mboxes are generally horrible for interactive read-write use due to locking. Describe our parallel behavior with mutt, since writing mail can take a long while and being able to read results as they're written is nice.
We'll also use a gzipped mboxrd for the import example, since we can decompress gzipped mboxrds automatically, now. --- Documentation/lei-overview.pod | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/lei-overview.pod b/Documentation/lei-overview.pod index c1f952c9..70dbf2b5 100644 --- a/Documentation/lei-overview.pod +++ b/Documentation/lei-overview.pod @@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ to memoize messages from remotes. =over -=item $ lei import mboxrd:t.mbox +=item $ lei import mboxrd:t.mbox.gz -Import the messages from an mbox into the local storage. +Import the messages from a gzipped mboxrd into the local storage. =item $ lei blob 59ec517f9 @@ -82,10 +82,11 @@ Search for messages whose subject includes "lei" and "skeleton". Do the same, but also report unmatched messages that are in the same thread as a matched message. -=item $ lei q -t -o mboxcl2:t.mbox --mua=mutt s:lei s:skeleton +=item $ lei q -t -o mdir --mua=mutt s:lei s:skeleton -Write mboxcl2-formatted results to t.mbox and enter mutt to view the -file by invoking C<mutt -f %f>. +Write results to a Maildir at "mdir". Mutt will be invoked +to open mfolder (C<mutt -f %f>) while results are being fetched +and written. =item $ lei q kw:flagged L:next -- unsubscribe: one-click, see List-Unsubscribe header archive: https://public-inbox.org/meta/
