[MlMt] idea: Search based on applescript ?

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

> On 19/01/2014, at 22.30, "Benny Kjær Nielsen" <mailinglist at freron.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 18 Jan 2014, at 21:55, Max Rydahl Andersen wrote:
>> 
>> Last week I had the thought it would be really nice if I could easily see the emails that were related to the meetings that are in my calendar the next 24-48 hrs.
>> 
>> I think I can get the list of invitees email from ical/busycal via applescript...which made me think it would be really useful being able to specify an applescript function as a condition in mail mate.
> 
> Well, just any scripting language. I guess what you are asking for is an alternative “is in” comparison where the argument is a set of values generated by an external script.

Exactly. 

>> Could use that for a bunch of other things too :)
> 
> Yes, I've considered something like this for providing access to groups in the Address Book.

Yup. 

> 
>> WDYT ?
> 
> The tricky part is when to compute a given set and/or how often it should be recomputed (manually/automatically). I imagine one could somehow provide a list of sets and the scripts needed to compute them. This could include some way to trigger MailMate to recompute the set, e.g., MailMate could be told to watch some file for changes.

Yeah I was wondering same issue. How often to call the function. 

I would be fine have it just recalculate on mm startup and then afterwards on an explicit "refresh" - maybe allow it to be configured to time out.

Maybe have a the return value be a map/dictionary and allow something like:

{ 
  Value: { "max at universe", "phd at jelly.se", "test at test.dk" }
   Time-to-live: { "5min" } 
}

Overtime you could add more complex keys for handling file watch etc. 

Time-to-live would be in same format as send later. 

> Just thinking out loud.

Ditto. 

> 
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