On Mon, 7 Feb 2000, Geoff Hutchison wrote:
> At 3:44 AM -0500 2/7/00, Bernard T. Higonnet wrote:
> >I am unable to do a boolean search the definition of which is "not
> >searchterm"
> >
> >It seems to me this is a perfectly reasonable request.
>
> Currently, the meaning of the boolean "not" is something along the
> lines of a "not and."
>
> It's a feature that's been requested before, but seems to have ended
> up on the bottom of the pile. Contributions, of course, are welcome.
You can immitate it a little, it's not fail proof, by doing a search
for
<a-very-very-very-common-word> not <searchterm>
this is allmost like
TRUE not <searchterm>
which is
not <searchterm>
--jesse
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