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169 lines
4.5 KiB
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\section{\module{mhlib} ---
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Access to MH mailboxes}
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% LaTeX'ized from the comments in the module by Skip Montanaro
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% <skip@mojam.com>.
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\declaremodule{standard}{mhlib}
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\modulesynopsis{Manipulate MH mailboxes from Python.}
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The \module{mhlib} module provides a Python interface to MH folders and
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their contents.
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The module contains three basic classes, \class{MH}, which represents a
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particular collection of folders, \class{Folder}, which represents a single
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folder, and \class{Message}, which represents a single message.
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\begin{classdesc}{MH}{\optional{path\optional{, profile}}}
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\class{MH} represents a collection of MH folders.
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\end{classdesc}
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\begin{classdesc}{Folder}{mh, name}
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The \class{Folder} class represents a single folder and its messages.
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\end{classdesc}
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\begin{classdesc}{Message}{folder, number\optional{, name}}
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\class{Message} objects represent individual messages in a folder. The
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Message class is derived from \class{mimetools.Message}.
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\end{classdesc}
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\subsection{MH Objects \label{mh-objects}}
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\class{MH} instances have the following methods:
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\begin{methoddesc}[MH]{error}{format\optional{, ...}}
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Print an error message -- can be overridden.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[MH]{getprofile}{key}
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Return a profile entry (\code{None} if not set).
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[MH]{getpath}{}
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Return the mailbox pathname.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[MH]{getcontext}{}
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Return the current folder name.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[MH]{setcontext}{name}
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Set the current folder name.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[MH]{listfolders}{}
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Return a list of top-level folders.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[MH]{listallfolders}{}
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Return a list of all folders.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[MH]{listsubfolders}{name}
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Return a list of direct subfolders of the given folder.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[MH]{listallsubfolders}{name}
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Return a list of all subfolders of the given folder.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[MH]{makefolder}{name}
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Create a new folder.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[MH]{deletefolder}{name}
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Delete a folder -- must have no subfolders.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[MH]{openfolder}{name}
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Return a new open folder object.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\subsection{Folder Objects \label{mh-folder-objects}}
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\class{Folder} instances represent open folders and have the following
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methods:
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\begin{methoddesc}[Folder]{error}{format\optional{, ...}}
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Print an error message -- can be overridden.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[Folder]{getfullname}{}
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Return the folder's full pathname.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[Folder]{getsequencesfilename}{}
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Return the full pathname of the folder's sequences file.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[Folder]{getmessagefilename}{n}
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Return the full pathname of message \var{n} of the folder.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[Folder]{listmessages}{}
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Return a list of messages in the folder (as numbers).
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[Folder]{getcurrent}{}
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Return the current message number.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[Folder]{setcurrent}{n}
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Set the current message number to \var{n}.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[Folder]{parsesequence}{seq}
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Parse msgs syntax into list of messages.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[Folder]{getlast}{}
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Get last message, or \code{0} if no messages are in the folder.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[Folder]{setlast}{n}
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Set last message (internal use only).
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[Folder]{getsequences}{}
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Return dictionary of sequences in folder. The sequence names are used
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as keys, and the values are the lists of message numbers in the
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sequences.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[Folder]{putsequences}{dict}
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Return dictionary of sequences in folder {name: list}.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[Folder]{removemessages}{list}
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Remove messages in list from folder.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[Folder]{refilemessages}{list, tofolder}
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Move messages in list to other folder.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[Folder]{movemessage}{n, tofolder, ton}
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Move one message to a given destination in another folder.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[Folder]{copymessage}{n, tofolder, ton}
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Copy one message to a given destination in another folder.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\subsection{Message Objects \label{mh-message-objects}}
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The \class{Message} class adds one method to those of
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\class{mimetools.Message}:
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\begin{methoddesc}[Message]{openmessage}{n}
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Return a new open message object (costs a file descriptor).
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\end{methoddesc}
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