[pmwiki-users] Search box on PmWiki.org

[Patrick R. Michaud]

On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 11:38:01AM -0500, Sandy wrote:
> Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> > Hmmm, perhaps we could put the desired ordering in parens 
> > or brackets after the item to be ordered?
> > 
> > which means to select only those pages where $:Category is
> > "Bug", "Feature", or "Documentation", and to display them in
> > that sequence.  To sort by name within those groupings,
> > one would use:
> > 
> >     (:pagelist order=$:Category,name $:Category=(Bug,Feature,Documentation) :)
> 
> One extra search field, incorporating group= on pmwiki.org, that's all I 
> was expecting. And instead we get ... something that will be even more 
> powerful.

Well, I always tend to think in terms of "How can I solve a whole
bunch of problems" as opposed to implementing quick fixes for a single
problem.

That said, implementing the ordering-by-parens is still more
speculation than reality at the moment, so we may end up with
a temporary "add a list= parameter" for pmwiki.org's search
for now.

I'm also thinking that I may want the default output format
to display summaries along with the pagenames, instead of just
pagenames as it does now.

> Just remember to activate it on PmWiki.org, 'k? I've got a potential 
> convert, and after saying how easy and streamlined it is, I then had to 
> tell him to ignore the first 3/4 of any search results. Doesn't inspire 
> the confidence the program deserves.

Having seen the access logs and done a few searches myself on 
pmwiki.org, I totally agree.  In times past I've been a bit reluctant
to do too much customization of searches (and other items)
on pmwiki.org, because that would increase the distance between
what people see on pmwiki.org and what they get when they install
PmWiki for themselves.

But this is a case where having cleaner search results on pmwiki.org
probably trumps the desire to match the out-of-the-box functionality.

Pm