On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 05:28:32 +1000, Anthony Towns <aj@erisian.com.au> wrote: > What's wrong with having them inconsistent in this one respect? [0] > > $ notmuch count > 96632 > $ notmuch search > Error: notmuch search requires at least one search term. This seems very logical and intuitive behavior in my opinion. I would *not* expect them to show help messages in these cases. "notmuch help foo" is much more intuitive. jamie.