(Archived) Can't negate notebook in query?

[ruudhein 28]

Odd... I can do a:

-notebook:this tag:whatever

But I can do a:

notebook:this -tag:whatever

With tags you can negate but not force ( +tag: doesn't work but the + is implied).

Also odd that I HAVE to start a query with notebook if I wish to use that operator. Will get used to it but still.

Overall I really like the query language and the way it is exposed, by the way.

[engberg 89]

The grammar actually doesn't permit negation of a notebook. This reflects what you see in the (web) search explanation: you can either narrow it down to one notebook, or all notebooks (which leaves off the "notebook:" term entirely).

[ruudhein 28]

Thanks... I sort of expected + and - to work the way they do in Google ... and that it would work across the operators.

No big deal but the notebook negation would have been handy (for me that is, lol)

[melchioe 0]

Dumb question time: I've been looking for any reference on how the query language works, and I'm coming up empty. Where is this information?

-e-

[perryje 0]

It's in Help under "Advanced Search Syntax".