X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=faq.mdwn;h=9d47f1bad6c8e242c31bfce7b248b21889e18f77;hb=25ee4f06eecc2043e3252420db66084dcd3105c9;hp=ec5b913ab3722e470e0bc1845ae375e7688a4678;hpb=387dc2306230ccc3237105586802ad97daaf820a;p=notmuch-wiki diff --git a/faq.mdwn b/faq.mdwn index ec5b913..9d47f1b 100644 --- a/faq.mdwn +++ b/faq.mdwn @@ -54,20 +54,19 @@ searches. Punctuation is mostly ignored. The boolean prefix searches (see Boolean and Probabilistic Prefixes in the man page), such as tag: or path: searches, need an exact match. +## How do I search for folders or paths with spaces? + +The spaces in the names must be escaped. For example if you use bash or zsh, +you can search for messages with tag `foo` in folder `INBOX/folder with spaces` +with this query: + + $ notmuch search tag:foo 'folder:"INBOX/folder with spaces"' + ## How do I search for the `List-Id:` header? -Currently there is no way to search for `List-Id:`. As a workaround, try using a -`to:` prefix search (which covers both `To:` and `Cc:` headers) on the mailing -list address. +See `index.header.` in `notmuch-config(1)` for details. TLD;R: -Limitations in the duplicate message handling are the main reason for not -indexing the `List-Id:` header. If you receive the same message via both the -list and directly (by way of `To:` or `Cc:`), only the first message encountered -will be indexed. Only the message received via the list will have `List-Id:`, -but you would expect a `List-Id:` search to find the message, regardless of the -order in which the duplicates were received. This is a more general problem than -just `List-Id:`, and once this has been resolved, adding `List-Id:` indexing is -trivial. + notmuch config set index.header.List List-Id ## Can I use notmuch with grsec? @@ -93,3 +92,30 @@ messages in threads that have at least one message with the muted tag: You can add other tags to `THREAD_TAGS` as needed. Note that this is one way only; you need to explicitly remove the tag from all the messages in a thread to stop it from propagating again. + + +## How can I extract a git patchset for an email thread? + +See [notmuch-extract-patch](https://github.com/aaptel/notmuch-extract-patch). + +## T150-tagging.sh is failing with Xapian 1.4.6 + +This is (probably) a bug in this point release of Xapian, should be +fixed in 1.4.7. Try reverting Xapian commit +`093999529acc2f86900d91fed0c7f7af301ab94a`, e.g. with the following +patch. + + + index 80e578b85..a47f14a68 100644 + --- a/xapian-core/backends/glass/glass_postlist.cc + +++ b/xapian-core/backends/glass/glass_postlist.cc + @@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ GlassPostList::open_nearby_postlist(const std::string & term_, + (void)need_pos; + if (term_.empty()) + RETURN(NULL); + - if (!this_db.get() || this_db->postlist_table.is_modified()) + + if (!this_db.get() || this_db->postlist_table.is_writable()) + RETURN(NULL); + RETURN(new GlassPostList(this_db, term_, cursor->clone())); + } +