JSON output format? about mu HOT 2 CLOSED

Problem was that the json output was not very good, yet required time to maintain (as other things in mu change). what I'll probably do is add a script to convert from the sexp output to json on-the-fly.

i wouldn't recommend parsing plain-text, it's a bit too easy to get it wrong if there are unexpected characters in the output...

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BTW, there's a script contrib/mu-sexp-convert now that can translate sexp output into json (or xml), ie.
mu find "hello" --format=sexp | mu-sexp-convert --format=json
mu view some-message-file --format=sexp | mu-sexp-convert --format=json
The script requires guile-2.0. It's in the works-for-me stage of development ;).

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