[RFC] Gnus generalized search, part II

[Eric S Fraga]

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(Who is beginning to think that you and I are the only two who will ever
use this new stuff).

I was starting to think the same thing! Glad to see others chiming in.

I know that I would likely use this and would definitely do so if the
generalised search interface included off-line use with the
agent... not sure if that is planned or even possible but thought I
would mention it!

thanks in any case,
eric

[Eric S Fraga]

It should work, but its totally untested (I don't use the agent). The
nnselect backend (which is independent of searching) should act like any
backend and use the agent as appropriate (although since it hasn't been
tested it is probably buggy). The searching part should behave as (the
other) Eric indicated: searches in local indices should work fine, and
searches that require a network connection should signal an error.

I don't have any local index (as far as I know). I simply enable the
agent to ensure I can read my emails off-line (I spend 2-3 hours a day
off-line while commuting).

It would be helpful if you could checkout feature/gnus-select and see
what happens :)

Is this from the emacs repository or is there a separate gnus one? In
either case, where is it located please?

Thanks,
eric