linuxcaffe
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11 years ago The leading "-" differentiates this option from task IDs, but similar ranges could be defined, and a trailing "-" could be used to indicate the last/least/bottom of the list.
EDIT
In thinking about this, inverting the number is superfluous, as the sort-order is already easy to invert, with the same result. Regarding # ranges, this doesn't make much sense either, because it's unlikely that you'll know what -5-10 annotations might contain, for any given sort. So sum up, while -0, -1, -3.. will be really handy, inversions and ranges will probably not be needed.
Using a numeric option-flag limits the number of matching annotations that will be listed, similar to the taskwarrior limit: option. This can be used to show only -# of annotations, to narrow the scope to the top # of any given query/ sort.
-1 is kind of special, directly opening the top-most annot (this is totally sort-dependent) no matter how many matches are found (as long as there exists at least 1).
-2, -5, -10 can be used for generating manageable batches of the oldest, newest, biggest, most urgent, most neglected.. you name it.
-0 could be used as well, listing and opening zero annotations, but instead displaying the count of annotations that match the query.