X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=special-tags.mdwn;h=06f77707d627b75ded65933cd7a7aa4bfe3f8f9c;hb=90037cff8296a89bedcc4c2fb93001d245b7ff92;hp=4f46554099f9eb594a48e425781563a4876e551e;hpb=4c13103179b2bed6a9d02e03e6c48ee8654569c3;p=notmuch-wiki diff --git a/special-tags.mdwn b/special-tags.mdwn index 4f46554..06f7770 100644 --- a/special-tags.mdwn +++ b/special-tags.mdwn @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ +[[!img notmuch-logo.png alt="Notmuch logo" class="left"]] # Tags special to notmuch This page describes the tags that the notmuch lib, cli, and emacs ui recognize -and treat specially. +and treat specially, and whether these tags can be configured. ## Tags special to lib @@ -22,8 +23,9 @@ corresponding maildir flags through the following lib function calls: - `notmuch_message_maildir_flags_to_tags()` - `notmuch_message_tags_to_maildir_flags()` -The cli calls the above functions in "notmuch new" if the -maildir.synchronize_flags configuration option is enabled. +The cli calls the above functions if the maildir.synchronize_flags configuration +option is enabled. Maildir flags are synchronized to tags in "notmuch new", and +tags are synchronized to maildir flags in "notmuch tag" and "notmuch restore". (*) The "deleted" tag is not synced to maildir T flag at the moment, but it may be in the future. @@ -69,15 +71,17 @@ tags can be changed using the search.exclude_tags configuration option. ## Tags special to Emacs UI -Most of the tags recognized by the emacs ui are not (easily) configurable. +All of the tags recognized by the emacs ui are configurable. ### Reading mail - unread - inbox -The elementary mail reading commands automatically remove the "unread" tag when -visiting a message, and remove the "inbox" tag when archiving a message. +The elementary mail reading commands automatically remove the tag(s) specified +by `notmuch-show-mark-read-tags` ("unread" by default) when visiting a message, +and remove the tag(s) specified by `notmuch-archive-tags` ("inbox" by default) +when archiving a message. ### Other @@ -85,8 +89,9 @@ visiting a message, and remove the "inbox" tag when archiving a message. - flagged - deleted (*) -The "replied" tag is added to messages that are replied to, and "flagged" -messages are highlighted through `notmuch-search-line-faces` by default. +The tag(s) specified by `notmuch-message-replied-tags` ("replied" by default) +are added to messages that are replied to, and "flagged" messages are +highlighted through `notmuch-search-line-faces` by default. (*) There are patches to tag, untag, and hide "deleted" tagged messages, but they have not been merged at the time of writing this.