From d3379dd7f0d2e5caffeda4a97fc72649421cccca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeffas <dev@jeffas.io>
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2019 17:16:15 +0100
Subject: Preserve sorting order in search results

This ensures that the search results follow the order of the current
sort so that cycling throught the results proceeds in displayed order.
---
 lib/msgstore.go  |  2 ++
 lib/sort/sort.go | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

(limited to 'lib')

diff --git a/lib/msgstore.go b/lib/msgstore.go
index 8cceed8..68e20d5 100644
--- a/lib/msgstore.go
+++ b/lib/msgstore.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"time"
 
+	"git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc/lib/sort"
 	"git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc/models"
 	"git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc/worker/types"
 )
@@ -386,6 +387,7 @@ func (store *MessageStore) Search(args []string, cb func([]uint32)) {
 	}, func(msg types.WorkerMessage) {
 		switch msg := msg.(type) {
 		case *types.SearchResults:
+			sort.SortBy(msg.Uids, store.uids)
 			cb(msg.Uids)
 		}
 	})
diff --git a/lib/sort/sort.go b/lib/sort/sort.go
index 89c36a9..840f77e 100644
--- a/lib/sort/sort.go
+++ b/lib/sort/sort.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package sort
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
 	"git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc/worker/types"
@@ -54,3 +55,18 @@ func parseSortField(arg string) (types.SortField, error) {
 		return types.SortArrival, fmt.Errorf("%v is not a valid sort criterion", arg)
 	}
 }
+
+// Sorts toSort by sortBy so that toSort becomes a permutation following the
+// order of sortBy.
+// toSort should be a subset of sortBy
+func SortBy(toSort []uint32, sortBy []uint32) {
+	// build a map from sortBy
+	uidMap := make(map[uint32]int)
+	for i, uid := range sortBy {
+		uidMap[uid] = i
+	}
+	// sortslice of toSort with less function of indexing the map sortBy
+	sort.Slice(toSort, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return uidMap[toSort[i]] < uidMap[toSort[j]]
+	})
+}
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