From: Eric Abrahamsen Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 23:20:06 +0000 (-0800) Subject: Be more explicit about the meaning of "remove prefix" in Gnus search X-Git-Tag: archive/raspbian/1%29.2+1-2+rpi1^2~5^2~16^2~2751 X-Git-Url: https://dgit.raspbian.org/%22http:/www.example.com/cgi/%22https:/www.github.com/%22bookmarks:///%22http:/www.example.com/cgi/%22https:/www.github.com/%22bookmarks:/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b444311e2c2a5d6db36bbbd5453a02c606215011;p=emacs.git Be more explicit about the meaning of "remove prefix" in Gnus search * doc/misc/gnus.texi (Search Engines): It's easy to get confused about what we're removing and why. --- diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus.texi b/doc/misc/gnus.texi index 306d66de64e..6e8de0368c0 100644 --- a/doc/misc/gnus.texi +++ b/doc/misc/gnus.texi @@ -21674,7 +21674,9 @@ engine. @item remove-prefix The directory part to be removed from the filenames returned by the search query. This absolute path should include everything up to the -top level of the message store. +top level of the message store. Note that this is the path to the +location of the actual messages, not to the search engine's indexes +(nor, in the case of Mairix, to its symlink directories). @item switches Additional command-line switches to be fed to the search program. The