From 3863e88e965f37e316de90978071c985fb4e5701 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carl Worth Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 14:18:45 -0800 Subject: Add documentation for the recently added folder-based searching. Augmenting both the builtin help as well as the manual page. --- notmuch.1 | 9 +++++++++ notmuch.c | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/notmuch.1 b/notmuch.1 index 3878a040..95c61db0 100644 --- a/notmuch.1 +++ b/notmuch.1 @@ -526,6 +526,8 @@ terms to match against specific portions of an email, (where thread: + folder: + The .B from: prefix is used to match the name or address of the sender of an email @@ -569,6 +571,13 @@ internally by notmuch (and do not appear in email messages). These thread ID values can be seen in the first column of output from .B "notmuch search" +The +.B folder: +prefix can be used to search for email message files that are +contained within particular directories within the mail store. Only +the directory components below the top-level mail database path are +available to be searched. + In addition to individual terms, multiple terms can be combined with Boolean operators ( .BR and ", " or ", " not diff --git a/notmuch.c b/notmuch.c index 9ba0ec03..c028aeb9 100644 --- a/notmuch.c +++ b/notmuch.c @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ static const char search_terms_help[] = "\t\ttag: (or is:)\n" "\t\tid:\n" "\t\tthread:\n" + "\t\tfolder:\n" "\n" "\tThe from: prefix is used to match the name or address of\n" "\tthe sender of an email message.\n" @@ -82,6 +83,11 @@ static const char search_terms_help[] = "\tmessages). These thread ID values can be seen in the first\n" "\tcolumn of output from \"notmuch search\".\n" "\n" + "\tThe folder: prefix can be used to search for email message\n" + "\tfiles that are contained within particular directories within\n" + "\tthe mail store. Only the directory components below the top-level\n" + "\tmail database path are available to be searched.\n" + "\n" "\tIn addition to individual terms, multiple terms can be\n" "\tcombined with Boolean operators (\"and\", \"or\", \"not\", etc.).\n" "\tEach term in the query will be implicitly connected by a\n" -- cgit v1.2.3