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Document that mu4e-maildir must not be a symlink ('fixes' #453)
mu doesn't support symlinks; document this. You can use hardlinks instead of course.
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:safe 'stringp)
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(defcustom mu4e-maildir (expand-file-name "~/Maildir")
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"The file system path to your Maildir."
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"The file system path to your Maildir. Must not be a symbolic
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link."
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:type 'directory
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:safe 'stringp
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:group 'mu4e)
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@ -444,8 +444,9 @@ runtime. This allows for dynamically changing them depending on context. See
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mu4e-refile-folder "/archive") ;; saved messages
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@end lisp
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Note, @code{mu4e-maildir} takes an actual filesystem-path, the other folder
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names are all relative to @code{mu4e-maildir}.
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Note, @code{mu4e-maildir} takes an actual filesystem-path, the other
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folder names are all relative to @code{mu4e-maildir}. Also note that
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this must @emph{not} be a symbolic link.
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@node Retrieval and indexing
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@section Retrieval and indexing
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(require 'mu4e)
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;; Only needed if your maildir is _not_ ~/Maildir
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;; Must be a real dir, not a symlink
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;;(setq mu4e-maildir "/home/user/Maildir")
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;; these must start with a "/", and must exist
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