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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: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: mutt/2142: <untag-pattern> with empty argument does nothing
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 01:32:02 +0100

 On 2005-11-24 00:15:01 +0100, TAKAHASHI Tamotsu wrote:
 >  * Wed Nov 23 2005 Thomas Roessler <roessler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 >  >  So, by consistency with delete-pattern, delete-pattern with an
 >  >  empty argument should delete all messages?
 
 This wouldn't be a problem for me, as this requires confirmation.
 A "<limit>." by mistake would be more annoying.
 
 >  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.
 
 Bug#1854 says "'l' and then Enter", but this doesn't even work
 since the latest pattern is recalled. So, before Enter, either
 "." or "<kill-line>" is necessary. And I don't find the current
 behavior intuitive. Instead, I'd rather see some help, e.g. the
 current value of $simple_search, or more useful, if a help screen
 for patterns is designed:
 
   Type ... to see the help on patterns.
 
 This would be very useful, as pattern formats are difficult to
 remember (in particular for those one almost never uses).
 
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