Return-Path: X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E3C6431FBC for ; Sat, 29 Sep 2012 09:12:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.7 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=disabled Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id lXBmeirYKkFZ for ; Sat, 29 Sep 2012 09:12:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-7.mit.edu (DMZ-MAILSEC-SCANNER-7.MIT.EDU [18.7.68.36]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FCF7431FAE for ; Sat, 29 Sep 2012 09:12:23 -0700 (PDT) X-AuditID: 12074424-b7fce6d000000925-3f-50671de554e7 Received: from mailhub-auth-1.mit.edu ( [18.9.21.35]) by dmz-mailsec-scanner-7.mit.edu (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id 4D.52.02341.5ED17605; Sat, 29 Sep 2012 12:12:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (OUTGOING-AUTH.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.103]) by mailhub-auth-1.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id q8TGCK0r011052; Sat, 29 Sep 2012 12:12:21 -0400 Received: from awakening.csail.mit.edu (awakening.csail.mit.edu [18.26.4.91]) (authenticated bits=0) (User authenticated as amdragon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id q8TGCIJo026175 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 29 Sep 2012 12:12:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from amthrax by awakening.csail.mit.edu with local (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1THzeM-0005wJ-AP; Sat, 29 Sep 2012 12:12:18 -0400 Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 12:12:18 -0400 From: Austin Clements To: Damien Cassou Subject: Re: Searching from a folder Message-ID: <20120929161158.GX26662@mit.edu> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFmphleLIzCtJLcpLzFFi42IR4hRV1n0qmx5gsH+mnMWuu1uZLK7fnMns wOSxc9Zddo9nq24xBzBFcdmkpOZklqUW6dslcGXseraHvWA1W8XUXUcYGxh7WLsYOTkkBEwk +r8chrLFJC7cW8/WxcjFISSwj1Hi46WNTBDOBkaJJfsbWSGck0wSvccms0A4SxglZtybCNbP IqAqsenPXjCbTUBDYtv+5YwgtoiAtsSbpR1gcWYBaYlvv5uZQGxhARWJLW8OgcV5BXQknq5+ wgZiCwkESKzffgMqLihxcuYTFoheLYkb/14C9XKAzVn+jwMkzCkQKLH21wKwVlGgkVNObmOb wCg0C0n3LCTdsxC6FzAyr2KUTcmt0s1NzMwpTk3WLU5OzMtLLdI118vNLNFLTSndxAgKbHYX lR2MzYeUDjEKcDAq8fDeOJ0aIMSaWFZcmXuIUZKDSUmUl0cmPUCILyk/pTIjsTgjvqg0J7X4 EKMEB7OSCG9GMVA5b0piZVVqUT5MSpqDRUmc93rKTX8hgfTEktTs1NSC1CKYrAwHh5IErxww goUEi1LTUyvSMnNKENJMHJwgw3mAhh8FWcxbXJCYW5yZDpE/xagoJc77FSQhAJLIKM2D64Ul nleM4kCvCPN+AKniASYtuO5XQIOZgAZXrUoDGVySiJCSamBM2ccvP9NzllCI8Ey+9Gpr5Xdb hHY/Tny9amY798ZSqWezT9VefZ2lvX/hBF+W4luiP3U39yz9NSmq3rDI7qgqg21jdt2a3yzz 1G03r+zu+Myax/PtrE1tqrqeqJSoduFUvscCk3OrLnu/PcelkyQYLTfleNRf77jiqdFT+i7I JG9KMfyZpqLEUpyRaKjFXFScCABSu6DFFwMAAA== Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 16:12:24 -0000 Quoth Damien Cassou on Sep 29 at 10:57 am: > Hi, > > I can't make notmuch search return the list of mails in [Gmail] > folders for a particular mailbox: > > ~ $ notmuch search folder:"[Gmail].All Mail" > ~ $ notmuch search folder:[Gmail].Important You need to properly escape these, both for the shell and for Xapian. Try, $ notmuch search 'folder:"[Gmail].All Mail"' $ notmuch search 'folder:"[Gmail].Important"' The single quotes are necessary to get the inner quoting through to Xapian (lest the shell strip them away before notmuch even gets a hold of its arguments) and the double quotes are necessary because folder is a "probabilistic prefix", and one of many consequences of that is that "folder:" won't be parsed as a prefix if it's followed by an unusual character like '['.