From 0019a0056905633b9aa8f8b5ee4172ce8e40c249 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: djcb Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 14:10:43 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] mu4e: update docs for mu4e-get-mail-command There seems to be some confusion making people setting it to `t` rather than the literal string "true". Make it even clearer in the doc. --- mu4e/mu4e-vars.el | 8 ++++---- mu4e/mu4e.texi | 7 ++++--- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/mu4e/mu4e-vars.el b/mu4e/mu4e-vars.el index a2910aa8..b07ab8d2 100644 --- a/mu4e/mu4e-vars.el +++ b/mu4e/mu4e-vars.el @@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ link." Common values are \"offlineimap\", \"fetchmail\" or \"mbsync\", but arbitrary shell-commands can be used. -When set to \"true\" (the default), the command simply finishes -succesfully (running the 'true' command) without retrieving any -mail. This can be useful when mail is already retrieved in another -way." +When set to the literal string \"true\" (the default), the +command simply finishes succesfully (running the 'true' command) +without retrieving any mail. This can be useful when mail is +already retrieved in another way." :type 'string :group 'mu4e :safe 'stringp) diff --git a/mu4e/mu4e.texi b/mu4e/mu4e.texi index 1b092641..4bcfc091 100644 --- a/mu4e/mu4e.texi +++ b/mu4e/mu4e.texi @@ -3574,9 +3574,10 @@ some soundfile, change as needed): somehow?} Yes - set @code{mu4e-headers-auto-update} to @code{nil}. @item @emph{I don't use @t{offlineimap}, @t{fetchmail} etc., I get my mail through my own mailserver. What should I use for -@code{mu4e-get-mail-command}}? Use @t{"true"} (or don't do anything, it's the -default). This makes getting mail a no-op, but the messages are still -re-indexed. +@code{mu4e-get-mail-command}}? Use the literal string @t{"true"} (or +don't do anything, it's the default) which then uses @t{/bin/true} (a +command that does nothing and always succeeds). This makes getting mail +a no-op, but the messages are still re-indexed. @item @emph{How can I re-index my messages without getting new mail?} Use @kbd{M-x mu4e-update-index} @item @emph{When I try to run @t{mu index} while @t{mu4e} is running I get