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Subject:	Re: News search function reactivated (was: News search function temporarily disabled)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.general
Date:	Tue, 2 Jan 2001 19:00:58 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes: > Is that the sort of functionality you're looking for? Pretty much... actually, I was thinking more along the lines of an advanced search form though: Search for: ______________________ (uses +'s and -'s as is) Search for text in subject line [] (checkbox) Posted by: _______________________ (uses +'s and -'s... or no symbols, too) Search only for heads of a thread [] (checkbox) Posted before: ___ /____ / ____ Posted after: ___ / ____/ ____ But throwing in symbols/wildcards on the command line instead of in a form works for me too :) > If you search for > > david eaton <10 > > then it'll show you things matching "david eaton" that were posted "about 10 > days ago" (plus or minus 10 days -- with higher matches given to those that > are closer to the 10-days-ago-point). So-- looks like if today is day 100, "david eaton <10" would search days 80-100, giving highest precedence to things closest to day 90... cool! I think that's actually really useful :) > I'm thinkin' this'll be quite useful for digging up stuff that's "about a > week ago" or "about 3 months ago" or "oh, about 2 years ago" -- when it's > tough to remember an exact date. Poifect! That's something I had been wanting for a while since I'll know (for example) that I posted something last spring, but I want to make sure NOT to search for anything after, say, June, or before March... very cool indeed :) > > - Search for articles containing a URL > > Not sure how to handle this yet. Yeah, that's just one of those "Oh, if only" things-- mostly for when I'm looking for someone who posted a link to their site... occasionally I've tried to do this by putting "http" on the query string, although it doesn't rule out posts that give their URLs as "www.foo.com/~blah/cool_page.html". > > - option to ONLY return the heads of threads > > Ahh yes -- I'll put that on the "must do" list. That won't be too hard once > the thread lists are generated internally for other purposes. Cool! DaveE

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		RE: News search function reactivated (was: News search function temporarily disabled)
(...) I think a multi-field advanced search is the way to go...much easier to use, IMO--something like the DejaNews power search: (URL) actual search keywords are in one field, and then there are numerouse ways to limit the search. --Bram Bram (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)

		Re: News search function reactivated (was: News search function temporarily disabled)
(...) Ya, something like that'd be good to slap on top after the base functionality. :-) Nobody wants to have to remember how all the squiggly and square brace thingums in a search box work. :-) (...) Ya, precisely. It was originally (summer of (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)

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		Re: News search function reactivated (was: News search function temporarily disabled)
(...) Sure! (...) These are mostly covered already due to the way the indexing works -- words closer to the beginning of a document are given higher weights than words occurring later in a document. When the indexer chews on a news article, it first (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)

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