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Re: Limit search to a thread



On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 06:55:09PM -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> * Bill Moseley <moseley@xxxxxxxx> [11-03-04 10:43]:
> > I can limit and then search within that limited view, but is there a
> > way to tag a thread and then just search that thread?  I can tag and
> > then limit ~T, but I was wondering if there was a way to search the
> > thread w/o limiting first.
> 
> look in TFM for the paragraph heading "Complex Patterns".

Well, that's a: Doh!  I was up late last night.  I was trying to use

  ;/foo

~T works fine.

> > Another question -- often times I'm searching for some text in the
> > body.  So I search in index view, then have to open the message, and
> > if not there close the message and repeat.  Anyone have any nice
> > macros to make this kind of searching easier?
> 
> Look in TFM for the paragraph heading "Patterns".

I don't follow this bit of advice.  I want to continue searching other
messages while in pager mode.


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Bill Moseley
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