But anyway, utf-8 support for Xapian is pretty much written now. I've
just sent JeffB a patch to try (but it'll require a reindex so it'll
probably not be live for a while).
Major, major kudos to Olly for getting this feature ready. I've
patched it in and it seems to work great! Let's revist qu
On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 09:39:46PM -0700, Jeff Breidenbach wrote:
> By private email, one person noted that Xapian is not doing
> so hot on Czech. As in not returning search results.
I'm a little suprised that anything gets found that isn't in ASCII
since Omega's indexer is generating words from u
Hi Jeff,
Once we've settled on which search
software to use, I promise to make sure there's a "help" link
leading to some examples. In the meantime, here's some
documentation from the two vendors. To my eye, they are both
offer ridiculously overpowered. Kind of like monster trucks. :)
Thank
I don't understand a lot of what's been said about evaluating these
search engines, but I'll comment anyway.
Thanks, appreciated. Much of what's been said is just me having fun.
Since, for me at least, easy to use but full-featured search software
is a vital part of any archive, the ideal sear
Hi Jeff,
I don't understand a lot of what's been said about evaluating these
search engines, but I'll comment anyway.
Since, for me at least, easy to use but full-featured search software
is a vital part of any archive, the ideal search engine should be
powerful, yet intuitive to operate, o
It's starting to get bloody. All right!
By private email, one person noted that Xapian is not doing
so hot on Czech. As in not returning search results. Another
managed to craft a query that causes PyLucene to throw an
exception. Jeff and I are patching up the staggering contenders
as best we can
Jeff Breidenbach wrote:
Ok, ok, you score some serious points here, especially on Asian
languages, but Xapian holds its own on European languages. I
think. Check out some Brazilian Portuguese action below. And I
hear the Xapian team is working hard on full UTF-8 support.
Hope they aren't plann
Lucene: it slices, it dices
Right. That's just what I'd expect from a program whose name sounds
like a brand of cheese. During the long cold war, children were inspired
by Superman. In late 2003, Californians elected The Terminator to be
their governor. These turbulent times demand strong, heroi
