mu4e: make mu4e-bookmarks items simple plists

We don't need cl-defstruct; simplify things a bit.

mu4e/mu4e-main.el

@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ clicked."
        (mapconcat
 	(lambda (bm)
 	  (mu4e~main-action-str
-	    (concat "\t* [b" (make-string 1 (mu4e-bookmark-key bm)) "] "
-	      (mu4e-bookmark-name bm))
-	    (concat "b" (make-string 1 (mu4e-bookmark-key bm)))))
+	    (concat "\t* [b" (make-string 1 (plist-get bm :key)) "] "
+	      (plist-get bm :name))
+	    (concat "b" (make-string 1 (plist-get bm :key)))))
 	 (mu4e-bookmarks) "\n")
        "\n\n"
        (propertize "  Misc\n\n" 'face 'mu4e-title-face)

mu4e/mu4e-speedbar.el

@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@
   (interactive)
   (mapcar (lambda (bookmark)
             (speedbar-insert-button
-	      (concat "  " (mu4e-bookmark-name bookmark))
+	      (concat "  " (plist-get bookmark :name))
 	      'mu4e-highlight-face
 	      'highlight
 	      'mu4e~speedbar-bookmark
-	      (mu4e-bookmark-query bookmark)))
+	      (plist-get bookmark :query)))
     (mu4e-bookmarks)))
 
 (defun mu4e~speedbar-bookmark (&optional _text token _ident)

mu4e/mu4e-utils.el

@@ -397,20 +397,16 @@ and offer to create it if it does not exist yet."
     mdir))
 
 (defun mu4e-bookmarks ()
-  "Get `mu4e-bookmarks' in the (new) format, converting from the old
-format if needed."
+  "Get `mu4e-bookmarks' in the (new) format, converting from the
+old format if needed."
   (cl-map 'list
     (lambda (item)
-      (if (mu4e-bookmark-p item)
-	item ;; already in the right format
-	(if (and (listp item) (= (length item) 3))
-	  (make-mu4e-bookmark
-	    :name (nth 1 item)
-	    :query (nth 0 item)
-	    :key (nth 2 item))
-	  (mu4e-error "Invalid bookmark in mu4e-bookmarks"))))
-      mu4e-bookmarks))
-
+      (if (and (listp item) (= (length item) 3))
+	      `(:name  ,(nth 1 item)
+	        :query ,(nth 0 item)
+	        :key   ,(nth 2 item))
+        item))
+    mu4e-bookmarks))
 
 (defun mu4e-ask-bookmark (prompt &optional kar)
   "Ask the user for a bookmark (using PROMPT) as defined in
@@ -421,10 +417,10 @@ format if needed."
 	   (mapconcat
 	     (lambda (bm)
 	       (concat
-		 "[" (propertize (make-string 1 (mu4e-bookmark-key bm))
+		 "[" (propertize (make-string 1 (plist-get bm :key))
 		       'face 'mu4e-highlight-face)
 		 "]"
-		 (mu4e-bookmark-name bm))) (mu4e-bookmarks) ", "))
+		 (plist-get bm :name))) (mu4e-bookmarks) ", "))
 	     (kar (read-char (concat prompt bmarks))))
     (mu4e-get-bookmark-query kar)))
 
@@ -434,10 +430,10 @@ KAR, or raise an error if none is found."
   (let* ((chosen-bm
 	   (or (cl-find-if
 		 (lambda (bm)
-		   (= kar (mu4e-bookmark-key bm)))
+		   (= kar (plist-get bm :key)))
 		 (mu4e-bookmarks))
 	    (mu4e-warn "Unknown shortcut '%c'" kar)))
-	 (expr (mu4e-bookmark-query chosen-bm))
+	 (expr (plist-get chosen-bm :query))
          (expr (if (not (functionp expr)) expr
                  (funcall expr)))
          (query (eval expr)))
@@ -453,14 +449,12 @@ replaces any existing bookmark with KEY."
   (setq mu4e-bookmarks
         (cl-remove-if
          (lambda (bm)
-	   (= (mu4e-bookmark-key bm) key))
-         (mu4e-bookmarks)))
-  (cl-pushnew (make-mu4e-bookmark
-                :name name
-                :query query
-                :key key)
-              mu4e-bookmarks
-              :test 'equal))
+	   (= (plist-get bm :key) key))
+          (mu4e-bookmarks)))
+  (cl-pushnew `(:name  ,name
+                :query ,query
+                 :key   ,key)
+    mu4e-bookmarks :test 'equal))
 
 
 ;;; converting flags->string and vice-versa ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

mu4e/mu4e-vars.el

@@ -201,41 +201,36 @@ If the string exceeds this limit, it will be truncated to fit."
 (defvar mu4e-debug nil
   "When set to non-nil, log debug information to the *mu4e-log* buffer.")
 
-(cl-defstruct mu4e-bookmark
-  "A mu4e bookmarl object with the following members:
+;; for backward compatibility, when a bookmark was defined with defstruct.
+(cl-defun make-mu4e-bookmark (&key name query key)
+  "Create a mu4e proplist with the following elements:
 - `name': the user-visible name of the bookmark
 - `key': a single key to search for this bookmark
 - `query': the query for this bookmark. Either a literal string or a function
    that evaluates to a string."
-  name                      ;; name/description of the bookmark
-  query                     ;; a query (a string or a function evaluation to string)
-  key                       ;; key to activate the bookmark
-  )
+  `(:name ,name :query ,query :key ,key))
 
 (defcustom mu4e-bookmarks
-  `( ,(make-mu4e-bookmark
-        :name  "Unread messages"
-        :query "flag:unread AND NOT flag:trashed"
-        :key ?u)
-     ,(make-mu4e-bookmark
-        :name "Today's messages"
-        :query "date:today..now"
-        :key ?t)
-     ,(make-mu4e-bookmark
-        :name "Last 7 days"
-        :query "date:7d..now"
-        :key ?w)
-     ,(make-mu4e-bookmark
-        :name "Messages with images"
-        :query "mime:image/*"
-        :key ?p))
-  "A list of pre-defined queries.
-These will show up in the main screen. Each of the list elements
-is a three-element list of the form (QUERY DESCRIPTION KEY),
-where QUERY is a string with a mu query, DESCRIPTION is a short
-description of the query (this will show up in the UI), and KEY
-is a shortcut key for the query."
-  :type '(repeat (list (string :tag "Query")
+  '(( :name  "Unread messages"
+      :query "flag:unread AND NOT flag:trashed"
+      :key ?u)
+    ( :name "Today's messages"
+      :query "date:today..now"
+      :key ?t)
+    ( :name "Last 7 days"
+      :query "date:7d..now"
+      :key ?w)
+    ( :name "Messages with images"
+      :query "mime:image/*"
+      :key ?p))
+  "List of pre-defined queries that are shown on the main screen.
+
+Each of the list elements is a plist with
+three-element list of the
+form (QUERY DESCRIPTION KEY), where QUERY is a string with a mu
+query, DESCRIPTION is a short description of the query (this will
+show up in the UI), and KEY is a shortcut key for the query."
+  :type '(repeat (plist (string :tag "Query")
                        (string :tag "Description")
                        character))
   :group 'mu4e)

mu4e/mu4e.texi

@@ -1962,25 +1962,21 @@ mu4e-search-bookmark-edit}) which lets you edit the bookmark first.
 
 @subsection Setting up bookmarks
 
-@t{mu4e} provides a number of default bookmarks. Their definition is
-instructive:
+@t{mu4e} provides a number of default bookmarks. Their definition may
+be instructive:
 
 @lisp
 (defvar mu4e-bookmarks
-  `( ,(make-mu4e-bookmark
-	:name  "Unread messages"
+  '( (	:name  "Unread messages"
 	:query "flag:unread AND NOT flag:trashed"
 	:key ?u)
-     ,(make-mu4e-bookmark
-	:name "Today's messages"
+     (	:name "Today's messages"
 	:query "date:today..now"
 	:key ?t)
-     ,(make-mu4e-bookmark
-	:name "Last 7 days"
+     (	:name "Last 7 days"
 	:query "date:7d..now"
 	:key ?w)
-     ,(make-mu4e-bookmark
-	:name "Messages with images"
+     (	:name "Messages with images"
 	:query "mime:image/*"
 	:key ?p))
   "A list of pre-defined queries. Each query is represented by a
@@ -1997,10 +1993,9 @@ You can replace these or add your own items, by putting in your
 configuration (@file{~/.emacs}) something like:
 @lisp
 (add-to-list 'mu4e-bookmarks
-  (make-mu4e-bookmark
-    :name  "Big messages"
-    :query "size:5M..500M"
-    :key ?b))
+  '( :name  "Big messages"
+     :query "size:5M..500M"
+     :key   ?b))
  @end lisp
 
 This prepends your bookmark to the list, and assigns the key @key{b} to it. If
@@ -2023,12 +2018,11 @@ inbox:
 
 @lisp
 (add-to-list 'mu4e-bookmarks
-  (make-mu4e-bookmark
-   :name  "Inbox messages in the last 7 days"
-   :query (lambda () (concat "maildir:/inbox AND date:"
-             (format-time-string "%Y%m%d"
+  '( :name  "Inbox messages in the last 7 days"
+     :query (lambda () (concat "maildir:/inbox AND date:"
+            (format-time-string "%Y%m%d"
                 (subtract-time (current-time) (days-to-time 7)))))
-   :key ?w) t)
+     :key   ?w) t)
 @end lisp
 
 Another example where the user is prompted how many days old messages should be
@@ -2042,10 +2036,9 @@ shown:
             (format-time-string "%Y%m%d" start-date))))
 
 (add-to-list 'mu4e-bookmarks
-  (make-mu4e-bookmark
-   :name  "Inbox messages in the last 7 days"
-   :query (lambda () (call-interactively 'my/mu4e-bookmark-num-days-old-query))
-   :key ?o) t)
+  `(:name  "Inbox messages in the last 7 days"
+    :query ,(lambda () (call-interactively 'my/mu4e-bookmark-num-days-old-query))
+    :key  ?o) t)
 @end lisp
 
 It is defining a function to make the code more readable.