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mu4e: update manual

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@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ higher is required, as well as
Xapian@footnote{@url{https://xapian.org/}} and
GMime@footnote{@url{http://spruce.sourceforge.net/gmime/}}.
@t{mu} has optional support for the Guile 2.x (Scheme) programming
@t{mu} has optional support for the Guile 2.2 (Scheme) programming
language. There are also some GUI-toys, which require GTK+ 3.x and
Webkit.
@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ The main view looks something like the following:
@cartouche
@verbatim
* mu4e - mu for emacs version @value{VERSION}; (in store: 78379 messages)
* mu4e - mu for emacs version @value{VERSION}
Basics
@ -742,21 +742,27 @@ The main view looks something like the following:
Bookmarks
* [bu] Unread messages (26217/26217)
* [bt] Today's messages (2/8)
* [bw] Last 7 days (7/34)
* [bp] Messages with images (276/2315)
* [bu] Unread messages (26119/26119)
* [bt] Today's messages (1/7)
* [bw] Last 7 days (30/126)
* [bp] Messages with images (268/2309)
Misc
* [;]Switch context
* [U]pdate email & database
* toggle [m]ail sending mode (currently direct)
* [N]ews
* [A]bout mu4e
* [H]elp
* [q]uit
Info
* database-path : /home/user/.cache/mu/xapian
* maildir : /home/user/Maildir
* in store : 78825 messages
@end verbatim
@end cartouche
@ -1334,7 +1340,7 @@ directory (@file{~/}); you can change this using the variable
@code{mu4e-attachment-dir}, for example:
@lisp
(setq mu4e-attachment-dir "~/Downloads")
(setq mu4e-attachment-dir "~/Downloads")
@end lisp
For more flexibility, @code{mu4e-attachment-dir} can also be a user-provided
@ -1799,9 +1805,6 @@ for their counterparts, decrypting and signature verification (as discussed in
@ref{MSGV Crypto}). Even if your @t{mu4e} does not have support for the latter
two, you can still sign/encrypt messages.
Currently, decryption and signature verification only works for PGP/MIME;
inline-PGP and S/MIME are not supported.
Important note: the messages are encrypted when they are @emph{sent}:
this means that draft messages are @emph{not} encrypted. So if you are
using e.g. @t{offlineimap} or @t{mbsync} to synchronize with some remote
@ -3456,20 +3459,21 @@ running outside its session.
@node Speedbar
@section Speedbar
@code{speedbar} is an Emacs-extension that shows navigational information for
an Emacs buffer in a separate frame. Using @code{mu4e-speedbar}, @t{mu4e}
lists your bookmarks and maildir folders and allows for one-click access to
them.
@code{speedbar} is an Emacs-extension that shows navigational
information for an Emacs buffer in a separate frame. Using
@code{mu4e-speedbar}, @t{mu4e} lists your bookmarks and maildir
folders and allows for one-click access to them.
@t{mu4e} loads @t{mu4e-speedbar} automatically; all you need to do to activate
it is @kbd{M-x speedbar}. Then, when then switching to the @ref{Main view},
the speedbar-frame is updated with your bookmarks and maildirs. For speed
reasons, the list of maildirs is determined when @t{mu4e} starts; if the list
of maildirs changes while @t{mu4e} is running, you need to restart @t{mu4e} to
have those changes reflected in the speedbar and in other places that use this
list, such as auto-completion when jumping to a maildir.
To enable this, add @t{(require 'mu4e-speedbar)} to your
configuration; then, all you need to do to activate it is @kbd{M-x
speedbar}. Then, when then switching to the @ref{Main view}, the
speedbar-frame is updated with your bookmarks and maildirs.
@code{mu4e-speedbar} was contributed by @emph{Antono Vasiljev}.
For speed reasons, the list of maildirs is determined when @t{mu4e}
starts; if the list of maildirs changes while @t{mu4e} is running, you
need to restart @t{mu4e} to have those changes reflected in the
speedbar and in other places that use this list, such as
auto-completion when jumping to a maildir.
@node Dired
@section Dired
@ -4014,10 +4018,10 @@ However, if you experience slowdowns, here are some things to consider:
@itemize
@item opening messages while indexing:
@t{mu4e} corresponds with the @t{mu} server synchronously; this means
that you can do only one thing at a time. The one operation that can
take a bit of time is retrieving/indexing of mail, during which you
have to wait for messages to open. For some strategies to reduce that
time, see the next question.
that you can do only one thing at a time. The one operation that
potentially does take a bit of time is indexing of mail, during which
you have to wait for messages to open. For some strategies to reduce
that time, see the next question.
@item getting contact information can take some time:
especially when opening @t{mu4e} the first time and you have a
@emph{lot} of contacts, it can take a few seconds to process those.
@ -4089,7 +4093,7 @@ your configuration (courtesy of user @t{kpachnis}):
mml2015-sign-with-sender t)
@end lisp
@subsection Can I `bounce' or `resend' messages?
Yes --- it is possible to edit a (copy of) an existing message and
Somewhat --- it is possible to edit a (copy of) an existing message and
then send it, using @code{M-x mu4e-compose-resend}. This gives you a
raw copy of the message, including all headers, encoded parts and so
on. Reason for this is that for resending, it is important not to