Re: Why asterisks in nnmail-split-fancy rule?

Re: Why asterisks in nnmail-split-fancy rule?

[Ted Zlatanov]

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Here's a patch that will introduce a new variable,
nnmail-split-expert-regexes (boolean, nil by default).

When nnmail-split-expert-regexes is set, every pattern to match in
nnmail-split-fancy and nnimap-split-fancy (which uses the
nnmail-split-fancy functionality) will be surrounded by ".*" front and
back.  I can add a nnimap-split-expert-regexes variable if anyone is
interested.  The effect is to make life easier for those of us who are
used to matching against the full line, not just inside words as
defined by the current syntax table.

Please comment, thanks...

Ted


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Index: nnmail.el
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/gnus/lisp/nnmail.el,v
retrieving revision 6.74
diff -a -u -r6.74 nnmail.el
--- nnmail.el	17 Apr 2003 19:01:45 -0000	6.74
+++ nnmail.el	2 Jun 2003 20:52:35 -0000
@@ -441,6 +441,14 @@
   ;; Sigh!
   :type 'sexp)
 
+(defcustom nnmail-split-expert-regexes nil
+  "Set this if you want your split patterns to be against the full
+line, not just a word as defined by the syntax table (if this is nil,
+you can achieve the same effect by surrounding your pattern with '.*'
+strings)."
+  :group ''nnmail-split
+  :type 'boolean)
+
 (defcustom nnmail-split-abbrev-alist
   '((any . "from\\|to\\|cc\\|sender\\|apparently-to\\|resent-from\\|resent-to\\|resent-cc")
     (mail . "mailer-daemon\\|postmaster\\|uucp")
@@ -1346,6 +1354,9 @@
 	     partial-rear  regexp)
 	(if (symbolp value)
 	    (setq value (cdr (assq value nnmail-split-abbrev-alist))))
+	(when (and nnmail-split-expert-regexes
+		   (stringp value))
+	  (setq value (format ".*%s.*" value)))
 	(if (and (>= (length value) 2)
 		 (string= ".*" (substring value 0 2)))
 	    (setq value (substring value 2)

Re: Why asterisks in nnmail-split-fancy rule?

[Kai Großjohann]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> Here's a patch that will introduce a new variable,
> nnmail-split-expert-regexes (boolean, nil by default).

I've renamed the variable and changed the implementation, as
mentioned on gnu.emacs.gnus.  WDYT?

It's untested :-\
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Re: Why asterisks in nnmail-split-fancy rule?

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Tue, 03 Jun 2003, kai.grossjohann@gmx.net wrote:
> Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
> 
>> Here's a patch that will introduce a new variable,
>> nnmail-split-expert-regexes (boolean, nil by default).
> 
> I've renamed the variable and changed the implementation, as
> mentioned on gnu.emacs.gnus.  WDYT?
> 
> It's untested :-\

It looks great, thanks for getting it done!

Ted