At 6:01 PM +0100 12/15/00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I wonder how the search engine works. Is it possible to truncate words
>(e.g.techn*), and how then?
Yes, using the prefix or substring fuzzy algorithms:
<http://www.htdig.org/attrs.html#search_algorithm>
>Can you search only for endings of words, like (e.g. *echnical)?
Yes, with the substring fuzzy algorithm.
>And how do you search with boolean expressions?
Set method to "boolean" in either the form or the config file, then
you can do whatever you want, e.g.:
(dog and cat) not (snake or turtle)
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-Geoff Hutchison
Williams Students Online
http://wso.williams.edu/
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