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From: Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com>
To: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
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Subject: Re: does "lei q" --format/-f need to exist?
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Eric Wong writes:

> Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> wrote:
[...]
>> Alright, I think keeping it and only recommending it for stdout
>> (or --stdin with import) is the way to go.
>> 
>> "-o format:/path/name" should be encouraged for regular file and
>> directory args.
>
> Actually, maybe "-o $format" be implicitly stdout?
> (and "-i $format" be implicitly stdin for convert|import)

Hmm, true.  If we went that route, I guess the format auto-detection in
LeiOverview::detect_fmt() (currently just for maildir) would be dropped
because an -o argument without a colon would be taken as the format
rather than a destination that the format can be detected from?