From eb6c38ac17deda25e4512e2be5b69b05249d3d7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Beckingham <paul@beckingham.net>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 07:05:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Code Cleanup

- Removed obsolete configuration variable 'patterns', which is no longer
  used.
---
 ChangeLog                | 1 +
 NEWS                     | 1 +
 doc/man/taskrc.5.in      | 5 -----
 src/Config.cpp           | 1 -
 src/commands/CmdShow.cpp | 1 -
 5 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 29da03d0e..b50c2a5cc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 - Added certificate hostname verification (thanks to Alexander Sulfrian).
 - Removed debugging code.
 - Added details in debug mode, for unrecognized data (thanks to Kosta H).
+- Removed unused 'patterns' configuration variable.
 
 ------ current release ---------------------------
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c7cccbf27..e5eefcb59 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Removed features in 2.4.0
   - Old-style color names including underscores are no longer supported.
   - Removed priority counts from the 'projects' commands.
   - Removed the unused 'locale' configuration variable.
+  - Removed the unused 'patterns' confguration variable.
 
 Known Issues
 
diff --git a/doc/man/taskrc.5.in b/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
index b57163a1e..9edf008c9 100644
--- a/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
+++ b/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
@@ -356,11 +356,6 @@ among users that are not comfortable with regular expressions.
 .B xterm.title=no
 Sets the xterm window title when reports are run.  Defaults to off.
 
-.TP
-.B patterns=on
-Enables or disables pattern support on the command line, such as /foo/.
-Defaults to on.
-
 .TP
 .B expressions=infix|postfix
 Sets a preference for infix expressions (1 + 2) or postfix expressions (1 2 +).
diff --git a/src/Config.cpp b/src/Config.cpp
index 6d758e882..be5758238 100644
--- a/src/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/Config.cpp
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ std::string Config::_defaults =
   "regex=no                                       # Assume all search/filter strings are regexes\n"
   "xterm.title=no                                 # Sets xterm title for some commands\n"
   "expressions=infix                              # Prefer infix over postfix expressions\n"
-  "patterns=on                                    # Support for regex patterns\n"
   "dom=on                                         # Support DOM access\n"
   "json.array=off                                 # Enclose JSON output in [ ]\n"
   "abbreviation.minimum=2                         # Shortest allowed abbreviation\n"
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp b/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp
index fb10373c5..513af1d01 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ int CmdShow::execute (std::string& output)
     " locking"
     " monthsperline"
     " nag"
-    " patterns"
     " print.empty.columns"
     " recurrence.indicator"
     " recurrence.limit"