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author | Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> | 2009-11-05 10:33:37 -0800 |
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committer | Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> | 2009-11-05 10:33:37 -0800 |
commit | d1b06f159ccaa4e5e6830e63d21d3a1d04865ca4 (patch) | |
tree | 6e10a12e81f8e0aa2215ae502990c76390589afb /notmuch.c | |
parent | 494c74229bb8bdfc8571ce5de20a7beb0333c5f2 (diff) |
notmuch search: Document the from, to, and subject prefixes.
I've been using these for a long time, but I had neglected to document
them until now.
Diffstat (limited to 'notmuch.c')
-rw-r--r-- | notmuch.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -1467,11 +1467,22 @@ command_t commands[] = { "\t\tNote that the individual mail messages will be matched\n" "\t\tagainst the search terms, but the results will be the\n" "\t\tthreads containing the matched messages.\n\n" - "\t\tCurrently, the supported search terms are as follows, (where\n" + "\t\tCurrently, in addition to free text (and quoted phrases\n" + "\t\tthe following prefixed search terms are supported, (where\n" "\t\t<brackets> indicate user-supplied values):\n\n" + "\t\t\tfrom:<name-or-address>\n" + "\t\t\tto:<name-or-address>\n" + "\t\t\tsubject:<word-or-quoted-phrase>\n" "\t\t\ttag:<tag>\n" "\t\t\tid:<message-id>\n" "\t\t\tthread:<thread-id>\n\n" + "\t\tThe from: prefix is used to match the name or address of\n" + "\t\tthe sender of an email message.\n\n" + "\t\tThe to: prefix is used to match the names or addresses of\n" + "\t\tany recipient of an email message, (whether To, Cc, or Bcc).\n\n" + "\t\tAny term prefixed with subject: will match only text from\n" + "\t\tthe subject of an email. Quoted phrases are supported when\n" + "\t\tsearching with: subject:\"this is a phrase\".\n\n" "\t\tValid tag values include \"inbox\" and \"unread\" by default\n" "\t\tfor new messages added by \"notmuch new\" as well as any other\n" "\t\ttag values added manually with \"notmuch tag\".\n\n" |