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Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 02:12:08 +0200
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Subject: Re: [RFC] lib: add support for date:<query>..! to mean
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Hi,

On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 07:57:27PM +0100, Mark Walters wrote:
> 
> > 2) If yes, are there better alternatives to "!" as the end point? (Or
> > should the special case be the start point?) Also "@" and "same" have
> > been suggested. Examples: date:yesterday..! date:today..@
> > date:@..monday date:january..same.
> 
> I would be happy with any of these.

Many shells use ! for history expansion; maybe one of the other
characters would be better (no need to escape)?

I like @, purely aesthetic preference :).

Cheers,

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Suvayu

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