From e78a587ba5e0268377ee24fa11018b7409b486c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Bremner Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:51:35 +2000 Subject: [PATCH] Re: [RFC] http://notmuchmail.org/searching/ [was: Re: Improving notmuch query documentation] --- a6/0baa611de2ae0b53f67de883d123944193116e | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+) create mode 100644 a6/0baa611de2ae0b53f67de883d123944193116e diff --git a/a6/0baa611de2ae0b53f67de883d123944193116e b/a6/0baa611de2ae0b53f67de883d123944193116e new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5968d33a4 --- /dev/null +++ b/a6/0baa611de2ae0b53f67de883d123944193116e @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +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 1015B431FAF + for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:46:49 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: 0 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[none] + 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 B2qy-MqFmFKh for ; + Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:46:46 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from tesseract.cs.unb.ca (tesseract.cs.unb.ca [131.202.240.238]) + (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DA1C8431FAE + for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:46:46 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from fctnnbsc30w-142166230117.dhcp-dynamic.fibreop.nb.bellaliant.net + ([142.166.230.117] helo=rocinante.cs.unb.ca) + by tesseract.cs.unb.ca with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) + (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) + id 1S9kPc-0008JK-DN; Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:46:44 -0300 +Received: from bremner by rocinante.cs.unb.ca with local (Exim 4.77) + (envelope-from ) + id 1S8gvn-0006Bh-V6; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:51:35 -0400 +From: David Bremner +To: Andrei POPESCU , + Austin Clements +Subject: Re: [RFC] http://notmuchmail.org/searching/ [was: Re: Improving + notmuch query documentation] +In-Reply-To: <20120316222952.GA4510@sid.nuvreauspam> +References: <20120316222952.GA4510@sid.nuvreauspam> +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.11.1+166~gd2ef4ed (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/23.3.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:51:35 -0400 +Message-ID: <87mx7gxfy0.fsf@rocinante.cs.unb.ca> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii +X-Spam_bar: - +Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +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, 19 Mar 2012 21:46:49 -0000 + +On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:29:52 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: +> On Jo, 15 mar 12, 22:11:24, Austin Clements wrote: + +> As I see it, the manpage (specifically section 'SEARCH SYNTAX' needs to +> be expanded somewhat and 'help search-terms' shortened (a lot). +> +> Does this make sense? +> + +I don't see that happening in the near future since all notmuch help +does is call man. As Austin said, you're welcome to improve the man +pages, but making them diverge from the help would require a complete +rewrite of all of the help. + +d -- 2.26.2