sort: show warning when sort is not supported

Use the capabilities returned by the backend to check whether sort is
implemented when the user tries to use the sort command. Print a warning
to the log when a sort request is silently dropped by the backend.

Suggested-by: |cos|
Signed-off-by: Koni Marti <koni.marti@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Robin Jarry <robin@jarry.cc>
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Koni Marti 2022-07-26 13:48:27 +02:00 committed by Robin Jarry
parent cfbb548fb8
commit 26b9c3d966
3 changed files with 13 additions and 0 deletions

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@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ func (Sort) Execute(aerc *widgets.Aerc, args []string) error {
return errors.New("Messages still loading.")
}
if c := store.Capabilities(); c != nil {
if !c.Sort {
return errors.New("Sorting is not available for this backend.")
}
}
var err error
var sortCriteria []*types.SortCriterion
if len(args[1:]) == 0 {

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@ -847,3 +847,8 @@ func (store *MessageStore) FindIndexByUid(uid uint32) int {
}
return -1
}
// Capabilities returns a models.Capabilities struct or nil if not available
func (store *MessageStore) Capabilities() *models.Capabilities {
return store.DirInfo.Caps
}

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@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ func (imapw *IMAPWorker) handleFetchDirectoryContents(
if err != nil {
// Non fatal, but we do want to print to get some debug info
logging.Errorf("can't check for SORT support: %v", err)
} else if len(sortCriteria) > 0 {
logging.Warnf("SORT is not supported but requested: list messages by UID")
}
uids, err = imapw.client.UidSearch(searchCriteria)
}