[PATCH] doc: add a section on quoting to notmuch-search-terms(7)

[David Bremner]

Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila at iki.fi> writes:


> Btw, the ones who have notmuch email since 2011-10-18 can try the
> following:
>  
>     notmuch count 'from:/Richard Stallman/'
>     3


A Xapian exception occurred parsing query: unmatched regex delimiter in
'/Richard'

>     notmuch count 'from:/Richard Stallma/' 
>     0

A Xapian exception occurred parsing query: unmatched regex delimiter in '/Richard'

>     notmuch count 'from:"/Richard Stallman/"'
>     3

Well, I have 7 messages, but I report Emacs bugs...

>     notmuch count 'from:"/Richard Stallma/"'
>     0
>

Also 7

> I find all but 3rd odd (1st one "works" even there are spaces, and 
> second and last don't find matches...).

I don't what's going on with your results. Maybe old Xapian?

d