-.. notmuch documentation master file, created by
+.. cnotmuch documentation master file, created by
sphinx-quickstart on Tue Feb 2 10:00:47 2010.
-.. currentmodule:: notmuch.notmuch
+.. currentmodule:: cnotmuch
-Welcome to notmuch's documentation!
-===================================
+Welcome to :mod:`cnotmuch`'s documentation
+===========================================
-The :mod:`notmuch` module provides an interface to the `notmuch <http://notmuchmail.org>`_ functionality. The main work horse of this module is the class :class:`Notmuch` with important other classes representing a :class:`Thread` and a single :class:`Message`.
+The :mod:`cnotmuch` module provides an interface to the `notmuch <http://notmuchmail.org>`_ functionality, directly interfacing to a shared notmuch library.
+The classes :class:`notmuch.Database`, :class:`notmuch.Query` provide most of the core functionality, returning :class:`notmuch.Threads`, :class:`notmuch.Messages` and :class:`notmuch.Tags`.
.. moduleauthor:: Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de>
-:License: This module is covered under the GNU GPL v2 (or later).
+:License: This module is covered under the GNU GPL v3 (or later).
-This page contains the main API overview. More information on specific topics can be found on the following pages:
+This page contains the main API overview of cnotmuch |release|.
+
+Notmuch can be imported as::
+
+ from cnotmuch import notmuch
+
+or::
+
+ from cnotmuch.notmuch import Query,Database
+
+More information on specific topics can be found on the following pages:
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
-
+ notmuch
:mod:`notmuch` -- The Notmuch interface
=============================================
-:class:`Message` -- A single email message
-------------------------------------
+.. automodule:: cnotmuch.notmuch
-.. autoclass:: Message
- :members:
+:todo: Document nmlib,STATUS
+
+:class:`Database` -- The underlying notmuch database
+-----------------------------------------------------
+
+.. autoclass:: Database([path=None[, create=False[, mode=MODE.READ_ONLY]]])
+
+ .. automethod:: create
+
+ .. automethod:: open(path, status=MODE.READ_ONLY)
+
+ .. automethod:: get_path
+
+ .. automethod:: get_version
+
+ .. automethod:: needs_upgrade
+
+ .. automethod:: upgrade
+
+ .. automethod:: get_directory
+
+ .. automethod:: add_message
+
+ .. automethod:: remove_message
+
+ .. automethod:: find_message
+
+ .. automethod:: get_all_tags
+
+ .. automethod:: create_query
+
+ .. note:: :meth:`create_query` was broken in release
+ 0.1 and is fixed since 0.1.1.
-:class:`Thread` -- Represents a message thread
+ .. attribute:: Database.MODE
+
+ Defines constants that are used as the mode in which to open a database.
+
+ MODE.READ_ONLY
+ Open the database in read-only mode
+
+ MODE.READ_WRITE
+ Open the database in read-write mode
+
+ .. autoattribute:: db_p
+
+:class:`Query` -- A search query
-----------------------------------------------
-.. autoclass:: Thread
+.. autoclass:: Query
+
+ .. automethod:: create
+
+ .. attribute:: Query.SORT
+
+ Defines constants that are used as the mode in which to open a database.
+
+ SORT.OLDEST_FIRST
+ Sort by message date, oldest first.
+
+ SORT.NEWEST_FIRST
+ Sort by message date, newest first.
+
+ SORT.MESSAGE_ID
+ Sort by email message ID
+
+ .. automethod:: set_sort
+
+ .. attribute:: sort
+
+ Instance attribute :attr:`sort` contains the sort order (see
+ :attr:`Query.SORT`) if explicitely specified via
+ :meth:`set_sort`. By default it is set to `None`.
+
+ .. automethod:: search_threads
+
+ .. automethod:: search_messages
+
+ .. automethod:: count_messages
+
+.. #############################################
+.. currentmodule:: cnotmuch.message
+
+:class:`Messages` -- A bunch of messages
+----------------------------------------
+
+.. autoclass:: Messages
+
+ .. automethod:: collect_tags
+
+ .. automethod:: __len__
+
+:class:`Message` -- A single message
+----------------------------------------
+
+.. autoclass:: Message
+
+ .. automethod:: get_message_id
+
+ .. automethod:: get_thread_id
+
+ .. automethod:: get_replies
+
+ .. automethod:: get_filename
+
+ .. attribute:: FLAG
+
+ FLAG.MATCH
+ This flag is automatically set by a
+ Query.search_threads on those messages that match the
+ query. This allows us to distinguish matches from the rest
+ of the messages in that thread.
+
+ .. automethod:: get_flag
+
+ .. automethod:: set_flag
+
+ .. automethod:: get_date
+
+ .. automethod:: get_header
+
+ .. automethod:: get_tags
+
+ .. automethod:: remove_tag
+
+ .. automethod:: add_tag
+
+ .. automethod:: remove_all_tags
+
+ .. automethod:: freeze
+
+ .. automethod:: thaw
+
+ .. automethod:: format_as_text
+
+ .. automethod:: __str__
+
+.. #############################################
+.. currentmodule:: cnotmuch.tag
+
+:class:`Tags` -- Notmuch tags
+-----------------------------
+
+.. autoclass:: Tags
:members:
- .. note:: A Thread is what a call to notmuch.show() will return, containing a bunch of :class:`Message`\ s.
+ .. automethod:: __len__
+
+ .. automethod:: __str__
+
-:class:`Notmuch` -- A notmuch call
+.. #############################################
+.. currentmodule:: cnotmuch.thread
+
+:class:`Threads` -- Threads iterator
------------------------------------
-.. autoclass:: Notmuch
- :members:
+.. autoclass:: Threads
+
+ .. automethod:: __len__
+
+ .. automethod:: __str__
+
+:class:`Thread` -- A single thread
+------------------------------------
+
+.. autoclass:: Thread
+
+ .. automethod:: get_thread_id
+
+ .. automethod:: get_total_messages
+
+ .. automethod:: get_toplevel_messages
+
+ .. automethod:: get_matched_messages
- .. data: '__notmuchcmd__'
+ .. automethod:: get_authors
- This is the actual binary that will be executed in order to run a notmuch command. This is set to *notmuch* and should usually not be changed.
+ .. automethod:: get_subject
+
+ .. automethod:: get_oldest_date
+
+ .. automethod:: get_newest_date
+
+ .. automethod:: get_tags
+
+ .. automethod:: __str__
+
+.. #############################################
+.. currentmodule:: cnotmuch.notmuch
+
+:class:`Filenames` -- An iterator over filenames
+------------------------------------------------
+
+To be implemented
+
+:class:`Directoy` -- A directory entry in the database
+------------------------------------------------------
+
+To be implemented
:exc:`NotmuchError` -- A Notmuch execution error
------------------------------------------------
This execption inherits directly from :exc:`Exception` and is raised on errors during the notmuch execution.
+:class:`STATUS` -- Notmuch operation return status
+--------------------------------------------------
+.. autoclass:: STATUS
+
+ To be documented
+
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