((META (EMPTY-STRING title "Query Directives") (WORD role "manual") (TAG-SET tags ("#manual" "#search" "#zettelstore")) (WORD syntax "zmk") (ZID-SET back ("00001007700000" "00001007770000")) (ZID-SET backward ("00001007700000" "00001007770000")) (NUMBER box-number "1") (STRING copyright "(c) 2020-present by Detlef Stern <ds@zettelstore.de>") (TIMESTAMP created "20230707203135") (ZID-SET forward ("00001007720300" "00001007720500" "00001007720600" "00001007720900" "00001007721200")) (WORD lang "en") (EMPTY-STRING license "EUPL-1.2-or-later") (TIMESTAMP modified "20251215164814") (TIMESTAMP published "20251215164814") (WORD visibility "public")) (BLOCK (PARA (TEXT "A query directive transforms a list of zettel identifiers into a list of zettel identifiers.") (SOFT) (TEXT "It is only valid if a list of zettel identifiers is specified at the beginning of the query expression.") (SOFT) (TEXT "Otherwise the text of the directive is interpreted as a search expression.") (SOFT) (TEXT "For example, ") (LITERAL-INPUT () "CONTEXT") (TEXT " is interpreted as a full-text search for the word ") (FORMAT-QUOTE () (TEXT "context")) (TEXT ".")) (PARA (TEXT "Every query directive therefore consumes a list of zettel, and it produces a list of zettel according to the specific directive.")) (UNORDERED () (BLOCK (PARA (LINK () (ZETTEL "00001007720300") (TEXT "Context directive")))) (BLOCK (PARA (LINK () (ZETTEL "00001007720500") (TEXT "Thread Directive")))) (BLOCK (PARA (LINK () (ZETTEL "00001007720600") (TEXT "Ident directive")))) (BLOCK (PARA (LINK () (ZETTEL "00001007720900") (TEXT "Items directive")))) (BLOCK (PARA (LINK () (ZETTEL "00001007721200") (TEXT "Unlinked directive")))))))