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+#!perl -w
+# Copyright (C) 2020 all contributors <meta@public-inbox.org>
+# License: AGPL-3.0+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>
+use strict;
+use Test::More;
+use PublicInbox::TestCommon;
+use PublicInbox::InboxWritable;
+require_mods(qw(Search::Xapian DBD::SQLite));
+use_ok 'PublicInbox::MiscSearch';
+use_ok 'PublicInbox::MiscIdx';
+
+my ($tmp, $for_destroy) = tmpdir();
+my $eidx = { xpfx => "$tmp/eidx", -no_fsync => 1 }; # mock ExtSearchIdx
+{
+ mkdir "$tmp/v1" or BAIL_OUT "mkdir $!";
+ open my $fh, '>', "$tmp/v1/description" or BAIL_OUT "open: $!";
+ print $fh "Everything sucks this year\n" or BAIL_OUT "print $!";
+ close $fh or BAIL_OUT "close $!";
+}
+{
+ my $v1 = PublicInbox::InboxWritable->new({
+ inboxdir => "$tmp/v1",
+ name => 'hope',
+ address => [ 'nope@example.com' ],
+ indexlevel => 'basic',
+ version => 1,
+ });
+ $v1->init_inbox;
+ my $mi = PublicInbox::MiscIdx->new($eidx);
+ $mi->begin_txn;
+ $mi->index_ibx($v1);
+ $mi->commit_txn;
+}
+
+my $ms = PublicInbox::MiscSearch->new("$tmp/eidx/misc");
+my $mset = $ms->mset('"everything sucks today"');
+is(scalar($mset->items), 0, 'no match on description phrase');
+
+$mset = $ms->mset('"everything sucks this year"');
+is(scalar($mset->items), 1, 'match phrase on description');
+
+$mset = $ms->mset('everything sucks');
+is(scalar($mset->items), 1, 'match words in description');
+
+$mset = $ms->mset('nope@example.com');
+is(scalar($mset->items), 1, 'match full address');
+
+$mset = $ms->mset('nope');
+is(scalar($mset->items), 1, 'match partial address');
+
+$mset = $ms->mset('hope');
+is(scalar($mset->items), 1, 'match name');
+
+done_testing;