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 EEB5C431FC2 for ; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 04:39:28 -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 dviBaxaHyPDp for ; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 04:39:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from tesseract.cs.unb.ca (tesseract.cs.unb.ca [131.202.240.238]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 86B87431FBF for ; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 04:39:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from fctnnbsc30w-142167090129.dhcp-dynamic.fibreop.nb.bellaliant.net ([142.167.90.129] helo=zancas.localnet) by tesseract.cs.unb.ca with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tjr1Y-0006Bb-OQ; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:39:24 -0400 Received: from bremner by zancas.localnet with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Tjr1T-0008TU-54; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:39:19 -0400 From: David Bremner To: Mark Walters , notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: Re: [Patch v6 1/6] tag-util: factor out rules for illegal tags, use in parse_tag_line In-Reply-To: <871uettxln.fsf@qmul.ac.uk> References: <1355096008-4544-1-git-send-email-david@tethera.net> <1355096008-4544-2-git-send-email-david@tethera.net> <871uettxln.fsf@qmul.ac.uk> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.14+163~g11a220a (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.2.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:39:19 -0400 Message-ID: <87vcc35w20.fsf@zancas.localnet> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam_bar: - 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, 15 Dec 2012 12:39:29 -0000 Mark Walters writes: > I don't know if this matters but it seems that one can still add a "-" > tag by doing something like > > echo "+%2d -- search" | notmuch tag --batch > > This might be the right thing to do but I thought I would mention it. I _think_ it's a feature, so I'm tempted to document it and move on unless somebody convinces me it's a bad idea. d