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@@ -74,10 +74,14 @@ in notmuch, like :delete and :archive.++
Others are slightly different in semantics and mentioned below:
*cf* <notmuch query>
- The change folder command allows for arbitrary notmuch queries and should
- usually be preferred over *:filter* as it will be much faster if you use
- the notmuch database to do the filtering
-
+ The change folder command allows for arbitrary notmuch queries. Performing a
+ cf command will perform a new top-level notmuch query
+
+*filter* <notmuch query>
+ The filter command for notmuch backends takes in arbitrary notmuch queries.
+ It applies the query on the set of messages shown in the message list. This
+ can be used to perform successive filters/queries. It is equivalent to
+ performing a set of queries concatenated with "and"
# SEE ALSO