doc/emacs: define and use emacsvar and emacscmd markup

This makes it easier to navigate the merged index of all of the
notmuch documentation.
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David Bremner 2022-07-01 07:40:39 -03:00
parent c527358794
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@ -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')

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@ -50,16 +50,20 @@ a mouse or by positioning the cursor and pressing ``<return>``
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