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From: Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com>
To: meta@public-inbox.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] doc: lei: update manpages
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 23:04:15 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210211040415.28557-5-kyle@kyleam.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210211040415.28557-1-kyle@kyleam.com>

Catch up with recent developments.
---
 Documentation/lei-add-external.pod | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 Documentation/lei-ls-external.pod  | 17 +++++++-
 Documentation/lei-overview.pod     |  7 +++-
 Documentation/lei-q.pod            | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 125 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/lei-add-external.pod b/Documentation/lei-add-external.pod
index 1be3f905..3bc0ba83 100644
--- a/Documentation/lei-add-external.pod
+++ b/Documentation/lei-add-external.pod
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@ lei add-external [OPTIONS] LOCATION
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 Configure lei to search against an external (an inbox or external
-index).  When C<LOCATION> is a local path, it should point to a
-directory that is a C<public.<name>.inboxdir> or
+index).  When C<LOCATION> is an existing local path, it should point
+to a directory that is a C<public.<name>.inboxdir> or
 C<extindex.<name>.topdir> value in ~/.public-inbox/config.
 
 =head1 OPTIONS
 
+TODO: mention curl options?
+
 =over
 
 =item --boost=NUMBER
@@ -23,6 +25,62 @@ Set priority of a new or existing location.
 
 Default: 0
 
+=item --mirror=URL
+
+Create C<LOCATION> by mirroring the public-inbox at C<URL>.
+
+=item -v, --verbose
+
+Provide more feedback on stderr.
+
+=item -q, --quiet
+
+Suppress feedback messages.
+
+=back
+
+=head2 MIRRORING
+
+=over
+
+=item --torsocks=auto|no|yes, --no-torsocks
+
+Whether to wrap L<git(1)> and L<curl(1)> commands with torsocks.
+
+Default: C<auto>
+
+=item --inbox-version=NUM
+
+Force a public-inbox version (must be C<1> or C<2>).
+
+=back
+
+The following options are passed to L<public-inbox-init(1)>:
+
+=over
+
+=item -j JOBS, --jobs=JOBS
+
+=item -L LEVEL, --indexlevel=LEVEL
+
+=back
+
+The following options are passed to L<public-inbox-index(1)>:
+
+=over
+
+=item --batch-size=SIZE
+
+=item --compact
+
+=item -j JOBS, --jobs=JOBS
+
+=item --max-size=SIZE
+
+=item --sequential-shard
+
+=item --skip-docdata
+
 =back
 
 =head1 FILES
diff --git a/Documentation/lei-ls-external.pod b/Documentation/lei-ls-external.pod
index 1735faa9..85d951f0 100644
--- a/Documentation/lei-ls-external.pod
+++ b/Documentation/lei-ls-external.pod
@@ -4,16 +4,29 @@ lei-ls-external - list inbox and external index locations
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
-lei ls-external [OPTIONS]
+lei ls-external [OPTIONS] [FILTER]
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-List configured externals.
+List configured externals.  If C<FILTER> is given, restrict the output
+to matching entries.
 
 =head1 OPTIONS
 
 =over
 
+=item -g, --globoff
+
+Do not match C<FILTER> using C<*?> wildcards and C<[]> ranges.
+
+=item --local
+
+Limit operations to the local filesystem.
+
+=item --remote
+
+Limit operations to those requiring network access.
+
 =item -z, -0
 
 Use C<\0> (NUL) instead of newline (CR) to delimit lines.
diff --git a/Documentation/lei-overview.pod b/Documentation/lei-overview.pod
index 33ddb528..840d011b 100644
--- a/Documentation/lei-overview.pod
+++ b/Documentation/lei-overview.pod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Import the messages from an mbox into the local storage.
 In addition to the above store, lei can make read-only queries to
 "externals": inboxes and external indices.  An external can be
 registered by passing a URL or local path to L<lei-add-external(1)>.
-For local paths, the external needs to be indexed with
+For existing local paths, the external needs to be indexed with
 L<public-inbox-index(1)> (in the case of a regular inbox) or
 L<public-inbox-extindex(1)> (in the case of an external index).
 
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ L<public-inbox-extindex(1)> (in the case of an external index).
 
 Add a remote external for public-inbox's inbox.
 
+=item $ lei add-external --mirror https://public-inbox.org/meta/ path
+
+Clone L<https://public-inbox.org/meta/> to C<path>, index it with
+L<public-inbox-index(1)>, and add it as a local external.
+
 =back
 
 =head1 SEARCHING
diff --git a/Documentation/lei-q.pod b/Documentation/lei-q.pod
index 405cf48f..c8df6fc7 100644
--- a/Documentation/lei-q.pod
+++ b/Documentation/lei-q.pod
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ lei-q - search for messages matching terms
 
 lei q [OPTIONS] TERM [TERM...]
 
+lei q [OPTIONS] --stdin
+
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 Search for messages across the lei store and externals.
@@ -14,8 +16,14 @@ TODO: Give common prefixes, or at least a description/reference.
 
 =head1 OPTIONS
 
+TODO: mention curl options?
+
 =over
 
+=item --stdin
+
+Read search terms from stdin.
+
 =item -o MFOLDER, --output=MFOLDER, --mfolder=MFOLDER
 
 Destination for results (e.g., C<path/to/Maildir> or - for stdout).
@@ -43,6 +51,18 @@ For a subset of MUAs known to accept a mailbox via C<-f>, COMMAND can
 be abbreviated to the name of the program: C<mutt>, C<mailx>, C<mail>,
 or C<neomutt>.
 
+=item --alert=COMMAND[,COMMAND...]
+
+Run C<COMMAND> after writing to output.  C<:WINCH> indicates to send
+C<SIGWINCH> to the C<--mua> process.  C<:bell> indicates to print a
+bell code.  Any other value is interpreted as a command to execute as
+is.
+
+This option may be given multiple times.
+
+Default: C<:WINCH,:bell> when C<--mua> is specified and C<--output>
+doesn't point to stdout, nothing otherwise.
+
 =item -a, --augment
 
 Augment output destination instead of clobbering it.
@@ -74,6 +94,26 @@ Limit operations to those requiring network access.
 
 Don't include results from externals.
 
+=item -I LOCATION, --include=LOCATION
+
+Include specified external in search.  This option may be given
+multiple times.
+
+=item --exclude=LOCATION
+
+Exclude specified external from search.  This option may be given
+multiple times.
+
+=item --only=LOCATION
+
+Use only the specified external for search.  This option may be given
+multiple times, in which case the search uses only the specified set.
+
+=item -g, --globoff
+
+Do not match locations using C<*?> wildcards and C<[]> ranges.  This
+option applies to C<--include>, C<--exclude>, and C<--only>.
+
 =item -NUMBER, -n NUMBER, --limit=NUMBER
 
 Limit the number of matches.
@@ -101,6 +141,10 @@ Default: C<received>
 
 Provide more feedback on stderr.
 
+=item -q, --quiet
+
+Suppress feedback messages.
+
 =item --torsocks=auto|no|yes, --no-torsocks
 
 Whether to wrap L<git(1)> and L<curl(1)> commands with torsocks.
-- 
2.30.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-02-11  4:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-11  4:04 [PATCH 0/4] doc: lei manpages, round 2 Kyle Meyer
2021-02-11  4:04 ` [PATCH 1/4] doc: lei q: use 'mfolder' as --output placeholder Kyle Meyer
2021-02-11  4:04 ` [PATCH 2/4] doc: lei: prefer 'location' and 'dirname' Kyle Meyer
2021-02-11  4:04 ` [PATCH 3/4] doc: add lei-import(1) Kyle Meyer
2021-02-11  4:04 ` Kyle Meyer [this message]
2021-02-11  5:08 ` [PATCH 0/4] doc: lei manpages, round 2 Eric Wong

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