@end deffn
+@deffn {Command} debbugs-gnu-patches
+@deffnx {Command} debbugs-org-patches
+
+The commands @code{debbugs-gnu-patches} and @code{debbugs-org-patches} show
+all bugs tagged with @code{"patch"}. This is useful for bug triages.
+
+@ref{Layout} for the presentation of the results.
+
+@end deffn
+
+
@node Searching Bugs
@chapter Searching in the Debbugs Database.
-The GNU Debbugs server allows full text search in the database. It
-uses a
+The GNU Debbugs server allows text search in the database in the
+messages submitted to the bugs. It uses a
@uref{http://fallabs.com/hyperestraier/uguide-en.html#searchcond,
HyperEstraier based search engine}@footnote{This has been added to the
Debbugs/SOAP backend of the GNU Debbugs server only.}.
@deffnx {Command} debbugs-org-search
These both commands are completely interactive. They ask for a
-@code{"search phrase"} for the full text search. It is just a string
-which contains the words to be searched for, combined by operators
-like AND, ANDNOT and OR. If there is no operator between the words,
-AND is used by default.
+@code{"search phrase"} for the text search. It is just a string which
+contains the words to be searched for, combined by operators like AND,
+ANDNOT and OR@. If there is no operator between the words, AND is
+used by default. Only complete words, contained in a message body,
+are searched for.
Wild card searches are also supported. It can be used for forward
match search and backward match search. For example, "[BW] euro"
-matches words which begin with "euro". "[EW] shere" matches words
+matches words which begin with "euro". "[EW] sphere" matches words
which end with "sphere". Moreover, regular expressions are also
supported. For example, "[RX] ^inter.*al$" matches words which begin
with "inter" and end with "al".@footnote{Simplified forms, as
@item tags
A comma-separated list of defined user tags.
-@item submitter
-The email address of the bug submitter.
+@item author
+The email address of a message originator.
@item date
A time period the bug has been in which the bug has been submitted or
Word(s) the subject of the bug report contains.
@item status
-The status of the bug report. Valid values are "done", "forwarded"
-and "open".
+The status of the bug report. Valid values are "pending",
+"forwarded", "fixed" and "done".
@end table
It is also possible to apply these commands with an empty search
same as the status mentioned above.
@item owner
+@itemx submitter
@itemx maint
@itemx correspondent
-The email address of the bug's owner, maintainer, or correspondent
-(somebody who has participated in bug messages).
+The email address of the bug's owner, submitter, maintainer, or
+correspondent (somebody who has participated in bug messages).
@item log_modified
@itemx last_modified
via the Debbugs/SOAP backend. In this case, the results of a query
are discriminated on the client side, which is indicated by the string
"(client-side filter)" in the minibuffer after the attribute name.
+Note, that client side filters perform badly, because they could be
+applied only after all bugs have been downloaded.
@end deffn
@end multitable
+@vindex debbugs-gnu-suppress-closed
+The user option @code{debbugs-gnu-suppress-closed} controls, whether
+closed bugs are shown in the initial list.
+
@vindex debbugs-gnu-mail-backend
The user option @code{debbugs-gnu-mail-backend} controls the
presentation of email messages produced by typing @kbd{@key{RET}} or
The second bug number is read interactively.
-@item serious
-@itemx important
-@itemx normal
-@itemx minor
-@itemx wishlist
-"severity 12345 serious|important|normal|minor|wishlist"
-
@item invalid
"tags 12345 notabug" @*
"tags 12345 wontfix" @*
@item reopen
"reopen 12345"
+@item retitle
+"retitle 12345 @var{title}"
+
+The new bug title is read interactively.
+
+@item serious
+@itemx important
+@itemx normal
+@itemx minor
+@itemx wishlist
+"severity 12345 serious|important|normal|minor|wishlist"
+
@item unarchive
"unarchive 12345"