X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=special-tags.mdwn;h=5e9cbff8b8ea6afcef8105e700282c2841a07099;hb=ad04c8c6b3d8c29a905d9f5f92256fc2bd64be5e;hp=33659b884bf78fbe811635adb39fed47982646ac;hpb=20eb8048ebeccaf18e425143d8b46b54ac0d4479;p=obsolete%2Fnotmuch-wiki diff --git a/special-tags.mdwn b/special-tags.mdwn index 33659b8..5e9cbff 100644 --- a/special-tags.mdwn +++ b/special-tags.mdwn @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # 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 +22,9 @@ 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. @@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ using the new.tags configuration option. (*) The "new" tag is by no means special or default, but it is documented here as the typically used intermediate tag to use between "notmuch tag" and a -post-new tagging script. +post-new tagging script. See [[Initial_Tagging]]. ### Default excluded tags @@ -69,15 +70,17 @@ 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 +88,9 @@ 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.