Re: specifying the charset of the query string with nnir/imap

[Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann)]

Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:

> How about using a backend interface for the interface?  Then you don't
> need to specify the backend to search with nnir, which I found a bit
> cumbersome and inflexible.

I agree that the current nnir.el interface is cumbersome.  Originally,
I wanted to specify the search engine via server parameters, but then
people persuaded me to use simple variables, instead.

However, I'm not so sure that it is a good idea to specify the
searching in the backend, for the search engine is orthogonal to the
backend, with the single exception of nnimap, perhaps.

Which search engine to use depends just as much on the search engine
that's installed as it depends on the backend in use.

Thoughts?

kai
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