On 23-Jan-2010, at 17:57, Caio Chassot wrote:
> On 2010-01-22, at 13:23 , LuKreme wrote:
>>
>> I have to assume Letters is going to have PCRE built in and that we will be
>> able to filter to our heart's content on any header (or any content, for
>> that matter).
>
> I hope you mean PCRE as a generic term
Yes. It was shorter than saying, "A regex library that supports all the modern
and useful regex expressions like {,5} like PCRE does."
> because as libraries go I was hoping for oniguruma.
>
>
>> I expect to have an interface much like iTunes were, if I want, I can use
>> the GUI to build a very complex filter with nested logic.
>
> A GUI, really? It pains me every time I have to click something. Maybe a GUI
> os *necessary*, but please, let people write queries by hand.
If we're going to have PCRE style searching then obviously that necessitates a
RAW query. But yes, a GUI is a must. Not for you, not for me, but yes for
Letters 1.0 there has to be a good and robust GUI for the majority of users.
> In my vision, anything we can get our hands on can be used in the queries.
> Queries that rely exclusively on pre-cached static metadata will be faster,
> because these can run directly on top of sqlite. But any function, the return
> value of any script should be available.
The trouble is, in a large mailspool the speed difference between pre-cached
and not may be several orders of magnitude.
> I'd like plugins to be able to offer 1) additional metadata extractors so
> these can go into the sqlite database, and 2) additional functions that can
> be used in the email queries.
Yes, that sounds perfect.
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