X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=manpages%2Fnotmuch-1.mdwn;h=98d0d815a62c75b77aec0862db15048af0bd6fe9;hb=2134d331154dfbe8d01b8db310f8d5ad7616f38d;hp=9049af608ed57ee565f2a51fbbd01a05762f129d;hpb=01b1bc7553d0b0ebf35ac3016c83240b4151ad59;p=notmuch-wiki diff --git a/manpages/notmuch-1.mdwn b/manpages/notmuch-1.mdwn index 9049af6..98d0d81 100644 --- a/manpages/notmuch-1.mdwn +++ b/manpages/notmuch-1.mdwn @@ -1,39 +1,31 @@
notmuch - thread-based email index, search, and tagging
notmuch command [args ...]
Notmuch is a command-line based program for indexing, searching, read- ing, and tagging large collections of email messages. --
This page describes how to get started using notmuch from the command line, and gives a brief overview of the commands available. For more - information on e.g. notmuch show consult the notmuch-ä-show(1) man - page, also accessible via notmuch help show -+ information on e.g. notmuch show consult the notmuch-show(1) man page, + also accessible via notmuch help show -
The quickest way to get started with Notmuch is to simply invoke the notmuch command with no arguments, which will interactively guide you through the process of indexing your mail.
While the command-line program notmuch provides powerful functionality, it does not provide the most convenient interface for that functional- @@ -47,14 +39,11 @@COMMANDS
-SETUP
- +SETUP
The notmuch setup command is used to configure Notmuch for first use, (or to reconfigure it later). --The setup command will prompt for your full name, your primary email address, any alternate email addresses you use, and the directory con- taining your email archives. Your answers will be written to a configu- @@ -62,69 +51,49 @@ This configuration file will be created with descriptive comments, mak- ing it easy to edit by hand later to change the configuration. Or you can run notmuch setup again to change the configuration. --The mail directory you specify can contain any number of sub-directo- ries and should primarily contain only files with individual email mes- sages (eg. maildir or mh archives are perfect). If there are other, non-email files (such as indexes maintained by other email programs) then notmuch will do its best to detect those and ignore them. --Mail storage that uses mbox format, (where one mbox file contains many - messages), will not work with notmuch. If that's how your mail is cur- + messages), will not work with notmuch. If that's how your mail is cur- rently stored, it is recommended you first convert it to maildir format with a utility such as mb2md before running notmuch setup . --Invoking notmuch with no command argument will run setup if the setup command has not previously been completed.-OTHER COMMANDS
- +OTHER COMMANDS
Several of the notmuch commands accept search terms with a common syn- tax. See notmuch-search-terms(7) for more details on the supported syn- tax. --- The search, show and count commands are used to query the email data- - base. -+ The search, show and count commands are used to query the email + database. -The reply command is useful for preparing a template for an email reply. --The tag command is the only command available for manipulating database contents. --The dump and restore commands can be used to create a textual dump of email tags for backup purposes, and to restore from that dump. --The config command can be used to get or set settings int the notmuch configuration file.ENVIRONMENT
-The following environment variables can be used to control the behavior of notmuch. --NOTMUCH_CONFIG Specifies the location of the notmuch configuration file. Not- much will use ${HOME}/.notmuch-config if this variable is not @@ -132,28 +101,22 @@SEE ALSO
-- notmuch-config(1), notmuch-count(1), notmuch-dump(1), notmuch-hooks(5), - notmuch-new(1), notmuch-reply(1), notmuch-restore(1), notmuch- - search(1), notmuch-search-terms(7), notmuch-show(1), notmuch-tag(1) -+ notmuch-config(1), notmuch-count(1), notmuch-dump(1), notmuch-hooks(5), + notmuch-new(1), notmuch-reply(1), notmuch-restore(1), notmuch- + search(1), notmuch-search-terms(7), notmuch-show(1), notmuch-tag(1) -The notmuch website: http://notmuchmail.orgCONTACT
-Feel free to send questions, comments, or kudos to the notmuch mailing - list-. Subscription is not required before + list <notmuch@notmuchmail.org> . Subscription is not required before posting, but is available from the notmuchmail.org website. - Real-time interaction with the Notmuch community is available via IRC (server: irc.freenode.net, channel: #notmuch).-Notmuch 0.13.2
+Notmuch 0.14