Jeremy, et al --
...and then Jeremy Blosser said...
% David T-G [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
% > I have just discovered that searches do not look inside collapsed
% > threads.
%
% It's considered correct that Mutt treats messages hidden by thread
% collapsing the same way it treats ones hidden by a 'limit' -- as though
Ahhh... Hmmm...
% they didn't exist. So if you limit messages, then search, you won't get
% results from messages not in the limit, and the same if you collapse
% threads.
Yeah; good point. I hadn't thought of collapsing as a limit, but it
limits the display for sure and could certainly be thought of as limiting
just like any other limit command.
Thanks a bunch.
%
% It's debatable whether this should be -- it makes sense in some ways, since
% you could hurt yourself with a delete-pattern that affects collapsed
Right...
% threads when you didn't realize it would, but doesn't make sense in other
% ways, such as your current example. No one has suggested/implemented
% something better, though.
I suppose a $search_within_collapsed or $match_within_collapsed variable
is in order ;-)
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