JSON reply format
- "notmuch reply" can now produce JSON output that contains the headers
+ `notmuch reply` can now produce JSON output that contains the headers
for a reply message and full information about the original message
begin replied to. This allows MUAs to create replies intelligently.
For example, an MUA that can parse HTML might quote HTML parts.
- Calling notmuch reply with --format=json imposes the restriction that
+ Calling notmuch reply with `--format=json` imposes the restriction that
only a single message is returned by the search, as replying to
multiple messages does not have a well-defined behavior. The default
retains its current behavior for multiple message replies.
Tag exclusion
Tags can be automatically excluded from search results by adding them
- to the new 'search.exclude_tags' option in the Notmuch config file.
+ to the new `search.exclude_tags` option in the Notmuch config file.
This behaviour can be overridden by explicitly including an excluded
tag in your query, for example:
- notmuch search $your_query and tag:$excluded_tag
+ notmuch search $your_query and tag:$excluded_tag
- Existing users will probably want to run "notmuch setup" again to add
+ Existing users will probably want to run `notmuch setup` again to add
the new well-commented [search] section to the configuration file.
For new configurations, accepting the default setting will cause the
tags "deleted" and "spam" to be excluded, equivalent to running:
- notmuch config set search.exclude_tags deleted spam
+ notmuch config set search.exclude_tags deleted spam
Raw show format changes
- The output of show --format=raw has changed for multipart and
+ The output of show `--format=raw` has changed for multipart and
message parts. Previously, the output was a mash of somewhat-parsed
headers and transfer-decoded bodies. Now, such parts are reproduced
faithfully from the original source. Message parts (which includes
Listing configuration items
- The new "config list" command prints out all configuration items and
+ The new `config list` command prints out all configuration items and
their values.
Emacs Interface
The user-facing tagging functions in the Emacs interface have been
normalized across all notmuch modes. The tagging functions are now
- 'notmuch-search-tag' in search-mode, and 'notmuch-show-tag' in
+ notmuch-search-tag in search-mode, and notmuch-show-tag in
show-mode. They accept a string representing a single tag change,
or a list of tag changes. See 'M-x describe-function notmuch-tag'
for more information.
New add-on tool: notmuch-mutt
-----------------------------
-The new contrib/ tool "notmuch-mutt" provides Notmuch integration for
+The new contrib/ tool `notmuch-mutt` provides Notmuch integration for
the Mutt mail user agent. Using it, Mutt users can perform mail
search, thread reconstruction, and mail tagging/untagging without
leaving Mutt. notmuch-mutt, formerly distributed under the name
-"mutt-notmuch" by Stefano Zacchiroli, will be maintained as a notmuch
+`mutt-notmuch` by Stefano Zacchiroli, will be maintained as a notmuch
contrib/ from now on.
Library changes
The API changes detailed below break binary and source compatibility,
so libnotmuch has been bumped to version 3.0.0.
-The function notmuch_database_close has been split into
-notmuch_database_close and notmuch_database_destroy
+The function `notmuch_database_close` has been split into
+`notmuch_database_close` and `notmuch_database_destroy`
This makes it possible for long running programs to close the xapian
database and thus release the lock associated with it without
destroying the data structures obtained from it.
-notmuch_database_open, notmuch_database_create, and
-notmuch_database_get_directory now return errors
+`notmuch_database_open`, `notmuch_database_create`, and
+`notmuch_database_get_directory` now return errors
The type signatures of these functions have changed so that the
- functions now return a notmuch_status_t and take an out-argument for
+ functions now return a `notmuch_status_t` and take an out-argument for
returning the new database object or directory object.
go bindings changes
Go 1 compatibility
- The go bindings and the notmuch-addrlookup utility are now
+ The go bindings and the `notmuch-addrlookup` utility are now
compatible with go 1.
Notmuch 0.12 (2012-03-20)