Finding the latest messages

[Magnus Therning]

After some initial surprise I found that mu4e limits the number of
matches in a search. The limit is controlled by
mu4e-headers-search-limit and is 500 by default. This means that when I
want to view my archive that currently has 1781 messages

$ find .maildir-work/\[Gmail\]All \Mail -type f|wc -l
1781

I see less than a third of the messages. That's all right, but isn't is
that I don't see the 500 *latest* messages. (I haven't verified it but I
suspect I see the 500 oldest messages.)

I've tried C-u, but that doesn't seem to work when jumping.

I can of course set mu4e-headers-search-limit to -1, but as noted in the
docs that affects performance negatively.

Is there some way to get mu4e to limit the search matches to the N
latest messages?

/M

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[Eduardo Mercovich]

Hi Magnus.

> After some initial surprise I found that mu4e limits the number of

> matches in a search. [...] Is there some way to get mu4e to limit the

> search matches to the N latest messages?

In the command line, I use this to see the last messages:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---

find maildir:/your-account/your-folder --fields "d f s" --sortfield=date --reverse --maxnum=10

--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

As you can see, the trick is the last parameter: --maxnum.

HTH. :)


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eduardo mercovich

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[Ken Mankoff]

On 2016-04-01 at 11:02, Eduardo Mercovich <eduardo....@gmail.com> wrote:
>> After some initial surprise I found that mu4e limits the number of
>> matches in a search. [...] Is there some way to get mu4e to limit the
>> search matches to the N latest messages?
>
> In the command line, I use this to see the last messages:
>

> As you can see, the trick is the last parameter: --maxnum.
>

Actually, the trick is to sort in reverse date order, so newest is on top.

-k.

[Yuri D'Elia]

On Fri, Apr 01 2016, Ken Mankoff <man...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> In the command line, I use this to see the last messages:
>>
>> As you can see, the trick is the last parameter: --maxnum.
>
> Actually, the trick is to sort in reverse date order, so newest is on top.

But if we sort in reverse, is there a switch so that we make all actions
(such as setting a mark, delete, etc) move _upwards_ instead?

[Ken Mankoff]

Not that I know of. But reverse date order + threaded makes things appear, to me, in a logical order.

-k.

[Yuri D'Elia]

On Fri, Apr 01 2016, Ken Mankoff <man...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> But if we sort in reverse, is there a switch so that we make all actions
>> (such as setting a mark, delete, etc) move _upwards_ instead?
>
> Not that I know of. But reverse date order + threaded makes things appear, to me, in a logical order.

True. But I use threading only for a handful of folders.
I generally use plain reverse date order otherwise.

In this case, actions on a message moves me back to the previous message
instead of the next one. Feels a bit odd at times.

[Magnus Therning]

On 1 Apr 2016 5:02 p.m., "Eduardo Mercovich" <eduardo....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Magnus.
>
> > After some initial surprise I found that mu4e limits the number of
> > matches in a search. [...] Is there some way to get mu4e to limit the
> > search matches to the N latest messages?
>
> In the command line, I use this to see the last messages:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>
> find maildir:/your-account/your-folder --fields "d f s" --sortfield=date --reverse --maxnum=10
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> As you can see, the trick is the last parameter: --maxnum.
>
> HTH. :)

What I was really asking for is a way to get mu4e to do that!

/M

[Eduardo Mercovich]

Hi Magnus.

>>> [...] Is there some way to get mu4e to limit the search matches to
>>> the N latest messages?

>> In the command line, I use this to see the last messages:

>> find maildir:/your-account/your-folder --fields "d f s" -
>> -sortfield=date --reverse --maxnum=10

> What I was really asking for is a way to get mu4e to do that!

Ah, sorry... changing mu4e-headers-results-limit?

[Magnus Therning]

Eduardo Mercovich <eduardo....@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Magnus.
>
>>>> [...] Is there some way to get mu4e to limit the search matches to
>>>> the N latest messages?
>
>>> In the command line, I use this to see the last messages:
>
>>> find maildir:/your-account/your-folder --fields "d f s" -
>>> -sortfield=date --reverse --maxnum=10
>
>> What I was really asking for is a way to get mu4e to do that!
>
> Ah, sorry... changing mu4e-headers-results-limit?

Well, as I wrote, it's 500 by default, I can change it to -1 to remove
the limit completely. AFAIU there is no value that ensures that I only
get the N latest messages... Which pretty much brings me back to the
question in my original message ;)

/M

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and when those expectations are violated--in seemingly innocuous
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[Eduardo Mercovich]

Hi Magnus.

>>>>> [...] Is there some way to get mu4e to limit the search matches to
>>>>> the N latest messages?

> Well, as I wrote, it's 500 by default, I can change it to -1 to remove
> the limit completely. AFAIU there is no value that ensures that I only
> get the N latest messages... Which pretty much brings me back to the
> question in my original message ;)

Sorry, but after those, I'm out of ideas... :)