test: Disentangle execution of notmuch from the examination of the results.

[notmuch] / notmuch.c

diff --git a/notmuch.c b/notmuch.c
index 8650951533e22cd2aa31807111f3ecffba0c4eb6..dcfda32123fbb7c457d9b55cfc107eea4e838153 100644 (file)
--- a/notmuch.c
+++ b/notmuch.c
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ static const char search_terms_help[] =
     "\tthe given terms/phrases in the body, the subject, or any of\n"
     "\tthe sender or recipient headers.\n"
     "\n"
     "\tthe given terms/phrases in the body, the subject, or any of\n"
     "\tthe sender or recipient headers.\n"
     "\n"

+    "\tAs a special case, a search string consisting of exactly a\n"
+    "\tsingle asterisk (\"*\") will match all messages.\n"
+    "\n"

     "\tIn addition to free text, the following prefixes can be used\n"
     "\tto force terms to match against specific portions of an email,\n"
     "\t(where <brackets> indicate user-supplied values):\n"
     "\tIn addition to free text, the following prefixes can be used\n"
     "\tto force terms to match against specific portions of an email,\n"
     "\t(where <brackets> indicate user-supplied values):\n"


@@ -216,16 +219,11 @@ command_t commands[] = {
       "Count messages matching the search terms.",
       "\tThe number of matching messages is output to stdout.\n"
       "\n"
       "Count messages matching the search terms.",
       "\tThe number of matching messages is output to stdout.\n"
       "\n"

-      "\tA common use of \"notmuch count\" is to display the count\n"
-      "\tof messages matching both a specific tag and either inbox\n"
-      "\tor unread\n"
-      "\n"
-      "\tIf no parameters are given, or the special search terms '' or\n"
-      "\t'*' are given, it will display the total number of messages in\n"
-      "\tthe database.\n"
+      "\tWith no search terms, a count of all messages in the database\n"
+      "\twill be displayed.\n"

       "\n"
       "\tSee \"notmuch help search-terms\" for details of the search\n"
       "\n"
       "\tSee \"notmuch help search-terms\" for details of the search\n"

-      "\t\tterms syntax." },
+      "\tterms syntax." },

     { "reply", notmuch_reply_command,
       "[options...] <search-terms> [...]",
       "Construct a reply template for a set of messages.",
     { "reply", notmuch_reply_command,
       "[options...] <search-terms> [...]",
       "Construct a reply template for a set of messages.",