Avoid database corruption by not adding partially-constructed mail documents.

[notmuch] / Makefile.local

diff --git a/Makefile.local b/Makefile.local
index 5bb570b1a7a4b3f4c6365dd651d8948cdffcc4bc..59b8d64ef4a3bf85797e6f517dcb29cbd0de640e 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.local
+++ b/Makefile.local
@@ -273,11 +273,20 @@ ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS), install)
        @echo ""
        @echo "Notmuch is now installed to $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)"
        @echo ""
-       @echo "To run notmuch from emacs, each user should add the following line to ~/.emacs:"
+       @echo "New users should simply run \"notmuch\" to be guided"
+       @echo "through the process of configuring notmuch and creating"
+       @echo "a database of existing email messages. The \"notmuch\""
+       @echo "command will also offer some sample search commands."
+       @echo ""
+       @echo "Beyond the command-line interface, notmuch also offers"
+       @echo "a full-featured interface for reading and writing mail"
+       @echo "within emacs. To use this, each user should add the"
+       @echo "following line to the ~/.emacs file:"
        @echo ""
        @echo " (require 'notmuch)"
        @echo ""
-       @echo "And should then run \"M-x notmuch\" from within emacs or run \"emacs -f notmuch\""
+       @echo "And then run emacs as \"emacs -f notmuch\" or invoke"
+       @echo "the command \"M-x notmuch\" from within emacs."
 endif
 
 .PHONY: install-desktop