a *field*, *logical operation*, or *modifier*, and 0 or more
subqueries.
-``*``
-``()``
- The empty list matches all messages
+``*`` ``()``
+ Match all messages.
*term*
Match all messages containing *term*, possibly after
FIELDS
``````
+*Fields* (also called *prefixes* in notmuch documentation)
+correspond to attributes of mail messages. Some are inherent (and
+immutable) like ``subject``, while others ``tag`` and ``property`` are
+settable by the user. Each concrete field in
+:any:`the table below <field-table>`
+is discussed further under "Search prefixes" in
+:any:`notmuch-search-terms(7)`. The row *user* refers to user defined
+fields, described in :any:`notmuch-config(1)`.
+
+.. _field-table:
+
+.. table:: Fields with supported modifiers
+
+ +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
+ | field | combine | type | expand | wildcard | regex |
+ +============+===========+===========+===========+===========+==========+
+ | *none* | and | | no | yes | no |
+ +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
+ | *user* | and | phrase | no | yes | no |
+ +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
+ | attachment | and | phrase | yes | yes | no |
+ +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
+ | body | and | phrase | no | no | no |
+ +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
+ | date | | range | no | no | no |
+ +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
+ | folder | or | phrase | yes | yes | yes |
+ +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
+ | from | and | phrase | yes | yes | yes |
+ +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
+ | id | or | term | no | yes | yes |
+ +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
+ | is | and | term | yes | yes | yes |
+ +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
+ | lastmod | | range | no | no | no |
+ +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
+ | mid | or | term | no | yes | yes |
+ +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
+ | mimetype | or | phrase | yes | yes | no |
+ +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
+ | path | or | term | yes | yes | yes |
+ +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
+ | property | and | term | yes | yes | yes |
+ +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
+ | subject | and | phrase | yes | yes | yes |
+ +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
+ | tag | and | term | yes | yes | yes |
+ +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
+ | thread | or | term | yes | yes | yes |
+ +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
+ | to | and | phrase | yes | yes | no |
+ +------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------+
+
.. _modifiers:
MODIFIERS
``(not Bob Marley)``
Match messages containing neither "Bob" nor "Marley", nor their stems,
+``(subject quick "brown fox")``
+ Match messages whose subject contains "quick" (anywhere, stemmed) and
+ the phrase "brown fox".
+
.. |q1| replace:: :math:`q_1`
.. |q2| replace:: :math:`q_2`
.. |qn| replace:: :math:`q_n`