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@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Optimize notmuch's performance
 
+[[!toc levels=2]]
+
 ## Xapian 1.2.x database format: chert vs. flint
 
 Xapian 1.2 (in contrast to 1.0.x) uses a new database format called
@@ -18,20 +20,20 @@ database format, but also used in case of `chert`.
 
 ### Migrate from flint to chert
 
-1. make sure you are using xapian 1.2.x (depends on your distribution)
+Make sure you are using xapian 1.2.x (depends on your distribution)
 
-XXX: add examples
+XXX: add examples for different distributions
 
-2. Backup your notmuch tags:
+Backup your notmuch tags:
 
     $ cd
-    $ notmuch dump notmuch-dump-b4chert
+    $ notmuch dump --output=notmuch-dump-b4chert
 
-3. Move away your old database:
+Move away your old database:
 
     $ mv $(notmuch config get database.path)/.notmuch/ notmuch-db-b4chert
 
-4. Find and import your messages, a new and fresh database will be
+Find and import your messages, a new and fresh database will be
 created:
 
     $ XAPIAN_PREFER_CHERT=1 notmuch new
@@ -44,23 +46,21 @@ somebody more knowledgeable.
 After the initial import it is definitely not necessary to define
 `XAPIAN_PREFER_CHERT` for subsequent calls of `notmuch new`.
 
-5. Restore your tags:
+Restore your tags:
 
-    $ notmuch restore notmuch-dump-b4chert
+    $ notmuch restore --input=notmuch-dump-b4chert
 
-6. Check whether you are on chert now:
+Check whether you are on chert now:
 
     $ ls $(notmuch config get database.path)/.notmuch/xapian/iam*
     iamchert
 
   If it says `iamflint`, most likely you are still using xapian 1.0.x.
 
-7. Clean-up
-
-If you are sure everything is fine, you can delete the old things. The
-dump of your tags you might want to keep anyway as a backup - on the
-other hand you should have some mechanism in place to make regular
-backups of your notmuch database:
+Clean-up: if you are sure everything is fine, you can delete the old
+things. The dump of your tags you might want to keep anyway as a
+backup - on the other hand you should have some mechanism in place to
+make regular backups of your notmuch database:
 
     $ rm notmuch-dump-b4chert
     $ rm -R notmuch-db-b4chert
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ This needs xapian 1.2
 Backup your database:
 
     $ cd
-    $ notmuch dump notmuch-dump-b4compact
+    $ notmuch dump --output=notmuch-dump-b4compact
 
 Compact it:
 
@@ -100,4 +100,3 @@ Remove old and renamed compacted, if compacting went well:
 * [Sebastian Spaeth](http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/2011/004048.html)
 
 * [Pieter Praet](http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/2011/004175.html)
-