WIP

.gitignore

@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ build/*
 dist/*
 *.egg-info/*
 *~
+.i3pystatus-*
 ci-build

i3pystatus/mail/__init__.py

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ class Backend(SettingsBase):
     """Handles the details of checking for mail"""
 
     unread = 0
+    # required = ("account", )
+
+    # account = "Default account"
+
     """Number of unread mails
 
     You'll probably implement that as a property"""
@@ -40,6 +44,9 @@ class Mail(IntervalModule):
 
     on_leftclick = "open_client"
 
+    current_unread = 0
+    current_backend = 0
+
     def init(self):
         for backend in self.backends:
             pass

i3pystatus/mail/notmuchmail.py

@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ class Notmuch(Backend):
         ("db_path", "Path to the directory of your notmuch database"),
     )
 
+    required = tuple( ("account", "Name available to formatter"), )
+
     db_path = None
+    query = "tag:unread and tag:inbox"
+
+    account = "Default account"
 
     def init(self):
         if not self.db_path:
@@ -38,7 +43,7 @@ class Notmuch(Backend):
     @property
     def unread(self):
         db = notmuch.Database(self.db_path)
-        result = notmuch.Query(db, "tag:unread and tag:inbox").count_messages()
+        result = notmuch.Query(db, self.query).count_messages()
         db.close()
         return result