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mu4e: create random name for newly detached views
Without creating some kind of a temporary name (which could then be trivially renamed by the user as the current instructions say) a new user trying to learn how to detach a view will run into this error when switching to a new message after detaching: [mu4e] Detached view buffer from *mu4e-headers* funcall-interactively: No buffer named *mu4e-article*<2> It seems like a good default and less friction to create a random name automatically when detaching.
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@ -327,11 +327,14 @@ Add this function to `mu4e-view-mode-hook' to enable this feature."
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(unless mu4e-linked-headers-buffer
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(unless mu4e-linked-headers-buffer
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(mu4e-error "This view buffer is already detached."))
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(mu4e-error "This view buffer is already detached."))
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(mu4e-message "Detached view buffer from %s"
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(mu4e-message "Detached view buffer from %s"
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(prog1 mu4e-linked-headers-buffer
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(progn mu4e-linked-headers-buffer
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(with-current-buffer mu4e-linked-headers-buffer
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(with-current-buffer mu4e-linked-headers-buffer
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(when (eq (selected-window) mu4e~headers-view-win)
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(when (eq (selected-window) mu4e~headers-view-win)
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(setq mu4e~headers-view-win nil)))
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(setq mu4e~headers-view-win nil)))
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(setq mu4e-linked-headers-buffer nil))))
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(setq mu4e-linked-headers-buffer nil)
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;; automatically rename mu4e-view-article buffer when
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;; detaching; will get renamed back when reattaching
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(rename-buffer (make-temp-name (buffer-name)) t))))
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(defun mu4e-view-attach (headers-buffer)
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(defun mu4e-view-attach (headers-buffer)
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"Attaches a view buffer to a headers buffer."
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"Attaches a view buffer to a headers buffer."
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@ -1504,7 +1504,7 @@ messages. You can reattach a buffer to an live headers buffer by
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typing @key{Z}.
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typing @key{Z}.
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You can freely rename a message view buffer -- such as with @key{C-x x
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You can freely rename a message view buffer -- such as with @key{C-x x
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r} -- if you want multiple, open messages.
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r} -- if you want a custom, non-randomized name.
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Detached messages are often useful for workflows involving lots of
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Detached messages are often useful for workflows involving lots of
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simultaneous messages.
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simultaneous messages.
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