The word/regexp agenda search to work with more than one word or regexp unless the first word or regexp is also preceded by a "+" or "-".
Take the following example. --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- * Org-mode Org mode is a major mode for Emacs written by Carsten Dominik. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Let's say I search for Emacs with "C-a s [RET] Emacs". So far, so good: this item appears in the results. But let's say I want to narrow down the search. When I press "[" to add a search term, I see the following prompt in the minibuffer: [+-]Word/{Regexp} ...: Emacs + If I complete the prompt as given ("Emacs +Carsten"), there are no results. The search only succeeds if I add a "+" in front of Emacs as well, i.e., "+Emacs +Carsten". The same behavior occurs with exclusion ("-") and with the regexp search (i.e., brackets). Two questions: 1) Do boolean word/regexp searches require a "+" or "-" symbol before the first word/regexp? If so, this is a bit confusing, since tag and property searches do not require an initial symbol. (E.g., "emacs+orgmode" works as a tag search.) 2) If boolean word/regexp do require an initial "+" or "-", could the prompt after pressing "[" or "]" or "{" or "}" in the search results buffer be amended to add a plus in front of the first search term? Here is the relevant portion of the manual: ,----[10.5 Commands in the agenda buffer] | `[ ] { }' | | in search view | add new search words (`[' and `]') or new regular expressions | (`{' and `}') to the query string. The opening bracket/brace | will add a positive search term prefixed by `+', indicating | that this search term must occur/match in the entry. The | closing bracket/brace will add a negative search term which | must not occur/match in the entry for it to be selected. `---- Thanks, Matt _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode