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 909E0431FBD for ; Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:24:40 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[none] 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 BT5H-BiiOuLM for ; Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:24:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from defaultvalue.org (defaultvalue.org [70.85.129.156]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 842C4431FBF for ; Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:24:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from trouble.defaultvalue.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (Authenticated sender: rlb@defaultvalue.org) by defaultvalue.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6712E90D2B; Fri, 31 Jan 2014 13:24:35 -0600 (CST) Received: by trouble.defaultvalue.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1798B14E14E; Fri, 31 Jan 2014 13:24:35 -0600 (CST) From: Rob Browning To: Austin Clements Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] lib: make folder: prefix literal References: <87y525m649.fsf@awakening.csail.mit.edu> <87r47wfltb.fsf@nikula.org> <87iot8f4vg.fsf@nikula.org> <20140130220234.GI4375@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 13:24:35 -0600 In-Reply-To: <20140130220234.GI4375@mit.edu> (Austin Clements's message of "Thu, 30 Jan 2014 17:02:34 -0500") Message-ID: <87d2j8uf7w.fsf@trouble.defaultvalue.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain 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: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:24:40 -0000 Austin Clements writes: > However, it seems like this is overloading one prefix for two > meanings. Oh, and I agree here. I think that ideally, there would be at least one very-literal way to identify a specific directory (or tree, perhaps via **), and then some other less-precise, but more friendly term(s). -- Rob Browning rlb @defaultvalue.org and @debian.org GPG as of 2011-07-10 E6A9 DA3C C9FD 1FF8 C676 D2C4 C0F0 39E9 ED1B 597A GPG as of 2002-11-03 14DD 432F AE39 534D B592 F9A0 25C8 D377 8C7E 73A4