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14 From: Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org>
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28 Subject: Re: [notmuch] [PATCH 2/2] notmuch list: A new command to produce
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44 On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:21:19 +0100, Jed Brown <jed@59A2.org> wrote:
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45 > On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:07:57 +0100, Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> wrote:
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46 > > One thing we'll still have to think about is how to remove the "virtual
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47 > > tags" from the completion list, (once we have virtual tags in the
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48 > > configuration file---that is, tags applied automatically based on search
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49 > > specifications).
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51 > Do these need to be real tags? Would it be sufficient for them to just
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52 > be aliases for search patterns? I think I would prefer the latter
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53 > because I could modify the pattern and not have to rewrite tags to the
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54 > whole database. Maybe real tags are needed to optimize expensive
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55 > patterns, but I wouldn't think the user needs to know about that.
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57 They are conceptually just aliases for search patterns, yes.
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59 But when I'm working with my mail I think I want them be accessible in
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60 an identical way to tags I apply manually. That is I want to be able to
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61 search for "tag:foo" and filter the current search view on the "bar" tag
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62 without having to remember to distinguish as a users whether "foo" or
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63 "bar" is a tag or an "aliased search term".
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65 As for your concerns, tag updates are going to be made really fast, (we
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66 just *have* to fix that bug, and soon), so I don't think there's going
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67 to be any problem with updating these rules and having to update the
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68 state in the database.
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