From a78d499ef24f16be127cb727e4d91f7221bd5c81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: pazz Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:06:01 +0100 Subject: docs --- INSTALL | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'INSTALL') diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 67cec252..b9c2fc02 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -3,13 +3,17 @@ INSTALL Alot depends on development versions of notmuch and urwid. + 1. make sure you have urwid from git: +------------------------------------- > git clone http://github.com/wardi/urwid > cd urwid > sudo python setup.py install + 2. install notmuch and python bindings from git: +------------------------------------------------ > git clone git://notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch > cd notmuch @@ -19,14 +23,18 @@ Alot depends on development versions of notmuch and urwid. > cd bindings/python > sudo python setup.py install + 3. make sure you have argparse installed: +----------------------------------------- + If you are running debian and are still on python 2.6, easy_install argparse 4. get alot and install it from git: +------------------------------------ -> git clone git://github.com/pazz/notmuch-gui alot +> git clone git://github.com/pazz/alot alot > cd alot > sudo python setup.py install @@ -35,8 +43,7 @@ Thats 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: All text parts and headers of outgoing emails are converted to utf-8, -notmuch tagstrings and config files are interpreted as utf-8. -I believe this makes the world a better place. +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: @@ -44,7 +51,6 @@ specify at least one account section: [account uoe] realname = Your Name address = your@address - sender_type = sendmail sendmail_command = msmtp sent_mailbox = maildir:///home/you/mail/Sent -- cgit v1.2.3