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 14:12:08 +0900
* Thu Nov 24 2005 Vincent Lefevre <vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>
> On 2005-11-24 00:15:01 +0100, TAKAHASHI Tamotsu wrote:
> > 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.
Me, too. Now I am too familiar with mutt's UI to like
the current behaviour.
> 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).
Bug #2076 has my patch to show you a list of patterns when
you push tab (<complete> function) after "~".
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tamo