On 21Mar2014 23:45, Peter P. <p8...@aol.com> wrote: > * Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> [2014-03-21 20:58]: > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 05:11:38PM -0400, Peter P. wrote: > > > * Rejo Zenger <r...@zenger.nl> [2014-03-21 17:00]: > > > > ++ 21/03/14 14:13 -0400 - Peter P.: > > > > >when I run a search across a folder using the "limit" function, I > > > > >can't find a way to stop it while it is searching through messages > > > > >(apart from killing mutt). Ctl-g doesn't work. Is there any this can > > > > >be done? > > > > > > > > Limit to "all", so limit to "~A". > > > Thanks! In fact I am trying to stop the search _while_ it is running > > > (which can sometimes take very long / too long for large folders) > > > > How large is large? I just tried to limit to all messages sent by me in > > a folder with >20k messages, it was almost instantaneous. Are you by > > any change doing full body search (with ~b)? That will take a while; if > > that is the case you could reduce the time a bit by using =b instead. > You are right! It is ~b that can take very long. Thank you for > pointing out =b to me, this is what I was looking for!
Also, only some headers are in mutt's memory. (Subject, from, to etc.) Searching on the less used headers also requires mutt to open and scan messages. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> I don't waste my money; I invest it in ventures with high negative returns.
