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authorLyle Hanson <lyle2.0@gmail.com>2019-06-12 11:20:49 -0500
committerDrew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>2019-06-14 10:55:55 -0400
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Document collecting log output
Redirecting stdout writes log output to that file, but this wasn't
easily discoverable.

v2 removes changes to aerc-tutorial; I was also on the fence about that,
and agree that it isn't on-topic for the tutorial.

Addresses https://todo.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc2/180
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@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ Then compile aerc:
 On its first run, aerc will copy the default config files to `~/.config/aerc`
 and show the account configuration wizard.
 
+If you redirect stdout to a file, logging output will be written to that file:
+
+    $ aerc > log
+
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