diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py index 8cb65060..11896b50 100644 --- a/doc/conf.py +++ b/doc/conf.py @@ -222,3 +222,12 @@ def setup(app): indextemplate='pair: configuration item; %s', ref_nodeclass=docutils.nodes.generated, objname='config item' ) + app.add_object_type('emacsvar','emacsvar', + indextemplate='pair: Emacs variable; %s', + ref_nodeclass=docutils.nodes.generated, + objname='Emacs variable') + app.add_object_type('emacscmd','emacscmd', + indextemplate='pair: Emacs command; %s', + ref_nodeclass=docutils.nodes.generated, + objname='Emacs command') + diff --git a/doc/notmuch-emacs.rst b/doc/notmuch-emacs.rst index ec97b432..fe132327 100644 --- a/doc/notmuch-emacs.rst +++ b/doc/notmuch-emacs.rst @@ -50,16 +50,20 @@ a mouse or by positioning the cursor and pressing ```` You can change the overall appearance of the notmuch-hello screen by customizing the variables -:index:`notmuch-hello-sections` +.. emacsvar:: notmuch-hello-sections + |docstring::notmuch-hello-sections| -:index:`notmuch-hello-thousands-separator` +.. emacsvar:: notmuch-hello-thousands-separator + |docstring::notmuch-hello-thousands-separator| -:index:`notmuch-show-logo` +.. emacsvar:: notmuch-show-logo + |docstring::notmuch-show-logo| -:index:`!notmuch-column-control` +.. emacsvar:: notmuch-column-control + Controls the number of columns for saved searches/tags in notmuch view. This variable has three potential types of values: @@ -137,25 +141,28 @@ The saved searches default to various common searches such as ``tag:inbox`` to access the inbox and ``tag:unread`` to access all unread mail, but there are several options for customization: -:index:`notmuch-saved-searches` +.. emacsvar:: notmuch-saved-searches + The list of saved searches, including names, queries, and additional per-query options. -:index:`notmuch-saved-search-sort-function` +.. emacsvar:: notmuch-saved-search-sort-function + This variable controls how saved searches should be sorted. A value of ``nil`` displays the saved searches in the order they are stored in ‘notmuch-saved-searches’. -:index:`notmuch-column-control` - Controls the number of columns for displaying saved-searches/tags - Search Box ---------- 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`. +latter is controlled by the variable `notmuch-hello-recent-searches-max`. + +.. emacsvar:: notmuch-hello-recent-searches-max + + |docstring::notmuch-hello-recent-searches-max| Known Tags ---------- @@ -164,15 +171,14 @@ One special kind of saved search provided by default is for each individual tag defined in the database. This can be controlled via the following variables. -:index:`notmuch-hello-tag-list-make-query` +.. emacsvar:: notmuch-hello-tag-list-make-query + Control how to construct a search (“virtual folder”) from a given tag. -:index:`notmuch-hello-hide-tags` - Which tags not to display at all. +.. emacsvar:: notmuch-hello-hide-tags -:index:`notmuch-column-control` - Controls the number of columns for displaying saved-searches/tags + Which tags not to display at all. .. _notmuch-search: @@ -209,20 +215,24 @@ menu of results that the user can explore further by pressing The presentation of results can be controlled by the following variables. -:index:`notmuch-search-result-format` +.. emacsvar:: notmuch-search-result-format + Control how each thread of messages is presented in the ``notmuch-show-mode`` buffer -:index:`notmuch-search-oldest-first` +.. emacsvar:: notmuch-search-oldest-first + Display the oldest threads at the top of the buffer It is also possible to customize how the name of buffers containing search results is formatted using the following variables: -:index:`notmuch-search-buffer-name-format` +.. emacsvar:: notmuch-search-buffer-name-format + |docstring::notmuch-search-buffer-name-format| -:index:`notmuch-saved-search-buffer-name-format` +.. emacsvar:: notmuch-saved-search-buffer-name-format + |docstring::notmuch-saved-search-buffer-name-format| @@ -270,16 +280,19 @@ pressing RET after positioning the cursor on a hidden part. Display of messages can be controlled by the following variables; see also :ref:`show-large`. -:index:`notmuch-message-headers` +.. emacsvar:: notmuch-message-headers + |docstring::notmuch-message-headers| -:index:`notmuch-message-headers-visible` +.. emacsvar:: notmuch-message-headers-visible + |docstring::notmuch-message-headers-visible| -:index:`notmuch-show-header-line` +.. emacsvar:: notmuch-show-header-line + |docstring::notmuch-show-header-line| -:index:`notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` +.. emacsvar:: notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged Which mime types to hide by default for multipart messages. @@ -307,7 +320,7 @@ Dealing with large messages and threads If you are finding :ref:`notmuch-show` is annoyingly slow displaying large messages, you can customize -:index:`notmuch-show-max-text-part-size`. If you want to speed up the +:emacsvar:`notmuch-show-max-text-part-size`. If you want to speed up the display of large threads (with or without large messages), there are several options. First, you can display the same query in one of the other modes. :ref:`notmuch-unthreaded` is the most robust for @@ -315,19 +328,22 @@ extremely large queries, but :ref:`notmuch-tree` is also be faster than :ref:`notmuch-show` in general, since it only renders a single message a time. If you prefer to stay with the rendered thread ("conversation") view of :ref:`notmuch-show`, you can customize the -variables :index:`notmuch-show-depth-limit`, -:index:`notmuch-show-height-limit` and -:index:`notmuch-show-max-text-part-size` to limit the amount of +variables :emacsvar:`notmuch-show-depth-limit`, +:emacsvar:`notmuch-show-height-limit` and +:emacsvar:`notmuch-show-max-text-part-size` to limit the amount of rendering done initially. Note that these limits are implicitly *OR*-ed together, and combinations might have surprising effects. -:index:`notmuch-show-depth-limit` +.. emacsvar:: notmuch-show-depth-limit + |docstring::notmuch-show-depth-limit| -:index:`notmuch-show-height-limit` +.. emacsvar:: notmuch-show-height-limit + |docstring::notmuch-show-height-limit| -:index:`notmuch-show-max-text-part-size` +.. emacsvar:: notmuch-show-max-text-part-size + |docstring::notmuch-show-max-text-part-size| .. _show-copy: @@ -476,7 +492,7 @@ prefix (:kbd:`C-u k`), notmuch displays a menu of the reverses of the operations specified in ``notmuch-tagging-keys``; i.e. each ``+tag`` is replaced by ``-tag`` and vice versa. -:index:`notmuch-tagging-keys` +.. emacsvar:: notmuch-tagging-keys |docstring::notmuch-tagging-keys| @@ -488,17 +504,18 @@ notmuch-tag-undo Each notmuch buffer supporting tagging operations (i.e buffers in :any:`notmuch-show`, :any:`notmuch-search`, :any:`notmuch-tree`, and :any:`notmuch-unthreaded` mode) keeps a local stack of tagging -operations. These can be undone via ``notmuch-tag-undo``. By default +operations. These can be undone via :emacscmd:`notmuch-tag-undo`. By default this is bound to the usual Emacs keys for undo. -:index:`notmuch-tag-undo` +.. emacscmd:: notmuch-tag-undo |docstring::notmuch-tag-undo| Buffer navigation ================= -:index:`notmuch-cycle-notmuch-buffers` +.. emacscmd:: notmuch-cycle-notmuch-buffers + |docstring::notmuch-cycle-notmuch-buffers| Configuration @@ -509,23 +526,25 @@ Configuration Importing Mail -------------- -:index:`notmuch-poll` +.. emacscmd:: notmuch-poll + |docstring::notmuch-poll| -:index:`notmuch-poll-script` +.. emacsvar:: notmuch-poll-script + |docstring::notmuch-poll-script| Sending Mail ------------ -:index:`mail-user-agent` +.. emacsvar:: mail-user-agent Emacs consults the variable :code:`mail-user-agent` to choose a mail sending package for commands like :code:`report-emacs-bug` and :code:`compose-mail`. To use ``notmuch`` for this, customize this variable to the symbol :code:`notmuch-user-agent`. -:index:`message-dont-reply-to-names` +.. emacsvar:: message-dont-reply-to-names When composing mail replies, Emacs's message mode uses the variable :code:`message-dont-reply-to-names` to exclude