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Re: Idea for automatic Lugnet Set Database linking
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Date: 
Sun, 11 Jul 1999 13:33:11 GMT
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Just search the text (subject and posted message content) for three or four
digit numbers, and add the proper URL to do a set search.

Susceptible to false positives.  Examples:

"I bowled a 295 yesterday!"
  Not referring to the #295 Homemaker Office set.

<SNIP>

Hmmm...  Here's an idea.  If I'm talking about set #295 instead of my bowling
score, I could type "...telephone from :295: is my favorite....".    Just a
random thought...

Charles



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  Re: Idea for automatic Lugnet Set Database linking
 
(...) Or you can do the opposite and require special markup around the number to be considered a set # for automatic linking. Some ideas: I'd really like to my hands on a set:5952-2: soon! I'd really like to my hands on a <SET>5952-2</SET> soon! (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish, lugnet.admin.database)

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  Re: Idea for automatic Lugnet Set Database linking
 
(...) I was contemplating doing something similar a couple weeks ago when MikeS was talking about how much he used the search box... Rather than just giving a link into the DB, it really ought to (if it could) give a thumbnail and the set's data (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish, lugnet.admin.database)

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