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mu4e.texi: be explicit about :labels

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As noted in #2870, this isn't explicitly mentioned in discussion about labels,
so unless you read the mu4e-headers-fields / mu4e-view-fields docstrings, you
may guess wrong.
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Dirk-Jan C. Binnema
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@ -2528,8 +2528,26 @@ later what this something should be; see below
The @t{label} mark lets you apply @emph{labels} to messages, which are short The @t{label} mark lets you apply @emph{labels} to messages, which are short
strings to attach to this message which you can query using the @t{label:} strings to attach to this message which you can query using the @t{label:}
field. To see them in your headers / message views, you need to add the field to field.
the @code{mu4e-headers-fields} and @code{mu4e-view-fields}, respectively.
To see them in your headers / message views, you need to add @code{:labels} to
the @code{mu4e-headers-fields} and/or @code{mu4e-view-fields}, respectively.
For instance:
@lisp
(setq mu4e-headers-fields
'((:human-date . 10)
(:flags . 4)
(:from-or-to . 20)
(:mailing-list . 8)
(:maildir . 8)
(:labels . 8)
(:thread-subject . nil)))
(setq mu4e-view-fields
'(:from :date :to :cc :bcc :subject
:flags :maildir
:message-id :labels))
@end lisp
To change the labels for some message, you specify a @emph{label expression}, To change the labels for some message, you specify a @emph{label expression},
which consists of a space-separated sequence of labels, each prefixed with which consists of a space-separated sequence of labels, each prefixed with