X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=faq.mdwn;h=ae705588e3dc279d6721fd1e681b3bdab88e19a3;hb=308a8bb38e5ec43e35c8a832c43f85e959dde729;hp=ec5b913ab3722e470e0bc1845ae375e7688a4678;hpb=387dc2306230ccc3237105586802ad97daaf820a;p=notmuch-wiki diff --git a/faq.mdwn b/faq.mdwn index ec5b913..ae70558 100644 --- a/faq.mdwn +++ b/faq.mdwn @@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ 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 @@ -93,3 +101,30 @@ 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. + +[[!format text """ +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())); + } +"""]]