X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=manpages%2Fnotmuch-1.mdwn;h=dbf4b8c97988a72abf640ada072fcac012532973;hb=0add150ffd941ea7ed64a9116929aaf2daa927a5;hp=85cefc68565854ce1ad67932ba01e96532c0f11e;hpb=316360b4ab00619d2e80d8c18eeaf1ac5cbcaecf;p=notmuch-wiki diff --git a/manpages/notmuch-1.mdwn b/manpages/notmuch-1.mdwn index 85cefc6..dbf4b8c 100644 --- a/manpages/notmuch-1.mdwn +++ b/manpages/notmuch-1.mdwn @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
- notmuch command [args ...] + notmuch [option ...] command [arg ...]
- While the command-line program notmuch provides powerful functionality, + While the command-line program notmuch provides powerful functionality, it does not provide the most convenient interface for that functional- ity. More sophisticated interfaces are expected to be built on top of either the command-line interface, or more likely, on top of the not- - much library interface. See http://notmuchmail.org for more about + much library interface. See http://notmuchmail.org for more about alternate interfaces to notmuch. The emacs-based interface to notmuch (available under emacs/ in the Notmuch source distribution) is probably the most widely used at this time.+
+ Supported global options for notmuch include + + --help + + Print a synopsis of available commands and exit. + + --version + + Print the installed version of notmuch, and exit. + + --config=FILE + + Specify the configuration file to use. This overrides any + configuration file specified by ${NOTMUCH_CONFIG}. ++
- The notmuch setup command is used to configure Notmuch for first use, + 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- + 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- - ration file in ${NOTMUCH_CONFIG} (if set) or ${HOME}/.notmuch-config . + ration file in ${NOTMUCH_CONFIG} (if set) or ${HOME}/.notmuch-config . This configuration file will be created with descriptive comments, mak- - ing it easy to edit by hand later to change the configuration. Or you + 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- + 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) + 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- + 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- 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 + Invoking notmuch with no command argument will run setup if the setup command has not previously been completed.
- 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- + 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 + 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 + 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 + 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 + The config command can be used to get or set settings in the notmuch configuration file.@@ -95,16 +113,28 @@ of notmuch. NOTMUCH_CONFIG - Specifies the location of the notmuch configuration file. Not- - much will use ${HOME}/.notmuch-config if this variable is not + + Specifies the location of the notmuch configuration file. Not- + much will use ${HOME}/.notmuch-config if this variable is not set. + + NOTMUCH_TALLOC_REPORT + + Location to write a talloc memory usage report. See tal- + loc_enable_leak_report_full in talloc(3) for more information. + + NOTMUCH_DEBUG_QUERY + + If set to a non-empty value, the notmuch library will print (to + stderr) Xapian queries it constructs.
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-insert(1), notmuch-new(1), notmuch-reply(1), not- + much-restore(1), notmuch-search(1), notmuch-search-terms(7), not- + much-show(1), notmuch-tag(1) The notmuch website: http://notmuchmail.org@@ -112,11 +142,21 @@
Feel free to send questions, comments, or kudos to the notmuch mailing - list <notmuch@notmuchmail.org> . 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).-
+ Carl Worth and many others ++ +
+ 2014, Carl Worth and many others ++ +