Re: mutt/2142: <untag-pattern> with empty argument does nothing
The following reply was made to PR mutt/2142; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: TAKAHASHI Tamotsu <ttakah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: bug-any@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Subject: Re: mutt/2142: <untag-pattern> with empty argument does nothing
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:05:24 +0900
* Wed Nov 23 2005 Thomas Roessler <roessler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> On 2005-11-23 16:08:36 +0100, vincent@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > <untag-pattern> with an empty argument does nothing. I
> > should untag every message (like <untag-pattern>~A), for
> > consistency with Mutt 1.5.9i and with <limit>.
>
> So, by consistency with delete-pattern, delete-pattern with an
> empty argument should delete all messages?
No. :)
So, <limit> with an empty argument should not show all messages
if you mind the inconsistency. I thought the current behavior was
intuitive for beginners, and my patch was applied at revision
3.15 in pattern.c. See bug#1854.
...But I don't like inconsistency now.
--
tamo