User login

Search in Chandler

Fantastically helpful person on the Chandler-users list:

the menu item Edit > Find, or slash F (e.g., /f searchterm) in the quick entry (QE) bar will work also.

For full boolean search support, yes, the feature is somewhat hidden. Instead of /F, use /L (for Lucene, the underlying indexing and search infrastructure). /F is suitable for search terms best restricted to alphanumeric text only. Anything more advanced, boolean operators, wild cards, exclusions, etc., can be performed with /L. The reasoning behind partitioning the functionality between /F and /L lies somewhere between user interaction/design concerns and technical constraints. So it goes... /L works great, and more info can be found at these links.

http://chandlerproject.org/Projects/QuerySystemReference
http://lucene.apache.org/java/docs/queryparsersyntax.html
http://chandlerproject.org/PyLucene/WebHome

You may have had the same problem I had a bit ago in that the Chandler project wiki page documenting the Find/Search syntax was titled "Documentation for Chandler Query System". I have just updated that page's title to include the string "Find, Search" to help hopefully others find more info about find.

Sincerely,
Andre

Resolution

Searched words: 
search find boolean search Chandler Project

Comments

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • You may post code using <code>...</code> (generic) or <?php ... ?> (highlighted PHP) tags.
  • You can use Markdown syntax to format and style the text. Also see Markdown Extra for tables, footnotes, and more.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <img> <blockquote> <small> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> <sub> <sup> <p> <br> <strike> <table> <tr> <td> <thead> <th> <tbody> <tt> <output>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

More information about formatting options

By submitting this form, you accept the Mollom privacy policy.