Thanks for being so welcoming and helpful David! Just pushed an update to
the docs.

(Note: I pushed to a separate branch first
[aguestuser-fix-emacstips-crypto-section], before realizing the project
suggests just pushing to master and doing that, so apologies if I cluttered
up the remote repo!)

/a/

On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 5:48 PM David Bremner <david@tethera.net> wrote:

> Austin Guest <guest.austin@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Thank you David!
> >
> > Using `setq` cleared things up. Should have caught that. Is there any way
> > to contribute a patch to the docs (which omit `setq`) to help other n00bs
> > along the way avoid the same pitfall?
>
> Ah, I see there is a typo on that page. It would be great if you could
> fix it.
>
> You can find instructions for editing the wiki here:
>
>     https://notmuchmail.org/wikiwriteaccess/
>
>
> > When you say the frontend "ships with the C source" what does that mean?
> Or
> > perhaps more to the point: how can I find and use the C source to build
> the
> > binary? Once built, how can I make sure the new version is what I run
> from
> > Emacs since I'm currently running the version from Melpa, etc...?
>
> download the source from
>
> https://notmuchmail.org/releases/LATEST-notmuch-0.21.tar.gz
>
> unpack that, and there is a file called INSTALL with instructions on how
> to build and install.
>
> You can find the versions by typing 'v' in the notmuch-hello buffer.
>
> d
>