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-rw-r--r--alot/__main__.py2
-rw-r--r--alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec2
-rw-r--r--docs/source/configuration/alotrc_table2
-rw-r--r--docs/source/usage/cli_options.rst5
4 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/alot/__main__.py b/alot/__main__.py
index 80c0da12..1c2a2c46 100644
--- a/alot/__main__.py
+++ b/alot/__main__.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def parser():
help='notmuch configuration file')
parser.add_argument('-C', '--colour-mode',
choices=(1, 16, 256), type=int,
- help='terminal colour mode')
+ help='number of colours to use')
parser.add_argument('-p', '--mailindex-path',
action=cargparse.ValidatedStoreAction,
validator=cargparse.require_dir,
diff --git a/alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec b/alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec
index dfe5dd38..a2edcb37 100644
--- a/alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec
+++ b/alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ bug_on_exit = boolean(default=False)
# offset of next focused buffer if the current one gets closed
bufferclose_focus_offset = integer(default=-1)
-# number of colours to use
+# number of colours to use on the terminal
colourmode = option(1, 16, 256, default=256)
# number of spaces used to replace tab characters
diff --git a/docs/source/configuration/alotrc_table b/docs/source/configuration/alotrc_table
index 8cc208bd..75708e45 100644
--- a/docs/source/configuration/alotrc_table
+++ b/docs/source/configuration/alotrc_table
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
.. describe:: colourmode
- number of colours to use
+ number of colours to use on the terminal
:type: option, one of ['1', '16', '256']
:default: 256
diff --git a/docs/source/usage/cli_options.rst b/docs/source/usage/cli_options.rst
index b7f5aa02..4fd200e5 100644
--- a/docs/source/usage/cli_options.rst
+++ b/docs/source/usage/cli_options.rst
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
-n FILENAME, --notmuch-config=FILENAME
notmuch configuration file (default: $NOTMUCH_CONFIG
or ~/.notmuch-config)
--C COLOUR, --colour-mode=COLOUR
- terminal colour; must be 1, 16 or 256
+-C COLOURS, --colour-mode=COLOURS
+ number of colours to use on the terminal; must be 1, 16 or 256
+ (default: configuration option `colourmode` or 256)
-p PATH, --mailindex-path=PATH
path to notmuch index
-d LEVEL, --debug-level=LEVEL