Re: [PATCH 14/18] man: document 'insert' command

Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/18] man: document 'insert' command

Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:13:38 +0000

To: Peter Wang, notmuch@notmuchmail.org

Cc:

From: Mark Walters


On Wed, 25 Jul 2012, Peter Wang <novalazy@gmail.com> wrote:
> Add initial documentation for notmuch insert command.
> ---
>  man/Makefile.local        |    1 +
>  man/man1/notmuch-insert.1 |   50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 man/man1/notmuch-insert.1
>
> diff --git a/man/Makefile.local b/man/Makefile.local
> index d43a949..f91bfd4 100644
> --- a/man/Makefile.local
> +++ b/man/Makefile.local
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ MAN1 := \
>  	$(dir)/man1/notmuch-count.1 \
>  	$(dir)/man1/notmuch-dump.1 \
>  	$(dir)/man1/notmuch-restore.1 \
> +	$(dir)/man1/notmuch-insert.1 \
>  	$(dir)/man1/notmuch-new.1 \
>  	$(dir)/man1/notmuch-reply.1 \
>  	$(dir)/man1/notmuch-search.1 \
> diff --git a/man/man1/notmuch-insert.1 b/man/man1/notmuch-insert.1
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..7d281b5
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/man/man1/notmuch-insert.1
> @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
> +.TH NOTMUCH-INSERT 1 2012-xx-xx "Notmuch 0.xx"
> +.SH NAME
> +notmuch-insert \- add a message to the maildir and notmuch database
> +.SH SYNOPSIS
> +
> +.B notmuch insert
> +.RI "[" options "]"
> +.RI "--"
> +.RI "[ +<" tag> "|\-<" tag "> ... ]"
> +
> +.SH DESCRIPTION
> +
> +.B notmuch insert
> +reads a message from standard input and delivers it to the specified
> +maildir folder, then incorporates the message into the notmuch
> +database.  It is an alternative to using a separate tool to deliver
> +the message then running
> +.B notmuch new
> +afterwards.
> +
> +The new message will be tagged with the tags specified by the
> +.B new.tags
> +configuration option.
> +Additional tagging operations may be specified on the command-line.
> +Tags prefixed by '+' are added while those prefixed by '\-' are
> +removed.  notmuch will warn about ambiguous tag removal arguments
> +which may be confused with option arguments.  It is recommended to use
> +the option list terminator "--" to avoid ambiguity.
> +
> +Supported options for
> +.B insert
> +include
> +.RS 4
> +.TP 4
> +.BI "--folder=<" folder ">"
> +
> +Deliver the message to the
> +.RI Maildir/ folder
> +directory, which must already exist.
> +The default is to deliver to the top-level directory.

I think this should say something about notmuch database root: so that
by default it delivers to the top-level directory of the notmuch
database, and otherwise is relative to that. Maybe just replace Maildir
by something like "<notmuch-database-root>" or something?

Best wishes

Mark



> +
> +.RE
> +.RE
> +.SH SEE ALSO
> +
> +\fBnotmuch\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-config\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-count\fR(1),
> +\fBnotmuch-dump\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-hooks\fR(5), \fBnotmuch-reply\fR(1),
> +\fBnotmuch-restore\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-search\fR(1),
> +\fBnotmuch-search-terms\fR(7), \fBnotmuch-show\fR(1),
> +\fBnotmuch-tag\fR(1)
> -- 
> 1.7.4.4
>
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