X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?p=notmuch-wiki;a=blobdiff_plain;f=faq.mdwn;h=8f370e0e161386f502f2f26fbfbde96f3239c344;hp=9a038190873eced3223c00eeca9102b11a7af5d1;hb=1a3ebd2306ac5ab74bb50ce94408f80739f23c23;hpb=19816397065f725b205fe1e6ed44b56ce5cdf7f1

diff --git a/faq.mdwn b/faq.mdwn
index 9a03819..8f370e0 100644
--- a/faq.mdwn
+++ b/faq.mdwn
@@ -12,18 +12,29 @@ with the same message (i.e. the files have identical Message-ID). A
 `folder:` search will match the folder of any of the files. The
 `--output=files` option outputs all the files of all matching messages.
 
-## How come this query does not list all the emails on the file system? `notmuch search --output=files -- folder:inbox`
+## How come my query does not list all the emails on the file system?
 
-You may have emails that only have some of the excluded tags.
+You may have emails that have some of the [exclude
+tags](https://notmuchmail.org/doc/latest/man1/notmuch-search.html#cmdoption-search-exclude)
 
-Notmuch can be configured to exclude some tags while searching. You can list excluded tags with
+Notmuch can be configured to exclude some tags while searching. You
+can list excluded tags with
 
-	$ notmuch config get search.exclude_tags
-	deleted
+    $ notmuch config get search.exclude_tags
+    deleted
 
-To verify this is the reason of the discrepancy, add the excluded tags explicitly to your query.
+To verify this is the reason of the discrepancy, add the excluded tags
+explicitly to your query. If the problematic query is
 
-	$ notmuch search --output=files -- folder:inbox tag:deleted
+    $ notmuch search --output=files -- folder:inbox
+
+Try
+
+    $ notmuch search --output=files -- folder:inbox tag:deleted
+
+You can also temporarily turn of the excluded tags feature with `--exclude`.
+
+    $ notmuch search --output=files --exclude=false -- folder:inbox
 
 ## Shouldn't notmuch support inline PGP?
 
@@ -140,7 +151,7 @@ for discussion of `thread:{}` queries.
 See
 [notmuch-extract-patch](https://github.com/aaptel/notmuch-extract-patch). See
 also notmuch-extract-patch in
-[mailscripts]](https://git.spwhitton.name/mailscripts/).
+[mailscripts](https://git.spwhitton.name/mailscripts/).
 
 ## T150-tagging.sh is failing with Xapian 1.4.6