doc: document (tersely) the intended behaviour of relative paths.

[notmuch] / doc / man1 / notmuch-config.rst

diff --git a/doc/man1/notmuch-config.rst b/doc/man1/notmuch-config.rst
index 899098084ae2beafea74017b3064de261c0a8917..b158dac3c85884dd5cbdc310edac449e72654bc0 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man1/notmuch-config.rst
+++ b/doc/man1/notmuch-config.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 
 **notmuch** **config** **get** <*section*>.<*item*>
 
-**notmuch** **config** **set** <*section*>.<*item*> [*value* ...]
+**notmuch** **config** **set** [--database] <*section*>.<*item*> [*value* ...]
 
 **notmuch** **config** **list**
 
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ DESCRIPTION
 The **config** command can be used to get or set settings in the notmuch
 configuration file and corresponding database.
 
-Items marked **[STORED IN DATABASE]** are only in the database.  They
-should not be placed in the configuration file, and should be accessed
-programmatically as described in the SYNOPSIS above.
-
 **get**
     The value of the specified configuration item is printed to
     stdout. If the item has multiple values (it is a list), each value
@@ -34,25 +30,45 @@ programmatically as described in the SYNOPSIS above.
     If no values are provided, the specified configuration item will
     be removed from the configuration file.
 
+    With the `--database` option, updates configuration metadata
+    stored in the database, rather than the default (text)
+    configuration file.
+
 **list**
     Every configuration item is printed to stdout, each on a separate
     line of the form::
 
-        *section*.\ *item*\ =\ *value*
+        section.item=value
 
     No additional whitespace surrounds the dot or equals sign
     characters. In a multiple-value item (a list), the values are
     separated by semicolon characters.
 
-The available configuration items are described below.
+The available configuration items are described below. Non-absolute
+paths are presumed relative to `$HOME` for items in section
+**database**.
 
 **database.path**
+    Notmuch will store its database here, (in
+    sub-directory named ``.notmuch`` if **database.mail\_root**
+    is unset).
+
+    Default: ``$MAILDIR`` variable if set, otherwise ``$HOME/mail``.
+
+**database.mail_root**
     The top-level directory where your mail currently exists and to
     where mail will be delivered in the future. Files should be
-    individual email messages. Notmuch will store its database within
-    a sub-directory of the path configured here named ``.notmuch``.
+    individual email messages.
 
-    Default: ``$MAILDIR`` variable if set, otherwise ``$HOME/mail``.
+    History: this configuration value was introduced in notmuch 0.32.
+
+    Default: For compatibility with older configurations, the value of
+    database.path is used if **database.mail\_root** is unset.
+
+**database.hook_dir**
+
+    Directory containing hooks run by notmuch commands. See
+    **notmuch-hooks(5)**.
 
 **user.name**
     Your full name.
@@ -134,15 +150,7 @@ The available configuration items are described below.
 
     Default: ``true``.
 
-**crypto.gpg_path**
-    Name (or full path) of gpg binary to use in verification and
-    decryption of PGP/MIME messages.  NOTE: This configuration item is
-    deprecated, and will be ignored if notmuch is built against GMime
-    3.0 or later.
-
-    Default: ``gpg``.
-
-**index.decrypt** **[STORED IN DATABASE]**
+**index.decrypt**
     Policy for decrypting encrypted messages during indexing.  Must be
     one of: ``false``, ``auto``, ``nostash``, or ``true``.
 
@@ -195,12 +203,22 @@ The available configuration items are described below.
 
     Default: ``auto``.
 
+**index.header.<prefix>**
+    Define the query prefix <prefix>, based on a mail header. For
+    example ``index.header.List=List-Id`` will add a probabilistic
+    prefix ``List:`` that searches the ``List-Id`` field.  User
+    defined prefixes must not start with 'a'...'z'; in particular
+    adding a prefix with same name as a predefined prefix is not
+    supported. See **notmuch-search-terms(7)** for a list of existing
+    prefixes, and an explanation of probabilistic prefixes.
+
 **built_with.<name>**
     Compile time feature <name>. Current possibilities include
-    "compact" (see **notmuch-compact(1)**) and "field_processor" (see
-    **notmuch-search-terms(7)**).
+    "retry_lock" (configure option, included by default).
+    (since notmuch 0.30, "compact" and "field_processor" are
+    always included.)
 
-**query.<name>** **[STORED IN DATABASE]**
+**query.<name>**
     Expansion for named query called <name>. See
     **notmuch-search-terms(7)** for more information about named
     queries.
@@ -212,8 +230,32 @@ The following environment variables can be used to control the behavior
 of notmuch.
 
 **NOTMUCH\_CONFIG**
-    Specifies the location of the notmuch configuration file. Notmuch
-    will use ${HOME}/.notmuch-config if this variable is not set.
+    Specifies the location of the notmuch configuration file.
+
+**NOTMUCH_PROFILE**
+    Selects among notmuch configurations.
+
+FILES
+=====
+
+CONFIGURATION
+-------------
+
+If ``NOTMUCH_CONFIG`` is unset, notmuch tries (in order)
+
+- ``$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/notmuch/<profile>/config`` where ``<profile>`` is
+  defined by ``$NOTMUCH_PROFILE`` or "default"
+- ``${HOME}/.notmuch-config<profile>`` where ``<profile>`` is
+  ``.$NOTMUCH_PROFILE`` or ""
+
+Hooks
+-----
+
+If ``database.hook_dir`` is unset, notmuch tries (in order)
+
+- ``$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/notmuch/<profile>/hooks`` where ``<profile>`` is
+  defined by ``$NOTMUCH_PROFILE`` or "default"
+- ``<database.path>/.notmuch/hooks``
 
 SEE ALSO
 ========