Improve the developer API documentation

Improve the code documentation (still much more to do) and also add some
more meat to the structure of the developer documentation.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s-dev@laposte.net>

docs/dev-doc-src/conf.py

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ html_theme = 'default'
 # Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
 # relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
 # so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
-html_static_path = ['../html']
+#html_static_path = ['html']
 
 # If not '', a 'Last updated on:' timestamp is inserted at every page bottom,
 # using the given strftime format.
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ html_use_modindex = False
 #html_file_suffix = ''
 
 # Output file base name for HTML help builder.
-htmlhelp_basename = 'offlineimapdoc'
+htmlhelp_basename = 'dev-doc'
 
 
 # -- Options for LaTeX output --------------------------------------------------

docs/dev-doc-src/index.rst

@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 .. currentmodule:: offlineimap
 
 Welcome to :mod:`offlineimaps`'s documentation
-===========================================
+==============================================
 
-The :mod:`offlineimap` module provides the user interface for synchronization between IMAP servers and MailDirs or between IMAP servers. The homepage containing the source code repository can be found at the `offlineimap wiki <https://github.com/spaetz/offlineimap/wiki>`_.
+The :mod:`offlineimap` module provides the user interface for synchronization between IMAP servers and MailDirs or between IMAP servers. The homepage containing the source code repository can be found at the `offlineimap homepage <http://offlineimap.org>`_.
 
 Within :mod:`offlineimap`, the classes :class:`OfflineImap` provides the high-level functionality. The rest of the classes should usually not needed to be touched by the user. A folder is represented by a :class:`offlineimap.folder.Base.BaseFolder` or any derivative :mod:`offlineimap.folder`.
 
-.. moduleauthor:: John Goerzen, Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de>
+.. moduleauthor:: John Goerzen, and many others. See AUTHORS and the git history for a full list.
 
 :License: This module is covered under the GNU GPL v2 (or later).
 
@@ -24,59 +24,45 @@ More information on specific topics can be found on the following pages:
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
-   offlineimap   
+   repository
+   ui
+   offlineimap
 
 :mod:`offlineimap` -- The OfflineImap module
-=================================================
+=============================================
 
-.. automodule:: offlineimap
+.. module:: offlineimap
 
 .. autoclass:: offlineimap.OfflineImap(cmdline_opts = None)
 
-   .. automethod:: parse_commandline
-
-   .. automethod:: write_pidfile
-
-   .. automethod:: delete_pidfile
-
    .. automethod:: lock
 
-   .. automethod:: unlock
+   .. automethod:: run
 
-   .. autoattribute:: ui
+..  .. autoattribute:: ui
 
       :todo: Document
 
-:mod:`offlineimap.folder` -- Basic representation of a local or remote Mail folder
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+:class:`offlineimap.account`
+============================
 
-.. autoclass:: offlineimap.folder.Base.BaseFolder
+An :class:`accounts.Account` connects two email repositories that are to be synced. It comes in two flavors, normal and syncable.
+
+.. autoclass:: offlineimap.accounts.Account
+
+.. autoclass:: offlineimap.accounts.SyncableAccount
    :members:
    :inherited-members:
 
-..   .. note:: :meth:`foo`
-..   .. attribute:: Database.MODE
+   .. autodata:: ui
 
-     Defines constants that are used as the mode in which to open a database.
-
-     MODE.READ_ONLY
-       Open the database in read-only mode
-
-     MODE.READ_WRITE
-       Open the database in read-write mode
+      Contains the current :mod:`offlineimap.ui`, and can be used for logging etc.
 
 
 :exc:`OfflineImapException` -- A Notmuch execution error
-------------------------------------------------
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
 .. autoexception:: offlineimap.OfflineImapException
    :members:
 
-   This execption inherits directly from :exc:`Exception` and is raised on errors during the notmuch execution.
-
-
-Indices and tables
-==================
-
-* :ref:`genindex`
-* :ref:`search`
-
+   This execption inherits directly from :exc:`Exception` and is raised on errors during the offlineimap execution.

docs/dev-doc-src/offlineimap.rst

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-The offlineimap 'binary'
-========================
+The offlineimap 'binary' command line options
+=============================================
 
 Offlineimap is invoked with the following pattern: `offlineimap [args...]`.
 
@@ -72,3 +72,12 @@ Options:
                         Possible interface choices are: Curses.Blinkenlights,
                         TTY.TTYUI, Noninteractive.Basic, Noninteractive.Quiet,
                         Machine.MachineUI
+
+
+
+Indices and tables
+==================
+
+* :ref:`genindex`
+* :ref:`search`
+

docs/dev-doc-src/repository.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+.. currentmodule:: offlineimap.repository
+
+:mod:`offlineimap.repository` -- Email repositories
+------------------------------------------------------------
+
+A derivative of class
+:class:`Base.BaseRepository` represents an email
+repository depending on the type of storage, possible options are:
+
+ * :class:`IMAPRepository`,
+ * :class:`MappedIMAPRepository`
+ * :class:`GmailRepository`,
+ * :class:`MaildirRepository`, or
+ * :class:`LocalStatusRepository`.
+
+Which class you need depends on your account
+configuration. The helper class :class:`offlineimap.repository.Repository` is
+an *autoloader*, that returns the correct class depending
+on your configuration. So when you want to instanciate a new
+:mod:`offlineimap.repository`, you will mostly do it through this class.
+
+.. autoclass:: offlineimap.repository.Repository
+   :members:
+   :inherited-members:
+
+
+
+:mod:`offlineimap.repository` -- Basic representation of a mail repository
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.. autoclass:: offlineimap.repository.Base.BaseRepository
+   :members:
+   :inherited-members:
+   :undoc-members:
+
+..   .. note:: :meth:`foo`
+..   .. attribute:: Database.MODE
+
+     Defines constants that are used as the mode in which to open a database.
+
+     MODE.READ_ONLY
+       Open the database in read-only mode
+
+     MODE.READ_WRITE
+       Open the database in read-write mode
+
+.. autoclass:: offlineimap.repository.IMAPRepository
+.. autoclass:: offlineimap.repository.MappedIMAPRepository
+.. autoclass:: offlineimap.repository.GmailRepository
+.. autoclass:: offlineimap.repository.MaildirRepository
+.. autoclass:: offlineimap.repository.LocalStatusRepository
+
+:mod:`offlineimap.folder` -- Basic representation of a local or remote Mail folder
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. autoclass:: offlineimap.folder.Base.BaseFolder
+   :members:
+   :inherited-members:
+   :undoc-members:
+
+..   .. attribute:: Database.MODE
+
+     Defines constants that are used as the mode in which to open a database.
+
+     MODE.READ_ONLY
+       Open the database in read-only mode
+
+     MODE.READ_WRITE
+       Open the database in read-write mode

docs/dev-doc-src/ui.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+:mod:`offlineimap.ui` -- A pluggable logging system
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. currentmodule:: offlineimap.ui
+
+OfflineImap has various ui systems, that can be selected. They offer various functionalities. They must implement all functions that the :class:`offlineimap.ui.UIBase` offers. Early on, the ui must be set using :meth:`getglobalui`
+
+.. automethod:: offlineimap.ui.setglobalui
+.. automethod:: offlineimap.ui.getglobalui
+
+Base UI plugin
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. autoclass:: offlineimap.ui.UIBase.UIBase
+   :members:
+   :inherited-members:
+
+..   .. note:: :meth:`foo`
+..   .. attribute:: Database.MODE
+
+     Defines constants that are used as the mode in which to open a database.
+
+     MODE.READ_ONLY
+       Open the database in read-only mode
+
+     MODE.READ_WRITE
+       Open the database in read-write mode

offlineimap/accounts.py

@@ -105,11 +105,24 @@ def AccountHashGenerator(customconfig):
 
 
 class Account(CustomConfig.ConfigHelperMixin):
+    """Represents an account (ie. 2 repositories) to sync
+
+    Most of the time you will actually want to use the derived
+    :class:`accounts.SyncableAccount` which contains all functions used
+    for syncing an account."""
+
     def __init__(self, config, name):
+        """
+        :param config: Representing the offlineimap configuration file.
+        :type config: :class:`offlineimap.CustomConfig.CustomConfigParser`
+
+        :param name: A string denoting the name of the Account
+                     as configured"""
         self.config = config
         self.name = name
         self.metadatadir = config.getmetadatadir()
         self.localeval = config.getlocaleval()
+        #Contains the current :mod:`offlineimap.ui`, and can be used for logging etc.
         self.ui = getglobalui()
         self.refreshperiod = self.getconffloat('autorefresh', 0.0)
         self.quicknum = 0
@@ -171,9 +184,11 @@ class Account(CustomConfig.ConfigHelperMixin):
             
     
 class SyncableAccount(Account):
-    """A syncable IMAP account.
+    """A syncable email account connecting 2 repositories
 
-    Derives from class:`Account`."""
+    Derives from :class:`accounts.Account` but contains the additional
+    functions :meth:`syncrunner`, :meth:`sync`, :meth:`syncfolders`,
+    used for syncing."""
 
     def syncrunner(self, siglistener):
         self.ui.registerthread(self.name)

offlineimap/init.py

@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ lockfd = None
 class OfflineImap:
     """The main class that encapsulates the high level use of OfflineImap.
 
-    To invoke OfflineImap you would call it with:
-    oi = OfflineImap()
-    oi.run()
+    To invoke OfflineImap you would call it with::
+
+      oi = OfflineImap()
+      oi.run()
     """
     def lock(self, config, ui):
         global lockfd, hasfcntl

offlineimap/ui/UIBase.py

@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ debugtypes = {'imap': 'IMAP protocol debugging',
 
 globalui = None
 def setglobalui(newui):
+    """Set the global ui object to be used for logging"""
     global globalui
     globalui = newui
 def getglobalui():
+    """Return the current ui object"""
     global globalui
     return globalui