notmuch: Add a 'part' subcommand

[notmuch] / notmuch.1

diff --git a/notmuch.1 b/notmuch.1
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--- a/notmuch.1
+++ b/notmuch.1
@@ -146,6 +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
@@ -194,7 +200,14 @@ matched message will be displayed.
 .RE
 
 .RS 4
-The  output format  is plain-text,  with all  text-content  MIME parts
+.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
@@ -202,6 +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
@@ -328,6 +353,32 @@ So if you've previously been using sup for mail, then the
 .B "notmuch restore"
 command provides you a way to import all of your tags (or labels as
 sup calls them).
+.RE
+
+The
+.B part
+command can used to output a single part of a multi-part MIME message.
+
+.RS 4
+.TP 4
+.BR part " --part=<part-number> <search-term>..."
+
+Output a single MIME part of a message.
+
+A single decoded MIME part, with no encoding or framing, is output to
+stdout. The search terms must match only a single message, otherwise
+this command will fail.
+
+The part number should match the part "id" field output by the
+"--format=json" option of "notmuch show". If the message specified by
+the search terms does not include a part with the specified "id" there
+will be no output.
+
+See the
+.B "SEARCH SYNTAX"
+section below for details of the supported syntax for <search-terms>.
+.RE
+
 .SH SEARCH SYNTAX
 Several notmuch commands accept a common syntax for search terms.
 
@@ -348,7 +399,7 @@ terms to match against specific portions of an email, (where
 
        attachment:<word>
 
-       tag:<tag>
+       tag:<tag> (or is:<tag>)
 
        id:<message-id>
 
@@ -377,7 +428,7 @@ prefix can be used to search for specific filenames (or extensions) of
 attachments to email messages.
 
 For
-.BR tag: ,
+.BR tag: " and " is:
 valid tag values include
 .BR inbox " and " unread
 by default for new messages added by
@@ -424,6 +475,13 @@ 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