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 1A44F431FBF for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2012 07:21:25 -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 utz9MphqJKSy for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2012 07:21:24 -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 AC7BF431FAE for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2012 07:21:24 -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 1ThMDQ-0005h2-E1; Sat, 08 Dec 2012 11:21:22 -0400 Received: from bremner by zancas.localnet with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ThMDK-0005pV-Sh; Sat, 08 Dec 2012 11:21:14 -0400 From: David Bremner To: Austin Clements , "Jason A. Donenfeld" Subject: Re: Tags with spaces In-Reply-To: <20121208062416.GF4422@mit.edu> References: <20121208062416.GF4422@mit.edu> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.14+75~g984212d (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.1.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2012 11:21:14 -0400 Message-ID: <87fw3gsh79.fsf@zancas.localnet> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam_bar: - 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, 08 Dec 2012 15:21:25 -0000 Austin Clements writes: > Tags with spaces are supported, but your shell will strip away the > quotes you've used in both examples before notmuch ever sees them. > You'll need both shell quoting and Xapian quoting in this case. Try > notmuch search -- '-tag:"This has spaces"' > This should be easier from a front-end, since it will take care of any > necessary shell quoting. Note that there are also patches in the works that add a hex encoded format for notmuch-tag on standard input; so far we have tried to do that for regular command line arguments, but it's a possibility. d