Re: [notmuch] JSON output as default [was: Re: [PATCH] Add an "--output=(json|text|)" command-line option...]

Subject: Re: [notmuch] JSON output as default [was: Re: [PATCH] Add an "--output=(json|text|)" command-line option...]

Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:54:37 +0100

To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org

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From: Sebastian Spaeth

> I definitely want to be able to pipe single-field lists coming from
> notmuch to grep, xargs, shell for loops, etc. without having to decode
> JSON.

While I would love to see JSON (even by default), I agree. If I just
want to code up a notmuch-based address book with sth like:

notmuch show to:Diana --output=to --sort=relevance --limit=20

just getting back a plain list of mail addresses is the easiest to handle.

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• David Bremner—[notmuch] RFC: output json from notmuch? [inbox, unread]
  • David Bremner—Re: [notmuch] RFC: output json from notmuch? [attachment, inbox, unread]
    • Scott Robinson—Re: [notmuch] RFC: output json from notmuch? [inbox, unread]
      • David Bremner—Re: [notmuch] RFC: output json from notmuch? [inbox, unread]
        • Carl Worth—Re: [notmuch] RFC: output json from notmuch? [inbox, signed, unread]
      • Carl Worth—Re: [notmuch] RFC: output json from notmuch? [inbox, signed, unread]
  • Marten Veldthuis—Re: [notmuch] RFC: output json from notmuch? [inbox, unread]
  • Carl Worth—Re: [notmuch] RFC: output json from notmuch? [inbox, signed, unread]
    • David Bremner—Re: [notmuch] RFC: output json from notmuch? [inbox, unread]
      • Scott Robinson—[notmuch] [PATCH] JSON output for notmuch-search and notmuch-show. [inbox, unread]
        • david@tethera.net—[notmuch] [PATCH] Add an "--output=(json|text|)" command-line option to both notmuch-search and notmuch-show. [inbox, unread]
          • Carl Worth—Re: [notmuch] [PATCH] Add an "--output=(json|text|)" command-line option to both notmuch-search and notmuch-show. [inbox, signed, unread]
            • Scott Robinson—Re: [notmuch] [PATCH] Add an "--output=(json|text|)" command-line option to both notmuch-search and notmuch-show. [inbox, unread]
            • David Bremner—Re: [notmuch] [PATCH] Add an "--output=(json|text|)" command-line option to both notmuch-search and notmuch-show. [inbox, unread]
              • Carl Worth—Re: [notmuch] [PATCH] Add an "--output=(json|text|)" command-line option to both notmuch-search and notmuch-show. [inbox, signed, unread]
            • david@tethera.net—[notmuch] Prototype of --show option to control what is shown. [inbox, unread]
              • david@tethera.net—[notmuch] [PATCH 1/3] rename option to select output format to --format from --output. [inbox, unread]
                • david@tethera.net—[notmuch] [PATCH 2/3] notmuch-show.c: make calls to format functions conditional [inbox, unread]
                  • david@tethera.net—[notmuch] [PATCH 3/3] notmuch-show.c: prototype tabular output format, with output control [inbox, unread]
                    • Carl Worth—Re: [notmuch] [PATCH 3/3] notmuch-show.c: prototype tabular output format, with output control [inbox, signed, unread]
                      • David Bremner—Re: [notmuch] [PATCH 3/3] notmuch-show.c: prototype tabular output format, with output control [inbox, unread]
                        • Carl Worth—Re: [notmuch] [PATCH 3/3] notmuch-show.c: prototype tabular output format, with output control [inbox, signed, unread]
                          • David Bremner—Re: [notmuch] [PATCH 3/3] notmuch-show.c: prototype tabular output format, with output control [inbox, unread]
                • david@tethera.net—[notmuch] [PATCH] notmuch-query.el: new file to support access to the notmuch database. [inbox, unread]
                  • Carl Worth—Re: [notmuch] [PATCH] notmuch-query.el: new file to support access to the notmuch database. [inbox, signed, unread]
                    • David Bremner—Re: [notmuch] [PATCH] notmuch-query.el: new file to support access to the notmuch database. [inbox, unread]
                  • david@tethera.net—[notmuch] [PATCH v2] notmuch-query.el: new file to support access to the notmuch database. [inbox, unread]
                    • david@tethera.net—[notmuch] [PATCH v3] notmuch-query.el: new file to support access to the notmuch database. [inbox, unread]
                      • David Edmondson—Re: [notmuch] [PATCH v3] notmuch-query.el: new file to support access to the notmuch database. [inbox, unread]
                      • Carl Worth—Re: [notmuch] [PATCH v3] notmuch-query.el: new file to support access to the notmuch database. [inbox, signed, unread]
          • Carl Worth—Re: [notmuch] [PATCH] Add an "--output=(json|text|)" command-line option to both notmuch-search and notmuch-show. [inbox, signed, unread]
            • Jameson Rollins—[notmuch] JSON output as default [was: Re: [PATCH] Add an "--output=(json|text|)" command-line option...] [inbox, signed, unread]
              • Carl Worth—Re: [notmuch] JSON output as default [was: Re: [PATCH] Add an "--output=(json|text|)" command-line option...] [inbox, signed, unread]
                • Sebastian Spaeth—Re: [notmuch] JSON output as default [was: Re: [PATCH] Add an "--output=(json|text|)" command-line option...] [inbox, unread]
        • Carl Worth—Re: [notmuch] [PATCH] JSON output for notmuch-search and notmuch-show. [inbox, signed, unread]
          • Scott Robinson—Re: [notmuch] [PATCH] JSON output for notmuch-search and notmuch-show. [inbox, unread]
            • Carl Worth—Re: [notmuch] [PATCH] JSON output for notmuch-search and notmuch-show. [inbox, signed, unread]
              • Scott Robinson—Re: [notmuch] [PATCH] JSON output for notmuch-search and notmuch-show. [inbox, unread]
                • David Bremner—Re: [notmuch] [PATCH] JSON output for notmuch-search and notmuch-show. [inbox, unread]
            • David Bremner—Re: [notmuch] [PATCH] JSON output for notmuch-search and notmuch-show. [inbox, unread]