-.. cnotmuch documentation master file, created by
+.. notmuch documentation master file, created by
sphinx-quickstart on Tue Feb 2 10:00:47 2010.
-.. currentmodule:: cnotmuch
+.. currentmodule:: notmuch
-Welcome to :mod:`cnotmuch`'s documentation
+Welcome to :mod:`notmuch`'s documentation
===========================================
-The :mod:`cnotmuch` module provides an interface to the `notmuch <http://notmuchmail.org>`_ functionality, directly interfacing to a shared notmuch library.
-The classes :class:`notmuch.Database`, :class:`notmuch.Query` provide most of the core functionality, returning :class:`notmuch.Messages` and :class:`notmuch.Tags`.
+The :mod:`notmuch` module provides an interface to the `notmuch <http://notmuchmail.org>`_ functionality, directly interfacing to a shared notmuch library.
+Within :mod:`notmuch`, the classes :class:`Database`, :class:`Query` provide most of the core functionality, returning :class:`Threads`, :class:`Messages` and :class:`Tags`.
.. moduleauthor:: Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de>
:License: This module is covered under the GNU GPL v3 (or later).
-This page contains the main API overview. More information on specific topics can be found on the following pages: (none here yet)
+This page contains the main API overview of notmuch |release|.
Notmuch can be imported as::
- from cnotmuch import notmuch
+ import notmuch
or::
- from cnotmuch.notmuch import Query,Database
+ from notmuch import Query,Database
+
+More information on specific topics can be found on the following pages:
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
+ notmuch
:mod:`notmuch` -- The Notmuch interface
-=============================================
+=================================================
-.. automodule:: cnotmuch.notmuch
+.. automodule:: notmuch
:todo: Document nmlib,STATUS
-:class:`Database` -- The underlying notmuch database
------------------------------------------------------
+:class:`notmuch.Database` -- The underlying notmuch database
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
-.. autoclass:: Database([path=None[, create=False[, mode=MODE.READ_ONLY]]])
+.. autoclass:: notmuch.Database([path=None[, create=False[, mode=MODE.READ_ONLY]]])
.. automethod:: create
.. automethod:: create_query
+ .. note:: :meth:`create_query` was broken in release
+ 0.1 and is fixed since 0.1.1.
+
.. attribute:: Database.MODE
Defines constants that are used as the mode in which to open a database.
.. autoattribute:: db_p
-:class:`Query` -- A search query
------------------------------------------------
+:class:`notmuch.Query` -- A search query
+-------------------------------------------------
-.. autoclass:: Query
+.. autoclass:: notmuch.Query
.. automethod:: create
.. automethod:: set_sort
+ .. attribute:: sort
+
+ Instance attribute :attr:`sort` contains the sort order (see
+ :attr:`Query.SORT`) if explicitely specified via
+ :meth:`set_sort`. By default it is set to `None`.
+
.. automethod:: search_threads
.. automethod:: search_messages
.. automethod:: count_messages
+
:class:`Messages` -- A bunch of messages
----------------------------------------
.. automethod:: get_filename
- .. automethod:: get_flag
+ .. attribute:: FLAG
+
+ FLAG.MATCH
+ This flag is automatically set by a
+ Query.search_threads on those messages that match the
+ query. This allows us to distinguish matches from the rest
+ of the messages in that thread.
+
+ .. automethod:: get_flag
.. automethod:: set_flag
.. automethod:: __str__
+
:class:`Tags` -- Notmuch tags
-----------------------------
.. automethod:: __str__
-:class:`Threads` -- Threads iterator
-------------------------------------
-To be implemented
+:class:`notmuch.Threads` -- Threads iterator
+-----------------------------------------------------
+
+.. autoclass:: notmuch.Threads
+
+ .. automethod:: __len__
+
+ .. automethod:: __str__
:class:`Thread` -- A single thread
------------------------------------
-To be implemented
+.. autoclass:: Thread
+
+ .. automethod:: get_thread_id
+
+ .. automethod:: get_total_messages
+
+ .. automethod:: get_toplevel_messages
+
+ .. automethod:: get_matched_messages
+
+ .. automethod:: get_authors
+
+ .. automethod:: get_subject
+
+ .. automethod:: get_oldest_date
+
+ .. automethod:: get_newest_date
+
+ .. automethod:: get_tags
+
+ .. automethod:: __str__
+
:class:`Filenames` -- An iterator over filenames
------------------------------------------------
-To be implemented
+.. autoclass:: notmuch.database.Filenames
+
+ .. automethod:: notmuch.database.Filenames.__len__
-:class:`Directoy` -- A directory entry in the database
-------------------------------------------------------
+:class:`notmuch.database.Directoy` -- A directory entry in the database
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
-To be implemented
+.. autoclass:: notmuch.database.Directory
+
+ .. automethod:: notmuch.database.Directory.get_child_files
+
+ .. automethod:: notmuch.database.Directory.get_child_directories
+
+ .. automethod:: notmuch.database.Directory.get_mtime
+
+ .. automethod:: notmuch.database.Directory.set_mtime
+
+ .. autoattribute:: notmuch.database.Directory.mtime
+
+ .. autoattribute:: notmuch.database.Directory.path
:exc:`NotmuchError` -- A Notmuch execution error
------------------------------------------------
:class:`STATUS` -- Notmuch operation return status
--------------------------------------------------
-.. autoclass:: STATUS
- To be documented
+.. data:: STATUS
+
+ STATUS is a class, whose attributes provide constants that serve as return indicators for notmuch functions. Currently the following ones are defined. For possible return values and specific meaning for each method, see the method description.
+
+ * SUCCESS
+ * OUT_OF_MEMORY
+ * READ_ONLY_DATABASE
+ * XAPIAN_EXCEPTION
+ * FILE_ERROR
+ * FILE_NOT_EMAIL
+ * DUPLICATE_MESSAGE_ID
+ * NULL_POINTER
+ * TAG_TOO_LONG
+ * UNBALANCED_FREEZE_THAW
+ * NOT_INITIALIZED
+
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