New build and testing features
------------------------------
-Emacs tests are now done in dtach. This means that dtach is now
+Emacs tests are now done in `dtach`. This means that dtach is now
needed to run the notmuch test suite, at least until the checking for
prerequisites is improved.
New command-line features
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-* **_Add "notmuch restore --accumulate" option_**
+### Add `notmuch restore --accumulate` option
- The --accumulate switch causes the union of the existing and new tags to be
- applied, instead of replacing each message's tags as they are read in from
- the dump file.
+The `--accumulate` switch causes the union of the existing and new tags to
+be applied, instead of replacing each message's tags as they are read in
+from the dump file.
-* **_Add search terms to "notmuch dump"_**
+### Add search terms to `notmuch dump`
- The dump command now takes an optional search term much like notmuch
- search/show/tag. The output file argument of dump is deprecated in
- favour of using stdout.
+The dump command now takes an optional search term much like notmuch
+search/show/tag. The output file argument of dump is deprecated in
+favour of using stdout.
-* **_Add "notmuch search" --offset and --limit options_**
+### Add `notmuch search` `--offset` and `--limit` options
- The search command now takes options --offset=[-]N and --limit=N to limit
- the number of results shown.
+The search command now takes options `--offset=[-]N` and `--limit=N` to
+limit the number of results shown.
-* **_Add "notmuch count --output" option_**
+### Add `notmuch count --output` option
- The count command is now capable of counting threads in addition to
- messages. This is selected using the new --output=(threads|messages) option.
+The count command is now capable of counting threads in addition to
+messages. This is selected using the new `--output=(threads|messages)`
+option.
New emacs UI features
---------------------
-* **_Add tab-completion for notmuch-search and notmuch-search-filter_**
+### Add tab-completion for `notmuch-search` and `notmuch-search-filter`
- These functions now support completion tags for query parts
- starting with "tag:".
+These functions now support completion tags for query parts
+starting with "tag:".
-* **_Turn "id:MSG-ID" links into buttons associated with notmuch searches_**
+### Turn "id:MSG-ID" links into buttons associated with notmuch searches
- Text of the form "id:MSG-ID" in mails is now a clickable button that
- opens a notmuch search for the given message id.
+Text of the form "id:MSG-ID" in mails is now a clickable button that
+opens a notmuch search for the given message id.
-* **_Add keybinding ('c I') for stashing Message-ID's without an id: prefix_**
+### Add keybinding ('c I') for stashing Message-ID's without an id: prefix
- Reduces manual labour when stashing them for use outside notmuch.
+Reduces manual labor when stashing them for use outside notmuch.
-* **_Do not query on notmuch-search exit_**
+### Do not query on `notmuch-search` exit
- It is harmless to kill the external notmuch process, so the user
- is no longer interrogated when they interrupt a search.
+It is harmless to kill the external notmuch process, so the user
+is no longer interrogated when they interrupt a search.
Performance
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-* **_Emacs now constructs large search buffers more efficiently_**
+### Emacs now constructs large search buffers more efficiently
-* **_Search avoids opening and parsing message files_**
+### Search avoids opening and parsing message files
- We now store more information in the database so search no longer
- has to open every message file to get basic headers. This can
- improve search speed by as much as 10X, but taking advantage of this
- requires a database rebuild:
+We now store more information in the database so search no longer
+has to open every message file to get basic headers. This can
+improve search speed by as much as 10X, but taking advantage of this
+requires a database rebuild:
- notmuch dump > notmuch.dump
- # Backup, then remove notmuch database ($MAIL/.notmuch)
- notmuch new
- notmuch restore notmuch.dump
+ notmuch dump > notmuch.dump
+ # Backup, then remove notmuch database ($MAIL/.notmuch)
+ notmuch new
+ notmuch restore notmuch.dump
New collection of add-on tools
------------------------------
licenses. Feel free to report problems with them to the notmuch
mailing list.
-* **_nmbug - share tags with a given prefix_**
+### nmbug - share tags with a given prefix
- nmbug helps maintain a git repo containing all tags with a given
- prefix (by default "notmuch::"). Tags can be shared by commiting
- them to git in one location and restoring in another.
+nmbug helps maintain a git repo containing all tags with a given
+prefix (by default "notmuch::"). Tags can be shared by committing
+them to git in one location and restoring in another.
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