X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=manpages%2Fnotmuch-1.mdwn;h=d9629249fdcb064732fd35ba284ccd6911110940;hb=7ab49d222b1bafd16ce17aa2a8f21648fb3ac8fd;hp=d4c841669b3a99675f6ccd96dad0dfe4bc59722a;hpb=760f12a345a43a282e9286fb2018741c0a59fbc8;p=notmuch-wiki diff --git a/manpages/notmuch-1.mdwn b/manpages/notmuch-1.mdwn index d4c8416..d962924 100644 --- a/manpages/notmuch-1.mdwn +++ b/manpages/notmuch-1.mdwn @@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ it does not provide the most convenient interface for that functional‐ ity. More sophisticated interfaces are expected to be built on top of either the command-line interface, or more likely, on top of the not‐ - much library interface. See https://notmuchmail.org for more about - alternate interfaces to notmuch. The emacs-based interface to notmuch + much library interface. See https://notmuchmail.org for more about al‐ + ternate interfaces to notmuch. The emacs-based interface to notmuch (available under emacs/ in the Notmuch source distribution) is probably the most widely used at this time. @@ -41,23 +41,25 @@
        Supported global options for notmuch include
 
-          --help [command-name]
-                 Print a synopsis of available commands  and  exit.   With  an
-                 optional command name, show the man page for that subcommand.
+       --help [command-name]
+              Print a synopsis of available commands and  exit.  With  an  op‐
+              tional command name, show the man page for that subcommand.
 
-          --version
-                 Print the installed version of notmuch, and exit.
+       --version
+              Print the installed version of notmuch, and exit.
 
-          --config=FILE
-                 Specify  the  configuration  file  to use. This overrides any
-                 configuration file specified by ${NOTMUCH_CONFIG}.
+       --config=FILE
+              Specify  the  configuration file to use. This overrides any con‐
+              figuration file specified by ${NOTMUCH_CONFIG}. The empty string
+              is  a  permitted and sometimes useful value of FILE, which tells
+              notmuch to use only configuration metadata from the database.
 
-          --uuid=HEX
-                 Enforce that the database UUID  (a  unique  identifier  which
-                 persists  until  e.g. the database is compacted) is HEX; exit
-                 with an error if it is not. This is useful to detect rollover
-                 in  modification  counts  on messages. You can find this UUID
-                 using e.g. notmuch count --lastmod
+       --uuid=HEX
+              Enforce that the database UUID (a unique identifier  which  per‐
+              sists until e.g. the database is compacted) is HEX; exit with an
+              error if it is not. This is useful to detect rollover in modifi‐
+              cation  counts  on  messages.  You can find this UUID using e.g.
+              notmuch count --lastmod
 
        All global options except --config can also be specified after the com‐
        mand.  For example, notmuch subcommand --uuid=HEX is equivalent to not-
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@
        The  setup  command  will prompt for your full name, your primary email
        address, any alternate email addresses you use, and the directory  con‐
        taining your email archives. Your answers will be written to a configu‐
-       ration file in ${NOTMUCH_CONFIG} (if set) or ${HOME}/.notmuch-config.
+       ration file in ${NOTMUCH_CONFIG} (if set) or ${HOME}/.notmuch-config  .
        This configuration file will be created with descriptive comments, mak‐
        ing it easy to edit by hand later to change the configuration.  Or  you
        can run notmuch setup again to change the configuration.
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@
        Mail  storage that uses mbox format, (where one mbox file contains many
        messages), will not work with notmuch. If that's how your mail is  cur‐
        rently stored, it is recommended you first convert it to maildir format
-       with a utility such as mb2md before running notmuch setup.
+       with a utility such as mb2md before running notmuch setup .
 
        Invoking notmuch with no command argument will run setup if  the  setup
        command has not previously been completed.
@@ -103,8 +105,8 @@
        The  search,  show,  address  and  count commands are used to query the
        email database.
 
-       The reply command is useful for  preparing  a  template  for  an  email
-       reply.
+       The reply command is useful for preparing a template for an  email  re‐
+       ply.
 
        The tag command is the only command available for manipulating database
        contents.
@@ -116,6 +118,26 @@
        configuration file.
 
+

  CUSTOM COMMANDS

+
+       If the given command is not known to notmuch, notmuch tries to  execute
+       the external notmuch-<subcommand> in ${PATH} instead. This allows users
+       to have their own notmuch related tools to be run via the notmuch  com‐
+       mand. By design, this does not allow notmuch's own commands to be over‐
+       ridden using external commands.
+
+ +

  OPTION SYNTAX

+
+       All options accepting an argument can be used with '=' or ':' as a sep‐
+       arator.  Except for boolean options (which would be ambiguous), a space
+       can also be used as a separator. The following are all equivalent:
+
+          notmuch --config=alt-config config get user.name
+          notmuch --config:alt-config config get user.name
+          notmuch --config alt-config config get user.name
+
+

ENVIRONMENT

        The following environment variables can be used to control the behavior
@@ -127,8 +149,8 @@
               set.
 
        NOTMUCH_TALLOC_REPORT
-              Location  to  write  a  talloc  memory  usage  report.  See tal-
-              loc_enable_leak_report_full in talloc(3) for more information.
+              Location  to  write a talloc memory usage report. See talloc_en-
+              able_leak_report_full in talloc(3) for more information.
 
        NOTMUCH_DEBUG_QUERY
               If set to a non-empty value, the notmuch library will print  (to
@@ -139,9 +161,9 @@
 
        notmuch-address(1),    notmuch-compact(1),    notmuch-config(1),   not‐
        much-count(1),  notmuch-dump(1),  notmuch-hooks(5),  notmuch-insert(1),
-       notmuch-new(1),      notmuch-reply(1),     notmuch-restore(1),     not‐
-       much-search(1),    notmuch-search-terms(7),    notmuch-show(1),    not‐
-       much-tag(1)
+       notmuch-new(1),  notmuch-properties(7), notmuch-reindex(1), notmuch-re‐
+       ply(1), notmuch-restore(1), notmuch-search(1), notmuch-search-terms(7),
+       notmuch-show(1), notmuch-tag(1)
 
        The notmuch website: https://notmuchmail.org
 
@@ -163,7 +185,7 @@

COPYRIGHT

-       2009-2016, Carl Worth and many others
+       2009-2021, Carl Worth and many others
 
-

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