X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=index.mdwn;h=6e518818b288bdaf247741d23ff3f8249e2cc628;hb=2063f31eb34fc7ad89b6f9478bde4cc1516c80d5;hp=ed042db4837b1c3bd1bfb2a587ac8073c8a036c0;hpb=be5ddd8f20d978cb24801dc2046bd7c6bcb38866;p=notmuch-wiki diff --git a/index.mdwn b/index.mdwn index ed042db..6e51881 100644 --- a/index.mdwn +++ b/index.mdwn @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ [[!img notmuch-logo.png alt="Notmuch logo" class="left"]] -# Why Notmuch? +# Notmuch -- The mail indexer + +## Why Notmuch? * "Not much mail" is what Notmuch thinks about your email collection. Even if you receive 12000 messages per month or have on @@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ that you can keep your inbox tamed and focus on what really matters in your life, (which is surely not email). -* Notmuch is an answer to Sup. +* Notmuch is an answer to [Sup](http://sup.rubyforge.org/). Sup is a very good email program written by William Morgan (and others) and is the direct inspiration for Notmuch. Notmuch began as an effort to rewrite performance-critical pieces of Sup in C rather @@ -25,39 +27,51 @@ * Notmuch is not much of an email program. It doesn't receive messages (no POP or IMAP suport). It doesn't send messages (no mail composer, no network code at all). And for what it does do (email search) that - work is provided by an external library, Xapian. So if Notmuch provides no user + work is provided by an external library, + [Xapian](http://xapian.org). So if Notmuch provides no user interface and Xapian does all the heavy lifting, then what's left - here? Not much. + here? Not much. Notmuch is still in the early stages of development, but there are -already three user interfaces available for it (one for emacs, one for -vim, and another using curses for running within a terminal). If -you've been looking for a fast, global-search and tag-based email -reader to use within your text editor or in a terminal, then Notmuch -may be exactly what you've been looking for. +already two user interfaces available for it (one for emacs and one +for vim). If you've been looking for a fast, global-search and +tag-based email reader to use within your text editor or in a +terminal, then Notmuch may be exactly what you've been looking for. Otherwise, if you're a developer of an existing email program and would love a good library interface for fast, global search with support for arbitrary tags, then Notmuch also may be exactly what you've been looking for. +## Documentation + +So far, there is not much documentation. Eventually, the wiki will +contain a reference for users. This is what we have so far: + + * [[General how-tos|howto]] + * [[Initial_Tagging]] + * [[Tips for using notmuch within Emacs|emacstips]] + * [[Remote Usage|remoteusage]] + +Apart from the wiki, help is available via email. Join the mailing +list. Read the archives. Ask questions. + +## Source code + Either way, please feel free to jump in. All of the code for Notmuch -is available as free -software released under the GNU -GPL version -3. The latest versions -can be checked out via git with this command: +is available as [free +software](http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html) released +under the GNU [GPL version +3](http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html). The latest +versions can be checked out via git with this command: git clone git://notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch -Or you can browse the Notmuch code history -online. And finally, you can subscribe -to the notmuch-commits list to watch every commit made to notmuch -(and to the notmuchmail.org web site). +You can browse the [Notmuch code +history](http://git.notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch) online. And finally, +you can [subscribe to the `notmuch-commits` +list](http://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch-commits) to watch +every commit made to notmuch and the notmuchmail.org web site. Patches are most welcome and should be sent to notmuch@notmuchmail.org. Please try to follow the [patch submission guidelines of the Git @@ -66,19 +80,45 @@ when submitting patches to notmuch. We are currently test-driving a [Patchwork instance](http://patchwork.notmuchmail.org/project/notmuch) to help us keep track of [the patches](http://patchwork.notmuchmail.org/project/notmuch/list). +Source code of notmuch releases can be downloaded [here](http://notmuchmail.org/releases/). + +## Binary packages + +* [Debian](http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=notmuch), [Ubuntu](http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=notmuch) + +## Screenshots + +* [[Emacs UI screenshots|screenshots]] + +## Contact: Email & IRC + Comments? Please feel free to email the notmuch mailing list: notmuch@notmuchmail.org (subscription is not required, but you can -subscribe to -the notmuch list if you would like to). You can also browse the -online archives -or the mailing list or download an mbox file -of the entire mailing-list. The mb2md utility can then be used to -convert the archives to maildir format which is convenient for -reading the archives within notmuch itself. +subscribe to the [notmuch +list](http://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch) if you would +like to). You can also browse the [online +archives](http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/) of the mailing +list, read them as a [web forum +(nabble)](http://n3.nabble.com/notmuch-f198994.html), or download an +[mbox file](http://notmuchmail.org/archives/notmuch.mbox) of the entire +mailing-list. -### Website +The `mb2md` utility can be used to convert the archives to maildir +format which is convenient for reading the archives within notmuch +itself. -This wiki is maintained using [ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.info). You can pull and -push changes using the following URL (no authentication necessary): +If you prefer real-time chat, there is often someone on the +[#notmuch](irc://chat.freenode.net/#notmuch)@irc.freenode.net IRC +channel. + +## Feature Ideas + +We have started a [[feature requests|feature-requests]] page on this +wiki. No, things you add there won't automatically get implemented - +but it's a nice way to collect ideas. + +### Website - git://notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch-wiki +This wiki is maintained using +[ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.info). Instructions on how to edit it can be +found [[here|wikiwriteaccess]].