From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>
To: Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>,
Michael J Gruber <michaeljgruber+grubix+git@gmail.com>,
David Bremner <david@tethera.net>
Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org
Subject: Re: Meaning of offset in notmuch search --output=files --offset=
Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 09:05:01 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <875xuzs8w2.fsf@fifthhorseman.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878qzxj99h.fsf@iki.fi>
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On Sun 2024-05-26 10:57:14 +0300, Teemu Likonen wrote:
> * 2024-05-25 13:20:58+0200, Michael J. Gruber wrote:
>
>>> Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> writes:
>>>> --offset=[-]N
>>>> Skip displaying the first N results. With the leading '-',
>>>> start at the Nth result from the end.
>>>>
>>>> What if we change the first sentence to "Skip displaying the first N
>>>> search results"?
>
>> Maybe even "Skip displaying output for the first N search results", in
>> an effort to hint at said difference?
>
> Yours is better than the current and mine. Thanks.
I don't see much difference between any of these versions, but i also
don't think any of them make the text concretely worse. So if more
people understand what is meant by the version suggested by Michael J
Gruber, i'd be fine with going with that version.
--dkg
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-05-27 13:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-05-20 18:24 Meaning of offset in notmuch search --output=files --offset= Teemu Likonen
2024-05-25 7:07 ` Teemu Likonen
2024-05-25 10:05 ` David Bremner
2024-05-25 11:20 ` Michael J Gruber
2024-05-26 7:57 ` Teemu Likonen
2024-05-27 13:05 ` Daniel Kahn Gillmor [this message]
2024-05-27 16:50 ` Teemu Likonen
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