Checkmail @VERSION@
- (c) 2005--2007 Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz>
+ (c) 2005--2014 Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz>
================================================================================
Checkmail is nothing more than a smart textual menu allowing easy browsing
through a set of mailboxes, displayed together with numbers of all messages
-and new messages.
+and new messages. It is also able to notify the user that a new mail has
+arrived by means of beeps, keyboard LEDs and on-screen display.
-It can be freely used and distributed according to the terms of the GNU General
-Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+Checkmail can be freely used and distributed according to the terms of the GNU
+General Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
-Build requirements: libncurses, locales and iconv and a decent C99 compiler
-(preferably GCC).
+Build requirements: libncurses, locales and iconv, and a decent C99 compiler
+(preferably GCC). For full UTF-8 support, libncursesw is necessary. Options
+for controlling XKB leds need libX11, on-screen display needs libX11 and OSDD.
+See Makefile for several build-time switches.
Usage:
+~~~~~~
see `cm --help'
Keys:
- q / Ctrl-C quit
- arrow keys / vi-like movement moves through the list
- ENTER invokes mutt (or a program specified
- with the -m option) on the current mailbox
- TAB jumps to the next mailbox with some new
- messages (mailboxes with higher priority
- are preferred)
- ` TAB in reverse direction
- Ctrl-R forces full reload of the list (otherwise,
- it gets updated incrementally)
- Ctrl-L redraw screen
- 0...9 sets minimum priority of mailboxes to show
- (0=show all)
- b, B enable/disable beeping
- <hotkey> activate a specific mailbox and invoke mutt
- on it (hotkeys are defined as mailbox options
- and they override the default key bindings)
+~~~~~
+ q / Ctrl-C quit
+ arrow keys moves through the list
+ h, j, k, l vi-like movement keys also work
+ ENTER invokes mutt (or a program specified with the -m option)
+ on the current mailbox
+ TAB jumps to the next mailbox with some new messages
+ (mailboxes with higher priority are preferred)
+ ` TAB in reverse direction
+ Ctrl-R forces full reload of the list
+ (otherwise, it gets updated incrementally)
+ Ctrl-L redraw screen
+ 0...9 sets minimum priority of mailboxes to show (0=show all)
+ b, B enable/disable beeping
+ d, D enable/disable on-screen display
+ / start incremental search mode
+ <hotkey> activate a specific mailbox and invoke mutt on it
+ (hotkeys are defined as mailbox options and they override
+ the default key bindings)
-Examples:
+OSD Messages:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+When OSDD is installed (see http://mj.ucw.cz/linux.html#osdd), Checkmail can
+send on-screen notifications on incoming mail. This can be enabled by the "d"
+mailbox option. Additionally, you can customize the OSD messages using the "-s"
+switch: "-s<key>=<value>" sets an OSD attribute (e.g., "-scolor=red" or
+"-sduration=3000" [ms]), "-s=<text>" adds a line to the message. If no text
+lines are defined, Checkmail uses built-in default.
+
+Each <text> can contain the following formatting sequences:
+ %f sender of the highest-priority new message
+ %s subject of the same message
+ %n total number of new messages
+ %m the number of more new messages (i.e., %m-1)
+ if it is 0, the whole <text> line is skipped
+ %<width>... you can add an optional maximum width in characters
+
+Examples:
+~~~~~~~~~
cm -i display just the inbox
cm -i '~/Mail/*_list' display inbox and all mailing lists
cm -i '~/Mail/*_list' -oINBOX=1t highlight the inbox and prefer it on TAB
Caveats:
+~~~~~~~~
- - CheckMail currently does no mailbox locking, but the incremental update mechanism
+ - Checkmail currently does no mailbox locking, but the incremental update mechanism
is able to recover from mailboxes caught in the middle of mail delivery.
Please send all bug reports and suggestions to mj@ucw.cz.
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