From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Jul 9 11:54:33 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F7BF37B400 for ; Tue, 9 Jul 2002 11:54:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from amsfep12-int.chello.nl (amsfep12-int.chello.nl [213.46.243.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2274F43E3B for ; Tue, 9 Jul 2002 11:54:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wouter@pair.com) Received: from hibernate.cryolabs.net ([213.132.151.88]) by amsfep12-int.chello.nl (InterMail vM.5.01.03.06 201-253-122-118-106-20010523) with SMTP id <20020709185426.HAEZ28368.amsfep12-int.chello.nl@hibernate.cryolabs.net> for ; Tue, 9 Jul 2002 20:54:26 +0200 Received: (qmail 8571 invoked from network); 9 Jul 2002 20:54:13 +0200 Received: from unknown (HELO cocaine.cryolabs.net) (192.168.196.5) by hibernate.cryolabs.net with SMTP; 9 Jul 2002 20:54:13 +0200 Subject: Re: Beta FreeBSD search engine From: Wouter Van Hemel To: Eric Anderson Cc: Ross Lippert , freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <3D2B218A.828433E4@centtech.com> References: <200207091637.JAA25232@eskimo.com> <3D2B218A.828433E4@centtech.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.7 Date: 09 Jul 2002 20:55:02 +0200 Message-Id: <1026240902.250.135.camel@cocaine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 19:46, Eric Anderson wrote: > I've been thinking about that.. Here's my two options (so far): > > 1. Have the indexer try to detect which page the language falls (mostly) into, > and sort it that way. > If you would include the language in the index, you could give back all languages for a given document, e.g. Manual Vinum Bootstrapping ... sd name home.p.s drive YouCrazy plex home.p len hl driveoffset ho ... http://www.sprawler.com/doc1/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/vinum/manualboot.html - 12k - [HIGHLIGHTED] (de . en . fr . gr . etc) ... This way you would have a truly international search-engine that allows people to pick their own language if the translation exists, or choose another language if it doesn't. The main link could go to the English version, since most of the documentation exists in that language, I guess. I'm just thinking out loud about the possibilities... rather than about the time you have available. Great job so far! ;) > 2. Have separate indexes for separate langauges - which would mean it's simpler > to implement, but not as seamless for use. > The problem with a drop-down box with the available languages or something along those lines is that the documentation in other languages isn't always complete. If people select some obsure language that has only a few documents translated, it's likely their search won't turn up any results. So to be sure they get all relevant information, they will only use English. Or possibly complain about the lack of information, if they don't. > Any thoughts? > Many, though most are not relevant here. Good job... > Eric > > > Ross Lippert wrote: > > > > Pretty cool. What are you going to do about language? > > > > Right now, I see answers coming up in all sorts of languages I do > > not speak. Then again, maybe I should learn. > > > > -r > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Anderson Systems Administrator Centaur Technology > He who laughs last didn't get the joke. > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message