洪民憙 (Hong Minhee): @shinspiegel Right, and Optique lets you define each subcommand as a separate parser and compose them together. That's kind of the point.

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Jeferson 'Shin' @shinspiegel@mastodon.social

1/6/2026, 3:48:52 PM

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@hongminhee洪民憙 (Hong Minhee) each sub command is a new cli, they aren't the “big cli”

洪民憙 (Hong Minhee) @hongminhee@hackers.pub

1/6/2026, 4:52:18 PM

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@shinspiegelJeferson 'Shin' Right, and Optique lets you define each subcommand as a separate parser and compose them together. That's kind of the point.

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Jeferson 'Shin' @shinspiegel@mastodon.social

1/6/2026, 4:55:15 PM

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@hongminhee洪民憙 (Hong Minhee) now I see value in this!
Thanks for all the clarification (and for the hope of social media)