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echo: golded
to: MICHAEL DUKELSKY
from: MARK LEWIS
date: 2015-07-19 22:42:00
subject: find search string

19 Jul 15 17:38, you wrote to me:

 ml>> i just discovered that the 'F'ind function seems to be broken in the
 ml>> latest golded+... this is the first time that i've really
 ml>> needed/wanted to use it... i was looking for messages from a certain
 ml>> individual but none were ever found... i was searching, with 'F', for
 ml>> 'john smith' without the quotes... nothing would be found... even if
 ml>> i was currently on a message to or from john smith... if i searched
 ml>> for just 'john' or just 'smith' then it worked... apparently the
 ml>> search doesn't work with spaces??

 MD> As you were already told, one has to enclose the search string in double
 MD> quotes if the string containes spaces. It is a feature and not a bug.

yes, i've found this out, now... it wasn't apparent previously...

 ml>> the second thing i found that doesn't seem right is that 'F'ind only
 ml>> looks from the current message to the last message... there's no
 ml>> option to search from the first message to the last...

 MD> To search in backward direction just put a minus sign before the
 MD> search string. So it may look as -smith or -"john smith".

this has also not been apparent...

what are the chances of the enhanced search capabilities i described to be
included? i would do it but i'm worse with C/C++ than i am with russian or
ukrainian languages ;)

)\/(ark

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