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 D7AA4429E27 for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2011 07:25:59 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.29 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.29 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, T_MIME_NO_TEXT=0.01] 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 aINids2aa0Tv for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2011 07:25:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tempo.its.unb.ca (tempo.its.unb.ca [131.202.1.21]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 45EA0429E26 for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2011 07:25:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zancas.localnet (fctnnbsc36w-156034064058.pppoe-dynamic.High-Speed.nb.bellaliant.net [156.34.64.58]) (authenticated bits=0) by tempo.its.unb.ca (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p9AEPr0u014807 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:25:54 -0300 Received: from bremner by zancas.localnet with local (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RDGnh-0006pi-2r; Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:25:53 -0300 From: David Bremner To: Tomi Ollila Subject: Re: output file argument to notmuch dump. In-Reply-To: References: <8739f5tzxj.fsf@zancas.localnet> <8739f2qhla.fsf@zancas.localnet> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.9~rc2 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/23.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:25:45 -0300 Message-ID: <87pqi4q5xy.fsf@zancas.localnet> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Cc: notmuch 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: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:26:00 -0000 --=-=-= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:59:06 +0300, Tomi Ollila wrote: >=20 > In this case there would be 2 transitional syntaxes. IMHO=20 >=20 > 'notmuch dump ' causes least transitional pain. >=20 I don't understand what you mean here. Can you elaborate? notmuch dump =20 is not a transitional syntax, but rather a new syntax that breaks existing scripts.=20 The advantage of using -- here is that it allows things like notmuch dump --format=3Dsomething-better -- --output to search for --output (of course the query is then parsed a bit surprisingly, but this is a different issue.) d --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iJwEAQECAAYFAk6TAGkACgkQTiiN/0Um85n7ZwP/Q4UdL8d9ziR5sew5WNL2p/R5 ouzm8RdkVksA4ckckDfqi3z/U3nRnYb3u5AkOJj3b4U0aJazJG55ML2tRfvRCcHT p9BCjur8KZRQ9h3+TCDlCLQO8lVkFZ3ROrgp+75sGkF47V8WcOUpZsi6QwKaH+9p a4XYL9nG0Ju+gWevPLg= =kwCb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--