According to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> Most of the large search engines I've seen no longer ignore short 
> words and stopwords -- they just index everything.  I realize it 
> requires a lot more disk space (though there may be some clever ways 
> around that), but it simplifies things both internally and for the 
> end-users.  That way, they can search for "To Be Or Not To Be" and 
> find something!
> 
> My rule for search engines is "no surprises", and I think there are 
> enough legitimate instances of people needing to search two and even 
> one-letter words that ht://Dig should allow that as an option.

It does allow that as an option...

minimum_word_length: 1

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Gilles R. Detillieux              E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Spinal Cord Research Centre       WWW:    http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/~grdetil
Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba  Phone:  (204)789-3766
Winnipeg, MB  R3E 3J7  (Canada)   Fax:    (204)789-3930

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