Re: Feature request: search for last N modified mails

Subject: Re: Feature request: search for last N modified mails

Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2022 08:51:51 -0300

To: Ico, notmuch@notmuchmail.org

Cc:

From: David Bremner


Ico <ico@pruts.nl> writes:

> My normal mail workflow is to keep todo's in my inbox; these can be a few days
> or weeks old if I'm lazy. Every now and then I find myself accidentally
> removing things from the inbox, and I have a very hard time finding things
> back. As discussed on #notmuch IRC today: I'd like to request a feature for
> searching for the last N modified mails, as notmuch already has this info in
> the database.
>
> bremner suggested this could be implemented using with a query like
>
>    lastmod:-10
>
>
>
> 14:39 < Zevv> basically, I'd like to be able to search for the last 10 modified
>               mails. Where 'modified' would probably mean changing tags
> 14:41 < bremner> Zevv: you can get the current value from notmuch count --lastmod '*'
> 14:41 < bremner> then basically every tag change increments it
> 14:42 < bremner> so I guess subtract 10 and search?
> 14:44 < Zevv> Hm that would make it hard to use it as a simple query for in alot
> 14:45 < bremner> yes.
> 14:45 < bremner> I never thought about it before, but it would be possible to
>                  impliment lastmod:-10
> 14:47 < Zevv> that would be extremely handy

The syntax lastmod:-10.. (or '(lastmod -10 *)' is now  supported in git
master.

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