On Wed, 15 Jan 2020 at 10:06, Pierre Neidhardt <m...@ambrevar.xyz> wrote:
> We can always keep our current regexp search (which is trivial) for > those who really want it. I believe that Xapian is much more usable > than regexps on a daily basis. What do you mean by trivial? The command "guix search" supports the full Guile regexp engine, if I remember well. > > On the other hand, I can extend the inverted index implementation > > to support regular expression searches. Personally, I don't use regular > > expression based search queries, and don't think they are very useful > > especially if we make use of xapian's stemming. What do people think? > > Agreed! > > I see this with my emails (Notmuch): I type whatever words I remember > and whoever names was involved in a thread and I systematically find > it. I've used it for months and it never missed! :) The key point here is the scoring. Type whatever words you remember in the GNU mailing search engine. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/cgi-bin/namazu.cgi?query=load-path&submit=Search%21&idxname=guix-devel&max=20&result=normal&sort=score All the best, simon