Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 23:55:05 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@nwlink.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Search Engine For Site Message-ID: <20000922235505.A765@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.1000912161351.15656A-100000@utah>; from jcwells@nwlink.com on Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 04:16:45PM -0700 References: <Pine.SOL.3.96.1000912161351.15656A-100000@utah>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 04:16:45PM -0700, Jason C. Wells wrote:
> There is some discussion going on about the website's search capability.
> Is the documentation project interested in discussing changing the search
> engine?
Yes.
Off the top of my head, I'd like any replacement to be
(a) Properly documented, so that it's easy for the admins and mirrors
to keep track of what it's doing.
(b) Follow common conventions for specifying search times. Personally,
I think that means that the default should be to match any of the
terms, preferring documents in the results set that contain more
of the terms.
Making multiple terms mandatory should be specified with either
"and" between the terms, or specifying a term with a leading '+'.
(c) Long literal terms should be allowed, allowing people to easily enter
in error messages.
(d) Matches in the results should be highlighted.
(e) The search engine should be available in the ports collection.
(f) It should be possible to specify the ordering of results (number of
matching keywords, date, file size, ...)
Thoughts?
N
--
Internet connection, $19.95 a month. Computer, $799.95. Modem, $149.95.
Telephone line, $24.95 a month. Software, free. USENET transmission,
hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Thinking before posting, priceless.
Somethings in life you can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard.
-- Graham Reed, in the Scary Devil Monastery
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20000922235505.A765>