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authorDirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>2025-12-14 11:28:12 +0200
committerDirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>2025-12-15 23:54:40 +0200
commitcc191bdbe9e5f96569600fc448a9bd681493fd18 (patch)
treea81a42a57d99c4955de83eb4e785de041b584cf3 /man
parent10eddca5775e90653e89b1a9e81e213a36134c10 (diff)
man/labels: update manpage
Small fixes, some clarifications.
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/mu-labels.1.org b/man/mu-labels.1.org
index d7fe3c9..b6a8708 100644
--- a/man/mu-labels.1.org
+++ b/man/mu-labels.1.org
@@ -26,23 +26,24 @@ mu-labels - attach labels to messages. Export labels to file, and import them.
A label is a string associated with a message.
-*mu labels* has five sub-commands (i.e., 'sub-sub-commands'):
+*mu labels* has six sub-commands (i.e., 'sub-sub-commands'):
- *update* for changing the labels for the messages matching some query
- *clear* for clearing all labels from messages matching some query
- *list* to list all labels that are used in the store
-- *list-restore* to restore the list of labels from the store
+- *list-restore* to restore the list of labels from the database (store)
- *export* to write the label information to a file
- *import* the read label information from a file
-Important: unlike other message metadata stored by *mu*, labels _cannot_ be restored
-by merely re-indexing messages. Hence, to avoid loosing label information, you
-must *export* it before re-indexing, and *import* afterwards.
+*Important*: unlike other message metadata stored by *mu*, labels _cannot_ be restored
+by merely re-indexing messages, since the information is not part of the message
+files. Hence, to avoid loosing label information, you must *export* it before
+re-indexing, and *import* afterwards.
* UPDATE OPTIONS
The *update* command changes the labels for messages that match some query. The
-query must be recognized as a single parameter; hence, it must be quoted when
+query must be recognized as a _single_ parameter; hence, it must be quoted when
using from a shell.
** --labels