X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=faq.mdwn;h=ae705588e3dc279d6721fd1e681b3bdab88e19a3;hb=fc555c57dce98da6ab3bc92a4831a14c91807b6e;hp=2558eb3869a9f9566bc91dca0ca5c4282e57010c;hpb=a25e1fa40e075141313c4232d445e690aa1b41d0;p=notmuch-wiki diff --git a/faq.mdwn b/faq.mdwn index 2558eb3..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 @@ -99,3 +107,24 @@ stop it from propagating again. 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())); + } +"""]]