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@@ -96,59 +96,59 @@
<initial-timestamp>..<final-timestamp>
- Each timestamp is a number representing the number of seconds since
+ Each timestamp is a number representing the number of seconds since
1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC.
- In addition to individual terms, multiple terms can be combined with
- Boolean operators ( and, or, not , etc.). Each term in the query will
- be implicitly connected by a logical AND if no explicit operator is
- provided, (except that terms with a common prefix will be implicitly
+ In addition to individual terms, multiple terms can be combined with
+ Boolean operators ( and, or, not , etc.). Each term in the query will
+ be implicitly connected by a logical AND if no explicit operator is
+ provided, (except that terms with a common prefix will be implicitly
combined with OR until we get Xapian defect #402 fixed).
- Parentheses can also be used to control the combination of the Boolean
- operators, but will have to be protected from interpretation by the
- shell, (such as by putting quotation marks around any parenthesized
+ Parentheses can also be used to control the combination of the Boolean
+ operators, but will have to be protected from interpretation by the
+ shell, (such as by putting quotation marks around any parenthesized
expression).
DATE AND TIME SEARCH
- notmuch understands a variety of standard and natural ways of express-
+ notmuch understands a variety of standard and natural ways of express-
ing dates and times, both in absolute terms ("2012-10-24") and in rela-
- tive terms ("yesterday"). Any number of relative terms can be combined
- ("1 hour 25 minutes") and an absolute date/time can be combined with
- relative terms to further adjust it. A non-exhaustive description of
+ tive terms ("yesterday"). Any number of relative terms can be combined
+ ("1 hour 25 minutes") and an absolute date/time can be combined with
+ relative terms to further adjust it. A non-exhaustive description of
the syntax supported for absolute and relative terms is given below.
The range expression
date:<since>..<until>
- The above expression restricts the results to only messages
+ The above expression restricts the results to only messages
from <since> to <until>, based on the Date: header.
<since> and <until> can describe imprecise times, such as "yes-
- terday". In this case, <since> is taken as the earliest time
- it could describe (the beginning of yesterday) and <until> is
- taken as the latest time it could describe (the end of yester-
+ terday". In this case, <since> is taken as the earliest time
+ it could describe (the beginning of yesterday) and <until> is
+ taken as the latest time it could describe (the end of yester-
day). Similarly, date:january..february matches from the begin-
ning of January to the end of February.
- Currently, we do not support spaces in range expressions. You
+ Currently, we do not support spaces in range expressions. You
can replace the spaces with '_', or (in most cases) '-', or (in
- some cases) leave the spaces out altogether. Examples in this
+ some cases) leave the spaces out altogether. Examples in this
man page use spaces for clarity.
Open-ended ranges are supported (since Xapian 1.2.1), i.e. it's
- possible to specify date:..<until> or date:<since>.. to not
- limit the start or end time, respectively. Pre-1.2.1 Xapian
- does not report an error on open ended ranges, but it does not
+ possible to specify date:..<until> or date:<since>.. to not
+ limit the start or end time, respectively. Pre-1.2.1 Xapian
+ does not report an error on open ended ranges, but it does not
work as expected either.
- Entering date:expr without ".." (for example date:yesterday)
- won't work, as it's not interpreted as a range expression at
- all. You can achieve the expected result by duplicating the
- expr both sides of ".." (for example date:yesterday..yester-
+ Entering date:expr without ".." (for example date:yesterday)
+ won't work, as it's not interpreted as a range expression at
+ all. You can achieve the expected result by duplicating the
+ expr both sides of ".." (for example date:yesterday..yester-
day).
Relative date and time
@@ -157,15 +157,15 @@
All refer to past, can be repeated and will be accumulated.
- Units can be abbreviated to any length, with the otherwise
+ Units can be abbreviated to any length, with the otherwise
ambiguous single m being m for minutes and M for months.
- Number can also be written out one, two, ..., ten, dozen, hun-
- dred. Additionally, the unit may be preceded by "last" or
+ Number can also be written out one, two, ..., ten, dozen, hun-
+ dred. Additionally, the unit may be preceded by "last" or
"this" (e.g., "last week" or "this month").
- When combined with absolute date and time, the relative date
- and time specification will be relative from the specified
+ When combined with absolute date and time, the relative date
+ and time specification will be relative from the specified
absolute date and time.
Examples: 5M2d, two weeks
@@ -220,9 +220,9 @@
SEE ALSO
- notmuch(1), notmuch-config(1), notmuch-count(1), notmuch-dump(1), not-
- much-hooks(5), notmuch-new(1), notmuch-reply(1), notmuch-restore(1),
- notmuch-search(1), notmuch-show(1), notmuch-tag(1)
+ notmuch(1), notmuch-config(1), notmuch-count(1), notmuch-dump(1), not-
+ much-hooks(5), notmuch-insert(1), notmuch-new(1), notmuch-reply(1),
+ notmuch-restore(1), notmuch-search(1), notmuch-show(1), notmuch-tag(1)
-Notmuch 0.15.2
+Notmuch 0.16