[mew-int 01096] Re: mew-summary-search

[Simon Vostry]

Hi!

> On Wed, 02 Oct 2002 11:22:19 +0200 (CEST), Simon Vostry <vostry at example.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > for searching the messages body, I use 'Ctrl+U' and then '?'. You
> > input the grep patern and the messages which contains the pattern will
> > be market by '*'. Using 'P' and 'N' you can fast jump between them.
> > 
> > Hope it works for you.
> > 
> > BR
> > Simon
> 
> Thanks, for the reply Simon. Yah, I saw in the documentation the
> C-U ? function, however, when I do that I get absolutely nothing.
> 
> After I type C-U ? I get "Grep pattern:" at which I type a string that
> I'm looking for. After I press 'enter' mew responds back with "No
> message to be marked". And yes, I did verify that the strings I'm
> looking for actually exists!

Maybe a stupisd question, but do you have grep functioning on your
system? To be honest, I don't know how mew implements this
search. Some things are now not elisp, but C code so it runs faster
(like scanning of directories as far as I know). Myabe mew is using
the external grep program your OS should have.

Could it be that? Problably the author or somebody who knows the code
can help... I'm using Mew 2.2 on Linux Redhat 7.3.

> I'm sorry to be such a pain but why the previous VERY SIMPLE '/'
> mew-summary-search' is not available. It seems to me that this is a
> step backwards for Mew!

> George

BR
Simon