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Diffstat (limited to 'docs/superpowers/plans')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-13-rule-builder.md | 18 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-13-rule-builder.md b/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-13-rule-builder.md index fb39cca..4f65f7d 100644 --- a/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-13-rule-builder.md +++ b/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-13-rule-builder.md @@ -376,9 +376,20 @@ bool needsQuotes(const RuleTerm &term) { if (term.field == RuleTerm::Folder) return true; - if (term.op == RuleTerm::Is || term.op == RuleTerm::IsNot) + if (term.value.contains(QLatin1Char(' '))) return true; - return term.value.contains(QLatin1Char(' ')); + // Is/IsNot means an exact phrase, and only the free-text fields need + // quotes to express one. A tag or an attachment name is a single bare + // token to notmuch, which reads `tag:inbox` and `tag:"inbox"` identically + // (both count 5322 against the live index). Quoting them would therefore + // change the stored string without changing what it matches, and this + // type's whole contract is that an unedited rule compiles back byte for + // byte. + if (term.op == RuleTerm::Is || term.op == RuleTerm::IsNot) { + return term.field == RuleTerm::From || term.field == RuleTerm::To + || term.field == RuleTerm::Cc || term.field == RuleTerm::Subject; + } + return false; } QString compileTerm(const RuleTerm &term) @@ -793,6 +804,9 @@ bool parseTerm(const QString &token, RuleTerm *out) return !value.isEmpty(); } + // Tag and Attachment compile unquoted (see needsQuotes in Task 2), so + // their operator must not be inferred from the quoting: reading a quoted + // tag back as Is would compile it unquoted and change the stored string. if (field == RuleTerm::Attachment) out->op = RuleTerm::Has; else if (field == RuleTerm::Tag) |
