From: Tomi Ollila Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 20:53:03 +0000 (+0300) Subject: doc: added 'Init File' section to notmuch-emacs info source X-Git-Tag: 0.18_rc0~49 X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=commitdiff_plain;h=703dec7754da477b5683867c88cb940b8553be91 doc: added 'Init File' section to notmuch-emacs info source While adding that fixed (also other) typos noticed by aspell(1) run, and capitalized Emacs and (most) Notmuch terms to match how emacs Info documentation seems to look in general. --- diff --git a/doc/notmuch-emacs.rst b/doc/notmuch-emacs.rst index 28301b3c..09579bf6 100644 --- a/doc/notmuch-emacs.rst +++ b/doc/notmuch-emacs.rst @@ -5,18 +5,18 @@ notmuch-emacs About this Manual ================= -This manual covers only the emacs interface to notmuch. For information +This manual covers only the Emacs interface to Notmuch. For information on the command line interface, see See section “Description” in Notmuch Manual Pager. To save typing, we will sometimes use *notmuch* in this -manual to refer to the Emacs interface to notmuch. If the distinction -should every be important, we’ll refer to the Emacs inteface as +manual to refer to the Emacs interface to Notmuch. If the distinction +should every be important, we’ll refer to the Emacs interface as *notmuch-emacs*. Notmuch-emacs is highly customizable via the the Emacs customization framework (or just by setting the appropriate variables). We try to point out relevant variables in this manual, but in order to avoid duplication of information, but you can usually find the most detailed -description in the varables docstring. +description in the variables docstring. notmuch-hello ============= @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ notmuch-hello single: notmuch-hello single: notmuch -``notmuch-hello`` is the main entry point for notmuch. You can start it +``notmuch-hello`` is the main entry point for Notmuch. You can start it with ``M-x notmuch`` or ``M-x notmuch-hello``. The startup screen looks something like the following. There are some hints at the bottom of the screen. There are three main parts to the notmuch-hello screen, @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ a mouse or by positioning the cursor and pressing ```` | ``=`` to refresh this screen. ``s`` to search messages. ``q`` to quit. | **Customize** this page. -You can change the overall appearence of the notmuch-hello screen by +You can change the overall appearance of the notmuch-hello screen by customizing the variable :index:`notmuch-hello-sections`. @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ notmuch-hello key bindings ```` Move to the next widget (button or text entry field) -```` +```` Move to the previous widget. ```` @@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ Saved Searches Notmuch replaces the static assignment of messages with the more dynamic notion of searching. Notmuch-hello presents the user with a customizable -set of saved searchs. The initial defaults are ``tag:inbox`` and +set of saved searches. The initial defaults are ``tag:inbox`` and ``tag:unread``, but you can customize the following variables :index:`notmuch-saved-searches` A list of cons pairs, the first being the name to display, the - second being a query string for notmuch. See section “Description” + second being a query string for Notmuch. See section “Description” in Notmuch Query Syntax. :index:`notmuch-saved-searches-sort-function` @@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ set of saved searchs. The initial defaults are ``tag:inbox`` and Search Box ---------- -The search box lets the user enter an notmuch query. See section -“Description” in Notmuch Query Syntax, for more info on notmuch query +The search box lets the user enter a Notmuch query. See section +“Description” in Notmuch Query Syntax, for more info on Notmuch query syntax. A history of recent searches is also displayed by default. The latter is controlled by the variable :index:`notmuch-hello-recent-searches-max`. @@ -190,3 +190,15 @@ Importing Mail :index:`notmuch-poll` :index:`notmuch-poll-script` + +Init File +--------- + +When Notmuch is loaded, it will read the ``notmuch-init-file`` +(``~/.emacs.d/notmuch-config`` by default) file. This is normal Emacs Lisp +file and can be used to avoid cluttering your ``~/.emacs`` with Notmuch +stuff. If the file with ``.elc``, ``.elc.gz``, ``.el`` or ``.el.gz`` +suffix exist it will be read instead (just one of these, chosen in this +order). Most often users create ``~/.emacs.d/notmuch-config.el`` and just +work with it. If Emacs was invoked with the ``-q`` or ``--no-init-file`` +options, ``notmuch-init-file`` is not read.