Re: have "notmuch help" call man?

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+Subject: Re: have "notmuch help" call man?\r
+From: Adam Wolfe Gordon <awg+notmuch@xvx.ca>\r
+To: David Bremner <bremner@unb.ca>\r
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+On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 09:01, David Bremner <bremner@unb.ca> wrote:\r
+> Currently help strings are compiled into the notmuch binary. This is a\r
+> bit a of pain, since we have the same help text in two places.\r
+> What do you think about having "notmuch help foo" invoke "man\r
+> notmuch-foo" and create appropriate man pages (or links).\r
+\r
+I really like this git-style idea.  An additional plus is that long\r
+help (e.g. notmuch help show) would be automatically paged, avoiding a\r
+lot of !!|less.\r
+\r
+-- \r
+Adam Wolfe Gordon\r