((META (EMPTY-STRING title "Query Expression") (WORD role "manual") (TAG-SET tags ("#manual" "#search" "#zettelstore")) (WORD syntax "zmk") (ZID-SET back ("00001006020000" "00001007000000" "00001007031100" "00001007031140" "00001007040310" "00001010070200" "00001012051200" "00001012051400" "00001012931600")) (ZID-SET backward ("00001006020000" "00001007000000" "00001007031100" "00001007031140" "00001007040310" "00001007702000" "00001007790000" "00001010070200" "00001012051200" "00001012051400" "00001012931600")) (NUMBER box-number "1") (STRING copyright "(c) 2020-present by Detlef Stern <ds@zettelstore.de>") (TIMESTAMP created "20220805150154") (ZID-SET forward ("00001006050000" "00001007701000" "00001007702000" "00001007705000" "00001007706000" "00001007710000" "00001007720000" "00001007720300" "00001007720600" "00001007720900" "00001007721200" "00001007770000" "00001007780000" "00001007790000")) (WORD lang "en") (EMPTY-STRING license "EUPL-1.2-or-later") (TIMESTAMP modified "20230731161954") (TIMESTAMP published "20230731161954") (WORD visibility "public")) (BLOCK (PARA (TEXT "A query expression allows you to search for specific zettel and to perform some actions on them.") (SOFT) (TEXT "You may select zettel based on a list of ") (LINK-ZETTEL () "00001006050000" (TEXT "zettel identifier")) (TEXT ", based on a query directive, based on a full-text search, based on specific metadata values, or some or all of them.")) (PARA (TEXT "A query expression consists of an optional ") (FORMAT-EMPH () (LINK-ZETTEL () "00001007710000" (TEXT "zettel identifier list"))) (TEXT ", zero or more ") (FORMAT-EMPH () (LINK-ZETTEL () "00001007720000" (TEXT "query directives"))) (TEXT ", an optional ") (FORMAT-EMPH () (LINK-ZETTEL () "00001007701000" (TEXT "search expression"))) (TEXT ", and an optional ") (FORMAT-EMPH () (LINK-ZETTEL () "00001007770000" (TEXT "action list"))) (TEXT ".") (SOFT) (TEXT "The latter two are separated by a vertical bar character (") (FORMAT-QUOTE () (LITERAL-INPUT () "|")) (TEXT ", U+007C).")) (PARA (TEXT "A query expression follows a ") (LINK-ZETTEL () "00001007780000" (TEXT "formal syntax")) (TEXT ".")) (UNORDERED (BLOCK (PARA (LINK-ZETTEL () "00001007710000" (TEXT "List of zettel identifier")))) (BLOCK (PARA (LINK-ZETTEL () "00001007720000" (TEXT "Query directives"))) (UNORDERED (INLINE (LINK-ZETTEL () "00001007720300" (TEXT "Context directive"))) (INLINE (LINK-ZETTEL () "00001007720600" (TEXT "Ident directive"))) (INLINE (LINK-ZETTEL () "00001007720900" (TEXT "Items directive"))) (INLINE (LINK-ZETTEL () "00001007721200" (TEXT "Unlinked directive"))))) (BLOCK (PARA (LINK-ZETTEL () "00001007701000" (TEXT "Search expression"))) (UNORDERED (INLINE (LINK-ZETTEL () "00001007702000" (TEXT "Search term"))) (INLINE (LINK-ZETTEL () "00001007705000" (TEXT "Search operator"))) (INLINE (LINK-ZETTEL () "00001007706000" (TEXT "Search value"))))) (BLOCK (PARA (LINK-ZETTEL () "00001007770000" (TEXT "Action list"))))) (PARA (TEXT "Here are ") (LINK-ZETTEL () "00001007790000" (TEXT "some examples")) (TEXT ", which can be used to manage a Zettelstore:")) (TABLE ((CELL (TEXT "Query Expression")) (CELL (TEXT "Meaning"))) ((CELL (LINK-QUERY () "role:configuration" (TEXT "role:configuration"))) (CELL (TEXT "Zettel that contains some configuration data for the Zettelstore"))) ((CELL (LINK-QUERY () "ORDER REVERSE created LIMIT 40" (TEXT "ORDER REVERSE created LIMIT 40"))) (CELL (TEXT "40 recently created zettel"))) ((CELL (LINK-QUERY () "ORDER REVERSE published LIMIT 40" (TEXT "ORDER REVERSE published LIMIT 40"))) (CELL (TEXT "40 recently updated zettel"))) ((CELL (LINK-QUERY () "PICK 40" (TEXT "PICK 40"))) (CELL (TEXT "40 random zettel, ordered by zettel identifier"))) ((CELL (LINK-QUERY () "dead?" (TEXT "dead?"))) (CELL (TEXT "Zettel with invalid / dead links"))) ((CELL (LINK-QUERY () "backward!? precursor!?" (TEXT "backward!? precursor!?"))) (CELL (TEXT "Zettel that are not referenced by other zettel"))) ((CELL (LINK-QUERY () "tags!?" (TEXT "tags!?"))) (CELL (TEXT "Zettel without tags"))) ((CELL (LINK-QUERY () "expire? ORDER expire" (TEXT "expire? ORDER expire"))) (CELL (TEXT "Zettel with an expire date, ordered from the nearest to the latest"))) ((CELL (LINK-QUERY () "00001007700000 CONTEXT" (TEXT "00001007700000 CONTEXT"))) (CELL (TEXT "Zettel within the context of the ") (LINK-ZETTEL () "00001007700000" (TEXT "given zettel")))) ((CELL (LINK-QUERY () "PICK 1 | REDIRECT" (TEXT "PICK 1 | REDIRECT"))) (CELL (TEXT "Redirect to a random zettel"))))))