From: David Bremner Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 20:05:35 +0000 (+0100) Subject: [Patch v2 2/4] doc: add more information on operators. X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=03a81c29197a95d71e62d2fae4d1490ed4e133cb;p=notmuch-archives.git [Patch v2 2/4] doc: add more information on operators. --- diff --git a/20/55d650039ca60a3b3225c1fed0687a1fe9a841 b/20/55d650039ca60a3b3225c1fed0687a1fe9a841 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9fa0d27a9 --- /dev/null +++ b/20/55d650039ca60a3b3225c1fed0687a1fe9a841 @@ -0,0 +1,118 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3BC1429E26 + for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2015 12:17:25 -0800 (PST) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: 2.438 +X-Spam-Level: ** +X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.438 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[DNS_FROM_AHBL_RHSBL=2.438] autolearn=disabled +Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id EcUEajlVL-LC for ; + Mon, 23 Feb 2015 12:17:25 -0800 (PST) +Received: from mx.xen14.node3324.gplhost.com (gitolite.debian.net + [87.98.215.224]) + (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 445FD429E25 + for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2015 12:17:25 -0800 (PST) +Received: from remotemail by mx.xen14.node3324.gplhost.com with local (Exim + 4.80) (envelope-from ) + id 1YPzHh-0001d4-Ru; Mon, 23 Feb 2015 20:07:17 +0000 +Received: (nullmailer pid 5904 invoked by uid 1000); Mon, 23 Feb 2015 + 20:06:24 -0000 +From: David Bremner +To: David Bremner , Jani Nikula , + notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: [Patch v2 2/4] doc: add more information on operators. +Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 21:05:35 +0100 +Message-Id: <1424721937-5797-3-git-send-email-david@tethera.net> +X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.1.4 +In-Reply-To: <1424721937-5797-1-git-send-email-david@tethera.net> +References: <87a9163fpf.fsf@maritornes.cs.unb.ca> + <1424721937-5797-1-git-send-email-david@tethera.net> +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 +Precedence: list +List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." + +List-Unsubscribe: , + +List-Archive: +List-Post: +List-Help: +List-Subscribe: , + +X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 20:17:26 -0000 + +More material borrowed from the wiki page on "searching" +--- + doc/man7/notmuch-search-terms.rst | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- + 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) + +diff --git a/doc/man7/notmuch-search-terms.rst b/doc/man7/notmuch-search-terms.rst +index 7fb4a27..1bd3df5 100644 +--- a/doc/man7/notmuch-search-terms.rst ++++ b/doc/man7/notmuch-search-terms.rst +@@ -124,17 +124,49 @@ The time range can also be specified using timestamps with a syntax of: + Each timestamp is a number representing the number of seconds since + 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC. + +-In addition to individual terms, multiple terms can be combined with +-Boolean operators ( **and**, **or**, **not** , etc.). Each term in the +-query will be implicitly connected by a logical AND if no explicit +-operator is provided, (except that terms with a common prefix will be +-implicitly combined with OR until we get Xapian defect #402 fixed). ++Operators ++--------- + ++In addition to individual terms, multiple terms can be combined with ++Boolean operators (**and**, **or**, **not**, and **xor**). Each term ++in the query will be implicitly connected by a logical AND if no ++explicit operator is provided, (except that terms with a common prefix ++will be implicitly combined with OR). The shorthand '-' can be used for 'not ' but ++unfortunately this does not work at the start of an expression. + Parentheses can also be used to control the combination of the Boolean + operators, but will have to be protected from interpretation by the + shell, (such as by putting quotation marks around any parenthesized + expression). + ++In addition to the standard boolean operators, Xapian provides several ++operators specific to text searching. ++ ++:: ++ ++ notmuch search term1 NEAR term2 ++ ++will return results where term1 is within 10 words of term2. The ++threshold can be set like this: ++ ++:: ++ ++ notmuch search term1 NEAR/2 term2 ++ ++The search ++ ++:: ++ ++ notmuch search term1 ADJ term2 ++ ++will return results where term1 is within 10 words of term2, but in the ++same order as in the query. The threshold can be set the same as with ++NEAR: ++ ++:: ++ ++ notmuch search term1 ADJ/7 term2 ++ ++ + Stemming + -------- + +-- +2.1.4 +