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Re: Question about searching (for "2.1.4")
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Fri, 28 Jul 2000 02:24:24 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, James Wilson writes:
> I was trying to find information about Steve Bliss' LDraw Add On program.
> It's version 2.1.4.  When I did a search on the CAD newsgroups for 2.1.4
> and "2.1.4" I got zero hits.  So, I posted a question about the program
> in the CAD/Development group, and Steve replied with a link to a thread
> (1 month old) that had 2.1.4 in the subject and in the body.  How come
> the search didn't turn this up?

The indexer isn't as smart as it ought to be -- it currently throws out
anything that's not alphanumeric.

--Todd



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  Question about searching (for "2.1.4")
 
I was trying to find information about Steve Bliss' LDraw Add On program. It's version 2.1.4. When I did a search on the CAD newsgroups for 2.1.4 and "2.1.4" I got zero hits. So, I posted a question about the program in the CAD/Development group, (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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