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authorPatrick Totzke <patricktotzke@gmail.com>2011-08-27 11:21:37 +0100
committerPatrick Totzke <patricktotzke@gmail.com>2011-08-27 11:21:37 +0100
commit3c6566a0fbd4c0317daa1c84cc24ecf83f92a285 (patch)
treec56886581aa5a9fade2af977147161d42e45586a /INSTALL
parent26d93cbe28827f0e01a3a511a0383e213a1e00d5 (diff)
parent8014a371423b7195fb686b5b39c776fc95064914 (diff)
Merge branch 'develop'
Conflicts: INSTALL README USAGE
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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 8ed2eaeb..a995a3f6 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -3,39 +3,45 @@ INSTALL
Alot depends on development versions of notmuch and urwid.
Note that due to restrictions on argparse and subprocess,
-you need to run python v>=2.7.
+you need to run *python v>=2.7*.
-1. make sure you have urwid V>= 1.0
--------------------------------------
+urwid
+-----
+make sure you have
+
+ git clone http://github.com/wardi/urwid
+ cd urwid
+ sudo python setup.py install
-> git clone http://github.com/wardi/urwid
-> cd urwid
-> sudo python setup.py install
It seems you need the python headers for this.
On debian/ubuntu:
->aptitude install python2.7-dev
+ aptitude install python2.7-dev
+
+
+notmuch
+-------
+install notmuch *and* python bindings from git:
-2. install notmuch and python bindings from git:
-------------------------------------------------
+ git clone git://notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch
-> git clone git://notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch
-> cd notmuch
-> ./configure
-> make
-> sudo make install
-> cd bindings/python
-> sudo python setup.py install
+ cd notmuch
+ ./configure
+ make
+ sudo make install
+ cd bindings/python
+ sudo python setup.py install
-3. get alot and install it from git:
-------------------------------------
+alot
+----
+get alot and install it from git:
-> git clone git://github.com/pazz/alot alot
-> cd alot
-> sudo python setup.py install
+ git clone git://github.com/pazz/alot alot
+ cd alot
+ sudo python setup.py install
-That's it, now "alot" should be in your path.
+That's it, now `alot` should be in your path.
Alot tries to be as unobtrusive as possible, with one exception:
It forces you to use UTF-8 encoding whereever it can:
@@ -43,12 +49,10 @@ All text parts and headers of outgoing emails are converted to utf-8,
notmuch tagstrings, edited emails and config files are interpreted as utf-8.
All configs are optional, but if you want to send mails you need to
-specify at least one account section:
+specify at least one account section in you config:
- [account uoe]
- realname = Your Name
- address = your@address
- sendmail_command = msmtp
- sent_mailbox = maildir:///home/you/mail/Sent
+ [account uoe]
+ realname = Your Name
+ address = your@address
See USAGE for default keymaps and how to do fancy customization.