=head1 DESCRIPTION
-Search for messages across the lei store and externals.
+Search for messages across the lei/store and externals.
=for comment
TODO: Give common prefixes, or at least a description/reference.
Read search terms from stdin.
+=item --no-save
+
+Do not save the search for L<lei-up(1)>.
+
=item --output=MFOLDER
=item -o MFOLDER
C<imaps://user@mail.example.com/INBOX.test>, or
C<mboxcl2:/tmp/results-mboxcl2>). The prefix may be a supported protocol:
C<imap://> or C<imaps://>. URLs requiring
-authentication must use L<netrc(5)> and/or L<git-credential(1)> to
+authentication use L<git-credential(1)> to
fill in the username and password.
A prefix can specify the format of the output: C<maildir>,
Format of results to stdout. This option exists as a convenient
way to specify the format for the default stdout destination.
-C<text>, C<json>, C<jsonl>, or C<concatjson> are all supported,
+C<reply>, C<text>, C<json>, C<jsonl>, or C<concatjson> are all supported,
as are the various mbox variants described in L</--output>.
When a format isn't specified, it's chosen based on the
Using a C<format:> prefix with the C<--output> destination is
preferred when not writing to stdout.
+=item --no-color
+
+Disable color (for C<-f reply> and C<-f text>).
+
=item --pretty
Pretty print C<json> or C<concatjson> output. If stdout is opened to
=item --only=LOCATION
+=item -O 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.
Disable the default behavior of memoizing remote messages into the
local store.
-=item --lock
+=item --lock=METHOD
L<mbox(5)> locking method(s) to use: C<dotlock>, C<fcntl>, C<flock> or
C<none>.
=item -n NUMBER
-Limit the number of matches.
+Fuzzy limit the number of matches per-local external and lei/store.
+Messages added by the L<--threads> switch do not count towards this
+limit, and there is no limit on remote externals.
Default: 10000
Default: C<auto>
+=item --proxy=PROTO://HOST[:PORT]
+
=back
+=head1 TIPS
+
+C<-f reply> is intended to aid in turning a cover letter
+into a reply (since using C<git format-patch --in-reply-to=...>
+is tedious). Results (including "From " lines) should be edited
+and trimmed in your favorite C<$EDITOR> before sending.
+
=head1 CONTACT
Feedback welcome via plain-text mail to L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
=head1 SEE ALSO
-L<lei-add-external(1)>,
+L<lei-add-external(1)>, L<lei-lcat(1)>, L<lei-up(1)>,
L<Xapian::QueryParser Syntax|https://xapian.org/docs/queryparser.html>