels when reading."
+Completes (see `rmail-read-label') over known labels when reading.
+LABEL may be a symbol or string."
(interactive (list (rmail-read-label "Remove label")))
- (rmail-set-label string nil))
+ (rmail-set-label label nil))
;;;###autoload
(defun rmail-read-label (prompt)
+ "Read a label with completion, prompting with PROMPT.
+Completions are chosen from `rmail-label-obarray'. The default
+is `rmail-last-label', if that is non-nil. Updates `rmail-last-label'
+according to the choice made, and returns a symbol."
(let ((result
(completing-read (concat prompt
(if rmail-last-label
(declare-function rmail-summary-update-line "rmailsum" (n))
(defun rmail-set-label (label state &optional msg)
- "Set LABEL as present or absent according to STATE in message MSG."
+ "Set LABEL as present or absent according to STATE in message MSG.
+LABEL may be a symbol or string."
+ (or (stringp label) (setq label (symbol-name label)))
(with-current-buffer rmail-buffer
(rmail-maybe-set-message-counters)
(if (not msg) (setq msg rmail-current-message))
(rmail-set-attribute attr-index state msg)
;; Is this keyword already present in msg's keyword list?
(let* ((header (rmail-get-header rmail-keyword-header msg))
- (regexp (concat ", " (regexp-quote (symbol-name label)) ","))
+ (regexp (concat ", " (regexp-quote label) ","))
(present (string-match regexp (concat ", " header ","))))
;; If current state is not correct,
(unless (eq present state)
(if state
;; Add this keyword at the end.
(if (and header (not (string= header "")))
- (concat header ", " (symbol-name label))
- (symbol-name label))
+ (concat header ", " label)
+ label)
;; Delete this keyword.
(let ((before (substring header 0
(max 0 (- (match-beginning 0) 2))))
after)
((string= after "")
before)
- (t (concat before ", " after))))))
- (if (rmail-summary-exists)
- (rmail-select-summary
- (rmail-summary-update-line msg))))))
- (if (= msg rmail-current-message)
- (rmail-display-labels)))))
+ (t (concat before ", " after))))))))))
+ (if (rmail-summary-exists)
+ (rmail-select-summary
+ (rmail-summary-update-line msg)))
+ (if (= msg rmail-current-message)
+ (rmail-display-labels))))
\f
;; Motion on messages with keywords.