Re: [notmuch] JSON output as default [was: Re: [PATCH] Add an "--output=(json|text...

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+Subject: Re: [notmuch] JSON output as default [was: Re: [PATCH] Add an\r
+ "--output=(json|text|)" command-line option...]\r
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+> I definitely want to be able to pipe single-field lists coming from\r
+> notmuch to grep, xargs, shell for loops, etc. without having to decode\r
+> JSON.\r
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+While I would love to see JSON (even by default), I agree. If I just\r
+want to code up a notmuch-based address book with sth like:\r
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+notmuch show to:Diana --output=to --sort=relevance --limit=20\r
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+just getting back a plain list of mail addresses is the easiest to handle.\r