From: Peter Wang Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 04:01:07 +0000 (+1000) Subject: Re: search summary and exclusions X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=044944e59fc87e1d18bf365535949d7faf1c511e;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: search summary and exclusions --- diff --git a/23/c12dbca5c2bdb59850bc356ddd4b3a330304af b/23/c12dbca5c2bdb59850bc356ddd4b3a330304af new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2fb21e448 --- /dev/null +++ b/23/c12dbca5c2bdb59850bc356ddd4b3a330304af @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +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 981E8431FAF + for ; Mon, 28 May 2012 21:01:28 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.799 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.799 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, + FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, 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 Cx36CJlgjtys for ; + Mon, 28 May 2012 21:01:28 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from mail-pz0-f53.google.com (mail-pz0-f53.google.com + [209.85.210.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 091D2431FAE + for ; Mon, 28 May 2012 21:01:27 -0700 (PDT) +Received: by dadg9 with SMTP id g9so6110644dad.26 + for ; Mon, 28 May 2012 21:01:27 -0700 (PDT) +DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; + h=date:message-id:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:references:mime-version + :content-type:content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding; + bh=21b9W+jHEHxZS+r1pho5OsN8/RG4/sy5YZWeLem0gss=; + b=RN0mUJehhUsvVDY1VIIhMd2wwIxtb5uQjE5zp05JW8K7wbmiK9cB71wEBxjHsDnRY6 + MorAWwEdjSzWiOtR/aTTj8J2Fb6vjFh5xx2xBnZhV8lksSj8twlAoGfTmguF59fvtNT9 + UysQHylmYGqqDcQ1Gz4FBrpccvWDwAkaZhc3SL4bvs5KmNDDqp7nsCGzQPw2ifNNDVTp + +sz7VWjRDFoYM4eWY4hykH6tzqHZnClefTjrMZVzXQ8k1sRI+kBDC3f/x5I0LD6+NTUx + lNKPcpafCbiJ5gZp8FkwQcir87j1h5PRe3bX21DI6ZuuwyTuZjE8ItMLc46YAyP9i05o + i5HA== +Received: by 10.68.138.161 with SMTP id qr1mr33849964pbb.37.1338264087065; + Mon, 28 May 2012 21:01:27 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from localhost (215.42.233.220.static.exetel.com.au. + [220.233.42.215]) + by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id tj4sm21385720pbc.33.2012.05.28.21.01.22 + (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); + Mon, 28 May 2012 21:01:25 -0700 (PDT) +Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 14:01:07 +1000 +Message-ID: <20120529140107.GE2347@hili.localdomain> +From: Peter Wang +To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: search summary and exclusions +In-Reply-To: <87mx4sp79z.fsf@servo.finestructure.net> +References: <20120529000012.GF2331@hili.localdomain> + <87mx4sp79z.fsf@servo.finestructure.net> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 +Content-Disposition: inline +Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit +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: Tue, 29 May 2012 04:01:28 -0000 + +On Mon, 28 May 2012 10:03:35 -0700, Jameson Graef Rollins wrote: +> On Mon, May 28 2012, Peter Wang wrote: +> > Exclusions don't work the way I expected with the search command and +> > --output=summary. I would like messages with excluded tags to be +> > treated as if they don't exist at all, but currently: +> > +> > * excluded messages are counted towards the "total" +> > * excluded tags are included in the "tags" set +> > +> > Are these deliberate? Especially the second point seems to conflict +> > with search --output=tags, which doesn't show excluded tags. +> +> Hi, Peter. Can you explain more what you mean? I'm not sure what your +> two bullets have to do with --output=summary. Messages are counted with +> the count subcommand, and tags are shown with search --output=tags, +> neither of which have anything to do with --output=summary, and both of +> which accept the exclude flag: +> +> notmuch count --exclude=true '*' +> notmuch search --output=tags --exclude=true '*' +> +> Maybe you can give a clearer explanation of what your issue is. +> Examples help. + +Sure. I keep draft messages in the mail store, and tag them with +'draft', and later 'deleted'. I would like the exclusions to treat +draft and deleted messages as if they didn't exist in the store. + +% ./notmuch search --format=json --exclude=true -- thread:0000000000009598 tag:unread +[{"thread": "0000000000009598", +"timestamp": 1338231998, +"date_relative": "Today 05:06", +"matched": 1, +"total": 15, +"authors": "Mark Walters| Peter Wang", +"subject": "[PATCH v6 3/6] cli: make --entire-thread=false work for format=json.", +"tags": ["deleted", "draft", "replied", "sent", "unread"]}] + +Here is a thread I participated in. From this, my MUA displays "1/15", +suggesting that there is 1 unread message out of a total of 15. But +upon opening the thread, there are only 11 messages visible: 4 were +drafts (possibly deleted) which have been excluded. To the user, it +looks like some messages went missing. + +Therefore I would like search --output=summary --exclude=true +to report the total number of non-excluded messages. It doesn't need to +be via the "total" field; a new field would be fine. + +Peter