Add documentation for the recently added folder-based searching.

Augmenting both the builtin help as well as the manual page.
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Carl Worth 2011-01-15 14:18:45 -08:00
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commit 3863e88e96
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@ -526,6 +526,8 @@ terms to match against specific portions of an email, (where
thread:<thread-id>
folder:<directory-path>
The
.B from:
prefix is used to match the name or address of the sender of an email
@ -569,6 +571,13 @@ internally by notmuch (and do not appear in email messages). These
thread ID values can be seen in the first column of output from
.B "notmuch search"
The
.B folder:
prefix can be used to search for email message files that are
contained within particular directories within the mail store. Only
the directory components below the top-level mail database path are
available to be searched.
In addition to individual terms, multiple terms can be
combined with Boolean operators (
.BR and ", " or ", " not

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@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ static const char search_terms_help[] =
"\t\ttag:<tag> (or is:<tag>)\n"
"\t\tid:<message-id>\n"
"\t\tthread:<thread-id>\n"
"\t\tfolder:<directory-path>\n"
"\n"
"\tThe from: prefix is used to match the name or address of\n"
"\tthe sender of an email message.\n"
@ -82,6 +83,11 @@ static const char search_terms_help[] =
"\tmessages). These thread ID values can be seen in the first\n"
"\tcolumn of output from \"notmuch search\".\n"
"\n"
"\tThe folder: prefix can be used to search for email message\n"
"\tfiles that are contained within particular directories within\n"
"\tthe mail store. Only the directory components below the top-level\n"
"\tmail database path are available to be searched.\n"
"\n"
"\tIn addition to individual terms, multiple terms can be\n"
"\tcombined with Boolean operators (\"and\", \"or\", \"not\", etc.).\n"
"\tEach term in the query will be implicitly connected by a\n"