README: Mention that notmuch only supports maildir or mh format.

[notmuch] / notmuch.1

diff --git a/notmuch.1 b/notmuch.1
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--- a/notmuch.1
+++ b/notmuch.1
@@ -109,14 +109,6 @@ whenever new mail is delivered and you wish to incorporate it into the
 database. These subsequent runs will be much quicker than the initial
 run.
 
-Note:
-.B notmuch new
-runs (other than the first run) will skip any read-only directories,
-so you can use that to mark directories that will not receive any new
-mail (and make
-.B notmuch new
-even faster).
-
 Invoking
 .B notmuch
 with no command argument will run
@@ -154,6 +146,12 @@ Supported options for
 include
 .RS 4
 .TP 4
+.BR \-\-format= ( json | text )
+
+Presents the results in either JSON or plain-text (default).
+.RE
+.RS 4
+.TP 4
 .BR \-\-sort= ( newest\-first | oldest\-first )
 
 This option can be used to present results in either chronological order
@@ -169,6 +167,8 @@ when sorting by
 .B newest\-first
 the threads will be sorted by the newest message in each thread.
 
+.RE
+.RS 4
 By default, results will be displayed in reverse chronological order,
 (that is, the newest results will be displayed first).
 
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ See the
 section below for details of the supported syntax for <search-terms>.
 .RE
 .TP
-.BR show " <search-term>..."
+.BR show " [options...] <search-term>..."
 
 Shows all messages matching the search terms.
 
@@ -187,7 +187,27 @@ message in date order). The output is not indented by default, but
 depth tags are printed so that proper indentation can be performed by
 a post-processor (such as the emacs interface to notmuch).
 
-The  output format  is plain-text,  with all  text-content  MIME parts
+Supported options for
+.B show
+include
+.RS 4
+.TP 4
+.B \-\-entire\-thread
+
+By default only those messages that match the search terms will be
+displayed. With this option, all messages in the same thread as any
+matched message will be displayed.
+.RE
+
+.RS 4
+.TP 4
+.B \-\-format=(json|text)
+
+.RS 4
+.TP 4
+.B text
+
+The default plain-text format  has  text-content  MIME parts
 decoded. Various components in the output,
 .RB ( message ", " header ", " body ", " attachment ", and MIME " part ),
 will be delimited by easily-parsed markers. Each marker consists of a
@@ -195,6 +215,18 @@ Control-L character (ASCII decimal 12), the name of the marker, and
 then either an opening or closing brace, ('{' or '}'), to either open
 or close the component.
 
+.RE
+.RS 4
+.TP 4
+.B json
+
+Format output as Javascript Object Notation (JSON). JSON output always
+includes all messages in a matching thread; in effect
+.B \-\-format=json
+implies
+.B \-\-entire\-thread
+
+.RE
 A common use of
 .B notmuch show
 is to display a single thread of email messages. For this, use a
@@ -207,13 +239,14 @@ See the
 .B "SEARCH SYNTAX"
 section below for details of the supported syntax for <search-terms>.
 .RE
+.RE
 
 The
 .B reply
 command is useful for preparing a template for an email reply.
-
-.TP
-.BR reply " <search-term>..."
+.RS 4
+.TP 4
+.BR reply " [options...] <search-term>..."
 
 Constructs a reply template for a set of messages.
 
@@ -236,6 +269,21 @@ each line with '> ' and included in the body.
 
 The resulting message template is output to stdout.
 
+Supported options for
+.B reply
+include
+.RS
+.TP 4
+.BR \-\-format= ( default | headers\-only )
+.RS
+.TP 4
+.BR default
+Includes subject and quoted message body.
+.TP
+.BR headers-only
+Only produces In-Reply-To, References, To, Cc, and Bcc headers.
+.RE
+
 See the
 .B "SEARCH SYNTAX"
 section below for details of the supported syntax for <search-terms>.
@@ -248,6 +296,7 @@ once. For example, when a series of patches are sent in a single
 thread, replying to the entire thread allows for the reply to comment
 on issue found in multiple patches.
 .RE
+.RE
 
 The
 .B tag
@@ -400,6 +449,13 @@ specify a date range to return messages from 2009-10-01 until the
 current time:
 
        $(date +%s -d 2009-10-01)..$(date +%s)
+.SH ENVIRONMENT
+The following environment variables can be used to control the
+behavior of notmuch.
+.TP
+.B NOTMUCH_CONFIG
+Specifies the location of the notmuch configuration file. Notmuch will
+use ${HOME}/.notmuch-config if this variable is not set.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 The emacs-based interface to notmuch (available as
 .B notmuch.el