From 81a8aff538f4d992d8eb6b1fa4bb71e768f62705 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arpit Chakladar <arpitchakladar+git@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:59:49 +0530
Subject: feat: added ui for displaying syncing mail in neomutt

Using dialog to show the progress indicator for email syncing in mbsync
and notmuch. Just for eye candy.
---
 modules/communication/neomutt/neomutt.nix |  8 ++--
 modules/scripts/default.nix               | 14 +++++++
 modules/scripts/neomutt-sync.sh           | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 modules/scripts/neomutt-sync.sh

(limited to 'modules')

diff --git a/modules/communication/neomutt/neomutt.nix b/modules/communication/neomutt/neomutt.nix
index 30e9229..16d4b37 100644
--- a/modules/communication/neomutt/neomutt.nix
+++ b/modules/communication/neomutt/neomutt.nix
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ in
       "x-scheme-handler/mailto" = "neomutt.desktop";
     };
 
-    home.packages = [
-      pkgs.urlscan
-      pkgs.w3m
+    home.packages = with pkgs; [
+      urlscan
+      w3m
       neomuttDesktopItem
     ];
 
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ in
             "pager"
           ];
           key = "O";
-          action = "<sync-mailbox><shell-escape>mbsync -a && notmuch new<enter><sync-mailbox>";
+          action = "<enter-command>set my_wait_key=$wait_key wait_key=no<enter><sync-mailbox><shell-escape>${lib.getExe config.scripts.neomutt-sync.package}<enter><sync-mailbox><enter-command>set wait_key=$my_wait_key<enter>";
         }
         {
           # gx: extract links from the current message and open one, vim-netrw style
diff --git a/modules/scripts/default.nix b/modules/scripts/default.nix
index a05aaed..8ad27a3 100644
--- a/modules/scripts/default.nix
+++ b/modules/scripts/default.nix
@@ -195,6 +195,20 @@ let
         }
       ];
     };
+    neomutt-sync = {
+      path = ./neomutt-sync.sh;
+      deps = [
+        pkgs.dialog
+        config.programs.mbsync.package
+        config.programs.notmuch.package
+      ];
+      conditions = [
+        {
+          option = "communication.neomutt.enable";
+          value = true;
+        }
+      ];
+    };
   };
 
   # Check whether all conditions for a script are satisfied
diff --git a/modules/scripts/neomutt-sync.sh b/modules/scripts/neomutt-sync.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a28152c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/scripts/neomutt-sync.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# 1. Create temporary files for the dark theme and notmuch logs
+export DIALOGRC=$(mktemp)
+NOTMUCH_LOG=$(mktemp)
+TITLE="[SYNCING MAIL]"
+BACK_TITLE=
+trap 'rm -f "$DIALOGRC" "$NOTMUCH_LOG"' EXIT # Clean up everything on exit
+
+cat << 'EOF' > "$DIALOGRC"
+use_shadow = OFF
+use_colors = ON
+screen_color = (WHITE,BLACK,OFF)
+dialog_color = (WHITE,BLACK,OFF)
+title_color = (CYAN,BLACK,ON)
+gauge_color = (WHITE,BLACK,ON)
+border_color = (WHITE,BLACK,OFF)
+border2_color = (WHITE,BLACK,OFF)
+shadow_color = (BLACK,BLACK,OFF)
+
+# Active buttons: Blue text and border with no background
+button_active_color = (BLUE,BLACK,ON)
+button_key_active_color = (BLUE,BLACK,ON)
+button_label_active_color = (BLUE,BLACK,ON)
+
+# Inactive buttons: Yellow text and border with no background
+button_inactive_color = (YELLOW,BLACK,OFF)
+button_key_inactive_color = (YELLOW,BLACK,OFF)
+button_label_inactive_color = (YELLOW,BLACK,OFF)
+EOF
+
+# 2. Run the sync and indexing progress bar
+(
+  # --- PHASE 1: mbsync ---
+  script -q -e -c "mbsync -a" /dev/null | awk -v RS='\r' '
+  {
+    c_str = ""
+    b_str = ""
+    for(i=1; i<=NF; i++) {
+      if ($i == "C:") c_str = $(i+1)
+      if ($i == "B:") b_str = $(i+1)
+    }
+    if (b_str != "") {
+      split(b_str, arr, "/")
+      if (arr[2] > 0) {
+        percent = int((arr[1] / arr[2]) * 100)
+        printf "XXX\n%d\nSyncing | Channel: %s   |   Mailbox: %s\nXXX\n", percent, c_str, b_str
+      }
+    }
+    fflush()
+  }'
+
+  # --- PHASE 2: notmuch ---
+  printf "XXX\n100\nIndexing new mail with notmuch...\nXXX\n"
+  notmuch new > "$NOTMUCH_LOG" 2>&1
+) | dialog --title $TITLE --gauge "Initializing..." 8 80 0
+
+# 3. Format the captured notmuch output into a single clean line
+CLEAN_OUT=$(tr '\n' ' ' < "$NOTMUCH_LOG" | sed 's/  */ /g')
+
+# 4. Display final results and wait for user input (Enter/Esc) to dismiss
+dialog --title $TITLE --msgbox "Done!\n$CLEAN_OUT" 8 80
+
+clear
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