But content search is also unsatisfactory in many situations. As an example, take a look at Python’s documentation, which has the content search. I searched for “list” ( https://docs.python.org/3/search.html?q=list&check_keywords=yes&area=default), hoping to find the documentation for the list function, and the result that I wanted is the 20th one. Earlier search results include the readline library, because it contains the content “the history *list*”, and a code example “reprlib.repr(set(‘supercalifragi*list*icexpialidocious’))”. This problem virtually doesn’t exist with the indexed term search in Racket.
I'm not saying that there’s nothing to improve. I think making it possible to do a content search, perhaps via a query like content:"file browser dialog", might be a good idea. But I definitely think we should not take the current search functionality away. On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 8:52 AM Dexter Lagan <[email protected]> wrote: > True, I’m forced to do this when the search won’t do. It’s too bad the > default search doesn’t work as well. Would it be shameful to use Google as > the main search engine, as many others do? I’m sure most wouldn’t > appreciate having to depend on Google for this. I’ll look at the code just > so I understand. > > Dex > > On Aug 17, 2021, at 5:27 PM, Sorawee Porncharoenwase < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > FWIW, you can use Google to do that. The search query > > site:docs.racket-lang.org file browser dialog > > shows https://docs.racket-lang.org/mrlib/Path_Dialog.html as the first > search result. The page also has a link to get-file and put-file. > > > On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 7:34 AM Dexter Lagan <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello there, >> >> I'm trying to teach one of my coworkers how to search for function >> names in the Racket manual, and I'm having serious problems finding very >> simple things, such as the function to display the file browser dialog >> (get-file). I know most function names by heart but my coworker isn't that >> fortunate. I see I'm not the only one, as per these >> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38932984/file-dialog-box-to-create-save-a-new-file-in-racket> >> Stack Overflow answers. >> >> Does anybody know why the search engine doesn't seem to index page >> contents other than exact function names and titles? >> >> I understand search engines aren't trivial matters, but I'm thinking >> that finding very basic Racket functions would be crucial for beginners. If >> somebody could point me to the search engine repo, I'd love to have a look. >> >> Thanks in advance! >> >> Dexter >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Racket Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/377da13a-dafe-4558-b21c-f71cd8238a93n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/377da13a-dafe-4558-b21c-f71cd8238a93n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/CADcuegt66-e5LY4r95eH0S3_OukcN0i1VDFuJiskCNd1retuhw%40mail.gmail.com.
