X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=bindings%2Fpython%2Fdocs%2Fsource%2Findex.rst;h=9ad5fa9759fc3e3db4e738fc8854dd07144780e3;hp=a2b42aae6b686ccd5da1357010a861de819c08f3;hb=d50171d1cc575a41bf620c55853ade65d0edfad8;hpb=594dbb62432bd7f92d1e121145b80628eb8aad2a diff --git a/bindings/python/docs/source/index.rst b/bindings/python/docs/source/index.rst index a2b42aae..9ad5fa97 100644 --- a/bindings/python/docs/source/index.rst +++ b/bindings/python/docs/source/index.rst @@ -1,272 +1,37 @@ -.. notmuch documentation master file, created by - sphinx-quickstart on Tue Feb 2 10:00:47 2010. +Welcome to :mod:`notmuch`'s documentation +========================================= .. currentmodule:: notmuch -Welcome to :mod:`notmuch`'s documentation -=========================================== - -The :mod:`notmuch` module provides an interface to the `notmuch `_ 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`. +The :mod:`notmuch` module provides an interface to the `notmuch +`_ 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 :License: This module is covered under the GNU GPL v3 (or later). -This page contains the main API overview of notmuch |release|. - - -More information on specific topics can be found on the following pages: - .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 quickstart notes status_and_errors + database + query + messages + message + tags + threads + thread + filesystem notmuch -:class:`Database` -- The underlying notmuch database ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - -.. autoclass:: Database([path=None[, create=False[, mode=MODE.READ_ONLY]]]) - - .. automethod:: create - - .. automethod:: open(path, status=MODE.READ_ONLY) - - .. automethod:: get_path - - .. automethod:: get_version - - .. automethod:: needs_upgrade - - .. automethod:: upgrade - - .. automethod:: begin_atomic - - .. automethod:: end_atomic - - .. automethod:: get_directory - - .. automethod:: add_message - - .. automethod:: remove_message - - .. automethod:: find_message - - .. automethod:: find_message_by_filename - - .. automethod:: get_all_tags - - .. automethod:: create_query - - .. attribute:: Database.MODE - - Defines constants that are used as the mode in which to open a database. - - MODE.READ_ONLY - Open the database in read-only mode - - MODE.READ_WRITE - Open the database in read-write mode - - .. autoattribute:: db_p - - -:class:`Query` -- A search query -------------------------------------------------- - -.. autoclass:: Query - - .. automethod:: create - - .. attribute:: Query.SORT - - Defines constants that are used as the mode in which to open a database. - - SORT.OLDEST_FIRST - Sort by message date, oldest first. - - SORT.NEWEST_FIRST - Sort by message date, newest first. - - SORT.MESSAGE_ID - Sort by email message ID. - - SORT.UNSORTED - Do not apply a special sort order (returns results in document id - order). - - .. 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 - - .. automethod:: count_threads - - -:class:`Messages` -- A bunch of messages ----------------------------------------- - -.. autoclass:: Messages - - .. automethod:: collect_tags - - .. method:: __len__() - - .. warning:: - - :meth:`__len__` was removed in version 0.6 as it exhausted the iterator and broke - list(Messages()). Use the :meth:`Query.count_messages` function or use `len(list(msgs))`. - -:class:`Message` -- A single message ----------------------------------------- - -.. autoclass:: Message - - .. automethod:: get_message_id - - .. automethod:: get_thread_id - - .. automethod:: get_replies - - .. automethod:: get_filename - - .. automethod:: get_filenames - - .. 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:: get_date - - .. automethod:: get_header - - .. automethod:: get_tags - - .. automethod:: maildir_flags_to_tags - - .. automethod:: tags_to_maildir_flags - - .. automethod:: remove_tag - - .. automethod:: add_tag - - .. automethod:: remove_all_tags - - .. automethod:: freeze - - .. automethod:: thaw - - .. automethod:: format_message_as_json - - .. automethod:: format_message_as_text - - .. automethod:: __str__ - - -:class:`Tags` -- Notmuch tags ------------------------------ - -.. autoclass:: Tags - :members: - - .. method:: __len__ - - .. warning:: - - :meth:`__len__` was removed in version 0.6 as it exhausted the iterator and broke - list(Tags()). Use :meth:`len(list(msgs))` instead if you need to know the number of - tags. - - .. automethod:: __str__ - - -:class:`Threads` -- Threads iterator ------------------------------------------------------ - -.. autoclass:: Threads - - .. automethod:: __len__ - - .. automethod:: __str__ - -:class:`Thread` -- A single thread ------------------------------------- - -.. 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 ------------------------------------------------- - -.. autoclass:: Filenames - - .. automethod:: Filenames.__len__ - - .. automethod:: Filenames.as_generator - -:class:`Directoy` -- A directory entry in the database ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -.. autoclass:: Directory - - .. automethod:: Directory.get_child_files - - .. automethod:: Directory.get_child_directories - - .. automethod:: Directory.get_mtime - - .. automethod:: Directory.set_mtime - - .. autoattribute:: Directory.mtime - - .. autoattribute:: Directory.path - - -The `next page `_ contains information on possible Status and Error values. - Indices and tables ================== * :ref:`genindex` * :ref:`search` -