From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15A69431FD0 for ; Sat, 19 Jan 2013 10:26:44 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[none] autolearn=disabled Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id wdKUdCP1yHPK for ; Sat, 19 Jan 2013 10:26:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from tesseract.cs.unb.ca (tesseract.cs.unb.ca [131.202.240.238]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C834F431FD5 for ; Sat, 19 Jan 2013 10:26:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from fctnnbsc30w-156034082078.dhcp-dynamic.fibreop.nb.bellaliant.net ([156.34.82.78] helo=zancas.localnet) by tesseract.cs.unb.ca with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Twd7J-0007xK-0l; Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:26:09 -0400 Received: from bremner by zancas.localnet with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Twd7D-0005ap-DV; Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:26:03 -0400 From: david@tethera.net To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: [PATCH 4/7] man: document existing top level options Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:25:55 -0400 Message-Id: <1358619958-21209-5-git-send-email-david@tethera.net> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.10.4 In-Reply-To: <1358619958-21209-1-git-send-email-david@tethera.net> References: <1358619958-21209-1-git-send-email-david@tethera.net> X-Spam_bar: - Cc: David Bremner X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:26:44 -0000 From: David Bremner The options --help and --version were not documented before. One could quibble about how useful that documentation is, but we will soon add more options. --- man/man1/notmuch.1 | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/man1/notmuch.1 b/man/man1/notmuch.1 index 69805cb..6bf9b2e 100644 --- a/man/man1/notmuch.1 +++ b/man/man1/notmuch.1 @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ notmuch \- thread-based email index, search, and tagging .SH SYNOPSIS .B notmuch -.IR command " [" args " ...]" +.RI "[" option " ...] " command " [" arg " ...]" .SH DESCRIPTION Notmuch is a command-line based program for indexing, searching, reading, and tagging large collections of email messages. @@ -50,6 +50,26 @@ interfaces to notmuch. The emacs-based interface to notmuch (available under in the Notmuch source distribution) is probably the most widely used at this time. +.SH OPTIONS + +Supported global options for +.B notmuch +include + +.RS 4 +.TP 4 +.B \-\-help + +Print a synopsis of available commands and exit. +.RE + +.RS 4 +.TP 4 +.B \-\-version + +Print the installed version of notmuch, and exit. +.RE + .SH COMMANDS -- 1.7.10.4