From 697d6b5a47dfefa80a93eb6aad54cd9e78b33430 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jani Nikula Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 19:28:38 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] NEWS: make it explicit that wildcard matching is no longer supported Wildcard matching was a feature of the probabilistic prefix, and we no longer have it for the boolean prefix. Also note that top-level folder can now be searched. --- NEWS | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 75dba6f9..f10c280b 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -21,12 +21,13 @@ General The `folder:` search prefix now requires an exact match The `folder:` prefix has been changed to search for email messages - by the exact, case sensitive maildir or MH folder name. The new - behaviour allows for more accurate mail folder based searches, and - should lead to less surprising results than the old behaviour. Users - are advised to see the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for - details, and review how the change affects their existing `folder:` - searches. + by the exact, case sensitive maildir or MH folder name. Wildcard + matching (`folder:foo*`) is no longer supported. The new behaviour + allows for more accurate mail folder based searches, makes it + possible to search for messages in the top-level folder, and should + lead to less surprising results than the old behaviour. Users are + advised to see the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for details, + and review how the change affects their existing `folder:` searches. There is a new `path:` search prefix. -- 2.43.0