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From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
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Subject: lei q --save-as=... requires too much thinking
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Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> wrote:
> +'query' => [ 'SEARCH-TERMS...', 'search for messages matching terms', qw(

s/query/q/

> +	save-as=s output|o=s format|f=s dedupe|d=s thread|t augment|a

Naming things is hard, so I don't think "lei q --save-as="
needs to exist.

Just the "-o DESTINATION" can be tracked and used to infer the
metadata used to make the saved search.  Maildir outputs can
store that information in a ".lei" subdir of the Maildir itself;
mboxes and IMAP folders will have it stored in SQLite somewhere.

As with externals, there'll be basename shortcuts, so saved
searches go into ~/lei-saved/foo/; one can just specify "foo"
the next time around as long as the basename is unique.

This is following what was done with externals, lei doesn't
allow the user to name the external like git remotes (e.g.
[remote "origin"] or [publicinbox "foo"]).  The normalized URL
or pathname is the name of the external; which saves cognitive
overhead for my feeble brain.

Of course, basename-only expansion and bash completions go a
long way towards making URLs/paths usable.

> +'ls-query' => [ '[FILTER]', 'list saved search queries',
> +		qw(name-only format|f=s z) ],
> +'rm-query' => [ 'QUERY_NAME', 'remove a saved search' ],
> +'mv-query' => [ qw(OLD_NAME NEW_NAME), 'rename a saved search' ],

These would operate on pathnames and URLs.