* [fetchmail](http://fetchmail.berlios.de/)
- See the [[initial_tagging]] page for more info on intial tagging of messages.
+ See the [[initial_tagging]] page for more info on initial tagging of messages.
-* <span id="print_filenames">**Print only filenames of a search (python bindings)**</span>
+* <span id="python">**Use notmuch from python**</span>
Notmuch includes python bindings to the notmuch shared
library. Extensive API documentation [is
- available](http://notmuchmail.readthedocs.org/).
+ available](http://notmuch.readthedocs.org/).
The bindings are very simple to use. As an example, given you have
the python bindings installed (or simply set your PYTHONPATH
environment variable to point to the .../bindings/python directory),
- this script will print the filenames of a matching search:
+ this snippet will produce a list of mails matching the given
+ expression:
- >>> import notmuch
- >>> db = notmuch.Database()
- >>> query = db.create_query('tag:inbox AND NOT tag:killed')
- >>> list(query.search_messages()) # doctest:+ELLIPSIS
- [...]
+ >>> import notmuch
+ >>> db = notmuch.Database()
+ >>> query = db.create_query('tag:inbox AND NOT tag:killed')
+ >>> list(query.search_messages()) # doctest:+ELLIPSIS
+ [...]
* <span id="sync_maildir_flags">**Sync notmuch tags and maildir flags**</span>
MUA.
A popular geek MUA is [the Mutt e-mail client](http://www.mutt.org);
- integrating notmuch with Mutt is fairly straightforward. An
- [**how to use Notmuch with Mutt**](http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2011/01/how_to_use_Notmuch_with_Mutt/)
- has been written by Stefano Zacchiroli, together with some glue code. Check
- out the
- [howto](http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2011/01/how_to_use_Notmuch_with_Mutt/)
- for more information.
-
- <small>(Note by the howto author: I've linked the howto from this wiki rather
- than splicing it in, in order to avoid duplication of information. If you
- think it would be better to have it here, feel free to copy the text
- here. The howto is
- [available](http://git.upsilon.cc/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=zack-homepage.git;a=history;f=blog/posts/2011/01/how_to_use_Notmuch_with_Mutt.mdwn)
- in markdown syntax from the Git repository of my homepage.)</small>
+ integrating notmuch with Mutt is not seamless, but fairly straightforward.
+ There are two principal possibilities, each with its own ups and downs:
+
+ * Using mutt-notmuch, which will create a "virtual" maildir folder with
+ search results whenever a search is made. The upside is that you can
+ search all your folders simultanously; the downside is that your
+ modifications in the results listing do not carry over, also having
+ to switch folders comes with some more annoyances.
+
+ An
+ [**how to use Notmuch with Mutt**](http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2011/01/how_to_use_Notmuch_with_Mutt/)
+ has been written by Stefano Zacchiroli. Check out the
+ [howto](http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2011/01/how_to_use_Notmuch_with_Mutt/)
+ for more information.
+
+ <small>(Note by the howto author: I've linked the howto from this wiki rather
+ than splicing it in, in order to avoid duplication of information. If you
+ think it would be better to have it here, feel free to copy the text
+ here. The howto is
+ [available](http://git.upsilon.cc/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=zack-homepage.git;a=history;f=blog/posts/2011/01/how_to_use_Notmuch_with_Mutt.mdwn)
+ in markdown syntax from the Git repository of my homepage.)</small>
+
+ * Using a simple macro that will emulate the "limit" mutt functionality
+ using notmuch.
+
+ See the [**alternative notmuch integration**](http://log.or.cz/?p=228)
+ blog post for instructions and details,
+ or simply put these two macros to your muttrc:
+
+ # 'L' performs a notmuch query, showing only the results
+ macro index L "<enter-command>unset wait_key<enter><shell-escape>read -p 'notmuch query: ' x; echo \$x >~/.cache/mutt_terms<enter><limit>~i \"\`notmuch search --output=messages \$(cat ~/.cache/mutt_terms) | head -n 600 | perl -le '@a=<>;chomp@a;s/\^id:// for@a;$,=\"|\";print@a'\`\"<enter>" "show only messages matching a notmuch pattern"
+ # 'a' shows all messages again (supersedes default <alias> binding)
+ macro index a "<limit>all\n" "show all messages (undo limit)"
+
+ The upside (if you are used to working in the context of a single folder)
+ is that this really does use the limit functionality of mutt
+ and you are still in your original folder.
+ The downside is that this approach has scaling problems
+ and works well only for reasonably specific queries.
+
* <span id="reapply_auto">**Automatically retagging the database (e.g., when upgrading versions)**</span>
output. Using the instructions from [Gmane's
site](http://gmane.org/export.php), we can download an mbox file, which we
can then convert to maildir using mb2md or other utility.
+
+* <span id="special_tags">**Take advantage of tags that are special to notmuch**</span>
+
+ See [[tags special to notmuch|special-tags]].
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