Merge branch 'next'

docs/HACKING.rst

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ In order to involve into OfflineIMAP you need some knowledges about Git and our
 workflow. Don't be afraid if you don't know much, we would be pleased to help
 you.
 
+You can find the API docs autogenerated on http://docs.offlineimap.org.
+
 Release cycles
 ==============
 

offlineimap.conf

@@ -238,37 +238,37 @@ remoterepository = RemoteExample
 # maxsize = 2000000
 
 
-# When you are starting to sync an already existing account yuo can tell offlineimap
-# to sync messages from only the last x days.  When you do this messages older than x
-# days will be completely ignored.  This can be useful for importing existing accounts
-# when you do not want to download large amounts of archive email.
-
+# When you are starting to sync an already existing account you can tell
+# offlineimap to sync messages from only the last x days.  When you do
+# this messages older than x days will be completely ignored.  This can
+# be useful for importing existing accounts when you do not want to
+# download large amounts of archive email.
+#
 # Messages older than maxage days will not be synced, their flags will
-# not be changed, they will not be deleted etc.  For offlineimap it will be like these
-# messages do not exist.  This will perform an IMAP search in the case of IMAP or Gmail
-# and therefor requires that the server support server side searching.  This will
-# calculate the earliest day that would be included in the search and include all 
-# messages from that day until today.   e.g. maxage = 3 to sync only the last 3 days mail
-
-# maxage = 3
+# not be changed, they will not be deleted etc.  For offlineimap it will
+# be like these messages do not exist.  This will perform an IMAP search
+# in the case of IMAP or Gmail and therefor requires that the server
+# support server side searching.  This will calculate the earliest day
+# that would be included in the search and include all messages from
+# that day until today.  e.g. maxage = 3 to sync only the last 3 days
+# mail
+#
+# maxage =
 
 
-# Maildir format uses colon (:) separator between uniq name and info.
+# Maildir file format uses colon (:) separator between uniq name and info.
 # Unfortunatelly colon is not allowed character in windows file name. If you
 # enable maildir-windows-compatible option, offlineimap will be able to store
 # messages on windows drive, but you will probably loose compatibility with
 # other programs working with the maildir
-
-# maildir-windows-compatible = no
+#
+#maildir-windows-compatible = no
 
 
 [Repository LocalExample]
 
-# This is one of the two repositories that you'll work with given the
-# above example.  Each repository requires a "type" declaration.
-#
-# The types supported are Maildir and IMAP.
-#
+# Each repository requires a "type" declaration. The types supported for
+# local repositories are Maildir and IMAP.
 
 type = Maildir
 
@@ -278,12 +278,12 @@ type = Maildir
 
 localfolders = ~/Test
 
-# You can specify the "path separator character" used for your Maildir
-# folders.  This is inserted in-between the components of the tree.
-# It defaults to ".".  If you want your Maildir folders to be nested,
-# set it to "/".
-
-sep = .
+# You can specify the "folder separator character" used for your Maildir
+# folders.  It is inserted in-between the components of the tree. If you
+# want your folders to be nested directories, set it to "/". 'sep' is
+# ignored for IMAP repositories, as it is queried automatically.
+#
+#sep = .
 
 # Some users may not want the atime (last access time) of folders to be
 # modified by OfflineIMAP.  If 'restoreatime' is set to yes, OfflineIMAP
@@ -291,11 +291,11 @@ sep = .
 # folder to their original value after each sync.
 #
 # In nearly all cases, the default should be fine.
+#
+#restoreatime = no
 
-restoreatime = no
 
 [Repository RemoteExample]
-
 # And this is the remote repository.  We only support IMAP or Gmail here.
 
 type = IMAP