notmuch search: Remove the chunked-searching hack.

[notmuch] / notmuch.c

diff --git a/notmuch.c b/notmuch.c
index 72ca62044e90a2a3ccd2a0cee493f81141504fa4..f45b6924646db094b877fd3a21c4bb3dbb7850c4 100644 (file)
--- a/notmuch.c
+++ b/notmuch.c
@@ -89,7 +89,22 @@ static const char search_terms_help[] =
     "\t\tParentheses can also be used to control the combination of\n"
     "\t\tthe Boolean operators, but will have to be protected from\n"
     "\t\tinterpretation by the shell, (such as by putting quotation\n"
     "\t\tParentheses can also be used to control the combination of\n"
     "\t\tthe Boolean operators, but will have to be protected from\n"
     "\t\tinterpretation by the shell, (such as by putting quotation\n"

-    "\t\tmarks around any parenthesized expression).\n\n";
+    "\t\tmarks around any parenthesized expression).\n"
+    "\n"
+    "\t\tFinally, results can be restricted to only messages within a\n"
+    "\t\tparticular time range, (based on the Date: header) with:\n"
+    "\n"
+    "\t\t\t<intial-timestamp>..<final-timestamp>\n"
+    "\n"
+    "\t\tEach timestamp is a number representing the number of seconds\n"
+    "\t\tsince 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC. This is not the most convenient\n"
+    "\t\tmeans of expressing date ranges, but until notmuch is fixed to\n"
+    "\t\taccept a more convenient form, one can use the date program to\n"
+    "\t\tconstruct timestamps. For example, with the bash shell the\n"
+    "\t\tfollowing syntax would specify a date range to return messages\n"
+    "\t\tfrom 2009-10-01 until the current time:\n"
+    "\n"
+    "\t\t\t$(date +%%s -d 2009-10-01)..$(date +%%s)\n\n";

 
 command_t commands[] = {
     { "setup", notmuch_setup_command,
 
 command_t commands[] = {
     { "setup", notmuch_setup_command,


@@ -147,16 +162,6 @@ command_t commands[] = {
       "\n"
       "\t\tSupported options for search include:\n"
       "\n"
       "\n"
       "\t\tSupported options for search include:\n"
       "\n"

-      "\t\t--max-threads=<value>\n"
-      "\n"
-      "\t\t\tRestricts displayed search results to a subset\n"
-      "\t\t\tof the results that would match the terms.\n"
-      "\n"
-      "\t\t--first=<value>\n"
-      "\n"
-      "\t\t\tOmits the first <value> threads from the search\n"
-      "\t\t\tresults that would otherwise be displayed.\n"
-      "\n"

       "\t\t--sort=(newest-first|oldest-first)\n"
       "\n"
       "\t\t\tPresent results in either chronological order\n"
       "\t\t--sort=(newest-first|oldest-first)\n"
       "\n"
       "\t\t\tPresent results in either chronological order\n"