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Document that mu4e-maildir must not be a symlink ('fixes' #453)

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mu doesn't support symlinks; document this. You can use hardlinks
instead of course.
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djcb
2014-09-23 07:52:15 +03:00
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mu4e/mu4e-vars.el
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@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ path."
:safe 'stringp) :safe 'stringp)
(defcustom mu4e-maildir (expand-file-name "~/Maildir") (defcustom mu4e-maildir (expand-file-name "~/Maildir")
"The file system path to your Maildir." "The file system path to your Maildir. Must not be a symbolic
link."
:type 'directory :type 'directory
:safe 'stringp :safe 'stringp
:group 'mu4e) :group 'mu4e)

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mu4e/mu4e.texi
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@ -444,8 +444,9 @@ runtime. This allows for dynamically changing them depending on context. See
mu4e-refile-folder "/archive") ;; saved messages mu4e-refile-folder "/archive") ;; saved messages
@end lisp @end lisp
Note, @code{mu4e-maildir} takes an actual filesystem-path, the other folder Note, @code{mu4e-maildir} takes an actual filesystem-path, the other
names are all relative to @code{mu4e-maildir}. folder names are all relative to @code{mu4e-maildir}. Also note that
this must @emph{not} be a symbolic link.
@node Retrieval and indexing @node Retrieval and indexing
@section Retrieval and indexing @section Retrieval and indexing
@ -2675,6 +2676,7 @@ see most is commented-out.
(require 'mu4e) (require 'mu4e)
;; Only needed if your maildir is _not_ ~/Maildir ;; Only needed if your maildir is _not_ ~/Maildir
;; Must be a real dir, not a symlink
;;(setq mu4e-maildir "/home/user/Maildir") ;;(setq mu4e-maildir "/home/user/Maildir")
;; these must start with a "/", and must exist ;; these must start with a "/", and must exist