Re: Meaning of offset in notmuch search --output=files --offset=

[Michael J Gruber <michaeljgruber+grubix+git@gmail.com>]

Am Sa., 25. Mai 2024 um 12:06 Uhr schrieb David Bremner <david@tethera.net>:
>
> Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> writes:
>
> >
> >> Perhaps the manual page needs a few more words to make it clear.
> >
> >     --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"?
>
> For me personally that doesn't make it that much clearer, but I'm
> willing to follow a concensus if there is one.

... because it was clear to you before, already ;-)

Once you are aware of the conceptual difference between "search" and
"output", the change makes it clearer.

Maybe even "Skip displaying output for the first N search results", in
an effort to hint at said difference?

Michael