const char *documentation;
} command_t;
+#define MAX_ALIAS_SUBSTITUTIONS 3
+
+typedef struct alias {
+ const char *name;
+ const char *substitutions[MAX_ALIAS_SUBSTITUTIONS];
+} alias_t;
+
+alias_t aliases[] = {
+ { "part", { "show", "--format=raw"}},
+ { "search-tags", {"search", "--output=tags", "*"}}
+};
+
static int
notmuch_help_command (void *ctx, int argc, char *argv[]);
static const char search_terms_help[] =
- "\t\tSeveral notmuch commands accept a comman syntax for search\n"
- "\t\tterms.\n"
+ "\tSeveral notmuch commands accept a common syntax for search\n"
+ "\tterms.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tThe search terms can consist of free-form text (and quoted\n"
+ "\tphrases) which will match all messages that contain all of\n"
+ "\tthe given terms/phrases in the body, the subject, or any of\n"
+ "\tthe sender or recipient headers.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tAs a special case, a search string consisting of exactly a\n"
+ "\tsingle asterisk (\"*\") will match all messages.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tIn addition to free text, the following prefixes can be used\n"
+ "\tto force terms to match against specific portions of an email,\n"
+ "\t(where <brackets> indicate user-supplied values):\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\tfrom:<name-or-address>\n"
+ "\t\tto:<name-or-address>\n"
+ "\t\tsubject:<word-or-quoted-phrase>\n"
+ "\t\tattachment:<word>\n"
+ "\t\ttag:<tag> (or is:<tag>)\n"
+ "\t\tid:<message-id>\n"
+ "\t\tthread:<thread-id>\n"
+ "\t\tfolder:<directory-path>\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tThe from: prefix is used to match the name or address of\n"
+ "\tthe sender of an email message.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tThe to: prefix is used to match the names or addresses of\n"
+ "\tany recipient of an email message, (whether To, Cc, or Bcc).\n"
"\n"
- "\t\tThe search terms can consist of free-form text (and quoted\n"
- "\t\tphrases) which will match all messages that contain all of\n"
- "\t\tthe given terms/phrases in the body, the subject, or any of\n"
- "\t\tthe sender or recipient headers.\n"
+ "\tAny term prefixed with subject: will match only text from\n"
+ "\tthe subject of an email. Quoted phrases are supported when\n"
+ "\tsearching with: subject:\"this is a phrase\".\n"
"\n"
- "\t\tIn addition to free text, the following prefixes can be used\n"
- "\t\tto force terms to match against specific portions of an email,\n"
- "\t\t(where <brackets> indicate user-supplied values):\n"
+ "\tFor tag: and is:, valid tag values include \"inbox\" and \"unread\"\n"
+ "\tby default for new messages added by \"notmuch new\" as well\n"
+ "\tas any other tag values added manually with \"notmuch tag\".\n"
"\n"
- "\t\t\tfrom:<name-or-address>\n"
- "\t\t\tto:<name-or-address>\n"
- "\t\t\tsubject:<word-or-quoted-phrase>\n"
- "\t\t\tattachment:<word>\n"
- "\t\t\ttag:<tag>\n"
- "\t\t\tid:<message-id>\n"
- "\t\t\tthread:<thread-id>\n"
+ "\tFor id:, message ID values are the literal contents of the\n"
+ "\tMessage-ID: header of email messages, but without the '<','>'\n"
+ "\tdelimiters.\n"
"\n"
- "\t\tThe from: prefix is used to match the name or address of\n"
- "\t\tthe sender of an email message.\n"
+ "\tThe thread: prefix can be used with the thread ID values that\n"
+ "\tare generated internally by notmuch (and do not appear in email\n"
+ "\tmessages). These thread ID values can be seen in the first\n"
+ "\tcolumn of output from \"notmuch search\".\n"
"\n"
- "\t\tThe to: prefix is used to match the names or addresses of\n"
- "\t\tany recipient of an email message, (whether To, Cc, or Bcc).\n"
+ "\tThe folder: prefix can be used to search for email message\n"
+ "\tfiles that are contained within particular directories within\n"
+ "\tthe mail store. Only the directory components below the top-level\n"
+ "\tmail database path are available to be searched.\n"
"\n"
- "\t\tAny term prefixed with subject: will match only text from\n"
- "\t\tthe subject of an email. Quoted phrases are supported when\n"
- "\t\tsearching with: subject:\"this is a phrase\".\n"
+ "\tIn addition to individual terms, multiple terms can be\n"
+ "\tcombined with Boolean operators (\"and\", \"or\", \"not\", etc.).\n"
+ "\tEach term in the query will be implicitly connected by a\n"
+ "\tlogical AND if no explicit operator is provided, (except\n"
+ "\tthat terms with a common prefix will be implicitly combined\n"
+ "\twith OR until we get Xapian defect #402 fixed).\n"
"\n"
- "\t\tFor tag:, valid tag values include \"inbox\" and \"unread\"\n"
- "\t\tby default for new messages added by \"notmuch new\" as well\n"
- "\t\tas any other tag values added manually with \"notmuch tag\".\n"
+ "\tParentheses can also be used to control the combination of\n"
+ "\tthe Boolean operators, but will have to be protected from\n"
+ "\tinterpretation by the shell, (such as by putting quotation\n"
+ "\tmarks around any parenthesized expression).\n"
"\n"
- "\t\tFor id:, message ID values are the literal contents of the\n"
- "\t\tMessage-ID: header of email messages, but without the '<','>'\n"
- "\t\tdelimiters.\n"
+ "\tFinally, results can be restricted to only messages within a\n"
+ "\tparticular time range, (based on the Date: header) with:\n"
"\n"
- "\t\tThe thread: prefix can be used with the thread ID values that\n"
- "\t\tare generated internally by notmuch (and do not appear in email\n"
- "\t\tmessages). These thread ID values can be seen in the first\n"
- "\t\tcolumn of output from \"notmuch search\".\n"
+ "\t\t<intial-timestamp>..<final-timestamp>\n"
"\n"
- "\t\tIn addition to individual terms, multiple terms can be\n"
- "\t\tcombined with Boolean operators (\"and\", \"or\", \"not\", etc.).\n"
- "\t\tEach term in the query will be implicitly connected by a\n"
- "\t\tlogical AND if no explicit operator is provided, (except\n"
- "\t\tthat terms with a common prefix will be implicitly combined\n"
- "\t\twith OR until we get Xapian defect #402 fixed).\n"
+ "\tEach timestamp is a number representing the number of seconds\n"
+ "\tsince 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC. This is not the most convenient\n"
+ "\tmeans of expressing date ranges, but until notmuch is fixed to\n"
+ "\taccept a more convenient form, one can use the date program to\n"
+ "\tconstruct timestamps. For example, with the bash shell the\n"
+ "\tfollowing syntax would specify a date range to return messages\n"
+ "\tfrom 2009-10-01 until the current time:\n"
"\n"
- "\t\tParentheses can also be used to control the combination of\n"
- "\t\tthe Boolean operators, but will have to be protected from\n"
- "\t\tinterpretation by the shell, (such as by putting quotation\n"
- "\t\tmarks around any parenthesized expression).\n"
+ "\t\t$(date +%%s -d 2009-10-01)..$(date +%%s)\n\n";
+
+static const char hooks_help[] =
+ "\tHooks are scripts (or arbitrary executables or symlinks to such) that\n"
+ "\tnotmuch invokes before and after certain actions. These scripts reside\n"
+ "\tin the .notmuch/hooks directory within the database directory and must\n"
+ "\thave executable permissions.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tThe currently available hooks are described below.\n"
"\n"
- "\t\tFinally, results can be restricted to only messages within a\n"
- "\t\tparticular time range, (based on the Date: header) with:\n"
+ "\tpre-new\n"
+ "\t\tThis hook is invoked by the new command before scanning or\n"
+ "\t\timporting new messages into the database. If this hook exits\n"
+ "\t\twith a non-zero status, notmuch will abort further processing\n"
+ "\t\tof the new command.\n"
"\n"
- "\t\t\t<intial-timestamp>..<final-timestamp>\n"
+ "\t\tTypically this hook is used for fetching or delivering new\n"
+ "\t\tmail to be imported into the database.\n"
"\n"
- "\t\tEach timestamp is a number representing the number of seconds\n"
- "\t\tsince 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC. This is not the most convenient\n"
- "\t\tmeans of expressing date ranges, but until notmuch is fixed to\n"
- "\t\taccept a more convenient form, one can use the date program to\n"
- "\t\tconstruct timestamps. For example, with the bash shell the\n"
- "\t\tfollowing syntax would specify a date range to return messages\n"
- "\t\tfrom 2009-10-01 until the current time:\n"
+ "\tpost-new\n"
+ "\t\tThis hook is invoked by the new command after new messages\n"
+ "\t\thave been imported into the database and initial tags have\n"
+ "\t\tbeen applied. The hook will not be run if there have been any\n"
+ "\t\terrors during the scan or import.\n"
"\n"
- "\t\t\t$(date +%%s -d 2009-10-01)..$(date +%%s)\n\n";
+ "\t\tTypically this hook is used to perform additional query-based\n"
+ "\t\ttagging on the imported messages.\n\n";
-command_t commands[] = {
+static command_t commands[] = {
{ "setup", notmuch_setup_command,
NULL,
"Interactively setup notmuch for first use.",
- "\t\tThe setup command will prompt for your full name, your primary\n"
- "\t\temail address, any alternate email addresses you use, and the\n"
- "\t\tdirectory containing your email archives. Your answers will be\n"
- "\t\twritten to a configuration file in ${NOTMUCH_CONFIG} (if set)\n"
- "\t\tor ${HOME}/.notmuch-config.\n"
- "\n"
- "\t\tThis configuration file will be created with descriptive\n"
- "\t\tcomments, making it easy to edit by hand later to change the\n"
- "\t\tconfiguration. Or you can run \"notmuch setup\" again.\n"
- "\n"
- "\t\tInvoking notmuch with no command argument will run setup if\n"
- "\t\tthe setup command has not previously been completed." },
+ "\tThe setup command will prompt for your full name, your primary\n"
+ "\temail address, any alternate email addresses you use, and the\n"
+ "\tdirectory containing your email archives. Your answers will be\n"
+ "\twritten to a configuration file in ${NOTMUCH_CONFIG} (if set)\n"
+ "\tor ${HOME}/.notmuch-config.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tThis configuration file will be created with descriptive\n"
+ "\tcomments, making it easy to edit by hand later to change the\n"
+ "\tconfiguration. Or you can run \"notmuch setup\" again.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tInvoking notmuch with no command argument will run setup if\n"
+ "\tthe setup command has not previously been completed." },
{ "new", notmuch_new_command,
- "[--verbose]",
- "\t\tFind and import new messages to the notmuch database.",
- "\t\tScans all sub-directories of the mail directory, performing\n"
- "\t\tfull-text indexing on new messages that are found. Each new\n"
- "\t\tmessage will be tagged as both \"inbox\" and \"unread\".\n"
+ "[options...]",
+ "Find and import new messages to the notmuch database.",
+ "\tScans all sub-directories of the mail directory, performing\n"
+ "\tfull-text indexing on new messages that are found. Each new\n"
+ "\tmessage will be tagged as both \"inbox\" and \"unread\".\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tYou should run \"notmuch new\" once after first running\n"
+ "\t\"notmuch setup\" to create the initial database. The first\n"
+ "\trun may take a long time if you have a significant amount of\n"
+ "\tmail (several hundred thousand messages or more).\n"
"\n"
- "\t\tYou should run \"notmuch new\" once after first running\n"
- "\t\t\"notmuch setup\" to create the initial database. The first\n"
- "\t\trun may take a long time if you have a significant amount of\n"
- "\t\tmail (several hundred thousand messages or more).\n"
+ "\tSubsequently, you should run \"notmuch new\" whenever new mail\n"
+ "\tis delivered and you wish to incorporate it into the database.\n"
+ "\tThese subsequent runs will be much quicker than the initial run.\n"
"\n"
- "\t\tSubsequently, you should run \"notmuch new\" whenever new mail\n"
- "\t\tis delivered and you wish to incorporate it into the database.\n"
- "\t\tThese subsequent runs will be much quicker than the initial run.\n"
+ "\tThe new command supports hooks. See \"notmuch help hooks\" for\n"
+ "\tmore details on hooks.\n"
"\n"
- "\t\tSupported options for new include:\n"
+ "\tSupported options for new include:\n"
"\n"
- "\t\t--verbose\n"
+ "\t--no-hooks\n"
"\n"
- "\t\t\tVerbose operation. Shows paths of message files as\n"
- "\t\t\tthey are being indexed.\n"
+ "\t\tPrevent hooks from being run.\n"
"\n"
- "\t\tNote: \"notmuch new\" runs (other than the first run) will\n"
- "\t\tskip any read-only directories, so you can use that to mark\n"
- "\t\tdirectories that will not receive any new mail (and make\n"
- "\t\t\"notmuch new\" even faster).\n"
+ "\t--verbose\n"
"\n"
- "\t\tInvoking notmuch with no command argument will run new if\n"
- "\t\tthe setup command has previously been completed, but new has\n"
- "\t\tnot previously been run." },
+ "\t\tVerbose operation. Shows paths of message files as\n"
+ "\t\tthey are being indexed.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tInvoking notmuch with no command argument will run new if\n"
+ "\tthe setup command has previously been completed, but new has\n"
+ "\tnot previously been run." },
{ "search", notmuch_search_command,
"[options...] <search-terms> [...]",
- "\t\tSearch for messages matching the given search terms.",
- "\t\tNote that the individual mail messages will be matched\n"
- "\t\tagainst the search terms, but the results will be the\n"
- "\t\tthreads (one per line) containing the matched messages.\n"
+ "Search for messages matching the given search terms.",
+ "\tNote that the individual mail messages will be matched\n"
+ "\tagainst the search terms, but the results will be the\n"
+ "\tthreads (one per line) containing the matched messages.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tSupported options for search include:\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t--format=(json|text)\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\tPresents the results in either JSON or\n"
+ "\t\tplain-text (default)\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t--output=(summary|threads|messages|files|tags)\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\tsummary (default)\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\tOutput a summary of each thread with any message matching the\n"
+ "\t\tsearch terms. The summary includes the thread ID, date, the\n"
+ "\t\tnumber of messages in the thread (both the number matched and\n"
+ "\t\tthe total number), the authors of the thread and the subject.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\tthreads\n"
"\n"
- "\t\tSupported options for search include:\n"
+ "\t\tOutput the thread IDs of all threads with any message matching\n"
+ "\t\tthe search terms, either one per line (--format=text) or as a\n"
+ "\t\tJSON array (--format=json).\n"
"\n"
- "\t\t--sort=(newest-first|oldest-first)\n"
+ "\t\tmessages\n"
"\n"
- "\t\t\tPresent results in either chronological order\n"
- "\t\t\t(oldest-first) or reverse chronological order\n"
- "\t\t\t(newest-first), which is the default.\n"
+ "\t\tOutput the message IDs of all messages matching the search\n"
+ "\t\tterms, either one per line (--format=text) or as a JSON array\n"
+ "\t\t(--format=json).\n"
"\n"
- "\t\tSee \"notmuch help search-terms\" for details of the search\n"
- "\t\tterms syntax." },
+ "\t\tfiles\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\tOutput the filenames of all messages matching the search\n"
+ "\t\tterms, either one per line (--format=text) or as a JSON array\n"
+ "\t\t(--format=json).\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\ttags\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\tOutput all tags that appear on any message matching the search\n"
+ "\t\tterms, either one per line (--format=text) or as a JSON array\n"
+ "\t\t(--format=json).\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t--sort=(newest-first|oldest-first)\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\tPresent results in either chronological order\n"
+ "\t\t(oldest-first) or reverse chronological order\n"
+ "\t\t(newest-first), which is the default.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t--offset=[-]N\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\tSkip displaying the first N results. With the leading '-',\n"
+ "\t\tstart at the Nth result from the end.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t--limit=N\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\tLimit the number of displayed results to N.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tSee \"notmuch help search-terms\" for details of the search\n"
+ "\tterms syntax." },
{ "show", notmuch_show_command,
"<search-terms> [...]",
- "\t\tShow all messages matching the search terms.",
- "\t\tThe messages are grouped and sorted based on the threading\n"
- "\t\t(all replies to a particular message appear immediately\n"
- "\t\tafter that message in date order).\n"
- "\n"
- "\t\tSupported options for show include:\n"
- "\n"
- "\t\t--entire-thread\n"
- "\n"
- "\t\t\tBy default only messages strictly matching the\n"
- "\t\t\tsearch expression will be displayed. With this\n"
- "\t\t\toption all messages in matching threads are shown.\n"
- "\n"
- "\t\tThe output format is plain-text, with all text-content\n"
- "\t\tMIME parts decoded. Various components in the output,\n"
- "\t\t('message', 'header', 'body', 'attachment', and MIME 'part')\n"
- "\t\tare delimited by easily-parsed markers. Each marker consists\n"
- "\t\tof a Control-L character (ASCII decimal 12), the name of\n"
- "\t\tthe marker, and then either an opening or closing brace,\n"
- "\t\t'{' or '}' to either open or close the component.\n"
- "\n"
- "\t\tA common use of \"notmuch show\" is to display a single\n"
- "\t\tthread of email messages. For this, use a search term of\n"
- "\t\t\"thread:<thread-id>\" as can be seen in the first column\n"
- "\t\tof output from the \"notmuch search\" command.\n"
- "\n"
- "\t\tSee \"notmuch help search-terms\" for details of the search\n"
- "\t\tterms syntax." },
+ "Show all messages matching the search terms.",
+ "\tThe messages are grouped and sorted based on the threading\n"
+ "\t(all replies to a particular message appear immediately\n"
+ "\tafter that message in date order).\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tSupported options for show include:\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t--entire-thread\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\tBy default only those messages that match the\n"
+ "\t\tsearch terms will be displayed. With this option,\n"
+ "\t\tall messages in the same thread as any matched\n"
+ "\t\tmessage will be displayed.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t--format=(text|json|mbox|raw)\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\ttext (default for messages)\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\tThe default plain-text format has all text-content MIME parts\n"
+ "\t\tdecoded. Various components in the output, ('message', 'header',\n"
+ "\t\t'body', 'attachment', and MIME 'part') are delimited by\n"
+ "\t\teasily-parsed markers. Each marker consists of a Control-L\n"
+ "\t\tcharacter (ASCII decimal 12), the name of the marker, and\n"
+ "\t\tthen either an opening or closing brace, '{' or '}' to\n"
+ "\t\teither open or close the component. For a multipart MIME\n"
+ "\t\tmessage, these parts will be nested.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\tjson\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\tThe output is formatted with Javascript Object Notation\n"
+ "\t\t(JSON). This format is more robust than the text format\n"
+ "\t\tfor automated processing. The nested structure of multipart\n"
+ "\t\tMIME messages is reflected in nested JSON output. JSON\n"
+ "\t\toutput always includes all messages in a matching thread;\n"
+ "\t\tin effect '--format=json' implies '--entire-thread'\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\tmbox\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\tAll matching messages are output in the traditional, Unix\n"
+ "\t\tmbox format with each message being prefixed by a line\n"
+ "\t\tbeginning with 'From ' and a blank line separating each\n"
+ "\t\tmessage. Lines in the message content beginning with 'From '\n"
+ "\t\t(preceded by zero or more '>' characters) have an additional\n"
+ "\t\t'>' character added. This reversible escaping is termed\n"
+ "\t\t\"mboxrd\" format and described in detail here:\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\thttp://homepage.ntlworld.com/jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/mail-mbox-formats.html\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\traw (default for a single part, see --part)\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\tFor a message, the original, raw content of the email\n"
+ "\t\tmessage is output. Consumers of this format should\n"
+ "\t\texpect to implement MIME decoding and similar functions.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\tFor a single part (--part) the raw part content is output\n"
+ "\t\tafter performing any necessary MIME decoding.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\tThe raw format must only be used with search terms matching\n"
+ "\t\tsingle message.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t--part=N\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\tOutput the single decoded MIME part N of a single message.\n"
+ "\t\tThe search terms must match only a single message.\n"
+ "\t\tMessage parts are numbered in a depth-first walk of the\n"
+ "\t\tmessage MIME structure, and are identified in the 'json' or\n"
+ "\t\t'text' output formats.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t--verify\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\tCompute and report the validity of any MIME cryptographic\n"
+ "\t\tsignatures found in the selected content (ie.\n"
+ "\t\t\"multipart/signed\" parts). Status of the signature will be\n"
+ "\t\treported (currently only supported with --format=json) and\n"
+ "\t\tthe multipart/signed part will be replaced by the signed data.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t--decrypt\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\tDecrypt any MIME encrypted parts found in the selected content\n"
+ "\t\t(ie. \"multipart/encrypted\" parts). Status of the decryption\n"
+ "\t\twill be reported (currently only supported with --format=json)\n"
+ "\t\tand the multipart/encrypted part will be replaced by the\n"
+ "\t\tdecrypted content.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tA common use of \"notmuch show\" is to display a single\n"
+ "\tthread of email messages. For this, use a search term of\n"
+ "\t\"thread:<thread-id>\" as can be seen in the first column\n"
+ "\tof output from the \"notmuch search\" command.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tSee \"notmuch help search-terms\" for details of the search\n"
+ "\tterms syntax." },
{ "count", notmuch_count_command,
- "<search-terms> [...]",
- "\t\tCount messages matching the search terms.",
- "\t\tThe number of matching messages is output to stdout.\n"
+ "[options...] <search-terms> [...]",
+ "Count messages matching the search terms.",
+ "\tThe number of matching messages (or threads) is output to stdout.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tWith no search terms, a count of all messages (or threads) in\n"
+ "\tthe database will be displayed.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tSupported options for count include:\n"
"\n"
- "\t\tA common use of \"notmuch count\" is to display the count\n"
- "\t\tof messages matching both a specific tag and either inbox\n"
- "\t\tor unread\n"
+ "\t--output=(messages|threads)\n"
"\n"
- "\t\tSee \"notmuch help search-terms\" for details of the search\n"
- "\t\tterms syntax." },
+ "\t\tmessages (default)\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\tOutput the number of matching messages.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\tthreads\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\tOutput the number of matching threads.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tSee \"notmuch help search-terms\" for details of the search\n"
+ "\tterms syntax." },
{ "reply", notmuch_reply_command,
"[options...] <search-terms> [...]",
- "\t\tConstruct a reply template for a set of messages.",
- "\t\tConstructs a new message as a reply to a set of existing\n"
- "\t\tmessages. The Reply-To: header (if any, otherwise From:) is\n"
- "\t\tused for the To: address. The To: and Cc: headers are copied,\n"
- "\t\tbut not including any of the user's configured addresses.\n"
+ "Construct a reply template for a set of messages.",
+ "\tConstructs a new message as a reply to a set of existing\n"
+ "\tmessages. The Reply-To: header (if any, otherwise From:) is\n"
+ "\tused for the To: address. The To: and Cc: headers are copied,\n"
+ "\tbut not including any of the user's configured addresses.\n"
"\n"
- "\t\tA suitable subject is constructed. The In-Reply-to: and\n"
- "\t\tReferences: headers are set appropriately, and the content\n"
- "\t\tof the original messages is quoted and included in the body\n"
- "\t\t(unless --format=headers-only is given).\n"
+ "\tA suitable subject is constructed. The In-Reply-to: and\n"
+ "\tReferences: headers are set appropriately, and the content\n"
+ "\tof the original messages is quoted and included in the body\n"
+ "\t(unless --format=headers-only is given).\n"
"\n"
- "\t\tThe resulting message template is output to stdout.\n"
+ "\tThe resulting message template is output to stdout.\n"
"\n"
- "\t\tSupported options for reply include:\n"
+ "\tSupported options for reply include:\n"
"\n"
- "\t\t--format=(default|headers-only)\n"
+ "\t--format=(default|headers-only)\n"
"\n"
- "\t\t\tdefault:\n"
- "\t\t\t\tIncludes subject and quoted message body.\n"
+ "\t\tdefault:\n"
+ "\t\t\tIncludes subject and quoted message body.\n"
"\n"
- "\t\t\theaders-only:\n"
- "\t\t\t\tOnly produces In-Reply-To, References, To\n"
- "\t\t\t\tCc, and Bcc headers.\n"
+ "\t\theaders-only:\n"
+ "\t\t\tOnly produces In-Reply-To, References, To\n"
+ "\t\t\tCc, and Bcc headers.\n"
"\n"
- "\t\tSee \"notmuch help search-terms\" for details of the search\n"
- "\t\tterms syntax." },
+ "\tSee \"notmuch help search-terms\" for details of the search\n"
+ "\tterms syntax." },
{ "tag", notmuch_tag_command,
"+<tag>|-<tag> [...] [--] <search-terms> [...]",
- "\t\tAdd/remove tags for all messages matching the search terms.",
- "\t\tThe search terms are handled exactly as in 'search' so one\n"
- "\t\tcan use that command first to see what will be modified.\n"
- "\n"
- "\t\tTags prefixed by '+' are added while those prefixed by\n"
- "\t\t'-' are removed. For each message, tag removal is performed\n"
- "\t\tbefore tag addition.\n"
- "\n"
- "\t\tThe beginning of <search-terms> is recognized by the first\n"
- "\t\targument that begins with neither '+' nor '-'. Support for\n"
- "\t\tan initial search term beginning with '+' or '-' is provided\n"
- "\t\tby allowing the user to specify a \"--\" argument to separate\n"
- "\t\tthe tags from the search terms.\n"
- "\n"
- "\t\tSee \"notmuch help search-terms\" for details of the search\n"
- "\t\tterms syntax." },
+ "Add/remove tags for all messages matching the search terms.",
+ "\tThe search terms are handled exactly as in 'search' so one\n"
+ "\tcan use that command first to see what will be modified.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tTags prefixed by '+' are added while those prefixed by\n"
+ "\t'-' are removed. For each message, tag removal is performed\n"
+ "\tbefore tag addition.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tThe beginning of <search-terms> is recognized by the first\n"
+ "\targument that begins with neither '+' nor '-'. Support for\n"
+ "\tan initial search term beginning with '+' or '-' is provided\n"
+ "\tby allowing the user to specify a \"--\" argument to separate\n"
+ "\tthe tags from the search terms.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tSee \"notmuch help search-terms\" for details of the search\n"
+ "\tterms syntax." },
{ "dump", notmuch_dump_command,
- "[<filename>]",
- "\t\tCreate a plain-text dump of the tags for each message.",
- "\t\tOutput is to the given filename, if any, or to stdout.\n"
- "\t\tThese tags are the only data in the notmuch database\n"
- "\t\tthat can't be recreated from the messages themselves.\n"
- "\t\tThe output of notmuch dump is therefore the only\n"
- "\t\tcritical thing to backup (and much more friendly to\n"
- "\t\tincremental backup than the native database files.)" },
+ "[<filename>] [--] [<search-terms>]",
+ "Create a plain-text dump of the tags for each message.",
+ "\tOutput is to the given filename, if any, or to stdout.\n"
+ "\tNote that using the filename argument is deprecated.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tThese tags are the only data in the notmuch database\n"
+ "\tthat can't be recreated from the messages themselves.\n"
+ "\tThe output of notmuch dump is therefore the only\n"
+ "\tcritical thing to backup (and much more friendly to\n"
+ "\tincremental backup than the native database files.)\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tWith no search terms, a dump of all messages in the\n"
+ "\tdatabase will be generated. A \"--\" argument instructs\n"
+ "\tnotmuch that the remaining arguments are search terms.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tSee \"notmuch help search-terms\" for the search-term syntax.\n"
+ },
{ "restore", notmuch_restore_command,
- "<filename>",
- "\t\tRestore the tags from the given dump file (see 'dump').",
- "\t\tNote: The dump file format is specifically chosen to be\n"
- "\t\tcompatible with the format of files produced by sup-dump.\n"
- "\t\tSo if you've previously been using sup for mail, then the\n"
- "\t\t\"notmuch restore\" command provides you a way to import\n"
- "\t\tall of your tags (or labels as sup calls them)." },
- { "search-tags", notmuch_search_tags_command,
- "[<search-terms> [...] ]",
- "\t\tList all tags found in the database or matching messages.",
- "\t\tRun this command without any search-term(s) to obtain a list\n"
- "\t\tof all tags found in the database. If you provide one or more\n"
- "\t\tsearch-terms as argument(s) then the resulting list will\n"
- "\t\tcontain tags only from messages that match the search-term(s).\n"
- "\n"
- "\t\tIn both cases the list will be alphabetically sorted." },
+ "[--accumulate] [<filename>]",
+ "Restore the tags from the given dump file (see 'dump').",
+ "\tInput is read from the given filename, if any, or from stdin.\n"
+ "\tNote: The dump file format is specifically chosen to be\n"
+ "\tcompatible with the format of files produced by sup-dump.\n"
+ "\tSo if you've previously been using sup for mail, then the\n"
+ "\t\"notmuch restore\" command provides you a way to import\n"
+ "\tall of your tags (or labels as sup calls them).\n"
+ "\tThe --accumulate switch causes the union of the existing and new\n"
+ "\ttags to be applied, instead of replacing each message's tags as\n"
+ "\tthey are read in from the dump file."},
+ { "config", notmuch_config_command,
+ "[get|set] <section>.<item> [value ...]",
+ "Get or set settings in the notmuch configuration file.",
+ " config get <section>.<item>\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tThe value of the specified configuration item is printed\n"
+ "\tto stdout. If the item has multiple values, each value\n"
+ "\tis separated by a newline character.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tAvailable configuration items include at least\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\t\tdatabase.path\n"
+ "\t\tuser.name\n"
+ "\t\tuser.primary_email\n"
+ "\t\tuser.other_email\n"
+ "\t\tnew.tags\n"
+ "\n"
+ " config set <section>.<item> [value ...]\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tThe specified configuration item is set to the given value.\n"
+ "\tTo specify a multiple-value item, provide each value as\n"
+ "\ta separate command-line argument.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "\tIf no values are provided, the specified configuration item\n"
+ "\twill be removed from the configuration file." },
{ "help", notmuch_help_command,
"[<command>]",
- "\t\tThis message, or more detailed help for the named command.",
- "\t\tExcept in this case, where there's not much more detailed\n"
- "\t\thelp available." }
+ "This message, or more detailed help for the named command.",
+ "\tExcept in this case, where there's not much more detailed\n"
+ "\thelp available." }
};
static void
command_t *command;
unsigned int i;
- fprintf (out, "Usage: notmuch <command> [args...]\n");
+ fprintf (out,
+ "Usage: notmuch --help\n"
+ " notmuch --version\n"
+ " notmuch <command> [args...]\n");
fprintf (out, "\n");
- fprintf (out, "Where <command> and [args...] are as follows:\n");
+ fprintf (out, "The available commands are as follows:\n");
fprintf (out, "\n");
for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE (commands); i++) {
command = &commands[i];
- if (command->arguments)
- fprintf (out, "\t%s\t%s\n\n%s\n\n",
- command->name, command->arguments, command->summary);
- else
- fprintf (out, "\t%s\t%s\n\n",
- command->name, command->summary);
+ fprintf (out, " %-11s %s\n",
+ command->name, command->summary);
}
+ fprintf (out, "\n");
fprintf (out,
- "Use \"notmuch help <command>\" for more details on each command.\n"
- "And \"notmuch help search-terms\" for the common search-terms syntax.\n\n");
+ "Use \"notmuch help <command>\" for more details on each command\n"
+ "and \"notmuch help search-terms\" for the common search-terms syntax.\n\n");
}
static int
command_t *command;
unsigned int i;
+ argc--; argv++; /* Ignore "help" */
+
if (argc == 0) {
printf ("The notmuch mail system.\n\n");
usage (stdout);
if (strcmp (argv[0], command->name) == 0) {
printf ("Help for \"notmuch %s\":\n\n", argv[0]);
if (command->arguments)
- printf ("\t%s\t%s\n\n%s\n\n%s\n\n",
+ printf ("%s %s\n\n\t%s\n\n%s\n\n",
command->name, command->arguments,
command->summary, command->documentation);
else
- printf ("\t%s\t%s\n\n%s\n\n", command->name,
+ printf ("%s\t%s\n\n%s\n\n", command->name,
command->summary, command->documentation);
return 0;
}
printf ("\n");
printf (search_terms_help);
return 0;
+ } else if (strcmp (argv[0], "hooks") == 0) {
+ printf ("Help for <%s>\n\n", argv[0]);
+ printf (hooks_help);
+ return 0;
}
fprintf (stderr,
{
void *local;
command_t *command;
- unsigned int i;
+ alias_t *alias;
+ unsigned int i, j;
+ const char **argv_local;
+
+ talloc_enable_null_tracking ();
local = talloc_new (NULL);
g_mime_init (0);
+ g_type_init ();
if (argc == 1)
return notmuch (local);
+ if (STRNCMP_LITERAL (argv[1], "--help") == 0)
+ return notmuch_help_command (NULL, argc - 1, &argv[1]);
+
+ if (STRNCMP_LITERAL (argv[1], "--version") == 0) {
+ printf ("notmuch " STRINGIFY(NOTMUCH_VERSION) "\n");
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE (aliases); i++) {
+ alias = &aliases[i];
+
+ if (strcmp (argv[1], alias->name) == 0)
+ {
+ int substitutions;
+
+ argv_local = talloc_size (local, sizeof (char *) *
+ (argc + MAX_ALIAS_SUBSTITUTIONS - 1));
+ if (argv_local == NULL) {
+ fprintf (stderr, "Out of memory.\n");
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ /* Copy all substution arguments from the alias. */
+ argv_local[0] = argv[0];
+ for (j = 0; j < MAX_ALIAS_SUBSTITUTIONS; j++) {
+ if (alias->substitutions[j] == NULL)
+ break;
+ argv_local[j+1] = alias->substitutions[j];
+ }
+ substitutions = j;
+
+ /* And copy all original arguments (skipping the argument
+ * that matched the alias of course. */
+ for (j = 2; j < (unsigned) argc; j++) {
+ argv_local[substitutions+j-1] = argv[j];
+ }
+
+ argc += substitutions - 1;
+ argv = (char **) argv_local;
+ }
+ }
+
for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE (commands); i++) {
command = &commands[i];
if (strcmp (argv[1], command->name) == 0)
- return (command->function) (local, argc - 2, &argv[2]);
+ return (command->function) (local, argc - 1, &argv[1]);
}
fprintf (stderr, "Error: Unknown command '%s' (see \"notmuch help\")\n",
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