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| author | inwit <inwit@sindominio.net> | 2023-09-04 17:04:09 +0200 |
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| committer | Robin Jarry <robin@jarry.cc> | 2023-09-04 17:14:10 +0200 |
| commit | 5991eae60b7f2de6c3377298a0ba7c2df33e02cd (patch) | |
| tree | 7991c857cb876798a6703d4dd23da5c1f04558ca | |
| parent | a5c4f5d3163a84c0a019fd9dc662f6e49a89818b (diff) | |
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doc: clarify notmuch+maildir behavior with respect to files
While notmuch mainly deals with messages and queries, adding either of
*maildir-store* or *maidlir-account-path* will give the impression that aerc
actually deals with files and folders under the notmuch interface. Clarify this
point to avoid confusions.
Signed-Off-By: inwit <inwit@sindominio.net>
Acked-by: Robin Jarry <robin@jarry.cc>
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/aerc-notmuch.5.scd | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/aerc-notmuch.5.scd b/doc/aerc-notmuch.5.scd index b3d6ee89..6837f720 100644 --- a/doc/aerc-notmuch.5.scd +++ b/doc/aerc-notmuch.5.scd @@ -63,14 +63,20 @@ options are available: *maildir-store* = _<path>_ Path to the maildir store containing the message files backing the notmuch database. This is often the same as the notmuch database path. - This is optional. If specified, it will be used by aerc to list - available folders and enable commands such as *:delete* and *:archive*. + If specified, this option will be used by aerc to list available folders + and enable commands such as *:delete* and *:archive*. + + N.B.: aerc will still always show messages and not files (under notmuch, + a single message can be represented by several files), which makes the + semantics of certain commands as *move* ambiguous: for example, if you + try to move a message represented by several files, aerc will not know + what to do and thus refuse. *maildir-account-path* = _<path>_ Path to the maildir account relative to the *maildir-store*. This could be used to achieve traditional maildir one tab per account - behavior. + behavior. The note on *maildir-store* also applies to this option. # USAGE |