Tickets :: Comment on [#6825] OR-combination for flags

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Comment	>> testing IMP 4.2 with most of the other current modules. Am I correct > >> that searches are built by one of the following two modes? > >> > >> All Queries: AND( AND(CRIT_1, CRIT_2, ...) AND(FLAG_1, FLAG_2, ...) ) > >> Any Queries: AND( OR(CRIT_1, CRIT_2, ...) AND(FLAG_1, FLAG_2, ...) ) > > > > yes. > > > >> My understanding is that it is not possible to do imap searches for > >> OR-combination of flags, correct? (e.g. all new OR unanswered > >> messages). > > > > With my recent changes, it should now be possible to do this. > > > >> That could be fixed by making "search flags" on par with the "search > >> criteria", i.e. applying the all/any-switch to flags as well. Even > >> better: provide three all/any-switches for search criteria, search > >> flags and their combination: > > > > This is what I have done - I have moved the search flags into the > search criteria. Please test and check for smoke, etc. > > > >> AND/OR( AND/OR(crit_1, crit_2, ...), AND/OR(FLAG_1, FLAG_2, ...) ) > >> > >> That would enormously extend the space of possible searches by still > >> avoiding a complex GUI for the general nesting of logical operators. > > > > This was talked about long ago but isn't easily done - how do you > "lump" queries together? For example, how do I specify that I want > (A AND B) OR (C AND D) - the result must contain A/B pairs or C/D > pairs - not (A AND B OR C) AND D - the result must contain D and must > contain either A/B pair or C. In other words, nobody has come up > with an elegant way of making the UI handle 'parentheses' so, thus, > the reason we have either all AND or all OR searches. > > > >> Furthermore two little glitches in the current GUI: > >> - In "recent searches", the flags are not mentioned. > > > > This has been fixed as a result of the new code (since it pretty much > uses the same code previously used for the search criteria). > > > >> - "Search Flags" for all the imap flags, but "flagged message" > >> for only the important flag. > > > > I don't understand what this is saying. There is no "important" IMAP > flag, only a "flagged for followup" flag.
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