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@@ -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. |