Re: [PATCH] Have notmuch count default to showing the total. [LWN.net]

From:		Carl Worth <cworth-4HiWtcSh4w0dnm+yROfE0A-AT-public.gmane.org>
To:		Dirk Hohndel <hohndel-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ-AT-public.gmane.org>, Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian-6b102mguJBqELgA04lAiVw-AT-public.gmane.org>, Mike Kelly <pioto-71YMXoEwp8/YtjvyW6yDsg-AT-public.gmane.org>, notmuch-gxuj+Tv9EO5zyzON3hdc1g-AT-public.gmane.org
Subject:		Re: [PATCH] Have notmuch count default to showing the total.
Date:		Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:33:47 -0700
Archive-link:		Article, Thread

On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:19:47 -0700, Dirk Hohndel <hohndel-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:01:35 +0200, "Sebastian Spaeth" <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de> wrote:

> > 1) I often want to know how many mails are in my db. "notmuch count" or
> > "notmuch count *" is the intuitive syntax I would use for that. Right
> > now there is no way as far as I can see.
> 
> I use "notmuch count To" - not very intuitive, though.

Unfortunately, this doesn't give the desired result.

Think Shakespearean and you can get an accurate count though:

      notmuch count to be or not to be

-Carl

OK, we need a simpler search syntax than that...

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