From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F36741ED71 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:14:42 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.799 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.799 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=disabled Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id TdfYOBYIHIsX for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:14:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-ee0-f53.google.com (mail-ee0-f53.google.com [74.125.83.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0904F421192 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:14:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by eeke51 with SMTP id e51so296837eek.26 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:14:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=sZhD9EIpl8v6fMKSt/iGMw2SPpwaYn4yG/IHZZnCFRc=; b=WLvxvbG2fxCwT+Jzs/S6zaaN2/kbhXyU2bovq17GCJiEsN5rmNfA83wP0/XwtWk/kE cznSH+08uq8KDvm3R8GsyB8pc84B64yr7Jdmt6rOxZmiH2cFmz+rnZy+68UzFS5oLS9n pDTZUjulMbSrHY/J0f7VjilJ3ywBbM9GWI1HI= Received: by 10.213.17.207 with SMTP id t15mr3130636eba.96.1326838478593; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:14:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from think.nuvreauspam ([92.86.142.199]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id a60sm91413253eeb.4.2012.01.17.14.14.36 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:14:37 -0800 (PST) Received: by think.nuvreauspam (Postfix, from userid 1077) id 728E75FDCC; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:14:35 +0200 (EET) Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:14:35 +0200 From: Andrei Popescu To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: Improving notmuch query documentation [was: Re: Partial words on notmuch search?] Message-ID: <20120117221435.GN3272@think.nuvreauspam> References: <20120115220600.GO7037@think.nuvreauspam> <877h0sa207.fsf@fester.com> <20120116202103.GA14329@think.nuvreauspam> <20120117023431.GF16740@mit.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="bCsyhTFzCvuiizWE" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120117023431.GF16740@mit.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:14:42 -0000 --bCsyhTFzCvuiizWE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Lu, 16 ian 12, 21:34:31, Austin Clements wrote: > Quoth Andrei Popescu on Jan 16 at 10:21 pm: > > This is also interesting: > > $ notmuch count 'debian' > > 65888 > > $ notmuch count 'dEbian' > > 65888 > > $ notmuch count 'Debian' > > 65887 >=20 > The first two will match stemmed versions of "debian" such as > "debian's" and "debianed". However, starting a term with a capital > letter suppresses stemming (because it suggests that it's a name, > which you wouldn't want to modify), so your last query matches only > the term "debian". This is probably documented somewhere, though I > don't know where. Stemming is mentioned in the Xapian docs, but I didn't understand the=20 meaning until I read your explanation, thanks :) > > Where can I read more about this? (except the source :) >=20 > Most of this is in the Xapian query syntax document you found. Really > we ought to beef-up Notmuch's query syntax documentation. If I get around to write something myself where do you suggest I should=20 start, the wiki or the manpage? Thanks, Andrei --=20 If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) --bCsyhTFzCvuiizWE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJPFfLLAAoJEHNWs3jeoi3p9QUH/A42AWuVbo9Cs0DpKEAbrvgy tzsBlnbUSGGU/Vd7F9MB3HVstoRjLUJMSxNpmvntpiSEJBuujtZeZUxVa5+ucTRj noGcVt/SehKjUvAtPue2UKFoMaayPhyVrcKxWdnxb/ac2IsiTHKDBjuiomfqFtLi mw30jSOtkfm1D5oQpGli9Yphlf57k9BjsdYag0lrC6MkAtJKwTHhiwy+Vc9IQjRn OGdYWZmLDBz6uky7w20b/qxVaQ7cH45CXoIF84x6ZGMsB+6PFHrFNV515nsHDQ+Y qW8FbNLBiCsmIr0lS3TbhhW7HGBwo/koy7HafaCfS9tiR44gedYYK+wcegNpkvI= =xUo5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --bCsyhTFzCvuiizWE--