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 <dexterla...@gmail.com> 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 < > sorawee.pw...@gmail.com> 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 <dexterla...@gmail.com> > 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 racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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 racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/CADcuegt66-e5LY4r95eH0S3_OukcN0i1VDFuJiskCNd1retuhw%40mail.gmail.com.
