emacs: Fix two bugs in reply

Bug 1: Replying from alternate addresses
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The reply code was inconsistent in its use of symbols and strings for
header names being passed to message.el functions. This caused the
From header to be lookup up incorrectly, causing an additional From
header to be added with the user's primary address instead of the
correct alternate address.

This is fixed by using symbols everywhere, i.e. never using strings
for header names when interacting with message.el.

This change also removes our use of `mail-header`, since we don't use
it anywhere else, and using assq makes it clear how the header lists
are expected to work.

Bug 2: Duplicate headers in emacs 23.2
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The message.el code in emacs 23.2 assumes that header names will
always be passed as symbols, so our use of strings caused
problems. The symptom was that on 23.2 (and presumably on earlier
versions) the reply message would end up with two of some headers.

Converting everything to symbols also fixes this issue.

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-lib.el b/emacs/notmuch-lib.el
index c159dda9..6907a5f9 100644
--- a/emacs/notmuch-lib.el
+++ b/emacs/notmuch-lib.el
@@ -237,9 +237,12 @@ the given type."
   (or (plist-get part :content)
       (notmuch-get-bodypart-internal (notmuch-id-to-query (plist-get msg :id)) nth process-crypto)))
 
-(defun notmuch-plist-to-alist (plist)
+;; Converts a plist of headers to an alist of headers. The input plist should
+;; have symbols of the form :Header as keys, and the resulting alist will have
+;; symbols of the form 'Header as keys.
+(defun notmuch-headers-plist-to-alist (plist)
   (loop for (key value . rest) on plist by #'cddr
-	collect (cons (substring (symbol-name key) 1) value)))
+	collect (cons (intern (substring (symbol-name key) 1)) value)))
 
 ;; Compatibility functions for versions of emacs before emacs 23.
 ;;
diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-mua.el b/emacs/notmuch-mua.el
index 6aae3a05..cfa3d613 100644
--- a/emacs/notmuch-mua.el
+++ b/emacs/notmuch-mua.el
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ list."
 	  ((same-window-regexps '("\\*mail .*")))
 	(notmuch-mua-mail (plist-get reply-headers :To)
 			  (plist-get reply-headers :Subject)
-			  (notmuch-plist-to-alist reply-headers)))
+			  (notmuch-headers-plist-to-alist reply-headers)))
       ;; Insert the message body - but put it in front of the signature
       ;; if one is present
       (goto-char (point-max))
@@ -185,11 +185,11 @@ OTHER-ARGS are passed through to `message-mail'."
   (when notmuch-mua-user-agent-function
     (let ((user-agent (funcall notmuch-mua-user-agent-function)))
       (when (not (string= "" user-agent))
-	(push (cons "User-Agent" user-agent) other-headers))))
+	(push (cons 'User-Agent user-agent) other-headers))))
 
-  (unless (mail-header 'From other-headers)
-    (push (cons "From" (concat
-			(notmuch-user-name) " <" (notmuch-user-primary-email) ">")) other-headers))
+  (unless (assq 'From other-headers)
+    (push (cons 'From (concat
+		       (notmuch-user-name) " <" (notmuch-user-primary-email) ">")) other-headers))
 
   (apply #'message-mail to subject other-headers other-args)
   (message-sort-headers)