X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?p=notmuch-wiki;a=blobdiff_plain;f=howto.mdwn;h=f4ef721a00f5016809b555014a300dcf65feb8eb;hp=416d8f1eae2ed6db12b131677277aee60e0dc073;hb=b57b19763b456bcf2f568909325a4ef05cf1aab4;hpb=519ae2e73ef146c69e0f01ec57ea1602a9078a44 diff --git a/howto.mdwn b/howto.mdwn index 416d8f1..f4ef721 100644 --- a/howto.mdwn +++ b/howto.mdwn @@ -80,53 +80,7 @@ expression: ## **Using notmuch with Mutt** -Notmuch is a great mail indexing tool that can also be used *in conjunction* -with existing Mail User Agents (MUA) instead of replacing them. The advantage -of such mixed solutions is that users can benefit from notmuch features (such -as full-text search and thread reconstruction) without *having to* change -MUA. - -A popular geek MUA is [the Mutt e-mail client](http://www.mutt.org); -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. - - (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.) - -* 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 "unset wait_keyread -p 'notmuch query: ' x; echo \$x >~/.cache/mutt_terms~i \"\`notmuch search --output=messages \$(cat ~/.cache/mutt_terms) | head -n 600 | perl -le '@a=<>;chomp@a;s/\^id:// for@a;$,=\"|\";print@a'\`\"" "show only messages matching a notmuch pattern" - # 'a' shows all messages again (supersedes default binding) - macro index a "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. - +See [[notmuch-mutt]]. ## **Automatically retagging the database (e.g., when upgrading versions)**