[kphotoalbum] [Bug 360977] Autocomplete in annotation dialog fails with some category names

[Johannes Zarl-Zierl via KDE Bugzilla]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=360977

Johannes Zarl-Zierl  changed:

   What|Removed |Added

 Resolution|--- |FIXED
 Status|CONFIRMED   |RESOLVED

--- Comment #10 from Johannes Zarl-Zierl  ---
This bug should be fixed since 950ebb8.

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[kphotoalbum] [Bug 360977] Autocomplete in annotation dialog fails with some category names

[Andreas Schleth via KDE Bugzilla]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=360977

--- Comment #9 from Andreas Schleth  ---
@Tobias: my build process is really errorprone right now, because every now and
then some system updates upgrade some libs to QT5.  Therefore, I will keep my
4.7.1 for now, until I run into real problems or the switch to QT5 is done in
KPA and all dependencies.  (I hope this upgrading in the background does not
break things.)
Thus: no testing for me right now, sorry!

Your idea sounds appealing to me.  It will be a bit more tolerant then simple
string search and this might be a good thing.

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[kphotoalbum] [Bug 360977] Autocomplete in annotation dialog fails with some category names

[Andreas Schleth via KDE Bugzilla]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=360977

--- Comment #7 from Andreas Schleth  ---
OK, You caught me (again!) with not investigating the options closely enough...
  Thanks!

I tried and succeeded.  It even works, when I change the default and then, in
another session, open a different database.

Maybe it would be easiest to change the default and leave it at that.  
However, as this seems to be one of the central KPA settings
(~/.kde4/share/config/kphotoalbum.rc ??), this default will only work as such
for new users or people who clean up their rc-files.  [On the other hand: I did
not find this setting in the rc-files...(??)]

Right now: "Works for me. ™" 

Let's add some explanation (found by means of experimental informatics):
- Match tags from the first character:  
regex: /^search_string/
search a left justified string
This is, how autocomplete works in the most natural way.

- Match tags from word boundaries: 
regex: /\Wsearch_string.*\W/ 
search a string left justified at any word boundary - cannot search across word
boundaries
If you need to find last names.

- Match tags anywhere: 
regex: /search_string/
search any string anywhere
This is most useful for people who use the input field knowingly as a search
field.

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[kphotoalbum] [Bug 360977] Autocomplete in annotation dialog fails with some category names

[Johannes Zarl-Zierl via KDE Bugzilla]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=360977

Johannes Zarl-Zierl  changed:

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 Status|RESOLVED|REOPENED
 Resolution|INVALID |---

--- Comment #6 from Johannes Zarl-Zierl  ---
I have to admit that I was the one introducing this behaviour. As Tobias
described, it should not be an issue if "match from first character" is
selected.

I'm reopening this because it is on my "minor annoyances to fix some day" list,
as well.

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[kphotoalbum] [Bug 360977] Autocomplete in annotation dialog fails with some category names

[Johannes Zarl-Zierl via KDE Bugzilla]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=360977

Johannes Zarl-Zierl  changed:

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 Status|REOPENED|CONFIRMED

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[kphotoalbum] [Bug 360977] Autocomplete in annotation dialog fails with some category names

[Tobias Leupold via KDE Bugzilla]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=360977

--- Comment #5 from Tobias Leupold  ---
… of course: feel free to re-open this if I'm wrong!

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[kphotoalbum] [Bug 360977] Autocomplete in annotation dialog fails with some category names

[Tobias Leupold via KDE Bugzilla]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=360977

Tobias Leupold  changed:

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 Status|CONFIRMED   |RESOLVED
 Resolution|--- |INVALID

--- Comment #4 from Tobias Leupold  ---
Okay, after some quick investigation: "It's not a bug, it's a feature™" ;-)

When opening the annotation dialog, you can click "Options" at the bottom and
choose how tags should be matched. You can choose from:

- Match tags from the first character
- Match tags from word boundaries
- Match tags anywhere

The default seems to be "Match tags from word boundaries", which will always
result in an empty list when some search term with a space character is
entered, as the tag names are split up by whitespace and matched against the
entered text afterwards (and thus, no space can ever be found there).

E. g.: If we have "Fr. Müller", it's split up to "Fr." and "Müller". As soon as
your search string becomes "Fr. ", it neither matches any of them because it
contains a space at the end.

If you switch to "Match tags from the first character", you get your desired
behavior.

Probably, this wasn't there in KPA 4.1.1, so it "simply" worked there. If of if
not this is a meaningful thing to do or if this could be a bit smarter is
another question …

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[kphotoalbum] [Bug 360977] Autocomplete in annotation dialog fails with some category names

[Tobias Leupold via KDE Bugzilla]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=360977

Tobias Leupold  changed:

   What|Removed |Added

 CC||tobias.leup...@web.de
 Ever confirmed|0   |1
 Status|UNCONFIRMED |CONFIRMED

--- Comment #3 from Tobias Leupold  ---
Thanks for reporting this, I can confirm this behavior with current git master.
I'll have a look at it as soon as possible. This surely is a regression.

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[kphotoalbum] [Bug 360977] Autocomplete in annotation dialog fails with some category names

[Andreas Schleth via KDE Bugzilla]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=360977

--- Comment #2 from Andreas Schleth  ---
Created attachment 98076
  --> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=98076=edit
same dialog on ancient version 4.1.1 was still ok

The second screenshot shows the same dialog (on the same database) accessed
from a virtual machine with KPA 4.1.1 on openSuSE 12.2.  
Here the refinement works across the blank (Enter "Fr. H" shows a list of all
"Fr. H*" entries below.)
This is how it should be.

Sorry, that I cannot boil it down to a narrower range of revisions.  I
remember, this issue has been around for quite a while, but other issues took
precedence (and have been fixed in the meantime :-).

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[kphotoalbum] [Bug 360977] Autocomplete in annotation dialog fails with some category names

[Andreas Schleth via KDE Bugzilla]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=360977

--- Comment #1 from Andreas Schleth  ---
Created attachment 98075
  --> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=98075=edit
montage of two input steps in the annotation dialog (screenshot)

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