Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add emacs-mew.

[Thomas Danckaert]

From: Alex Kost <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add emacs-mew.
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2017 11:56:22 +0300

> OK, I see.  We can just patch "mew-key.el" file by putting the 
> following
> line there:
>
>   (add-to-list 'image-load-path 'mew-icon-directory)
>
> WDYT?

Yes, that would be fine!  I added a patch file, don't know if there's 
a more elegant way to achieve the same result?

> [...]
>
> Also you seem to overlook my comment about autoloads.  My version of
> your patch (attached in my previous message) contains a phase to
> generate "mew-autoloads.el".  This file is really needed to have 
> "M-x
> mew" command available by default.  Otherwise, a user has to put:
>
>   (autoload 'mew "mew" nil t)
>
> in his/her emacs config.

Yes, sorry, I just agreed and then forgot to comment on that part.  I 
didn't know about 'emacs-generate-autoloads and think it's great  :)

Thanks for your help!

Thomas

From 3179514335f61e29f93994f4dc0f59c30b59e876 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Danckaert <address@hidden>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 09:41:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add emacs-mew.

* gnu/packages/mail.scm (emacs-mew): New variable.
* gnu/packages/patches/mew-add-icons-to-load-path.patch: New file.
* gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.

Co-authored-by: Alex Kost <address@hidden>
---
 gnu/local.mk                                       |  1 +
 gnu/packages/mail.scm                              | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 .../patches/mew-add-icons-to-load-path.patch       | 14 ++++++
 3 files changed, 67 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/mew-add-icons-to-load-path.patch

diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 59fc1a8..c9a5a3a 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -744,6 +744,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =                                           
\
   %D%/packages/patches/mcrypt-CVE-2012-4527.patch                      \
   %D%/packages/patches/mesa-wayland-egl-symbols-check-mips.patch       \
   %D%/packages/patches/metabat-remove-compilation-date.patch   \
+  %D%/packages/patches/mew-add-icons-to-load-path.patch                \
   %D%/packages/patches/mhash-keygen-test-segfault.patch                \
   %D%/packages/patches/mingw-w64-5.0rc2-gcc-4.9.3.patch                \
   %D%/packages/patches/mpc123-initialize-ao.patch              \
diff --git a/gnu/packages/mail.scm b/gnu/packages/mail.scm
index 2318ae9..c6aa820 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mail.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mail.scm
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Arun Isaac <address@hidden>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 John Darrington <address@hidden>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Marius Bakke <address@hidden>
+;;; Copyright © 2017 Thomas Danckaert <address@hidden>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages flex)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gdb)
   #:use-module (gnu packages man)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages ruby)
   #:use-module (gnu packages samba)
   #:use-module (gnu packages screen)
   #:use-module (gnu packages tls)
@@ -377,6 +379,56 @@ can read the same mailbox from multiple computers.  It 
supports IMAP as REMOTE
 repository and Maildir/IMAP as LOCAL repository.")
     (license gpl2+)))
 
+(define-public emacs-mew
+  (package
+    (name "emacs-mew")
+    (version "6.7")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "http://mew.org/Release/mew-";
+                                  version ".tar.gz"))
+              (patches (search-patches "mew-add-icons-to-load-path.patch"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "03fzky2kz73vgx4cbps2psbbnrgqgkk5q7jwfldisymkzr9iz03y"))))
+    (inputs
+     `(("emacs" ,emacs-minimal)))
+    (propagated-inputs
+     `(("ruby-sqlite3" ,ruby-sqlite3) ; optional for the database of messages
+       ("ruby" ,ruby))) ; to set GEM_PATH so ruby-sqlite3 is found at runtime
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     (let ((elisp-dir "/share/emacs/site-lisp/guix.d/mew")
+           (icon-dir  "/share/mew"))
+       `(#:modules ((guix build gnu-build-system)
+                    (guix build utils)
+                    (guix build emacs-utils))
+         #:imported-modules (,@%gnu-build-system-modules
+                             (guix build emacs-utils))
+         #:configure-flags
+         (list (string-append "--with-elispdir=" %output ,elisp-dir)
+               (string-append "--with-etcdir=" %output ,icon-dir))
+         #:phases
+         (modify-phases %standard-phases
+           (add-after 'configure 'patch-mew-icon-directory
+             (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+               (emacs-substitute-variables "mew-key.el"
+                 ("mew-icon-directory"
+                  (string-append (assoc-ref outputs "out") ,icon-dir)))
+               #t))
+           (add-after 'install 'generate-autoloads
+             (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+               (emacs-generate-autoloads
+                "mew" (string-append (assoc-ref outputs "out") ,elisp-dir))
+               #t)))
+         #:tests? #f)))
+    (home-page "http://www.mew.org";)
+    (synopsis "Emacs e-mail client")
+    (description "Mew (Messaging in the Emacs World) is a user interface
+for text messages, multimedia messages (MIME), news articles and
+security functionality including PGP, S/MIME, SSH, and SSL.")
+    (license bsd-3)))
+
 (define-public mu
   (package
     (name "mu")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/mew-add-icons-to-load-path.patch 
b/gnu/packages/patches/mew-add-icons-to-load-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba722ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/mew-add-icons-to-load-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Make sure the tool-bar icons are found on the load-path.
+
+diff --git a/mew-key.el b/mew-key.el
+index 4b753f6..6a27090 100644
+--- a/mew-key.el
++++ b/mew-key.el
+@@ -627,6 +627,7 @@
+           (throw 'loop (expand-file-name "etc" path)))))))
+ 
+ (defvar mew-icon-directory (mew-which-mew-etc))
++(add-to-list 'load-path mew-icon-directory)
+ 
+ (defvar mew-icon-separate nil)
+ (defvar mew-icon-blank nil)
-- 
2.7.4